Gas Prices what are they where you live, work and play?

[Capt Bob Johnson]

I just filled up the truck this morning at $2.01&9/10, which to me is $2.02 US per Gallon.

Heard a thing on tv news a couple of weeks ago where they said that for it to hit the levels of the early 70's it would be like $2.86 a gallon in today's money! I thought they were green American dollars then & they are green American dollars today, so what's today's money? Purple Antartic Dollars???

There, I feel better, I took my stab at humor for the day!

[Capt Bob Johnson]

I figured out how to screw those utility companies years ago. just put enough of my pension fund, IRAs, and savings into thier stock so that the dividend checks cover your bills. You're paying yourself for that electric, gas, or phone.

Yeah, it's an arguable proposition, but there's a lot of truth to it also!

[underworld]

Capt Bob Johnson
They are talking about the dollar being adjusted for inflation.

underworld

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[underworld]

grandpopswalt Yes, gas price IS tied to oil cost. But that doesn't explain the increased profits of three of the four major oil companies.

underworld

[grandpopswalt]

Underworld,

You're right, the major oil companies are very profitable right now. But so are most other segments of the economy, except airlines and the shortsighted US car manufactureres.

Walt

[TurboOne]

I think gas went down today. $2.33 at name stores, $2.26 at noname stores. Don't know why.

Tim

[tangerine-jack]

Don't forget that a major part of gas price is local and state tax. I know in Europe, much of the "free" health care costs are covered by the gas tax.

No-name gas stations buy gas by bidding on the lots, you get cheap gas, but quality is less than the big name dealers.

What's so bad about oil companies making a profit? Isn't that why they are in buisiness? Gas price doesn't seem to have affected the sale of over-the-top SUV behemoths. Remember, what the consumer wants influences what the manufacturer will produce.

BTW did you know that Exxon owns the patent on gasoline?

[oX)]

[grandpopswalt]

TJ,

Wouldn't surprise me a bit, carryover from the Standard Oil days I'd guess. Glad I bought Exxon 15 years ago, strongest stock I own.

Walt

[TurboOne]

So Walt, did you call them up and have them raise prices so you can get better dividends ???? [:)][:)][:)][:)] I know, you only wanted a little bit higher so you can get that new loco.

Tim

[underworld]

grandpopswalt But in the gasoline industry prices are up nearly 100% around here....and profits are up??? I know that I don't drive anywhere near what I used to.....same for most people that I know.

Easter Easter Easter Easter Easter!!!!!

underworld

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[TheJoat]

Sheesh. I paid $1.75 a gallon in the 70's! And you could get a nicely loaded car for $7800. And, I was making a WHOLE lot less $. Now, a cup of coffee is $5 and people PAY for water in a bottle - and nobody complains.

Gas is still relatively cheap. It's only the media the fans the flames....

[Anonymous]

48,000 miles last year for work with my car and a small milage allowance. At prices as they are now-I paid 2.15 today-I will go broke going to work!!!!!!!

[underworld]

wallyjar I drive for work about the same that you drive to work....plus I got to drive to work!!!!![xx(] Now gas in NW Ohio is as low as $2.19!!!!!
WoooooooooooooooooooHoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

underworld

Easter Easter Easter Easter Easter!!!!!

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[grandpopswalt]

Bruce,

You're right, energy costs in the US are a bargin compared to most of the rest of the world, even at today's prices.

Walt

[Anonymous]

You are right there Walt, still you cut your cloth to suit your purse. In the UK a lot of people think about getting in their cars for short journeys. Our local supermarket is less than a mile away, if we only need a few things we walk, the sea shore is just over a mile and on a nice day it's a nice walk plus we have our bikes, good for the atmosphere as well.
Cheers,
Kim
[tup]

[TurboOne]

Kim, here in SoCal, with bad public transportation, everyone drives to everywhere even if it is close. Yes we are a spoiled bunch. I used to have a friend who lived acrooss the street from my apartment. He drove.

Many drive to 7/11 which is probably 1/2 mile away. No one walks to supermarket or mall.

Right now with sore knee, I don't walk very far, but I used to bike most everywhere.

Gas is holding for 4 days now without a raise, have we paused, or stopped so far????

Tim

[nalts]

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

Anwar is kinda a false hope, 3 years start up time for a one year supply of oil? The Big Oil wont go for that, more likely they'll opt for opening more already accessable land.

If there was only one year of oil, no one in their right mind would even consider drilling there. The oil companies would never get their money's worth out of it.

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmithStill find it kinda surprising that NO ONE in this Administration has made even the slightest inkling of a suggestion like "you could alway drive a more fuel efficient vehicle"

Like it the government's responsibility to tell us what to drive?

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmithI figure the econonic Darwinism of fuel cost -vs- vehicle milage -vs- commute -vs- passenger need will still see the demand for more smaller fuel efficient cars by the public.

This is supply and demand it it's finest. If there is the demand for smaller cars, someone will make them and sell them. People always complain about SUVs and that there are so many of them. That's what people want. I wouldn't mind something that gets better mileage, but it's hard to put a wife, two kids and two dogs in a two seat soup can with wheels.

Hopefully we'll always be able to vote with our money. That is until some politician builds us a train to nowhere for us to ride. Oh wait. We already have those!

BTW: $2.10 per gallon in the Twin Cities.

[TurboOne]

In San Diego proper today, $2.45 for regular, $2.75 for premium.

$3.00 isn't far away.

Tim

[Anonymous]

With gas heading for $3 a gallon our idiot governor is cutting back AMTRAK service between Kansas City and St. Louis.

[cabbage]

£0.89p per litre

regards

ralph

[Capt Bob Johnson]

Ahh! Does my IRA's good[^][8D]
Exxon-Mobil up[:)]
BP-Amoco making money [:)][:P]
Chevron-Texaco holding on [(-D]
Shell keeps on floating[bow]
Phillips is growing[:-^]

This keeps on I'm turnin into an oil baron[oX)], and then I'm gonna buy more trains for my GRR[8D][(-D][tup][yeah]

[grandpopswalt]

Thank goodness for the GRR, a fun hobby that takes virtually no energy to operate. I'd dreamed of touring the country in a big RV one day but as gas approaches $3.00 a gal, that's not going to happen. At 8 MPG, thats $.37 per mile or $2220 for a 6000 mile coast-to-coast trip, and that's just for gas. BTW, anyone interested in buying an 86 Jag XJ6 ? Only uses one gallon of super premium gas every 13 miles, ouch! It costs me $2.40 to go get a gallon of milk in town.

Walt

[Anonymous]

Gas down to 2.04 a gallon here in Columbus, Ohio today.

[TurboOne]

Cheap end of gas just went up to $2.33 for cash, $2.39 for credit. Haven't had the seperate prices since the 70's here. Another way to get us. At the beach gas hit $2.50 or more.

Tim

[sebamat]

Yesterday , after all the calculations: 4.6$/gal in switzerland. Slowly the US-Europe gap seem to be filling up.....

sebastiano

p.s. but our neighbours (italians, germans) says we have cheap gasoline... and so our government is thinking about increasing taxes!

[underworld]

grandpopswalt Dude!!!!! You could make a fortune!!!!! Dirving coast to coast in your RV constantly....shoring up all of your shares by purchasing gas at different staions all across the country! [:p]

underworld

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[Anonymous]

Talking about driving short distances, I remeber when I used to live at Chipping Norton in Sydney you could see the shops from my place.

Well one day i walked home from the shops and was alarmed that my car wasn't in the driveway. I went inside and straight away asked my wife if she knew where my car was and she said no, she hadn'r seen it I knew no one else had it as i had the keys in my pocket.

I was about to get on the phone to the police and report it stolen, when i thought before i did that i would try and remeber when i had seen it last.

I thought about it and thought about it and came to the conclusion I had seen it last over at the shops, sure enough I had driven it over there and forgotten i had and I had left it there!


Rgds ian

[Anonymous]

Here in South Jersey, bounded by the Delaware River and Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean, regular gasoline costs $1.88 per gallon. Incidentally, there is talk of a new passenger rail line being considered along Route 42 or Route 55.

Regards,
Bill C.

[Capt Bob Johnson]

Bill C,

Did they ever decide what to do about the Southern end of RT.55??? When I moved away in '93 it was still kinda a road ot nowhere, ending on Rt.47 just above Port Norris.
They were doing studies about bringing it down to Dennisville area, then across to Parkway; anything come of that?

[Anonymous]

Capt, it's still a dead issue. It has now been 15 years since the last phase was done and as far as I know nothing is even on the drawing board for the southern portion of Route 55.

Regards,
Bill