2010 summer fuel prices

saf-t scissors said:
News flash: gas is a commodity. "Big oil" doesn't set the price, you do.
:lol:
I heard it's going to be $8/gallon this summer. Who's got $9?
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I don't really undersatnd how "I" am setting the price of gas when it got to $4 dollars before, I only drove to and from work. Now if you tell me "well you still bought it at $4 a gallon", it would be tha same as you saying "they're charging $4 a cubic foot for air but you keep buying it and driving the price up, maybe you should breathe less". Gas/diesel is a necessity for me to drive to and from work.
 
John B. said:
"they're charging $4 a cubic foot for air but you keep buying it and driving the price up, maybe you should breathe less". Gas/diesel is a necessity for me to drive to and from work.
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Ah, see... you understand it after all. It's a necessity for you *if* you want to drive to work. But it's not necessary for you to drive to work, drive as far as you currently do, or drive as inefficient of a vehicle as you currently own.

Your current situation is the result of decisions you made in reaction to the market. Your decisions, coupled with billions of other decisions made by millions of other people, set the prices of commodities like oil. You may not believe it, but guess what? When the price of oil gets too high, consumption drops. When it gets too low, consumption increases.

If you drove a little shitbox two miles back and forth to work getting 40mpg, you wouldn't give a fawk whether it cost $20 or $60 to fill the tank, because you'd only do it once a month.

But it's easier to fall into the trap of innocent victimhood, where life's problems are ultimately because some invisible boogeyman is keeping you down.
 
saf-t scissors said:
Ah, see... you understand it after all. It's a necessity for you *if* you want to drive to work. But it's not necessary for you to drive to work, drive as far as you currently do, or drive as inefficient of a vehicle as you currently own.
Your current situation is the result of decisions you made in reaction to the market. Your decisions, coupled with billions of other decisions made by millions of other people, set the prices of commodities like oil. You may not believe it, but guess what? When the price of oil gets too high, consumption drops. When it gets too low, consumption increases.
If you drove a little shitbox two miles back and forth to work getting 40mpg, you wouldn't give a fawk whether it cost $20 or $60 to fill the tank, because you'd only do it once a month.
But it's easier to fall into the trap of innocent victimhood, where life's problems are ultimately because some invisible boogeyman is keeping you down.
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My car gets 20mpg on the highway...22mpg with a tailwind..I choose to drive a gas hog because I like it. $2.50 or $5.00 a gallon it matters not to me, think of it like fools who pay $5 a pack for smokes just to slowly kill themselves.
 
RenegadeT (Tony) and I started carpooling to work back when gas got over $4/gal I think it was. After prices dropped, we continued carpooling. It works great when your carpooling buddy doesn't mind stopping at Northern Tool or Azone on the way home.
 
I tried car poolin one time and the dude was almost always late and it finally got to where I could'nt stand to be around him.
 
drkelly said:
RenegadeT (Tony) and I started carpooling to work back when gas got over $4/gal I think it was. After prices dropped, we continued carpooling. It works great when your carpooling buddy doesn't mind stopping at Northern Tool or Azone on the way home.
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Yea, but a trip to Northern tool costs a lot more than a little extra fuel!:lol: (Least ways with me it does.)
 
drkelly said:
RenegadeT (Tony) and I started carpooling to work back when gas got over $4/gal I think it was. After prices dropped, we continued carpooling. It works great when your carpooling buddy doesn't mind stopping at Northern Tool or Azone on the way home.
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Huh....I thought Tony got tired of you putting your hand on his knee?:lol:
 
Gas is at $2.83/gal here in ATL, in the high rent district. I saw $2.63 further outside the center of town.

Its gonna go up, no doubt.

On tanks, you need a permit now to put a tank underground and really, you don't want to! They all leak and are giant pains in the asses to clean up. Have well water? Expect that to go straight to hell. Superfund will pay for *most* of the clean up but you'll have to foot the bill initially. Expect about $12k up front and then you'll get like, $9k back.

You don't want to clean up a petroleum spill. I cleaned up like, 4 dozen last year...totally sucks.

Now above ground tanks, there is hardly any regulation on that. Just build a pen for it (concrete slab and then cinderblock wall around it) and go to town. Also they don't rust out as easily and when they do, you know :lol:.

Gas in a big tank will last a long time! I mean, at least through the summer.

You can contact any of the large oil companies and find out how much it'll cost. They'll drive the truck right to your door and pump it. A bulk price will be cheaper.
 
No clue. However I have pulled tanks outta a gas station that was abandoned in 1960 with good fuel in it. Weird but it happens.
 
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