The Price of Oil/Gas and why

whenfoxforks-ruled

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• Nov 4, 2008

• #226

Non-ethanol gas? What is that? You can get mtbe out of the ground? Lucky! I have been eagerly awaiting ours to drop below 2 dollars for unleaded regular, with alcohol of course! I WILL take a picture, now getting it off my phone,,, got to get to a nextel dealer, today! Real tempted to go to Grant Park tonight for the carnage called the presidential acceptance, crazy days ahead? Nothing like sitting up in the front row, but, it kills my neck,,

 

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biglou

• Nov 11, 2008

• #227

$1.79 Unleaded here yesterday. And I need to check in here more often.
Apparently I need to plan a trip to WA! :)

 

whenfoxforks-ruled

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• Nov 11, 2008

• #228

No Lou, Dirty is coming to Missouri. Nobody told you?

 

Dirtymotonut

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• Nov 11, 2008

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Lou...where are you ?? :pissed: I am waiting patiently while gas is still at 3.40 now...coming down a bit. Possibly by january It will be 3.30! So would taking you to a mexican restraunt help??Wait....that means I would be smellin ya all the way..scrub that idea!:moon: Can I ride your bike instead? :laugh:

 

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biglou

• Nov 12, 2008

• #230

Ah, so it's the bike! And here I thought it was my Jon Lovitz looks and my Steve Buscemi personality...

 

whenfoxforks-ruled

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• Nov 12, 2008

• #231

Well Lou, what are you to do? Better than no love! And, gas is still falling? Along with the auto makers, aig again, no wait, we will bail them out. We need a bail out for Lou some fuel to Washington, STAT! Now this rumor about being down wind from you? A little race gas behind the ear usually will suffice!

 

XRpredator

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• Nov 12, 2008

• #232

What's wrong with Walla Walla? (I just alliterated!)

you talkin' diesel prices, or gasoline, Ms. Motonut? Up here in the wilds of North Idaho we've got gas down 'round 2.20, and it seems to drop a penny a day. If you go to the reservation it gets even cheaper.

 

Dirtymotonut

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• Nov 12, 2008

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Pred that is for unleaded last I checked...checked this am on the way to the store..2.35 WOW!! Dropped a bit finally! ,deisel is at 3.50 right now...cost to make a trip to ride in the dirt priceless...Walla Walla has always been high due to all the tourism now and the wino's that visit from california and seattle...wish we could use grapes to fill the tanks.... :nod:

 

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• Nov 15, 2008

• #234

Diesel in Missouri...
was up to $4.69 ($185 to fill up) :whoa:
now at $2.69 ($105 to fill up) :yeehaw:... I should be dancing?

 

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biglou

• Nov 15, 2008

• #235

$1.69 for unleaded this morning in south kc. i'll smile while i can. who knows, maybe it will last a while. :)

 

Okiewan

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• Nov 15, 2008

• #236

:yeehaw: Paid 2.05 for premium today.

 

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• Nov 17, 2008

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$2.20 or so still in Illinois. More when ya get near King Daley's palace.

 

Patman

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• Nov 19, 2008

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$1.65 on the cheap stuff and $1.85 for premium

 

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• Nov 20, 2008

• #239

$1.69 non ethonal, $1.35 for E85.

 

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biglou

• Nov 20, 2008

• #240

1.49 in independence, mo yesterday my dad said. 1.59 just south of kc.

 

whenfoxforks-ruled

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• Nov 22, 2008

• #241

1.69 in northwest Indiana, for what ever regular 87 is? About what it was when this BS started? Now the unemployment is way up, and businesses are going down, uh oh! Every president leaves office with a bunch of last minute orders, that would not be done if he was up for re-election! Maybe Detroit will not be a memory,,,

 

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biglou

• Nov 24, 2008

• #242

1.49 in my town since friday. cheaper in other parts of kc that are closer to the distributors.

 

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• Nov 24, 2008

• #243

I thought I was happy when it dropped to $2.17 last Friday :(

 

whenfoxforks-ruled

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• Nov 24, 2008

• #244

Lou, its all local taxes, not distance. I live 30 minutes from the Whiting BP refinery, Chicago is closer, they are adjacent? And they are a lot more per gallon!

 

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• Nov 24, 2008

• #245

sure wish diesel was following the gasoline on the way down :|

 

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• Nov 24, 2008

• #246

Diesel WAS 2.79 when I filled up last Thurs...
2.49 today (St Louis area)

 

2-Strokes 4-ever

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• Nov 24, 2008

• #247

How about throwing this idea out there?
We had a housing/lending/borrowing market that was in fantasy land. The whole no money down, lend to those that can't truly afford it, and build build build. It was bound to not last, even though we all wanted it to. Then it was through the roof fuel/oil prices that broke that camels back with mom and dad hownowner paying 2-3 times more than their budget was use to. Oil prices were all the talk and irritation just a little while ago, with big talk of alternate fuel sources, more drilling here in the U.S., etc. Our presidential candidates were talking about it big time. Now I think we will slowly forget (remember 9/11?). With the slow (understatement) economy, big company buyouts being the big focus, let's not forget the oil issues. All the MidEast has to do is raise oil through the roof again once we get comfortable (time), and we're right back in the same boat. It is true that those people do truly hate us. I have read some of the Curran and not only do they believe we deserve death, but TORTURE and death. Making us weak would be the first step.
Our family is going to buck that system and continue to plan our trips cost effectively. I'll leave my diesel work truck hooked up to the work trailer and use it only for work.
Long live the 4 cylinder!

 

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schmanman

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• Nov 24, 2008

• #248

ok guys...

my dad is a chemical engineer for marathon oil company....

he says the prices are going to be like this for quite some time, judging from the price forcasts.

china and india will pay anything for oil/gas. the electrical grid in that area is so unreliable that most factories run off enormous fuel oil or diesel generators. in order to get some of that fuel, we have to pay the same prices as they do.

fortuninatly. the demand from that region of the world has slackened enormously, as they too have hit a recession. when they stop paying rediculous prices, so do we.

 

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• Nov 25, 2008

• #249

The gas prices in south jersey are 1.78.

 

whenfoxforks-ruled

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• Nov 25, 2008

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Seemingly some time ago,,,,, the warnings that our gas has ethanol in it have been removed? For an even stranger reason, E85 is 30 cents more than regular 87???? And it was 1.66 a gallon! I must assume that the value of the dollar has risen, substantially? Scrap metal is down to 30 dollars a ton, at its height it was round 285 dollars a ton! Strangely enough, copper and aluminum are no longer being frequently stolen, lazy thieves?