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Change You Can Believe In!
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:00 pm
by dales
US gas prices jump 19 cents a gallon
Sunday, April 10, 2011
(04-10) 11:06 PDT Camarillo, Calif. (AP) --
The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped 19 cents over the past three weeks.
The Lundberg Survey of fuel prices now puts the average price for a gallon of regular at $3.76.
Analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday that's 91 cents higher than the price at this time last year.
The national average for a gallon of mid-grade is $3.90. For premium it's $4.01 a gallon.
Lundberg says diesel prices rose 11 cents a gallon over the past three weeks, to $4.09.
Tucson, Ariz., had the nation's lowest average price for gas at $3.41. San Francisco had the highest at $4.13.
In California, the lowest average price was $4.02 in Bakersfield.
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Re: Change You Can Believe In!
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 2:27 am
by Crackpot
It was to be expected (By anyone not sticking their head on the sand which face it is alot of people) that one the recession was at or near over prices would rise near to levels they were before. and lets face it a shitload of unrest in the region isn't helping matters.
Re: Change You Can Believe In!
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 4:06 pm
by dgs49
Look on the bright side.
People will consume less, find alternative means of transportation, and save the (fucking) planet.
People who drive trucks and SUV's will be punished for their foolishness and selfishness.
And it's still only a fraction of what most people are paying in Western Europe and Japan.
And it's only money.
Re: Change You Can Believe In!
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 9:51 pm
by oldr_n_wsr
If only the weather would warm up a little bit more as the motorcycle is the transportation of choice.
Re: Change You Can Believe In!
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 4:16 am
by dales
Re: Change You Can Believe In!
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 5:29 am
by Gob
per litre!!!!
Re: Change You Can Believe In!
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 5:31 am
by The Hen
All I know is that everyday there is less change I can believe in after I hand over my notes to pay for the petrol.
Re: Change You Can Believe In!
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 8:10 am
by Sean
Gob wrote:
per litre!!!!
Fucking hell! That's about 20c more than here.
You should drive to Queensland to fill up and save some money!
Re: Change You Can Believe In!
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 8:32 am
by The Hen
Canberra gets it's petrol charged at higher rural rates.
Guess why that is?
Re: Change You Can Believe In!
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 8:35 am
by Sean
Because it's not a
real city?
Re: Change You Can Believe In!
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 8:45 am
by The Hen
It is larger than Hobart or Darwin and they don't get charged rural rates.
Guess again.
Re: Change You Can Believe In!
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:17 am
by Sean
Well... and I'm probably about to expose my severe lack of knowledge when it comes to Australian governance... since Canberra is the seat of federal government, maybe it doesn't have an actual state government as such or be recognised as a state capital (so to speak)...
Am I getting closer?
Re: Change You Can Believe In!
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:23 am
by The Hen
Nope.
It's because everybody hates us.
Re: Change You Can Believe In!
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:34 am
by Sean
The Hen wrote:Nope.
It's because everybody hates us.
LMAO - Everyone listens to Billy...
Re: Change You Can Believe In!
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:02 pm
by Scooter
Wow. I thought ours was expensive at $1.29.
Re: Change You Can Believe In!
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:13 pm
by rubato
dgs49 wrote:Look on the bright side.
People will consume less, find alternative means of transportation, and save the (fucking) planet.
People who drive trucks and SUV's will be punished for their foolishness and selfishness.
And it's still only a fraction of what most people are paying in Western Europe and Japan.
And it's only money.
You forgot "address the biggest item in our trade imbalance and the largest thing we can do to keep us out of wars" other than that you're right on.
yrs,
rubato
Re: Change You Can Believe In!
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:32 pm
by dgs49
I didn't forget that. In fact I don't really see how spending more for imported oil and making the trade deficit worse is "on the bright side."
Unfortunately, most of our oil consumption is not discretionary and even if we try to conserve, the total spent on imported oil increases with these crude oil price increases.
Although you do raise a good point: The Democrats like to use the expression "energy independence," but they never do anything to achieve it. They waste their time and effort on initiatives that are not (and will never be) economically viable or scientifically sensible.
Indeed, the U.S. - had the Dems not fought logical development all the way - could have acheived complete energy independence years ago. All we have to do is drill for oil where it exists within our borders, invest in coal gasification and conversion of coal to motor fuel, and exploit our natural gas resources.
Done. Problem solved.
Motor fuel at $2.00/gal (or equivalent) forever.
Re: Change You Can Believe In!
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:49 pm
by Grim Reaper
Done. Problem solved.
You mean shoved off to a later date, with no plans being made for then. Not to mention an increase in pollution from mining and processing all that coal.
Re: Change You Can Believe In!
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:50 pm
by oldr_n_wsr
Took the bike out today. Don't know if it's bad gas (I did not stabilize it over the winter) or what, but I get a "miss" every once in a while, like it's running on one cylinder.
Then it clears up and is fine. The first time out it happened about 3 times, and only once the second ride. Tomorrow I'll clean the spark plugs and see if one of the is darker than the other.
50+mpg is better than 20mpg.
ETA
I don't know abou Aussie, but much of Europes high gas prices is due to taxes.
Re: Change You Can Believe In!
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:32 pm
by Gob
A dollar plumbing three-year lows is hitting Americans squarely in the gas tank, and one economist thinks it could drive prices as high as $6 a gallon or more by summertime under the right conditions.
With the greenback coming under increased pressure from Federal Reserve policies and investor appetite for more risk, there seems little direction but up for commodity prices, in particular energy and metals.
Weakness in the US currency feeds upward pressure on commodities, which are priced in dollars and thus come at a discount on the foreign markets.
One result has been a surge higher in gasoline prices to nearly $4 a gallon before the summer driving season even starts, a trend that economists say will be aggravated as demand increases and the summer storm season threatens to disrupt oil supplies.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/42683030
