Just put a full tank in my car and paid less than $20 (8.95 gal for $1.89 per).

I forgot how good that felt.

Filled up yesterday at $2.08 and happy it was less than $30.

Today there are several stations in the Carrollton area at $1.99

Gas Futures are at $1.465 right now.

Gasoline $1.085

This is the wholesale price for gas at the moment of this post.

This would mean $1.59 at the pumps in 2 weeks if the price holds there.

BTW, I saw gas at $1.79 on the way to work today.

I filled up a few days ago at $1.89

$1.89...even in California

We aren't below $2 in Vegas yet but it should be soon. Kinda makes me want to go on a road trip just for the hell of it.

Gasoline $1.047 wholesale price as of this posting.

Oil is just above $50 a barrel

Under $2.00/gal in San Diego/Temecula area for the first time in I can't remember how long! "Course, I remember .33/gal back when I was making good money; $10.00/hr. Rent was $325, bread was .25/loaf, Michelob was $2.00/6 pack.....

Filled up for $1.599 per in VA today.

Yes, they are pushing to increase the blend to as high as 20%

Ethanol Questions Fuel a Pushback Over Regulation Changes (http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/national/2008/12/26/ethanol-questions-fuel-a-pushback-over-regulation-changes.html?s_cid=rss%3Aethanol-questions-fuel-a-pushback-over-regulation-changes)


"The test results that do exist," they wrote in the letter, "suggest that mid-level ethanol blends: (1) may be incompatible with today's motor vehicle and non-road equipment engines; (2) may cause a failure of emissions control devices or systems; (3) may defeat these engines' safety features; and (4) may lead to a significant increase in emissions from these engines."


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On that note, the futures price of gas closed Friday at $0.844

if it holds that low, that is price in the DFW area at $1.34 in 2 weeks.

Cheapest price in my area right now is $1.39 (Frankford and the GBT)

My favorite gas station jumped there prices by 15 cents in the last 3 days, so I looked up the gas futures price today.

Gasoline $1.11

So yes, from the 27th to this last Friday, the Gas futures jumped 25 cents per gallon.

As long as the price per gallon stays below $2, or very slowly creeps up, I am fine with it. I just don't want the $4 per gallon price followed by $1.33 gas 2 months later anymore.

Gas is still $1.65 by the store today, whole sale prices have been hovering around $1.11 to $1.15 this week.
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Getting real: The high cost of electric cars (http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/15/autos/bcg_electric_car_report/index.htm)

I still think electric cars are the future. Cost is the main reason I have not seriously looked into one. (I have been watching)

Gas prices are probably the last we are going to see below $2. The market will adjust in the next month or so and gas will go back to $2 or more by this summer. (I hope I am wrong though)

in the next several years, I expect to see $5 gas on a regular basis, but that would be more than 5 years down the road. (normal market conditions)

Prices are already back up to $2.00 or more here in SoCal.
Crude was at (I think) $46.00/bbl yesterday, so what's the deal with a price hike now? I don't think we'll ever see "normal market conditions" again. "Normal" will become ripping off the public for as much as they can, which is significant, because we have no alternatives. We have to have individual transportation because our cities, for the most part, are not set up for public transportation; and because the mind-set of the American people is such that we don't want anyone to "invade our personal space".

Oil Futures WTI $36.72 Brent $46.49

WTI is what we pay in the USA mostly, that is what you see. Brent is from the North Sea.

Gas closed up again today at $1.16

Good info here on what 'they' get out of a barrel of crude:

http://science.howstuffworks.com/oil-refining2.htm

Prices are already back up to $2.00 or more here in SoCal.
Crude was at (I think) $46.00/bbl yesterday, so what's the deal with a price hike now? I don't think we'll ever see "normal market conditions" again. "Normal" will become ripping off the public for as much as they can, which is significant, because we have no alternatives. We have to have individual transportation because our cities, for the most part, are not set up for public transportation; and because the mind-set of the American people is such that we don't want anyone to "invade our personal space".

The price of gas is partly the cost of the crude and partly the cost of transporting the gasoline to market. The west coast states have not allowed refiners to build refineries to keep up with demand. Your gas has to shipped in or trucked over the mountains. It is more expensive to transport gasoline than crude because gasoline is volatile. The higher price you pay for gasoline in California is the price you are paying for not having stinky refineries.

Producers want higher ethanol limits for gasoline (http://www.newsobserver.com/1566/story/1431602.html)

Don't Increase Federal Ethanol Mandates (http://www.businessinsider.com/dont-increase-federal-ethanol-madates-2009-3)

Calif.'s Fuel Efficiency Proposal Infuriates Ethanol Industry (http://www.businessinsider.com/califs-fuel-efficiency-proposal-infuriates-ethanol-industry-2009-3)

From one of the Pizza's linked articles:

Kris Kiser, executive director of the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute, said boat engines, chainsaws, lawn mowers, snowmobiles, motorcycles, generators and other small engine equipment "may be permanently damaged" from using the 15 percent ethanol blend.



I know that I have had two weed-eater engines and one chainsaw develop fuel delivery system problems since starting to use ethanol mixed gas. The problems are with rubber or plastic components becoming hard and brittle then breaking during use.

No proof that it was the ethanol in the gas, but I have older units non-working that were not in use that still have pliable parts.

Oil Futures WTI $36.72 Brent $46.49

WTI is what we pay in the USA mostly, that is what you see. Brent is from the North Sea.

Gas closed up again today at $1.16



A gallon of gas will cost you $1.69 around the corner from my house today. :confused:

That is pretty good.

wholesale gas closed on Friday at $1.33 per gallon.

The two stations by my store were both $1.79 last night. (I filled up Wednesday at Sam's Club for $1.69)

No proof that it was the ethanol in the gas, but I have older units non-working that were not in use that still have pliable parts.



I read somewhere that Valero was one of the only places you could get non ethanol gas for small engines.

Most of TN is Ethanol, I was unable to find "non-ethanol" gas when i was there this last summer.

Areas like the DFW area, you can not buy non-ethanol gas.

This is one of the items that got me to get political. On the surface, Ethanol sounds good, till you realize the lose of MPG means you loose all the savings and even put out MORE CO2 than with straight gas. That is our government at work.

Ethanol is a corporate farm subsidy program sufficiently disguised as an energy program to fool most of the people most of the time.

Liberals who are confused about ethanol should read this story from Rolling Stone: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/sto...cal_boondoggles (http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/15635751/the_ethanol_scam_one_of_americas_biggest_political _boondoggles)

This is a quote from another source: "Ethanol has its place � aging quietly in small oak barrels after vigorous charcoal filtering."

Refiners call for halt to ethanol mandate (http://www.coshoctontribune.com/article/20090404/NEWS01/904040307)

Oh, Whole sale price is still around $1.45. At least it stopped going up.

One last thing, I was about to get NON Ethanol gas in Arkansas, at the HOPE / Washington exit. My Extera ran very smooth all the way home. (with MUCH better gas millage)

I just checked the Wholesale gas prices.

On Thursday they were $1.38
On Friday they were $1.45

2 days ago they were 1.58

Right now they are $1.68.

That is a 30 cent increase in just a week.

I do not know what this is from, but If you can get gas for less than $2.15, I would fill up now (just in case it keeps going up)

Luckly, I saw the price jump 10 cents on Friday, I told my wife to fill up the cars. I was lucky, I paid 25 cents less per gallon than what the cheapest price in Carrollton is right now.

$ 2.35 today in San Diego.

$4.87 in Wiesendangen, Switzerland today.

closed today at $1.685

Gas went up another 10 cents today at my normal station to $2.15

Isn't Memorial Day weekend, the start of the summer driving season, just around the corner? I thought gas prices always moved up in May and stayed up until September.

Gas is still trading at $1.68 as of this moment.

Here in Pittsburgh, PA, we've seen retail gas prices increase 19 cents during the past week. Average cost is $2.30 per gallon and climbing. :mad:

tulsa, $1.99

Here in Pittsburgh, PA, we've seen retail gas prices increase 19 cents during the past week. Average cost is $2.30 per gallon and climbing. :mad:

they are catching up with the 30 cent increase in Whole sale gas price from this last week.

As of right now, the wholesale price of gas just jumped up 5 cents per gallon to $1.73

It could drop back down this afternoon, but I doubt it. Oil is closing in on $60 per barrel right now.

Don't know about the rest of the country, but I find it EXTREMELY interesting that diesel is now cheaper than Regular gas, when for the last few years and especially last year during the "crisis" it was 1.00-1.50 dollars a gallon more than Regular when gas started making the climb over $4 a gallon.


I guess the refineries and wholesalers aren't really just jacking the price of gas up to make extra money for the stocks and speculators who are already starting the $4 a gallon rally cry again.

Watch and see how talking about the prices drives up the prices just like last year when prices moved WAAAAAY up for no physical or logical reason, but just for speculators to make money from it.

I'm in the wrong business. :(

The business to have right now is a repo agency.... ;)

third party interloapers in peoples private affairs,basically if their vehicals are locked with something other than the door locks they cant touch it, but if found by the interloapers in the parking lot or driveway un attended they claim it as "found".
very shifty business.

It appears you don't know much about the repo business. ;)

Both Oil and Gas dropped by closing bell on Friday.

$1.68 for Wholesale price on gas. This is pretty much what it was all week.

The Great Ethanol Scam (http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/may2009/bw20090514_058678.htm?chan=autos_autos+--+lifestyle+subindex+page_top+stories)



You need to read this article and realize what our government is doing to our engines. Ed spells it out this time. It is an Ethanol Scam and our politicians are falling for it.

I record most of my fuel purchases for MPG purposes, last year on 5/22 I filled up for $4.179 I just filled up for $2.499 today 5/18. (93 octane for a turbo car) This year is starting way better....

fill up your tanks TODAY

as of this moment

Gasoline $1.843 (http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/commodities/cfutures.html)

Gas jumped up 8 cents per gallon at the station next to the store in just the last hour. (from $2.19 to $2.27)

$2.40 here in Pittsburgh.......just in time for the holiday travel! :mad:

2.48 here in Albany, NY ..........

$2.64 in Chicagoland.

Beats the hell out of last year ($4.00)!

Only $5.18 in Wiesendangen, Switzerland. It was down to $4.67 less than a month ago - the lowest price it had been in over a year.

I paid 2.09 yesterday.:)

Whole sale price of gas has dropped a little today, hopefully it keeps dropping back to $1.50 or lower. (I like it when gas is below $2 per gallon)

Gasoline $1.78 (http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/commodities/cfutures.html)

Don't count on it going down soon - It's up almost 50 cents a gallon everywhere on the East coast in the last 30 days with Oil only being up about 3-5 dollars a barrel over the same time period.

I'm gonna call it now - By August 1st gas will be over $3 a gallon all across the US and p probably will be $3.25 in KC during the week of Worlds, where if it's like Michigan was last year, a car getting 25 miles to the gallon still got filled up 4 times during the week with ZERO extra trips that were not on the PDGA Schedule of Events. :(

Even if prices stay exactly where they are now, it's easily around a hundred dollars minimum just for gas alone for that week.

What a differance a week makes. As of this moment, gas is at:Gasoline $1.91 (http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/commodities/cfutures.html)

I noticed gas had jumped up in the last day or two another 5 cents in Carrollton. I checked this morning and gas had jumped up 5 cents in the whole sale market.

$5.40 in Wiesendangen, Switzerland.

What I actually pay is 1.52 CHF per liter. I figure the exchange rate and convert liters to gallons before I post the price here.

$3.00 a gallon seems like a bargain to me! That would work out to me paying 0.84 CHF per liter -a price I have NEVER seen in my 14 years of traveling to/living in Switzerland.

How often do you drive more than 100 km at a time in Switzerland? If you did, then you would really care about gas prices. I drive 50 km each way to work and back every day - a few pennies per gallon is a BIG deal to me.

Even though I only drive 4.2 miles to work, gas prices to affect my drivers so I keep an eye on the futures market. (I check it a few times a week usually) When I post increases here, I usually post them at the store too so my drivers can save a dime.

I also pull up the Gasbuddy.com web site and can tell them where the cheapest gas prices in our delivery area are.

I was reading today that a big part of the increase is because of the falling Dollar again. Demand is actually down right now, the oil companies are cutting back production because they have no more room to store the oil they have pumped.

Oh, one more quick point I read the other day. If the US stopped using Oil for gas we would still have to import oil for it's other uses.

we will see if it drops down by closing today, but as of right now, whole sale Gasoline $1.97 (http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/commodities/cfutures.html)

Almost 3 months since the Pizza post, and we are sitting at the same prices, even though the left, right and middle media ALL state we have an overabundance of "WET" oil, so much that they have nowhere left to store it and are putting it in docked Oil tankers, but the prices stay where they have been because of the "Paper" OIL SPECULATORS - including the fine folks at Goldman Sachs, who have been hosing the economy for the last few years.

Lets have someone try and convince ANYBODY that Speculators DO NOT run the countries economic policies and prices and I'll tell them straight to their face that they are a lying dirtbag.

I've worded it nicer this time so that shouldn't get me probation again right? ;)

Almost 3 months since the Pizza post, and we are sitting at the same prices, even though the left, right and middle media ALL state we have an overabundance of "WET" oil, so much that they have nowhere left to store it and are putting it in docked Oil tankers, but the prices stay where they have been because of the "Paper" OIL SPECULATORS - including the fine folks at Goldman Sachs, who have been hosing the economy for the last few years.

Lets have someone try and convince ANYBODY that Speculators DO NOT run the countries economic policies and prices and I'll tell them straight to their face that they are a lying dirtbag.

I've worded it nicer this time so that shouldn't get me probation again right? ;)

Check out this video. It may have some answers for you. Lindsay Williams worked along side the head honchos of the oil industry for a number of years.

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