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$3.31 midgrade
$3.33 hi-test
$2.95 diesel (last I saw a price for diesel it was $2.99)
$2.95 at ARCO
Phoenix ZONE gas $2.89 per gallon got 19.93 MPG from Yuma. Mostly 75 MPH in the GMC PU. It was 108 degrees most of the way. Climate control in truck set at 75 degrees.
The independents aren't making any $$$ but the company-owned stations, since tied directly to the companies, are making a killing. That's what you don't read about. But there were some indies that had their prices raised high, with the idea of getting back at the fuel companies because of the low margins and high-dollar leases. I believe the articles stated that the stations were in California.
Back on topic, fuel prices by work are "down" to $3.09 ~ $3.11 range and these are the Shell and BP. The always higher Speedway is running at $3.25 for 87 octane.
Great price in New Jersey. $2.799 for 87 octane in Salisbury, Md., on the Delmarva Peninsula.
Now they've started back up in anticiation of the fillups for travel over a long, double 4th of July travel week. Who says the gas companies don't have people to plan the price moves. Soon we'll hear news stories about refinery that's gone offline because of a valve that's turned the wrong way, hurricanes, oil prices, etc., from the fax machines sending the pr items to the media newsreaders.
$2.89 to $3.05
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
The oil companies are also blaming a shortage of skilled labor and "others think capacity-utilization rates will be lower than in the past as refiners produce more specialized fuels." Ultralow-sulfur diesel for example.
Still $3.19 for regular here.
Government's to blame for that during the last 50 years.
It's time for the Congress to mandate refineries be built on an expedited schedule.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Overall gas mileage in the GMC hybrid PU truck 19.56 MPG. High tank from Cortez Colorado to Page Arizona 21.79 MPG. Low mileage was while in Albuquerque 17.57 MPG, 161 miles city driving.
87 - $2.999
89 - $3.239
93 - $3.319
diesel - $2.999
This place has the luxury of being located at an interstate off-ramp, without another station for almost a 2-mile radius.
kcram - Pickups Host
So most stations today are:
$3.15
$3.27
$3.27
The Maverick gas club station was posting $3.12 for regular.
There are still some places selling petrol @ $3.15 for 87. I figuring on a price increase Monday, Tuesday the latest due to 4th and the barrel price jump yesterday.
Local gas prices are now 32 cents less than in mid-May. Again, why have the price fixers allowed this to happen? I'm sure the conspiracy theorists can come up with some plausible explanation of how this is all part of the master plan.
$2.61-2.69 in lower area. $2.89 -3.03 in rest of area. The station prices are intermixed. Some have gotten the fax; others haven't.
I thought since the Springfield (which has lower prices often) low prices had spread westward into the northern suburbs that prices might stay lower for the upcoming holiday. However with some stations having gone up to $2.89 I am expecting the group to raise prices up til Wednesday.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Sunoco at Rhawn and Verree shows Regular at $2.81, Silver at $2.91, and "ultra?"93 at $3.01.
89 Octane $3.39
91 Octane $3.49
Like I have said before, since the price of fuel back east has dropped back down to under $3.00 a gallon nobody in the White House seems to be concerned anymore about the price at the pump. I guess we really aren’t a United States. At least it seems that way to most of us here in California when it comes to the price at the pump, etc. It’s obvious that we are divided by the large difference we pay. We are still being pumped out of quit a lot of our hard earned money here in California while the eastern states don’t feel a thing.
One problem I've recently became aware of here in my district is: Since Congressman Thomas has retired his appointee Kevin McCarthy still has not been recognized as our new Congressman. So this might be why we are still paying such a ridiculous high price at the pump, we do not have a Congressman to represent us at the White House. I'm not saying that Mr. McCarthy isn't there, because he is, he's just not getting the recognition as our Congressman. I don't know why, I thought that when Congressman Thomas retired and we voted last Nov. 2006 that Kevin McCarthy became our new Congressman for this district. I've been informed of my mistake and was told that it is in progress for Mr. McCarthy to take over as our new Congressman. If this tells you anything, it should tell you how slow our government works.
Pissed off at the pump and for being pumped.
E.M.S.
:mad:
It's only been since last year/2006 that the oil companies have been charging us over $3.00 a gallon. We as Citizens should continue to complain and do what ever we can individually or collectively to get the Oil Company to stop charging over $2.00 a gallon like it was in the not so distant future.
In January 2006 I paid $2.56 a gallon here in So. Calif. Prior to Jan. 2006 the price for a gallon of fuel has always been under $2.00 a gallon. This year in Jan 2007 at the same station the price is $2.57 a gallon. The price never came back down to where it was. So there's not that much a difference in the past year.
It was in April 2006 that the price hit $3.00 a gallon here and continued upward. Again this year, a month earlier, in March 2007 the price again hit $3.00 a gallon and continued upwards to $3.80 per gallon.
The price again went up and did not come back down to the previous amount. So the past 2 years the price for a gallon a fuel has risen over a $1.50 a gallon and only slightly dropped off.
Can any of you say that you’re not concerned?
E.M.S.
PS
Your Congressman can do nothing to change the price at the pumps.
I mean, if we're gonna entertain Mc-y-D's fry grease for fuel let's keep thinking...just remember, you and/or I will never, ever again pay less than $2.00/gal for 87 no-lead.
The post above from johnny4016 ticks the tack right on and has a good grip on what's happening. Up a lot, down a bit, then while we're sleeping with those prices...whoop!
Time to tick-tack another 75 cents to the gallon.
I remember going to tech-school in downtown Seattle in 1979, the year my beloved Supersonics were really super and won the NBA title, paying 99 cents a gallon for regular...regular unleaded? Or just regular-regular?
Must've been 99 cents for 87 no-lead, but my memory is escaping me. When did we convert to unleaded ghastly? Mid 70's?
2021 Kia Soul LX 6-speed stick
99 cents in 1979 and up to $3.00 28 years later. Doesn't sound so bad to me. Home prices have gone up more than that during the same period and that eats up a bigger chunk of your budget than gas. Add to that vehicles are more efficient than they were in 1979 and what we spend for gas becomes even less significant.
A couple months ago gas prices were creeping up even though the price of oil was steady or maybe even declining slightly. It's funny because so many people saw this as clear evidence of some sort of conspiracy. Have these same people noticed that oil prices have been heading up over the last couple weeks yet gasoline prices have not followed suit. I'm sure they eventually will but why are the price manipulators waiting since they apparently are capable of using even the hint of bad news to immediately jack up the price.
We have some stations below you, some same price, some higher.
By me (home / work) the pricing is running $3.02 at the low end to $3.19 at the high for 87 octane. There are three stations on my commute that have petrol for under $3, but only if you get a wash AND buy 10 gals.
Close to Chi the price compares with your prices, running in the $3.25 range.
In Chi, especially downtown, the prices are higher than yours. Add in the fact "The Taste of Chicago" is going on, and you get the idea.
And now that the refineries are increasing output (but still below previous levels b4 the maintenance issues) the barrel price has increased right on time. I'm expecting petrol prices to start climbing back up. :sick:
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Some of us actually did the due diligence and realized ethanol isn't the end-all solution (a temporary stop-gap at best) and that it will cause food stocks to go up. And I won't even go into the thoughts of if the crops fail due not enough rain, too much rain... I've seen the food price increases somewhat the last time I shopped. It's only going to get worse unfortunately.
But aren't the boutique fuels hurting you as well?
Don't thank the people of Midwest - I am one. Thank the companies who will (have) benefit and their lobbiest. Washington folk don't listen to us nondonors. You might start with ADM. There are many businesses in the production as well as the processing area who wanted the legislation.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Lowest in Abilene was Sams Club at $2.849.
The CA boutique fuels are not good for fuel efficiency. I did not realize it until my trip through AZ, NM & CO. I consistently got 2-3 MPG better on the gas starting with ARCO in Yuma. All my driving was in 95+ degree weather full AC going keeping us at a cool 75 in the cab. Lowest out of CA tank was 17.6 MPG while driving in the city of Albuquerque. I have never gotten that good in San Diego city driving. Not sure what all CA puts in or takes out.
OK, let's do the electric car thing-
Wait, naw, that ethanol-fuel is nice and shiny now, and we can make it from corn -
Hybrid them suckers and DOD'em-
No, no wait, electric is cool again.
It just seems no one that can is taking this seriously, just looking for the quick-fix instead of real solutions to real problems. Kind of like, let the next ones fix it, as long as I get mine who cares about the rest.
Since gasoline is stored in underground tanks at service stations, the question becomes what temperature is the fuel in those tanks UNDERGROUND.
Anyone have any idea how much annual variation in temperatures one might see in ground temps (at 6'-8' depth) at a particular location?
Personally, I think this lawsuit is much ado over very little...
Probably it is more of a hungry attorney drumming up business.
Lowest in a while.....
Follow up -- "Hot" gas study
"jet pilots always calculate their fuel requirements in pounds and must convert to gallons when ordering the fuel. When ordering a large amount, temperature is factored in when doing this conversion. A gallon of jet fuel at room temp weighs about 6.7 lbs/gal. Reduce the temperature and the weight will increase to 6.8 lbs/gal."
Question of the Day - Is Cold Gas Denser? Part 2
'Hot" fuel costs consumers billions each year
This member's post says there's little meaningful difference:
mort4371, "Hyundai Elantra Real World MPG" #185, 11 Jun 2007 6:43 am
I just got back home after a 2 week vacation and locally prices were lower on Tuesday, yesterday, and today than they were 2 weeks ago.
Were ANYONE'S prices higher over the 4th than they were 2 weeks ago?
Prices dropped a whole lot last week then climbed some sunday through tuesday.
I think that overall, the trend has been almost exclusively downward over the last month. A check at gasbuddy.com for the US national average shows the price at about $3.12 on 6/5, $3.03 on 6/12, $3.00 on 6/19, $2.99 on 6/26 and $2.96 on 7/3.
Frankly, I don't see the big "gouge" some folks were predicting for the holiday.
I also note that the price of crude has climbed over that same period of time from around $65/bbl to around $71/bbl, yet gas prices at the pump have fallen.