Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Paid $3.09.9 today. That's up from $2.05.9 at the first of the year. I'm sure glad our new government is helping us poor folks out like they promised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 This government doesn’t care about “we the people”. They have an agenda and if you ain’t brainwashed enough to think it’s just peachy, well, they don’t care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 I saw a Chevron station with premium for $4.75 a few days ago. Must be why I never buy gasoline from Chevron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 $4.39 here on the CA Central Coast. CatBrules 14086 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Some of it is supply and demand. Most of this price increase is, uh, hmmm, how... uh, well... is being driven by political forces (my parent company is oil/gas so I hear the conversations, see the memos...) so conversation over. Enjoy your new normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 $2.69 here, holding steady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 7 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: $2.69 here, holding steady. About that here. Saw $2.52 Saturday away from Fort Wayne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. O. R. Vet Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Paid 2.49.9 in a glass station just off the freeway a out 20 miles west of St. Louis yesterday!! Imagine my surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trigger Mike Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 You won't buy an electric car unless they drive up gas prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 44 minutes ago, Trigger Mike said: You won't buy an electric car unless they drive up gas prices. This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go West Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Electric charging stations are coming soon. That way the tree huggers can travel about in their Teslas while the flyover folks sit at home because the gas prices are too high. The best part is that everyone will be subsidizing these stations even though only those with incomes over $100K will be taking advantage of them. It's a Win-Win situation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 This... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trigger Mike Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 What folks seem to miss is that higher oil means higher cost to produce electric cars and higher cost for parts since you need oil to make the batteries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Sloe Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 My neighbor went on a ride to California with some of her friends in their Tesla. She said, never again. The time it takes to recharge is the downside. And if you have to wait in line..... BS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Joplin, Mo. one year ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 More electric cars equal more needed power generating infrastructure to charge cars. That equals higher coal plant output. Enough electric cars will eventually need more fossil fuel powered electric generating because wind and solar just ain't gonna do it. Not currently anyway. More electric battery powered cars also equals more hazardous waste to be contended with when these batteries wear out as well as incredible high cost of battery replacements for these automobiles. Those are two discussions fossil fuel denying electric car freaks never want to have. My company in attempt to feel green and satisfy some bizarre itch installed electric outlets for recharging the few electric cars some of our greengeeknerdengineers drive. All the guys with their diesel trucks were more than happy to lineup and plug in their oil heaters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Haven't seen very many Elec. cars here yet. And, No charging stations at all. Guess my area isn't big/elite enough to have them. Have seen a couple CNG set ups, mostly for RT buses or commercial trucks, though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 A year ago oil was sitting offshore in tankers looking for storage tanks. Deliveries slowed down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 I've seen a couple of remote "charging stations" ..... Powered by DIESEL power plants!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Steak Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 ...wait did somebody say more coal? That cant be possible these are "Electric Cars" we are talking about. Maybe the original issue was ECLECTIC automobiles. I really hate the dinosaurs I'm glad they are all dead - it serves them right for creating all of this fossil fuel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish ike, SASS #43615 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Reno, Nevada, or as we now call it Nevadafornia, diesel is $3.49 $150.00 to fill my truck...yikes. Lithium is highly toxic and very, very flammable. electric cars have been known to catch on fire in accidents. Once it gets going its sort of like magnesium. It doens't like to go out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waxahachie Kid #17017 L Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Well it's $2.38.9/gallon here. That's up from not too long ago, when it was below $1.50/gallon. Lots of "reasons" as to why the increase. Lincoln, as it as turned out, was wrong. The government, "of the people, by the people, and for the people", HAS perished from the earth. Now it is just a race to get re-elected, and to see how much stuff they can give away, and to see how far they can distance themselves from what our Founding Father's had in mind, and initially set up, and to redefine what is male, and what is female. We are too unconcerned, too lazy, to study the history of our government....too unconcerned, too lazy, to vote....too unconcerned, too lazy, to run for office ourselves, so we can hit a lick against what is trending today. Freedom actually is just a word...until you lose it. There is a mighty struggle going on, right now, to turn our country from capitalism, to socialism, to anything goes, and most don't seem to see it, or don't want to see it. The future ain't what it used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Smoken D said: Joplin, Mo. one year ago Haven't see gas for a buck a gallon since about 1988. And that was at a no name station (it was called USA Gas) just down the street from a Shell that charged a bit more. It was nice to fill up for $10. Of course I was only making $4.25 an hour back then so it was still more than 2 hours pay to fill my tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trigger Mike Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 I checked into getting a hybrid Ford f150 after seeing Texans use it to generate power to their Homes and discovered the batteries last about 6 years according to the dealership and are expensive to replace and even a hybrid can't run if the batteries are no good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 said: Haven't seen very many Elec. cars here yet. And, No charging stations at all. Guess my area isn't big/elite enough to have them. Have seen a couple CNG set ups, mostly for RT buses or commercial trucks, though Nothing up here north of you either! Mostly hybrids if anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted April 12, 2021 Author Share Posted April 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Smoken D said: Joplin, Mo. one year ago Sam's Club closed their operation in this part of Arizona about two weeks after i renewed my membership. They wouldn't return my money because I could still shop on line. That's been over two years ago and I wouldn't set foot in one of their stores if they were giving everything away free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Bill Burt Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Premium was $3.80 something here south of Atlanta a couple of days ago. That's up from the high $2.90s not that long ago. Not sure about regular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 They have dropped slightly here in the last week. From $3.98 or so for regular all the way down to $3.86. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Dog Doug Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 costco is $3.50 in SF bay area one place in the peoples republic of Berkeley is $4.75 full service only and my town has free solar power charging stations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 I’m not interested in waiting around for two or three hours while the battery in my vehicle charges up, even if it IS free!! AND!! It ain’t free!! We pay for it in taxes or higher prices!! ALSO!! Taxing me for your “free” recharging is totally unacceptable!! That sort of governmental meddling should be stamped out entirely!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 13 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: I saw a Chevron station with premium for $4.75 a few days ago. Must be why I never buy gasoline from Chevron. We won't buy from Chevron either. It has nothing to do with price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Here in the Tucson area close to my house: Fry's - $2.96 Chevron - $3.09 I watch the market price for a barrel of crude oil. That will have a large part in determining the price of a gallon of fuel....prior to all the added taxes. At this writing: Oil - $59.60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Suburban Denver CONOCO-Phillips 66 $2.78.9 for regular; $3.19.9 for 87 octane (mid-grade). Old-timers remember 23.9 cents a gallon for Ethyl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 1969: $0.19 per gallon for AMOCO regular gas at the station down the street from the high school in the Nashville suburbs!! Regular Winston cigarettes were $0.25 per pack out of the machine at the station and a 12oz Coke was a dime outta’ the machine!! I made $5.00 an hour building truck caps for pickup trucks and doing repair work at the local camping center!! I worked evenings and weekends and paid $25.00 a week room and board to my mother who did my laundry, prepared my meals, and cleaned my room. I made my own car note, but my folks made sure my insurance was paid. It costed $99.00 a year for full coverage and my car was four years old!! Those WERE the days!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted April 12, 2021 Author Share Posted April 12, 2021 7 hours ago, Dantankerous said: More electric cars equal more needed power generating infrastructure to charge cars. That equals higher coal plant output. Enough electric cars will eventually need more fossil fuel powered electric generating because wind and solar just ain't gonna do it. Not currently anyway. More electric battery powered cars also equals more hazardous waste to be contended with when these batteries wear out as well as incredible high cost of battery replacements for these automobiles. Those are two discussions fossil fuel denying electric car freaks never want to have. My company in attempt to feel green and satisfy some bizarre itch installed electric outlets for recharging the few electric cars some of our greengeeknerdengineers drive. All the guys with their diesel trucks were more than happy to lineup and plug in their oil heaters. My SIL has a Ford Flex that needs a new battery....for almost $11,000.00.....and he'll have to wait a month to get one. Seems they don't have any in North Carolina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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