dubbsy;193595 wrote:
Which means only wal-mart will survive which leads is to the Communist Republic of Wal-Mart.

Mark my words.

Lol, that's funny but yet probably true... Makes me think of the Wal-mart episode of South Park...

weshole;193849 wrote:
It's a good thing I started collecting bikes. Looks like I'll be doing some winter riding. Unless it's hela cold out.

last time I rode in the winter I would've like to break my hip...

Going to have to buy a bike next spring though.. maybe even one with a motor.

Bookem;193823 wrote:
I hope soon my hobbies are being severely cut down.

It's a good thing I started collecting bikes. Looks like I'll be doing some winter riding. Unless it's hela cold out. I've already cut my driving by 75% to save a few pennies here and there.

zbrown;193254 wrote:
Yeah I saw #1 diesel was 3.95 last night too... yikes, cold weather stay away

I have a Question that hopefully someone can answer, so i dont have to start a thread

Is all the diesel at the pumps in town ULSD? Because even the truck stops still have a ULSD sticker on the bottom of the pump... whats the deal... or is clear only offered in ULSD now, for emissons?

Because i want non ULSD in the old girl

 I don't know if you got your answer already but there might be a couple places still offering the 500ppm sulfur fuel. I would start running the new ulsd anyways, sooner you do the less you will be worried about it. It will clean out your tank(s), lines and plug up filters with the gunk but just change it more often. You will probably notice less than a 5% loss in milage but the most important thing to do is get lubricity back in the fuel by using treatments like Howes or Power service, both are good and proven to be effective.

Yes transportation prices are going up as we speak, most companies are trying to wait to pass this onto the consumer til after the new year. But who knows when the fuel prices will go down if ever, I hope soon my hobbies are being severely cut down.

BUT, take a look at our situation... Many dairy farms in Iowa rely on feed being shipped in (that's what happens to all of ours). That increased cost gets passed on to them and eventually they reach a point where they can't do it anymore... (especially when you add in the price of corn). Dairies go and price of milk products continue to go up....
On that same note... farmers quit buying equipment due to fuel prices - john deere quits building/shipping equipment and our semis don't even make it up this way period.

Boss and I were talking about this.. if private truckers give it up... you'll have places like wal-mart that run and pay for their own trucks. Which means only wal-mart will survive which leads is to the Communist Republic of Wal-Mart.

Mark my words.

thrash;193568 wrote:
how much does gas currently depend on trucks? pipelines and rail cars do a lot of the long-haul shipping already i think... you mostly see trucks for in-town distribution don't you ?

rail is incredibly efficient compared to trucking. Since the # of distribution points and the number of drop off points for fuel is pretty limited, i suspect pipeline and rail does a fair bit of the long-hauling already.

Yeah that makes sense.

rail is incredibly efficient compared to trucking. Since the # of distribution points and the number of drop off points for fuel is pretty limited, i suspect pipeline and rail does a fair bit of the long-hauling already.

dubbsy;193509 wrote:
Was talking to a trucker this morning at work....

With last week's fuel price is was costing him roughly $0.73/mile to haul. There is going to be a bunch of those guys that'll hang it up if fuel prices get much higher. Nothing gets shipped and the people on the other end go out of business.

As some point it has to hit a breaking point.

Never really thought of that.

How high do you suppose it would have to get for it to be inefficient to actually ship gas anymore?

With last week's fuel price is was costing him roughly $0.73/mile to haul. There is going to be a bunch of those guys that'll hang it up if fuel prices get much higher. Nothing gets shipped and the people on the other end go out of business.

As some point it has to hit a breaking point.

KA-T_240;193325 wrote:
Biodiesel FTL!

Yes its an alternative..... But its something I would never do if I had a diesel truck. Some of you may know where I get my opinion.

please explain...

DaveH;193318 wrote:
Thanks to whoever fixed the thread title.

No prob...it was driving me nuts too

Yes its an alternative..... But its something I would never do if I had a diesel truck. Some of you may know where I get my opinion.

I didnt go as far as buying a honda yet, but I bought another 240 for a year round DD. Hopefully we dont get the modding fingers for this one.

tjamz;193193 wrote:
DING DING DING DING DING!!!! WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!! Take sweet crude of the commodity market and watch the prices fall as much as $20 to $30 per barrel.> tjamz;193193 wrote:
Also, the weak US dollar has a lot to do with it as well. Our dollar doesn't buy what it used to (Canadian dollar is $1.07 compared to our $1.00) and therefore we aren't able to buy the oil as cheaply as before. The flip side of that is that we are now able to export more goods (wheat, etc...) on account of this.

(wait, did Dave and I just agree on something?)

Without all of the speculation it would take considerable time for today’s jump in crude to trickle down to the pumps. If a barrel is purchased by the refinery today, how long does it take until it actually shows up at our local gas station? A month? A week? Either way, the oil company will jack the price of gas today based on today’s market speculation. When the oil market goes stagnant for a few days and crude sits still or trades lower, the gas prices still stay high for a few days. I have a feeling all of the record profits being scrubbed by the oil companies the last few years can be attributed to this simple notion. They are much quicker to raise their prices due to speculation than they are to lower their prices due to the actual market price of crude.

My $.02.

Lucas

MisterCMK;193230 wrote:
Do you happen to know what the various federal and state taxes are on gas?

I found this link: http://www.energy.ca.gov/gasoline/margins/index.html

.. for the state of california. Note that CA has special fuel laws/formulations so its costs may be different than other places.

From wikipedia:

The U.S. federal gasoline tax as of 2005 was 18.4¢/gal (4.86¢/L), and the gasoline taxes in the various states range from 10 cents to 33 cents, with an average about 22 cents per U.S. gallon (5.8¢/L), making the average combined tax on gasoline 42¢/gal. Unlike most goods in the U.S., the price displayed includes all taxes, rather than being calculated at the point of purchase.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline_tax

http://www.gaspricewatch.com/usgastaxes.asp

worth the drive just to fill up there almost

bubba;193086 wrote:
If the gas prices threw the roof, who caught it??

hahaha, slaps knee

I have a Question that hopefully someone can answer, so i dont have to start a thread

Is all the diesel at the pumps in town ULSD? Because even the truck stops still have a ULSD sticker on the bottom of the pump... whats the deal... or is clear only offered in ULSD now, for emissons?

Because i want non ULSD in the old girl

tjamz;193222 wrote:
Biodiesel perhaps??

http://www.grassolean.com/