diesel price

[klockk]

Hey Keyes,



Fred Meyer at the corner of 5 Mile and Overland is the cheapest around. . But even that is quickly rising!! Just drove by there tonight and it is at $1. 93 ($1. 90 with the 3 cent discount)... . But that's even usually cheaper than the other FMs around... .



BTW: Maverik on U-Stick and Cloverdale now has Deisel as well, but they don't have it on their sign... .

 

[PJ]

The Fred Meyer in Grants Pass Oregon just hit $1. 99 per gallon for Diesel and $2. 06 for unleaded

 

[RGardner]

Well, if inflation is the answer then it must be running wild here! Diesel price went up 23 cents in 8 days! I think that translates into 684% inflation! The cost of fuel will affect everything that you buy, from clothes to food. I think it is time to write our congressmen. Once the politicos begin to look at the price of fuel, the oil companies seem to find a way to bring the price back down. What with this being an election year, this should be a good time for some arm twisting!

 

[loncray]

Hokey smokes - went to fill up last night and the price went DOWN ten cents - 1. 69 to 1. 59. First time I've seen that in a long, long time, and it means diesel is cheaper than regular all over the place here in Northern VA. Woohoo!

 

[DPelletier]

I'm paying $ 2. 60 Canadian per US Gallon and am pretty happy with that! Gasoline is $3. 36 per gall. My wifes 2002 Jeep TJ gets about 14 mpg and my truck is getting 20. 2 mpg (highway, empty). Based on these figures it costs half as much to drive my truck on the highway, 8,000 lbs vs ? The only thing I regret is not being able to convince my wife to get a new Jetta TDI instead of the Jeep!



Where I think some of you are getting ripped off is with Diesel being more expensive than gasoling. That just makes NO sense at all. Noticed that when I was travelling through California. Its almost as though they're trying to punish you for driving something other than a Prius



Dave

 

[100 Proof]

Originally posted by loncray

Hokey smokes - went to fill up last night and the price went DOWN ten cents - 1. 69 to 1. 59. First time I've seen that in a long, long time, and it means diesel is cheaper than regular all over the place here in Northern VA. Woohoo!

With prices like that, it might be worth the trip from Idaho to fill up there! :-laf



100 Proof

 

[SKargo]

Originally posted by rweis

I saw a report about fuel prices on the educational channel.



I remember the . 25 / gallon in the mid 60's. Adjusted for inflation that . 25 is 1. 85 now which is about right.



It took several things like electricity, fuel, clothes, incomes, housing and took the 1965 price and did the inflation adjustment and most things were not too far off.



That 2. 00+ I think is local gouging, no specific documentation to prove it though.



I would dearly love to be able to run bio diesel all the way to pure renewable veggie oil in our trucks and tell the middle east to F... OFF!



When the oil is no longer a prized commodity then their sand will still be sand and little else.



It is a crime that they rake in so much money and their population does not even have the minimal life support services like potable water, electricity, roads, infrastructure. They have absolutely NO interest in their people except what the minimum is to stay in power.



Bob Weis

I pay right around 1. 69 too. I went to rehoboth on Saturday. I helped a friend move his mustang from there to Baltimore. I got a hair under 16mpg towing his light car, I was impressed!

 

[SilentDave]

$1. 55 is the cheapest I've found around here. 10 - 15 cents cheaper than gas.

 

[4xquadrod]

I paid 2. 37 today and it was higher priced then the premium. I thought diesel was the bottom of the barrel (so to speak) from refining the gasoline so why would it be more?



As far as the yuppie lib's saying we should be paying what other countries are paying, @#$%***! Please. If anything we should be getting a volume discount by what we consume here. We are also spread out in this country and rely on our personal transportation more then most.



I was going to insert a smilie deal here but I didn't see one that is appropriate.



Steve

 

[AUrban]

I've found diesel for as high as $1. 94 and as low as $1. 79 in suburban Chicago.



I plan on running SVO as soon as the folks at greasel.com figure out the magic bullet for doing so with a Cummins. Lucky for me I've got the same generation Cummins as one of the greasel.com founders.



Tony

 

[RussW1911]

Vegas

I went from 1. 88 in UT to 2. 21 outside of Vegas.

 

[Crunch]

Originally posted by rweis

I saw a report about fuel prices on the educational channel.



I remember the . 25 / gallon in the mid 60's. Adjusted for inflation that . 25 is 1. 85 now which is about right.

Personally, I don't buy into those comparisons from previous decades. I remember my mom bought a Keystone calculator in the early 1970s. It was when calculators first became available to the public. We were all thrilled that in addition to the add, subtract, multiply and divide functions, ours had a floating memory and a square root function. It cost $70 back then. Now calculators are solar powered and given away by fat ladies at the local mall.



Fuels should be about the same, in my opinion. We have all the latest high tech locating and drilling equipment yet we can't seem to lower the cost of pulling the stuff out of the ground and getting it to the pump. Part of it is taxes; if all taxes were eliminated I would be paying about $1/gallon for diesel. But it's also environuts who block drilling projects and new construction on refineries. Last week I heard that a new refinery hasn't been built in the U. S. for almost 30 years. That's gotta have some effect.



So here I sit, waiting for that fat lady at the mall to fill my tank in exchange for filling out a credit application...

 

[mgonske]

Here's what I paid on my recent trip (these are calculated from recorded $/gallons, so don't always reflect an exact "$x. xx9") Note the price changes from outbound to return leg, though:



Date Location Price

29-Mar-04 Titusville, FL $ 1. 847

29-Mar-04 Lake Park, GA $ 1. 499

29-Mar-04 Jackson, GA $ 1. 389

29-Mar-04 Resaca, GA $ 1. 468

30-Mar-04 Oak Grove, KY $ 1. 479

30-Mar-04 Kingdom City, MO $ 1. 499

30-Mar-04 Oak Grove, MO $ 1. 539

30-Mar-04 Salina, KS $ 1. 619

31-Mar-04 Colby, KS $ 1. 669

31-Mar-04 Aurora, CO $ 1. 569

1-Apr-04 Fruita, CO $ 1. 679

2-Apr-04 Moab, UT $ 1. 840

11-Apr-04 Fruita, CO $ 1. 799

11-Apr-04 Aurora, CO $ 1. 669

11-Apr-04 Colby, KS $ 1. 699

11-Apr-04 Salina, KS $ 1. 640

12-Apr-04 Kingdom City, MO $ 1. 509

12-Apr-04 Oak Grove, KY $ 1. 519

13-Apr-04 Resaca, GA $ 1. 473

13-Apr-04 Lake Park, GA $ 1. 499

13-Apr-04 St Augustine, FL $ 1. 659

 

[jlasich]

I just fueled up today. Price at the Navy Exchange was $2. 12. Price out in town - $2. 41. Price of regular unleaded gas out in town - $2. 13. What the heck is going on? I understand what some are saying about inflation and how fuel prices really haven't gone up that much compared to other products (except farm crops which are still seeing the same prices as 20 years ago ), but I think it's ridiculous that diesel is costing more than gas in some places. It doesn't cost near as much to refine diesel as it does gas and just wait until the new '07 regs and clean diesel come out; diesel prices will probably skyrocket even more. As others on here have said, we need Bio-diesel.

 

[djbobo]

$2. 25 in Mntn. View Ca. 5 min. ago. (No. Ca. )

 

[Sherman]

Election time

Originally posted by djbobo

$2. 25 in Mntn. View Ca. 5 min. ago. (No. Ca. )

The election in November will determine what happens to the present government and the price of fuel,It's my understanding that the refinery end of the oil patch has noy been profitable especially in the gasoline end of the game,Diesel fuel is the first off the change and is the cheapest to make so with the demand being high good business sense is to make your losses back or boost the profits on your other lines with higher wholesale pricing on the diesel,my point here is why has the present government not anticipated the shortage in refinery capacity coming,we have been in this predicament for some years now,and done something about it,cheap fuel and cheap food keep this country going ,without it this country will falter and the economy will stagnate. The laws of supply and demand Rule in a free economy!

 

[Dale Reed]

In a free economy the price is determined by the *customer* not the producer. The consumer puts his stamp of approval(votes for) on the price when he buys the diesel fuel.



Producers and suppliers will lower the price when we TDR members start driving less, slower, and modify for higher miles/gallon rather than more noise, smoke, and horsepower.

 

[Dkevdog]

Originally posted by Dale Reed

In a free economy the price is determined by the *customer* not the producer. The consumer puts his stamp of approval(votes for) on the price when he buys the diesel fuel.



Producers and suppliers will lower the price when we TDR members start driving less, slower, and modify for higher miles/gallon rather than more noise, smoke, and horsepower.

I would strongly disagree with that. We are at their mercy and they know it. You see, that's the beauty of fuel- we will continue to buy it reagrdless of price. The little bit we do to save, conserve or "walk" to work is only pennies to them. We have very little choice in the matter if we want to get to work, go on vacation, and transport our products, goods and services. All that will happen is we will have less money in our pocket, we will complain more and start threads like this, and pay more for everything we buy. Do you think transport companies are going to eat the rising costs in fuel? NOT! They will simply pass the cost on to the consumer. Ask anyone in a shipping/receiving department- "Fuel Surcharge" is the first thing you see on a bill of lading.



Fuel may not be a basic "necessity" of life, but it most definitely a vital part of our economy, and is absolutely necessary for our nation to survive.



Kev

 

[TDickerson]

Isn't it comical that gas and diesel prices are going up so fast with a government full of oil men and all the time trying to convince us that we should be paying a lot more for it. And all this crap about what gas cost 20 years ago and adjusted for inflation **--t. Come on, this is now. And we should be paying what the Europeans are paying for gas. **--t, give me free healthcare and pay me for not working, then I'll gladly pay $5-$6 a gallon. Come on. The oil industry is gouging us and we are bending over like good little boys and girls and taking it up the yahoo. Gee, I wonder why diesel prices are staying lower in most areas. Could it be maybe to not pi-s off the truckers too much so they will just shut up and go away. Not sure why California diesel prices are so high other than maybe you don't have many truck drivers there or they are getting paid way too much anyway and deserve those high prices. Oh well, now I feel better. Oo. Oo.

 

[nkiewel]

Originally posted by GCross

When the price of oil exceeds the cost of the bio products I'm sure we will see more effort to produce them.

I agree 100%. I argue this point with my dad all the time when he complains about the lack of bio-fuels. I just keep telling him that when petro cost more than bio, there will be interest, until then I'm gonna buy what's cheap.



On the other side of the issue though, more investment in bio-fuels would probably equate to lower production costs than we currently see due to higher production quantity and faster technology growth.