Posted on 11/19/2005 4:52:04 PM PST by new yorker 77
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The national average has fallen 68.2 cents since Oct. 7 to $2.250, but is still 29.9 cents higher than last year.
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I saw 2.29 today.. I still have half a tank of 2.39,, didn't want to mix the cheaper stuff with the vintage ;-)
btw, I had a buddy in bootcamp from Cape Girardeau, about Rush's age , had a bit of a lisp.. a good Marine.
Saudi Light Crude Oil is being offered at at nice discount these days. Looking at $49.00/bbl (CIF). Getting few Buyers signing contracts anticipating even a bigger drop.
$2.22 in southern Wisconsin today.
And diesel fuel is also dropping like a rock, which is nice because we also have a diesel truck. :)
I've accepted that until the Government listens to ME, the 'Salad Days' of cheap gasoline are totally over. ;)
No, no, Wal-mart is much more evil than Costco. Pay attention to the talking points.
signed
Howie Dean
Hey SW, that sounds like a bargain compared to my neighborhood.
$2.47 is the lowest I've seen.
$1.85 in here in Corpus Christi, Texas and I blame President Bush and the Republican congress for the fall in gas prices!
Yep! Just so that dirty scoundrel Bush can win reelection I'll bet.
Well, I know it was all over the place in the 50's, when I was growing up. A little more sense to it then, as 0.001 cents was more significant to 0.20 per gallon than it is now - but still it was absurd. I mean so absurd that I would become a loyal customer of a gas station that eliminated the .009 from their pricing scheme - just because!
Gasoline has been under $2 a gallon for better than a week here in Hampton Roads.
The hazards of making predictions based on emotion.
1999: Gasoline at $.89, crude oil (sweet) at $6.50/bbl mid continent, WTI at about $10/bbl.
2000 through 2005: Crude goes up from that low to $70.00+, roughly a 10X increase from the WTI low of '99. Gasoline increases to $3.20 at the most (around here).
The increase in gasoline prices was ONLY 3.6 times, roughly 1/2 the rate that crude oil increased.
Hardly a ripoff, if you think about it.
In the meantime the Chinese will be busy dismantling and reverse engineering the Boeing aircraft....
Diesel and Heating oil are both in steady demand, the former to run trucks and trains, especially.
Gasoline demand has dropped some from people conserving fuel, cutting miles driven, etc., which just hasn't happened with the freight moving industry.
Hello, Waspman- here's a little slice-of-life vignette from Coastal Georgia...
I paid $1.99 yesterday to gas up my Oh! So! Un-PC SUV, but as I was driving out into the Hinterlands in a quest to fetch my utility trailer from my brother-in-law's old house, I passed a station at the Interstate exchange with $1.77 a gallon prices.
I immediately got on the phone to tell everyone I could reach where to go for the cheapest prices I've seen in a while.
And no, I didn't get my trailer- it's gone from where we left it three years ago, and nobody was home to ask about it, either.
"What happens if you try to pump your own gas? Do you get a ticket and have to take a driver's ed class?"
No, but some guy with a turbin on his head comes toward you yelling that you can't do that.
I did google it, and came up with this:
Why is it illegal to pump your own gas in New Jersey?
The Garden State is one of two states where it's illegal to fill 'er up yourself. Only gas station owners or employees can pump gas in New Jersey and Oregon.
The ban on self-service gas stations is a highly combustible issue and makes for some heated debates. New Jersey passed the law making it illegal to pump your own gas in 1949. At the time, legislators felt it was too dangerous to have untrained people dispensing such a flammable liquid.
That may have been sensible at the time, but pumping gas is much safer today, and some motorists feel the ban is outdated and needs to go. Opponents of the law argue that removing it would lower the cost of gas and make refueling much quicker and more convenient. Proponents of the ban argue that it creates jobs and customers like full service.
Whatever your position on the matter, next time you're in Jersey and need to refuel, take the opportunity to relax in the comfort of your car while the gas station attendant does the dirty work.
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I find it very convenient. I don't have to get out of my car in inclement weather, and my hands don't reek of fuel. I usually never have to wait longer than 30 seconds....honestly. A few times I did, and all I had to do was to get out of my car and pretend I was going to pump my own gas and the attendant came running. Our gas prices are some of the cheapest in the nation.....at least here in south Jersey. $1.94 for 87 octane two days ago in my hometown and $1.81 in Toms River, as someone mentioned earlier.
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