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04-20-2006, 12:01 AM
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Anybody gonna change plans because of the gas prices? I just drove 2000 miles last week and averaged $70 to $80 per fill up! Gas companies are making a killing off us right now.... 
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04-21-2006, 03:50 PM
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lets seee... awww i use my rig to cruz for chicks in vegas..hummmm nope not gonna change my plannn hehehehe
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04-21-2006, 06:10 PM
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April 21 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said the switch to ethanol in gasoline may cause supply disruptions for several months.
At least six filling stations in Philadelphia and the surrounding region were out of fuel yesterday because of the switch, according to AAA, the nation's largest motorist organization. Refiners are seeking to replace the additive MTBE in gasoline by May because of changes in fuel requirements in the energy bill that President George W. Bush signed in August.
``We're going to see some problems,'' he told reporters after giving a speech at a conference in Washington. ``I do believe over a period of time -- that is, a matter of months -- it will level out.''
Bodman said the country's supply of ethanol is adequate overall. The logistics of shipping the additive by barge, rail and truck may cause regional disruptions, he said. Rules that lower the acceptable level of sulfur in diesel fuel and refinery maintenance delayed by last year's hurricanes are also boosting supply concerns, he said.
The U.S. average gasoline pump price is climbing toward $3 a gallon, a level last seen in September after Hurricane Katrina, partly because of concern about supply problems related to the switch to ethanol.
The average U.S. pump price for regular gasoline has risen 14 percent this month to $2.855 a gallon as of yesterday, up from $2.218 a year ago, according to AAA's Web site.
Record crude oil is also pushing pump prices toward their all-time high. Crude oil for June delivery rose $1.48 to $75.17 a barrel today on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Today was the first time crude topped $75, and the fourth straight day setting a record.
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04-21-2006, 05:05 AM
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Makes no difference here. Last year driving to and from Moab we had to use Premium. That was around $3.30 a gallon then.
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04-21-2006, 03:36 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by HummerNewbie:
It just hit $74 a barrel
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Still going up.
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04-20-2006, 08:30 PM
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Do what I did!
Get yourself a Harley! 
50mpg and you get almost as many thumbs up from kids!
Ric-H0
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04-22-2006, 12:18 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by PhilD:
I guess I'm different. Gas prices do bother me and although they haven't changed my driving habits yet, I certainly do not relish paying high gas prices and would be much happier with low gas prices.
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Phil...this hasn't changed my H2 driving habits  I haven't driven mine in a month
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04-21-2006, 04:33 PM
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forgot about the oil drum website. I have sort been looking for a website that broke down the price of oil by the type of oil. Can't find the site anymore. oh well not that big of a deal. Thanks
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04-20-2006, 01:30 AM
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"I hope it gets up to 5 dollars a gallon to get some of these ass**** drivers off the road. I'll pay just for the convienance factor".
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Love it!!! 
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04-21-2006, 05:07 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by devilsfan:
Screw that, I say we invade Canada!
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Then we can't call them the Northern Mexicans anymore 
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04-21-2006, 01:11 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Boss Hoss:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by 2-H2's:
Just jack your prices up to coincide with the gas prices & keep on gettin' it. If everyone's prices top out with the gas figures it a wash.
Worst case scenario...everyone become self-employed & right it off.
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I smell inflation...which is inevitable with rising energy cost. It is first felt on the producers side(PPI-producers price index) then dwindles down to consumers(CPI-consumers price index). Inflation=rising home interest rates...BTW, the Fed raising the Fed Funds rate(directly affects the "prime" rate) does not directly increase mortgage interest rates, however inflation does.
Im with Phil....i dont particularly care for paying more for gas...or anything else for that matter. It will not stop me from driving my truck as a please but it doesnt mean i like it. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Everything.... EVERYTHING is affected by fuel costs. You don't simply adjust your habits, costs to accomodate. The economy is a slow moving vehicle but it does move. With the fuel prices reaching upward and upward, shipping costs for everything gets higher and higher, travel costs for business gets higher and higher and eventually everything on the consumer end does cost more (as Boss Hoss was stating).
This retards capital investment in business so 5-10 years down the road the economy is still taking a dump because all the money was spent on freight/travel/fuel costs and the direct/indirect results of it.
So, worrying about spending a few quarters more per gallon right now might not seem like much to some, it's going to bite you and everyone else in the ass if it's not brought under control.
It is all about supply and demand, but it's supply and demand of the oil futures that's affecting the fuel costs.
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04-20-2006, 03:03 AM
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Just put 30 gal in the boat for $86 bucks, (holds 70)) and burned 1/2 of it today. Burned another 1/2 tank in the 2, (towed a Heavier boat this time) for the 80 mile round trip (test loop!, worm Drowning party)  .
What Am I Gonna Do?---Same f-ing thing tomorrow!
Except!, H2 will not yank the boat anymore!--Gas guzzlin, small blocked, underpowered, Heavy, good looking, constantly shifting, good looking, Very stinky brakes (little fade) @ the bottom !  , damn fine looking outfit! But Sadly, Boat is to much of a Bully for the 2. Guess it's time to trade it in!--SUT for looks!, or Alfa for work!--might be a Dilema!  --since I already have a good tow rig! 
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04-21-2006, 02:57 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Idaho-Hummer:
Whoa job security
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Yes, I think your level of security just went up a bit 
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04-21-2006, 02:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by HummerNewbie:
It just hit $74 a barrel
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VLO just hit 68.75 
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04-21-2006, 01:47 PM
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I like it.
A) It keeps ******* tree-huggers off of the road. That's important to me, because when I return,
B) I am driving to Knoxville, TN from SATX. The fewer tree-huggers, the lower my blood pressure. I'll pay a couple hundred for that. My wife doesn't think it's a good example for my son when I'm yanking some prick through the window on the side of the highway to administer a beating.
C) I own VLO, FTO, and a few other oil stocks, so I guess I win even if I lose.
Just wait until Iran cuts off production to the west. I wish we'd just get it over with and take over Venezuela.
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04-21-2006, 04:57 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by h2itis:
Just wait until Iran cuts off production to the west. I wish we'd just get it over with and take over Venezuela.
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Screw that, I say we invade Canada!
Stacy
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04-21-2006, 04:00 PM
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Just checked a site I have in my favorites and they have a link to energy commodities futures. As of 1:28 (quotes are delayed) the last trade was at $74.75. That is down $0.05 from a minute before.
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04-21-2006, 02:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Idaho-Hummer:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by PARAGON:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Boss Hoss:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by 2-H2's:
Just jack your prices up to coincide with the gas prices & keep on gettin' it. If everyone's prices top out with the gas figures it a wash.
Worst case scenario...everyone become self-employed & right it off.
LC
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I smell inflation...which is inevitable with rising energy cost. It is first felt on the producers side(PPI-producers price index) then dwindles down to consumers(CPI-consumers price index). Inflation=rising home interest rates...BTW, the Fed raising the Fed Funds rate(directly affects the "prime" rate) does not directly increase mortgage interest rates, however inflation does.
Im with Phil....i dont particularly care for paying more for gas...or anything else for that matter. It will not stop me from driving my truck as a please but it doesnt mean i like it. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Everything.... EVERYTHING is affected by fuel costs. You don't simply adjust your habits, costs to accomodate. The economy is a slow moving vehicle but it does move. With the fuel prices reaching upward and upward, shipping costs for everything gets higher and higher, travel costs for business gets higher and higher and eventually everything on the consumer end does cost more (as Boss Hoss was stating).
This retards capital investment in business so 5-10 years down the road the economy is still taking a dump because all the money was spent on freight/travel/fuel costs and the direct/indirect results of it.
So, worrying about spending a few quarters more per gallon right now might not seem like much to some, it's going to bite you and everyone else in the ass if it's not brought under control.
It is all about supply and demand, but it's supply and demand of the oil futures that's affecting the fuel costs. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Weeelll its good thing that I get to be on the supply of the equation as well  </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Weeelll, that's just stupid
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04-20-2006, 12:04 PM
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Well, I'm moving out west (not because of gas prices  ) where biodiesel is pretty common, so I might think about getting an H1 diesel, and even though the MPG is less, B50 is $2.15 in Denver... I can't do anything to change what I pay with a gas engine, but diesel affords some more options...
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04-21-2006, 02:03 PM
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Not that it helps with the current prices or inflation, but one benefit with the higher prices is that more and more money is being put into finding more oil here in the states.
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