Fuel Prices - Page 2

**daveb** · 11-13-2008, 09:42 PM

I still paid about 4.50 around Fort Bragg in Oct. Ouch. They saw me comin. Not too far down the road it reverted back to the below 4 dollar mark.

Railvan · 11-13-2008, 10:06 PM

I just saw diesel today at $2.99 a gallon! I feel like driving around just for the fun of it... OK, maybe not...

MikewTV · 11-14-2008, 02:05 PM

I saw gas for 1.95 gallon in Jersey yesterday. Darnit I was in our Subaru and not the SMB. It almost makes going to Jersey worth it. Almost.

Skywagon · 11-14-2008, 04:40 PM

Diesel = $2.779 in Monterey and Paso Robles today.

Bill

MTBGary · 11-14-2008, 05:55 PM

I keep driving to NJ to fill up. When I was in upstate NY (Adirondacks) this week, I paid as much as 3.89 for diesel!!

Gary

FISHBREATH · 11-14-2008, 07:55 PM

Diesel vs Gas price???

It seems like it's been a couple of years since diesel was the same price as regular. Diesel was as cheap or cheaper than regular.

My question is why.....why is diesel as high or higer than premium???

DAVEF

Ford_6L_E350 · 11-14-2008, 08:52 PM

I've always heard it is because of commercial trucking. Gas usage is price dependent, while diesel consumption is price independent.

While higher gas prices cause consumers to drive less, most commercial trucking will continue and they will simply pass the higher costs on. So, the higher demand for limited diesel means higher diesel prices.

Not so in Europe. They use a different method to distill fuel from crude and get much more diesel per gallon of crude. And the governments tax diesel at a much lower rate. Our governments would never give diesel users (mostly businesses) a tax break.

Mike