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USFiero MAY 22, 10:48 AM

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Originally posted by Pyrthian:


$2.77?? thats it?? WTF?!? we are about to pop $4 here....?




Sorry, that was a typo.... $3.77 The pain of putting prices up put me in denial. Have a great Holiday Weekend!!!
I figured fewer Americans would be vacationing abroad because of the Euro exchange rate, but it seems domestic vacations will be higher too.
I suppose even just staying home and getting drunk will be more expensive because of the increased cost of grains!

The winners in all this I believe will be the Central American Countries that cater to American Touristas. Attractive exchange rate, shorter flights, pretty scenery and in some places legal prostitution are going to draw US dollars like never before. Then the organized crime will move in behind it to supplant the gangs and crooked local officials.
cone shark MAY 23, 01:07 PM
We're over four in Watertown. $4.07 at the cheap station.
whadeduck MAY 23, 02:00 PM
It's diesel that's killing us. It's about to go over the $5 mark and our trucks drink about 65 gallons a day. More on longer hauls. The company may end up shutting the doors even before I leave.

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Whade' "The Duck Formerly Known As Wade" Duck
'87 GT Auto
'88 Ferrario
'84 Indy

USFiero MAY 27, 10:04 AM

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Originally posted by whadeduck:

It's diesel that's killing us. It's about to go over the $5 mark and our trucks drink about 65 gallons a day. More on longer hauls. The company may end up shutting the doors even before I leave.




I just heard on the radio this morning that truckers in the UK are protesting because deisel prices have hit the equivelant of $10 a gallon.

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Originally posted by USFiero: Have a great Holiday Weekend!!!.


Oh, and gas prices are at 3.79 to 3.87 locally. Here's a funny tidbit: Farmers in Afganistan are switching from growing poppies for the drug trade to wheat because it has become more lucrative. So.... oil prices go up = less Heroin?

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whadeduck MAY 27, 10:19 AM
Granted, our fuel costs here are less than they are in other places around the globe. But the thing that's hit the US so hard is that the prices have just about doubled in just a year's time. We have some contracts that we're locked into and we have to honor the prices we gave them almost a year ago. It makes a really big difference when a load of onroad diesel that cost you $20,000 last year now costs you $40,000. There's a lot of companies that won't survive this much longer.

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Whade' "The Duck Formerly Known As Wade" Duck
'87 GT Auto
'88 Ferrario
'84 Indy

USFiero MAY 29, 02:22 PM
Average prices have now hit $3.91 here. $4 is just around the corner
dennis_6 MAY 29, 10:31 PM

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Originally posted by whadeduck:

Granted, our fuel costs here are less than they are in other places around the globe. But the thing that's hit the US so hard is that the prices have just about doubled in just a year's time. We have some contracts that we're locked into and we have to honor the prices we gave them almost a year ago. It makes a really big difference when a load of onroad diesel that cost you $20,000 last year now costs you $40,000. There's a lot of companies that won't survive this much longer.




BTW seen good ole ULSD at 4.81 a gallon. Not bad for a by product.

How many times do people have to compare the USA to the rest of the world. Europe and Canadian fuel prices are a result of taxes imposed by their goverments. For this they get national health care, better mass transit, and less taxes elsewhere. Oil is sold to everyone for about the same price hence global market.

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maryjane MAY 30, 12:00 AM
Few people use mass transit now, and won't no matter how hi gas gets, or how cheap or common MT becomes. We are in love with our automobiles. High Occupant Vehicle (HOV) lanes in Houston are way way under utilized. We are in love with OUR automobiles.
USFiero JUN 09, 02:41 PM

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Originally posted by Jeremiah about a year ago:

i just paid 3.16 a gal.





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Originally posted by me two years ago:

a couple days ago, it was hard to find gas for less than $2.90 per gal. Got it for $2.83/gallon today.



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And, grab your hankies cause this from June 2005:Anyway, got gas today $1.86/gal. The other cool thing is I lost my job in january that had me driving 70 miles round trip each day so I'm kinda savin money all around! Too bad I ain't makin any...


I got another job, finished school and quit that job for the one I have now since then, though I make less money than before. The news this morning said we had hit an average price of $4 a gallon nationwide, though I saw gas for $3.77 on the way to work. Probably a litle cheaper at BJ's (I'm a member)
Toddster JUN 09, 03:13 PM
My economic tip for the day: