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Gas prices and availability....

Some places around here went up like $0.40 overnight. Where gas was $2.50 at the beginning of the week or so it is now $3.29 or so. If I ship anything I am going to a flatrate price of $300 just in case. :( One thing I read yesterday was that prices were going to rise regardless of the storm, apparently inventories were dropping steadily long before and prices were already going to start going up.

One thing I fear worse than gas prices is home heating oil and natural gas prices. I paid $1.09/gal for home heating oil 2 years ago, then $2.09 at the end of last winter......where will it be in a month or two when I need to top off my nearly empty 250 gallon barrel? I usually use about 1.5 barrels per year.

Just reading an article now on the shortages and thought this was funny, guy is gonna talk to his gas:
"I'm sure it will be taken care of in a couple of weeks, but I'm not taking any trips," said Scapecchi, vowing to converse gas and avoid going anywhere over the Labor Day weekend.
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Jim O said:
While prices have risen here, there does not appear to be a shortage of supply yet. My wife filled her tank yesterday. There was a bit of a line but that was because people were there "topping off". Once at the pump there was no limit as to how much she could buy (she pumped 20+ gallons to fill her tank). Regular was $2.80 and premium $2.95 (I'm sure those numbers are higher today). Diesel now costs less here than regular gasoline.
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Today regular here is $3.10 and premium $3.25 and some stations were out of regular, most likely due to hoarding.
 
DragonCharm said:
One thing I fear worse than gas prices is home heating oil and natural gas prices. I paid $1.09/gal for home heating oil 2 years ago, then $2.09 at the end of last winter......where will it be in a month or two when I need to top off my nearly empty 250 gallon barrel? I usually use about 1.5 barrels per year.
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The lucky (smart) ones locked in their rates early enough to make out like bandits (around here, you can lock in a price via contract as early as spring...it's a gamble, and sometimes people lose hard. sometimes not. do they do that other places)
 
the station that was $3.10 yesterday, is now $3.20...but one a couple blocks away was $3.50. guess where the line was
 
Herbie Howard, who owns four stations in Toledo, Ohio, and supplies gas to 17 others, spent hours on the phone hunting a decent price from his suppliers. He had to pay $3.18 a gallon -- 9 cents more than he was selling it for.

"We aren't making any money," he said. "We're just minimizing our loses, but no one believes you. They think we're price gouging."

At one of the few stations open in Charlotte Wednesday night, Steve Clifford, 48, pumped fuel into his Isuzu sport utility vehicle.

"I heard it was going to go up to $4 a gallon tomorrow and there were going to be shortages, so when I got home from work I kissed my wife goodbye and said I was going out to find gas," he said.
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:rolleyes:
 
hhmoore said:
The lucky (smart) ones locked in their rates early enough to make out like bandits (around here, you can lock in a price via contract as early as spring...it's a gamble, and sometimes people lose hard. sometimes not. do they do that other places)
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We used to do that when I lived in Massachusetts. Around here very few people use diesel to heat their homes. The folks that use natural gas will be paying through the nose. Electric resistance heat and heat pumps seem to be quite a bit more common in this area.
 
Didn't have time to read all of the post, sorry :(

But our regular unleaded is $3.25 and there are several gas stations here out of gas and they say they will not have more til next week. I filled up yesterday at about 3pm and by 6pm that station was completely out of gas. The one across the street was out on 8 or the 12 pumps this am when I took Cody to schooland was completely out when I just came home.

There are a few within 10 miles and I called 3 of them and they all said they would be out by dark today and not have more til next week at the best.
 
hhmoore said:
The lucky (smart) ones locked in their rates early enough to make out like bandits (around here, you can lock in a price via contract as early as spring...it's a gamble, and sometimes people lose hard. sometimes not. do they do that other places)
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I was waiting for the prices to drop a little more, they really haven't come below $2/gal yet up here that I know of. Oops.....should have picked it up at $2 like I was stealing it.....because at this point I practially would be. Who would have thunk $2 would be a *cheap* price for it. Gone are the days of under $1/gal......and that was only a few years ago. *cries*

Up here natural gas is rediculous expensive to heat with, my mom almost shot herself last year (first winter in a natural gas heated home). Electric is just as bad, especially with electric jumping about $0.03-0.04/kWh up here in the past year......it was an expensive method prior. Down there you have a lot less heating to do, must be nice during the winter to only have to heat the house a little. Fighting with subzero temps in a drafty old house is fun. :(
 
We contracted our LP about 2 months ago, we got 1100 gallons locked in at $1.24 a gallon....I think we're gonna come out good on that! At least we know we'll stay warm over the winter and not go broke doing it. I don't think we even used 1100 gallons in the last year, but better to have more than we need than to end up paying twice the price in January.....or freeze in the lovely Iowa winter.

Gas is $3.09 here for the cheap stuff, and said to be going up by at least .50 by the time the weekend is over........anyone know how to turn a pony cart into a sleigh??? I might need it come winter............ :(
 
This afternoon gas here was:
$3.25 for 87
$3.35 for 89
$3.45 for 93

Except for a 1 mile round trip to the lumber store, my truck hasn't moved in a week. The car gets 30-38mpg, but I think it's about time I find a new battery for the moped. lol ... that thing can go 125-150 miles on 2.0 gallons of gas! (too bad it can't keep up on the beltline or carry lumber...)

Home energy prices have gone up a lot in the last two years here too. My latest gas & electric bill was just over $400! AHHHH!

When a gallon of gas costs more than a pack of cigarettes, you know we've got problems :rofl:
 
$3.00 here today for regular. In my truck I think I am lucky if I get 15MPG but I bet its lower. Anyone selling a moped? haha..This is ridiculous..

Luckily the wife is going away for a week so I'll be able to drive her more efficient Mustang and safe some money.
 
I'd drive a moped or ride a bike if I wasn't driving 100 miles per day. That would take me forever on a moped. 2hrs and 40 mins is enough for me thanks. Not to mention all the hills in between, it would kill me or the moped. Thinking about a motorcycle though but no license.
 
100 miles a day????? Dang....how can you afford to work at these prices??
 
I was thinking about a motorcycle too, but with the flash thunder/lightning storms and senior drivers in Florida, its not so safe
 
I get about 33mpg. Around 3 gallons a day, equals out to around $10 a day at these prices, not too bad considering I was spending $12 a day before I got rid of my Explorer.....and that was at $1.75 a gallon or so.
 
Yes, electric heating here is not bad. Jutting out into the ocean has its advantages (except during hurricane season). Summers are milder than even a few miles inland and winters are also.

My monthly electric bill is under $300 year round on a "budget plan". That includes heating and cooling (two highly efficient heat pumps help there), hot water, the oven (not the stove top), clothes dryer, and lots of "stuff" in the herp room. I use an average of 1-2 cubic feet of natural gas each month for the stove top and that costs about $13 with the "customer fee" and taxes.

With diesel currently less than regular, my Dodge Ram 2500, at 17 mpg around town, is the most cost efficient. Next is the monster 1987 560 SEL that gets 18-20 mpg but takes premium (and the AC is a bit temperamental). The least efficient is my wife's truck which gets gallons per mile not miles per gallon. :(

On the bright side, my wife is considering letting me out of an agreement that I made years ago. I agreed to no more motorcycles until my youngest, now age 10, was out of college (I also agreed not to jump out of any airplanes -- that's next :rofl: ).
 
LP? We are having a hard time getting it here. The main pipeline that all of the suppliers use is about 80 miles away, Demopolis Alabama. The problem is it is filled from NoLa and Miss. No gas going in so there is nothing comming out the other end. I wanted to get some for my grill but no luck so I bought fittings to tap in to our big tank that supplies the house.
 
Gas here (Outside Atlanta) was well over $3. It is still sitting at about $3.15. I bought my new mode of transport about 2 weeks ago...I think everyone needs one of these :beer:

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It's Our Own Fault!

I was a teenager during the gas crisis of the 70's and anyone who lived through that experience should remember the long lines waiting hours to get a maximum of $3 worth of gas. It should have served as a major wake up call but out of convenience this society has a very short memory. I've tried to buy only compact cars and now ride a bike so I feel I do my part to conserve energy. It really pisses me off to see car manufacturers still offering huge gas guzzling behemouth vehicles for sale and worse than that, PEOPLE STILL BUYING THEM! It is unconscionable that this society wastes energy the way it does. Mass transit needs to be completely rethought and jobs that require 100 mile round trips should be the exception, not the norm. Anyone that thinks this situation is going to just go away is dreaming. It's time everyone do their part to conserve natural resources before there are none.
Fuel prices are high and the effects will be shown in more ways than just at the pumps or heating homes. The macho attitude of "my truck's bigger than your truck" has got to stop. Bigger is not better and if you insist on owning a Hummer don't go 80 MPH getting 8 MPG. America, it's high time we try and conserve energy for our own sake as well as future generations!
 
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