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Mar 9, 2022 17:16:53 GMT -5
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Post by Mack Apiary Bees on Mar 9, 2022 17:16:53 GMT -5
4.99 in Cincinnati at some locations.
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GAS
Mar 9, 2022 17:22:10 GMT -5
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Post by deadeer on Mar 9, 2022 17:22:10 GMT -5
South Bend- $4.39 gas $5.50 diesel today!
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GAS
Mar 9, 2022 17:34:57 GMT -5
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Mar 9, 2022 17:34:57 GMT -5
I just paid 4.22 for regular in Franklin.
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GAS
Mar 9, 2022 17:42:05 GMT -5
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Post by stevein on Mar 9, 2022 17:42:05 GMT -5
$4.25 in Ft Wayne and Huntertown.
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Post by welder on Mar 9, 2022 18:13:03 GMT -5
$1.06 in Clay county.
For a quart!!
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Mar 9, 2022 18:46:56 GMT -5
Post by Woody Williams on Mar 9, 2022 18:46:56 GMT -5
To know gas prices in your area OR while on the road load up the APP Gas Buddy .
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Post by genesis273 on Mar 9, 2022 20:12:31 GMT -5
$4.59 for regular. $5.29 for diesel. Jasper County area.  |
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Post by greghopper on Mar 13, 2022 10:51:07 GMT -5
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Post by beermaker on Mar 13, 2022 11:18:47 GMT -5
Just filled up for $4.09 in Pigeon Forge.
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Post by esshup on Mar 15, 2022 16:28:13 GMT -5
So, crude is down below $100/barrel today. How fast do you think fuel/gas prices will drop? 2-3 months vs the 2-3 weeks that it took them to climb? Why is it that the prices never drop as fast as they climb? I sure don't want more federal oversight, but I sure would love to see something done abut the higher fuel prices. It's said that for every $10/barrel increase in the price of crude, the price of gas goes up $0.25. OK, crude has dropped $30/barrel, so that should equal $0.75/gal drop in prices. Last 5 days price of crude has dropped 21%, just yesterday diesel increased in price close to $0.10/gallon here. Why? www.marketwatch.com/investing/future/crude%20oil%20-%20electronic |
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Post by treetop on Mar 15, 2022 19:57:04 GMT -5
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GAS
Mar 15, 2022 21:54:55 GMT -5
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Post by greyhair on Mar 15, 2022 21:54:55 GMT -5
Gas prices were regulated for several years until the early 1980's, when Reagan ended it. Since then, we have endured a long series of wild swings in price with little stability.
Generally I am a free-market guy, but just saying...
I wonder if gasoline could be considered an essential, like water or electricity.
Imagine if electricity was unregulated. Your electric rates could go through the roof at the whim of the power company.
Actually, that happened in Texas. Their separate poorly regulated power supply resulted in many people getting lawfully billed for insane amounts after the big freeze.
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Mar 16, 2022 0:56:44 GMT -5
Post by esshup on Mar 16, 2022 0:56:44 GMT -5
Gas prices were regulated for several years until the early 1980's, when Reagan ended it. Since then, we have endured a long series of wild swings in price with little stability. Generally I am a free-market guy, but just saying... I wonder if gasoline could be considered an essential, like water or electricity. Imagine if electricity was unregulated. Your electric rates could go through the roof at the whim of the power company. Actually, that happened in Texas. Their separate poorly regulated power supply resulted in many people getting lawfully billed for insane amounts after the big freeze. Greyhair, if that were to happen (like it did in Texas) then I wonder if people that had enough electric generating "stuff" like solar panels and a wind turbine turn the tables and bill the electric company for the electricity that went backwards through the wires to the grid? Turnabout is fair play in my book. |
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Mar 16, 2022 4:47:56 GMT -5
Post by beermaker on Mar 16, 2022 4:47:56 GMT -5
Gas prices were regulated for several years until the early 1980's, when Reagan ended it. Since then, we have endured a long series of wild swings in price with little stability. Generally I am a free-market guy, but just saying... I wonder if gasoline could be considered an essential, like water or electricity. Imagine if electricity was unregulated. Your electric rates could go through the roof at the whim of the power company. Actually, that happened in Texas. Their separate poorly regulated power supply resulted in many people getting lawfully billed for insane amounts after the big freeze. Greyhair, if that were to happen (like it did in Texas) then I wonder if people that had enough electric generating "stuff" like solar panels and a wind turbine turn the tables and bill the electric company for the electricity that went backwards through the wires to the grid? Turnabout is fair play in my book. If I'm not mistaken, energy can be sold back to the provider. I worked for an architect in the early 2000's and his passion was energy efficiency. He was hell-bent on building a condo building that would incorporate solar and photovoltaic systems to become a net energy producer. Coincidentally, the company went bankrupt due in part to his ideas that no one would buy. What always steams me are the "fuel surcharges" that we see from various trucking and delivery companies when there is a sudden spike in fuel prices. I can't tell you how many notices of increases I have seen, but I don't recall ever seeing the charges go away when fuel prices receed. |
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Mar 16, 2022 9:57:59 GMT -5
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Post by greyhair on Mar 16, 2022 9:57:59 GMT -5
Some places actually have net- metering, where your generated power can go back to the grid. The companies pay you much less than you pay them, naturally.
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GAS
Mar 16, 2022 19:18:07 GMT -5
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Post by onebentarrow on Mar 16, 2022 19:18:07 GMT -5
What always steams me are the "fuel surcharges" that we see from various trucking and delivery companies when there is a sudden spike in fuel prices. I can't tell you how many notices of increases I have seen, but I don't recall ever seeing the charges go away when fuel prices receed.[/quote]
I retired from a ltl trucking Co. Our base charge was figured on standard operating costs with average fuel prices. The profit margin for LTL trucking is 3 to 5 %. Each contract had a fuel surcharge. It was figured as X% added to the standard shipping charge for x% increase for fuel. I have seen fuel charge come and go depending on price. Our trucks used between 100 and 200 gal a day,that is local pickup and long haul. Now take an average of 150 gal a day x 2.25 a gal = 327.50 verses 4.50 a gal = 675 a day in fuel. Over 100% increase in cost x (our lot had 100 trucks) = 67,500 dollars a day verses 32,750. Show me one business that could absorbe that cost increase with out raising thier price.
Most people donot understand the amount of fuel used to move freight by truck. The best mpg I have herd of on the new fangled trucks is 8 mpg with average being 5 and not to many years back 3 or 4 mpg was good.
If you ship a truckload of freight from Ft Wayne In to Atlanta Georgia (approx 800 mi) at 5 mpg you use 160 gal of fuel at $4.50 a gal = $740 just in fuel not including tractor,trailer labor loading/unloading, paying a driver 16 hrs drive time at average $25 hr + benifets tires,mantance (regular oilchange every 10000 mi and just oil, those moters hold up to 10 gal of oil+ filters) it all adds up.
Not picking on any one just some numbers to ponder
Onebentarrow
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Mar 16, 2022 19:41:26 GMT -5
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Post by deadeer on Mar 16, 2022 19:41:26 GMT -5
What always steams me are the "fuel surcharges" that we see from various trucking and delivery companies when there is a sudden spike in fuel prices. I can't tell you how many notices of increases I have seen, but I don't recall ever seeing the charges go away when fuel prices receed. I retired from a ltl trucking Co. Our base charge was figured on standard operating costs with average fuel prices. The profit margin for LTL trucking is 3 to 5 %. Each contract had a fuel surcharge. It was figured as X% added to the standard shipping charge for x% increase for fuel. I have seen fuel charge come and go depending on price. Our trucks used between 100 and 200 gal a day,that is local pickup and long haul. Now take an average of 150 gal a day x 2.25 a gal = 327.50 verses 4.50 a gal = 675 a day in fuel. Over 100% increase in cost x (our lot had 100 trucks) = 67,500 dollars a day verses 32,750. Show me one business that could absorbe that cost increase with out raising thier price. Most people donot understand the amount of fuel used to move freight by truck. The best mpg I have herd of on the new fangled trucks is 8 mpg with average being 5 and not to many years back 3 or 4 mpg was good. If you ship a truckload of freight from Ft Wayne In to Atlanta Georgia (approx 800 mi) at 5 mpg you use 160 gal of fuel at $4.50 a gal = $740 just in fuel not including tractor,trailer labor loading/unloading, paying a driver 16 hrs drive time at average $25 hr + benifets tires,mantance (regular oilchange every 10000 mi and just oil, those moters hold up to 10 gal of oil+ filters) it all adds up. Not picking on any one just some numbers to ponder Onebentarrow[/quote] (To add a few points to your story if you dont mind... Your 8mpg on big trucks is still valid, have seen a couple pushing 10mpg with automatic trans, smaller tractors and box trucks are 10-12mpg now. We download the trip log each service so I see the numbers first hand. Our oil changes have increased with better semi synthetic oil and filtration. We are now 20k on small trucks and 40k mile oil changes on our bigger engines and all holding up well. We do take an oil sample at each service to monitor for any problems.) |
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Mar 17, 2022 2:07:37 GMT -5
Post by esshup on Mar 17, 2022 2:07:37 GMT -5
And here I am with a PU truck where when they start pushing "winter fuel" the mpg drops to 10 mph with a 12,000# load if there is any sort of a headwind.
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Mar 23, 2022 12:44:29 GMT -5
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Post by deadeer on Mar 23, 2022 12:44:29 GMT -5
Gas is $4.49 in LaPorte today.
Came down to $4.08 in South Bend, so see if they go up too on my way in to work.
Liking my 30mpg ride more than ever now!
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Mar 23, 2022 12:51:40 GMT -5
Was $3.97 at Sams when I was there end of last week. Sad when you think under $4 is good.
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