Gas Prices

[DrMoab]

Looks like once again for the summer time drivers the price of gas is going through the roof.

Just wondering how many its going to affect.

I am filling 5 gallon cans of Diesel as we speak.

[Rev Den]

Hopefully it will mean less idiots on the road and in the hotels this summer.

Other than that...no effect.

Rev

[IntrepidXJ]

i just hope it doesn't jump above $3. won't affect me for this trip either way. i am commited to going

[sidriptide]

i just hope it doesn't jump above $3. won't affect me for this trip either way. i am commited to going

yeah i agree... but a lower average price for the estimated 300 gallons i will need for the round trip would make mikey a happier boy.

[sidriptide]

what is the price of cheap gas around there right now?? we're around 2.60/gal for the cheap stuff. i might start an off-topic thread to see what the price is along the I-70 corridor.

[DrMoab]

what is the price of cheap gas around there right now?? we're around 2.60/gal for the cheap stuff. i might start an off-topic thread to see what the price is along the I-70 corridor.
Not sure about Moab but up north here it just jumped from 2.21 to 2.33 overnight.

I will be in Moab for the next three days though so I can let you know.

[IntrepidXJ]

Not sure about Moab but up north here it just jumped from 2.21 to 2.33 overnight.

I will be in Moab for the next three days though so I can let you know.

2.33 sounds like a deal to me. I'll happily pay that. it jumped to 2.87 around me last night

[Clint]

2.33 sounds like a deal to me. I'll happily pay that. it jumped to 2.87 around me last night

sounds like our east coast friends/midwest/central might be in for a treat when they see our "lower" gas prices... :sunshine:


(edited to show love for the Midwest :)

[IntrepidXJ]

sounds like our east coast friends might be in for a treat when they see our "lower" gas prices... :sunshine:

well, i wouldn't consider myself "east coast" :confused1

[Clint]

well, i wouldn't consider myself "east coast" :confused1 Sorry... East/Midwest/Central friends :)

[sidriptide]

Not sure about Moab but up north here it just jumped from 2.21 to 2.33 overnight.

I will be in Moab for the next three days though so I can let you know.


we jumped from 2.69 to 2.79 over night..

maybe i'll drive the Camry out and just ride beotch with someone. :viking:

[Clint]

Since DrMoab's post, it has jumped to $2.43 from $2.33..

[xj4moab]

Well Diesel is the killer for us right now 2.74 to 2.80

[Jes]

Well Diesel is the killer for us right now 2.74 to 2.80

Regular low grade gasoline is more than that here.
Diesel is up over $3.00.

[IntrepidXJ]

went into the city today to visit family, and i saw diesel for 3.55 at one station

[xj4moab]

Thats crazy

Regular low grade gasoline is more than that here.
Diesel is up over $3.00.

[cracker]

Thats crazy

So what is the 'employee discount' on diesel @ work Bryan?

[xj4moab]

So what is the 'employee discount' on diesel @ work Bryan?

:huh: I get a discount :dunno: they dont give us any thing

[Boatwrench]

Regular Gasoline just hit $2.99-9/10 after dinner at the local station. Why don't they just say $3 and be done with it.

[Clint]

In downtown Salt Lake yesterday, it was 2.37 or so. Today it was 2.49 on the way home.

[xj4moab]

No No No they should drop it to 1.50 and be done with it

Regular Gasoline just hit $2.99-9/10 after dinner at the local station. Why don't they just say $3 and be done with it.

[grandpaxj]

at EJS it was 2.35 at mavrick ,BUT I'M SURE IT WON'T LAST!!!!!!!!! and WHO can we thank????!!!1 not our oil companies, who are making BILLIONS in profits then they blame other countries for the high oil prices( as they laugh at us on their way to the bank) SO----- WHY DON'T WE HAVE MORE WE HAVE MORE OIL REFINERIES? WHY DOESN'T THE EPA ISSUE MORE PERMITS FOR REFINERIES? Aren't oil refineries important for us to have oil? Even OPEC offered to build us refineries and out government said no. OPEC says how was we give you more oil if you can't prossess it? OPEC has issued a statement that it should be $30 a barrel and then everyone would be happy...Wouldn't we?! So who's to blame...US or our GOVERNMENT?! The oil companies? I just had a few questions and would like to know the real truth!!!!!! :confused1 :gonnablow

[Rev Den]

Who is to blame?

Enviromentalists
NIMBY's
State and Local goverments
OSHA
EPA
and the list goes on...

This is that same people to blame for rolling blackouts, and high energy costs.

No one wants a refinery, power plant, transmisson lines, or anything where they can see it. The oil and power companies are in a tought spot...we want more...but we don't want it built in out 'hood.

JMHO

Rev

[cracker]

Who is to blame?

Enviromentalists
NIMBY's
State and Local goverments
OSHA
EPA
and the list goes on...

This is that same people to blame for rolling blackouts, and high energy costs.

No one wants a refinery, power plant, transmisson lines, or anything where they can see it. The oil and power companies are in a tought spot...we want more...but we don't want it built in out 'hood.

JMHO

Rev

WTF does OSHA and EPA have to do with this?

The main problem is the lobbyist working over the state governments.

Environmentalists/NIMBY's have been feeding the public horror stories. The NRC keeps safety and cleanlieness at the highest degree. Waste is extremely minimal and containable. People are terrified about things they don't know/understand about. When People think of nuclear, they think of ThreeMile Island and Chernobyl which are two disasters and they don't hear about all the good that nuclear has done. There are tons of plants out there including military that have done nothing but good but the news doesn't tell us that. :dunno:

[Rev Den]

Well...I never mentioned nuclear, living in Illinois I feel very fortunate to have the nuclear infrastructure that we do.

However....the EPA and OSHA are both overly restrictive agencies that, well they may do some good, only add to the rising cost of doing business.

Rev

[cracker]

However....the EPA and OSHA are both overly restrictive agencies that, well they may do some good, only add to the rising cost of doing business.

Rev

They do do good even though some of their restrictions set in place might be odd their overall intention is good.

As far as the EPA, I see restrictions put in place for coal emmisions and strip mining but I cannot think of anything else (non related to nuclear). Steam/natural gas and hydro are generally free from EPA restrictions unless there is an endangerd frog fawking in a resevoir or something.

As far as rolling black outs, the main problems is because of bad decision by state/local governments. Other than hydro there is no way to store that energy. We have more than enough power necessary to go around. It is a matter of making the right decisions on a government level to distribute it properly.

[red91]

They do do good even though some of their restrictions set in place might be odd their overall intention is good.



Hey Rev....help me pave the road to HELL....it looks like the EPA and OSHA could manage the project for us.


I see $$$$$.

[Vince]

Whenever I see US 'Gas Price' threads I always think 'if only it could be here'. This week my local gasoline price jumped to the equivalent of $6.63/USgal and diesel $6.96/USgal. A small increase in crude creates a huge increase in retail gasoline price due to the 80% tax Brits have to pay on vehicle fuel. We were too dumb to do anything about it and let our government steadily increase the price over ten years. Believe me, If you need gas you're not going to stop buying it just because it's gone up everywhere by 5 cents every month.

It wouldn't suprise me if US gasoline prices steadily increase to $4 by 2008 to allow a lower priced E85 to gain widespread acceptance.

[xtremexj94]

You guys think you have it soooo bad at $3/gallon - we're sitting at $3.80/gallon and the oil comes out of the ground only 6 hours away and the refinery is on the other side of the city from me - explain that!! I wish I could complain about paying $3/gallon.

[Jes]

It's up to 2.99 for the cheap stuff here now.
Strangely, diesel has stayed at 3.09, which it's been at for the last month or so.

[Jes]

Whenever I see US 'Gas Price' threads I always think 'if only it could be here'. This week my local gasoline price jumped to the equivalent of $6.63/USgal and diesel $6.96/USgal.

The difference is, the UK is an island. You can't just jump in a vehicle and drive 1000 miles someplace to go rock crawling.
In the Western United States it's a long way to drive to get to where you want to go.

[sidriptide]

i saw something on the news last night the headline was
"east coast gasoline shortage!"

WTF is that $hit??

[IntrepidXJ]

i just hope it doesn't jump above $3. won't affect me for this trip either way. i am commited to going

wow.....in 1 week from this post it jumped above $3 :gonnablow

i really didn;t think it would get so high......but i guess anything can happen.....

[DrMoab]

Well hopfully it stays close to where it is at. You will be pleasantly suprised. Moab yesterday it was 2.54 a gallon. Diesel is up to 3.00 a gallon though. :(

[IntrepidXJ]

Well hopfully it stays close to where it is at. You will be pleasantly suprised. Moab yesterday it was 2.54 a gallon. Diesel is up to 3.00 a gallon though. :(

i can deal with 2.54

[Clint]

i can deal with 2.54


$2.65 downtown Salt Lake... $2.61 out in the country where I live.

[sidriptide]

we hit 2.89 out here.. :gonnablow

[Boatwrench]

Paid $3.11 on the way back from Farmer Matt's house this afternoon...that just plain stinks.

[Goatman]

The difference is, the UK is an island. You can't just jump in a vehicle and drive 1000 miles someplace to go rock crawling.
In the Western United States it's a long way to drive to get to where you want to go.

Yep, I'm over 1100 miles one way to go wheeling next week, and many of the folks are coming from farther than I am. I saw diesel yesterday for 3.09 but regular was 3.19. This is the first time for awhile that I've seen diesel lower than regular.

[DrMoab]

Yep, I'm over 1100 miles one way to go wheeling next week, and many of the folks are coming from farther than I am. I saw diesel yesterday for 3.09 but regular was 3.19. This is the first time for awhile that I've seen diesel lower than regular.
Its not here that way yet. I just filled the jeep and the truck at the same station. Gas for the jeep was 2.51 and Diesel was 2.89.

[IntrepidXJ]

Its not here that way yet. I just filled the jeep and the truck at the same station. Gas for the jeep was 2.51 and Diesel was 2.89.

i really hope it stays that way. i'm already saving up for fuel for fall fling 2008, since it will probably be $5/gal :confused1

[Goatman]

i really hope it stays that way. i'm already saving up for fuel for fall fling 2008, since it will probably be $5/gal :confused1

Fall Fling 2008.........25th Anniversary Celebration. :)

We had 175 XJ/MJ's in Moab for the 20th, how many can we get there for the 25th? :D

[CanMan]

Fall Fling 2008.........25th Anniversary Celebration. :)

We had 175 XJ/MJ's in Moab for the 20th, how many can we get there for the 25th? :D

Ill definitly be one of the many. Count me in!

BTW 87 here(Seattle, WA) is 2.99+ a gallon. Drove by Chevron, the gas truck was filling up the tanks. Drove back by an hour later, went up 10 cents after the gas truck left the station. WTF?

[sidriptide]

i really hope it stays that way. i'm already saving up for fuel for fall fling 2008, since it will probably be $5/gal :confused1


you too huh??

[DrMoab]

Just saw a lady on the news from AAA. She said they are expecting prices to be 3.25 national average by July 4. Maybe 4.00 by the end of the year.
Wonder how bicycle sales are right now?

[cracker]

Wonder how bicycle sales are right now?

Hasn't kicked in yet. Hopefully soon though :D

[joey99jb]

$2.89 Eastern Mass

[IntrepidXJ]

actually went down a little here today.....from 2.99 to 2.91

[IntrepidXJ]

you may have seen this before...but i just found it.

http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx

looks like prices get cheaper the further west i travel :p

[cracker]

you may have seen this before...but i just found it.

http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx

looks like prices get cheaper the further west i travel :p

Wyoming looks like where one needs to be :D

[Boatwrench]

In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter....I'll be at Moab next week come hell or high water.

[sidriptide]

In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter....I'll be at Moab next week come hell or high water.

i'm with you on that one Tom!! even if it means my kids have PB&J for the next month... (is that wrong?)

[Jes]

In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter....I'll be at Moab next week come hell or high water.

Me too.
Better yet, I got a cash bonus for a job well done and it'll just about pay for all my gas on the trip.

[DrMoab]

Me too.
Better yet, I got a cash bonus for a job well done and it'll just about pay for all my gas on the trip.
Wow....million dollar bonuses are hard to come by these days. :D

[grandpaxj]

With china going through their industrial revolution now because our American companies are going over there for cheap labor, they ,the people of china, want to buy cars and they are giving up their bikes. Maybe someone could go over there and buy up all the unwanted bikes and bring them to us so we can retrogress. Isn't that a great idea? China will be the number 1 in the world for consuming gasoline and we will be in second place. the only good I see is that this is the process fo breaking down communism??? happy day and we still PAY FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!:gonnablow

[cracker]

With china going through their industrial revolution now because our American companies are going over there for cheap labor, they ,the people of china, want to buy cars and they are giving up their bikes. Maybe someone could go over there and buy up all the unwanted bikes and bring them to us so we can retrogress. Isn't that a great idea?

Are you nuts?

Have you seen a Chinese domestic bicycle? You are better off walking than using those things.