Gas

[Captain Emerald Shaunassey]

That's to funny Bo - why is it kids never seem to forget something like that when you say it but they can never remember anything else you said to them?? :)

[Red-Handed Jill]

Hmmm... Gas below $3.00? Wow.

Around here it ranges - earlier this week I paid $3.75 a gallon. In some places it's actually below $3.50.

[Mission]

Hmmm... Gas below $3.00? Wow.

Around here it ranges - earlier this week I paid $3.75 a gallon. In some places it's actually below $3.50.

Well...you do live in the People's Republic of California...

http://www.californiagasprices.com/tax_info.aspx

Worst...gas tax...ever!

[Red-Handed Jill]

That's because we are an ATM for the rest of the country. Our state taxes have to be higher to make up for that.

[Mission]

That's what they tell you, anyhow.

Actually, curiously enough, I just found out a little about the Federal gas taxation gig yesterday. I was talking to a Michigan Senator and he explained that the whole national gas taxation thing works out to the advantage of states with roads that allow for better East-West or North-South national travel. Ergo, (if I understood him rightly) if you live in a state in the middle of the country, you get more than a dollar back from the federal gov for every dollar paid in. If you're a state on the edge the country, you get screwed. As it turns out, MI gets $0.90 back for every $1 paid in. So we are also an ATM for the inside states. (Lesson: never let the federal government decide how local money is allocated. Of course, the genie is out of the bottle now and the federal government almost never gives up power it has managed to stea - er, procure from the states.)

[Graydog]

The lightest gas is thought to be hydrogen.

This is incorrect. The gas with the most volume but least amount of weight is emitted by Congress.

[Cheeky Actress]

Just got back from filling up the Mama Mobile at lunch. Gas price here in Southeastern, WI was $2.96!

[Cpt Sophia M Eisley]

Gas in Central FL ranges from 2.75 up to 3.35. I did catch a listing on one of those Gas Buddy sites that said 5.49 near the airport. I'd like to think that was a typo, but it probably isn't.

[Mission]

Gas in Central FL ranges from 2.75 up to 3.35. I did catch a listing on one of those Gas Buddy sites that said 5.49 near the airport. I'd like to think that was a typo, but it probably isn't.

That almost sounds like jet fuel pricing to me. Say, since jet fuel has gone down too, shouldn't they axe that stupid luggage charge? (And that answer is: No.)

[The Doctor]

$2.56 his morning in the northern 'burbs of Minneapolis.

On a happy note, as of noon, light, sweet crude for November delivery traded $4.26, or 5.7%, lower at $70.28 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, after falling below $70 for the first time since August 2007. Brent crude on the ICE futures exchange traded $4.35 lower at $66.45 a barrel.

Beats the hell out of $147 like it was earlier this year.

[Capt. Bo of the WTF co.]

That's to funny Bo - why is it kids never seem to forget something like that when you say it but they can never remember anything else you said to them?? :)

HA! Ain't THAT the truth!

Bo

[LadyBarbossa]

Hear, hear. I'll second that, Bo.

Welp, lowest gas (and that's ethanol) is currently at $2.69 here in Cedar Rapids. Otherwise, Regular here is $2.79.

I'm a bit happier. It's a little easier but would like to see it under $2.00 a gallon.

~Lady B

[Merrydeath]

I don't think it will go that low, Ladyb, but its $2.53 here, but that is the cheapest grade. Still, its nice to fill up for under $35.

[Mission]

How much will you bet that the price will go back up within weeks of the election?

[Capt. Bo of the WTF co.]

The market is already "rebounding" as they call it and crude prices are again on the rise. However, I just topped off at $2.23 on the way home.

McBama or O'Cain, it's all the same. Prepare for fascist/socialist/communist USA. Coming to a government office near you, and soon.

Bo

[blackjohn]

How much will you bet that the price will go back up within weeks of the election?

Why?

I wasn't surprised when the Republican oil baron was the front runner and oil dropped in the weeks following the election, the rose right after. But does Obama have any ties to big oil?

(He says, knowing full well the answer is all these guys have ties to big oil, and other big business.)

[blackjohn]

The market is already "rebounding" as they call it and crude prices are again on the rise. However, I just topped off at $2.23 on the way home.

McBama or O'Cain, it's all the same. Prepare for fascist/socialist/communist USA. Coming to a government office near you, and soon.

Bo

Ye gods! Last time I filled up it was still $2.99*. I can't wait to see what it is now. Maybe I'll stop and get some "just because".

* When my Ford died, the Ford dealer made me an offer I couldn't refuse on a very slightly used Toyota Corolla. I swear the thing gets between 40 and 45 mpg.

[Mission]

How much will you bet that the price will go back up within weeks of the election?

Why?

I wasn't surprised when the Republican oil baron was the front runner and oil dropped in the weeks following the election, the rose right after. But does Obama have any ties to big oil?

(He says, knowing full well the answer is all these guys have ties to big oil, and other big business.)

Ours is not to question why. If my prediction comes true, I have doubts that who gets elected is relevant to the fact that it will go up. Kinda' like my expectation that the stock market will settle down measurably within the weeks following the election. (It actually has more to do with uncertainty than anything.)

[The Doctor]

The price keeps dropping. $2.35 this morning.

[Red-Handed Jill]

Damn - cheap gas in my neck of the woods is a dollar a gallon more than that. And in most places it's still a lot closer to $4 a gallon - above that for premium.

[Silkie McDonough]

Let me start with "Pay feking high taxes on everything else" and end with "$2.52 a gallon on the way home from work today" ...and they pump it for you.

Edited October 21, 2008 by Silkie McDonough

[Capn Bob]

That's a lot of gas...

The Hindenburg had 7,062,000 cubic feet of hydrogen gas.

[Capn Bob]

Here in the wonderful seaside community of Cuyahoga Falls Ohio (seaside village? An example of wishful thinking...best we can do is the Cuyahoga River), I got gas(oline) for the price of $2.36. I just hope it keeps going down...

[Capn Bob]

Well, the people ye meet here. Might I take the liberty of asking where in NE Oklahoma ye are? I lived in Tulsa (Bell Park, Jubilee City, the Gilcrest Museum, etc...) in 1969, when it was still labeled "The Oil Capital of the World"...

Here in N.E. Oklahoma we are catching a break on gas prices for a time - we are down to $2.49 a gallon in quite a few towns and a few stations have begun "price wars" - always good for consumers. Not sure why Oklahoma is so low when other states closer to refineries are sky high. I can only dream of what would happen to our prices if Oklahoma would bring our refineries back online.

Emerald

[Capn Bob]

Alaska...and here I am in NE Ohio, hoping to win a lottery or something so I can move down to, say, Florida, buy me a nice boat (and learn how to use it proper), and enjoy *not* having any winter to speak of.

Alaska? Brrr!

I *am* thinking of looking into growing a bit of sugarcane in my backyard next year, just to give a hint of the tropics. And no, I don't know if I *can* do it...need to research it a bit first. But I do have a source for sugarcane...

And no, I'm not going to try to make me own rum. Need more than just me own backyard to grow enough cane for that...

Well, theat least there are a few good things about where I live. I walk about half a mile from my house to hunt, the Alaskan Brewery has free samples (and the server there likes my wife and I), and the scenery out each of my windows is amazing. And, I can walk just three driveways down and see a glacier. If it weren't for a few trees on a neighbors' yard, I'd have a view from my bedroom. It's easy to catch fresh salmon and halibut in season, and a resident fishing license is not much more than you'd pay for each pound elsewhere (and the first halibut I ever caught was 295 lbs-that pretty much pays for a lifetime of fishing licenses). I'm on a boat almost every day and get to see orca whales playing volleyball with a sea lion (OK, only once, but it was really cool), humpbacks bubble feeding (and once, recently, attacking a decent sized fishing boat), and the splendor of Southeast Alaska. All in all, I'll take the gas price. But thanks for the concern

Coastie