It's flip flopped here, has been for a couple years.
2.99 for unleaded, 3.49 for Diesel.

When I bought the truck, Diesel was .20-.30 cents cheaper than the cheapest unleaded, now it's .50 cents more?


phox

 

I can barely fill up the tank without going over $100...im getting a motorcycle and parking the truck for awhile...

Edit: ehh on second thought...I like my truck too much to park it...its worth $3.25 a gallon!

 

I drove the truck today for the first time in over a week.

I can handle the $8-$10 fillups on the bike easier than the $125 fillup in the truck.

Not many riding days left though.


phox

 

I heard at one time diesel was higher because they can get more for it shipping it to europe and selling it there.

 

This is the second time I have heard this this week, 1st was at work. Is it just me or is this a physical impossibility as there is no way to create 50 gallons of gas out of one gallon of crude oil since the process is distilation. Kinda like it takes more mash to make light'in than you get light'in. Sorry it's a NC hills thang.

 

Another reason most don't know about is that when gas futures shoot real high so fast, people with the gas guzzelers whine about it and the oil companies don't like the crying everyone does. So being as how 90% of diesel sold is commercial users, there is not much of a concern from the average joe driving his Escalade. Therefore to keep the majority of the peasants happy they raise diesel costs to help offset the slower rise in gasoline.

They realised this last year. In fact if you researched price trends and historic relationships between gasoline, oil, and diesel. You would find gasoline "SHOULD" be about $3.79/ gal, and diesel about 2.79. Until last year in fact, i personally remeber diesel staying the same price all sumer while gas flucuated 50 cents sometimes. Then the flip of course would come around Oct.

So basically we fuel conservers are subsidize the gas users. Now I know you could never prove this and I'm sure it is not an official policy at any ol company, but there is more than enough eveidence to prove it's more than pure conspiracy theory.

 

I believe this to be true also. A subsidy of sorts if you will. Kinda stinks though, it punishes the wrong peson for the wrong reason if you ask me....

 

So how much of the diesel fuel being used in the sandbox comes from the US?

 

How much of the diesel fuel being used in the US is from the US?
Why does it matter, it's an astronomical number to think about. If anyone had any real reassurance that it was still all worthwhile it might be easier to swallow.

...........see you over at www.all-politics.net

 

It is infuriating! When I bought my first diesel in 2000, I was paying about $1.30 a gallon. Now, 6 years later, I'm paying $3.49 a gallon! We are getting hosed, plain & simple. The oil companies are clearing RECORD profits and we just have to take it. I also find it amazing that the price can rapidly increase when there is a hiccup in the system, but when things get back to flowing, the price doesn't fall as quickly!(If at all)

 

To answer your question, very little if any. When I was deployed, all of our diesel and gasoline was bought off the local pop or shipped from the closest location.

 

Well my home heating oil company came out and filled my oil tank last week, when i called and asked why they told me it was that time of year. So this sudden spike in Home heating oil deliveries might be affecting the supply and demand crap.
when gas started going and going up i told people that when it hit $3 a gallon and then dropped to $2.50 we would be like cool it is only $2.50 a gallon now and be happy.
Now how to make Bio diesel?

 

the prices go up so BP can make their 7 billion (profit) every 3 months.
By the way, that is about 891 dollars PER SECOND!!

But you know, it is getting harder to produce the fuel, so I've heard.

 

I kinda figured that was going to be the answer....otherwise it would be like importing ice cubes at the South Pole.

 

When the price/barrel comes down, the fuel prices at the pump stay the same for a while (weeks) because ... THEY say ... we are still using the fuel that was produced from the oil that was purchased at the higher $/barrel.

Now... When the price/barrel goes up, the price at the pump goes up either the same or the very next day. Funny how FAST that crude oil is processed into fuel and delivered to the stations!!! OVERNIGHT !!!!