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Re: St. Louis Suburbs [larsb] by tpe
Jan 26, 2007 (5:46 am)
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Replying to: larsb (Jan 25, 2007 10:43 am)

A 23 cent jump in one day is hard to explain. But if you look at the two prices $1.85 to $2.08 the price that didn't make sense was the $1.85. Wholesale gas prices are fluctuating between $1.40 and $1.45. The fuel tax in Missouri is 17 cents per gallon, which gets added to the federal tax of 19 cents. When you consider distribution typically runs 10 cents a gallon I'm not sure how a station could sell gas for $1.85 without taking a loss.
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Slight dip... by lemko
Jan 26, 2007 (6:11 am)
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...went to work this morning to see Sunoco regular at $2.23 - a two cent drop.
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Paid $2.07 this morning in Amarillo........ by rockylee
Jan 26, 2007 (7:19 am)
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Dumas, gas prices range from $2.03-$2.09
 
Rocky
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Cedar Park, Texas.... by rorr
Jan 26, 2007 (8:36 am)
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local Shell station was at $1.99/$2.11/$2.21 for 87/89/93 octane. Local price seems to have dropped .02 to .03 over the past week.
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Big gas drop... by kcram HOST
Jan 26, 2007 (10:53 am)
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My usual Sunoco in Palisades Park NJ... gas caught up to that big drop of diesel last week:
 
87 - $2.059 - down 8
89 - $2.159 - down 8
91 - $2.219 - down 8
93 - $2.259 - down 8
diesel - $2.299 - unchanged after a dime drop from the week before
 
kcram - Pickups Host
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Bellevue WA Chevron by fintail
Jan 28, 2007 (10:07 am)
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A price decrease! 2.67/2.77/2.89
 
Must be more supply or less demand or something.
 
Still a weird increment though.
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Re: Oh happy day! (central VA) [210delray] by imidazol97
Jan 28, 2007 (10:29 am)
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Replying to: 210delray (Jan 25, 2007 8:28 pm)

Saturday evening and Sunday morning gas prices are down in many areas to $2.09 and others are back even lower to $1.99 and $1.97 in large parts of the region.
 
It's like the weather. If you don't like the gas prices, just wait a day and they'll change. It is aggravating and definitely doesn't look like market forces moving prices up and down based on supply and demand.
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Re: Oh happy day! (central VA) [imidazol97] by rockylee
Jan 29, 2007 (6:46 am)
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Jan 28, 2007 10:29 am)

I agree....
 
Rocky
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Re: Go back and view my post number 8 to see... [rockylee] by gagrice
Jan 29, 2007 (7:40 am)
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Replying to: rockylee (Jan 24, 2007 8:14 am)

If it wasn't for the green folks alternative energy wouldn't be a topic.
 
If the so called "Green folks" had their way Rocky, you would be paying $5 per gallon for gas. Just watch the excitement level on this thread when the gas goes up. Not everyone is thrilled with $2 gas. It pretty much kills any incentive to use alternate energy sources.
 
Oh, and if you want an example of price controls just research the recent attempt to do just that in Hawaii. It ended up costing more for gas than before the cap was put on.
 
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1936960&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
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01/29/2007 Wow by johnny4016
Jan 29, 2007 (7:50 am)
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Only $2.65 for 87 Octane in Southern California, Kern County. $2,75 for 89 Octane, $2.85 for 91 Octane.
 
Well that's at the Shell, Chevron and Texaco stations. Arco is $2.46 per gallon for 87 Octane, $2.56 for 89 Octane and $2.66 for 91 Octane.
 
I could drive 65 miles over the mountains to Bakersfields, Kern County and pay $2.25 per gallon for 87 Octane. But that would just defeat the savings. So I'll just moan and groan and pay the $.21 or more per gallon when I fill up my 26 gallon tank.
 
I'm sure I could just do without another meal. After all, I'm the one who bought the Luxury SUV, right? So it's my fault that he service stations are charging $.21 to $.40 more per gallon in the same state & county. Sorry if I inconvenienced anyone because I bought a Chevy Tahoe. The small cars just can't pull my 18' trailer.
 
I’m doing what I can to save on fuel and get better mpg. I've R&R my plugs and wires with better performance ones. I've replaced the air intake with a better performance K&N 5700 series to get better mpg. I regularly check my tire psi and keep inflated at the correct psi. I drive very slow, according to my 22-year-old daughter, 65 mph in a 70mph zone. I do this to get 2 mpg more. I also make sure that from a stop that I just barely touch the gas pedal and keep the RPM under 2K to get better mpg. I'm even looking at buying some new higher performance coils, but that's an expense of $800.00 or more adding in the labor to R&R all 8 of them. I'm doing my part to save fuel, unfortunately the cost that it is costing me to save this minute amount has absorbed any savings that I created by doing my part. But I can say that I get better mpg than most people do who drive a Tahoe Z71.

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