Fuel Prices In CA

[luvrbus]

This not bus related but is funny today at the AM/PM I saw the CalTran trucks filling up on the AZ side, times must be tough or Jerry Brown is not a complete idiot,this was not the 1st time I saw it the CA Hiway patrol are always buying gas here and paying with cash

[TomC]

Diesel in L.A.- $3.299

[RickB]

Passed a truck stop in Minnesota yesterday. Regular gas was $2.45 and diesel was $3.95. Man, nobody and I mean nobody gives a s#$t about the middle class anymore.

[Oonrahnjay]

Passed a truck stop in Minnesota yesterday. Regular gas was $2.45 and diesel was $3.95. Man, nobody and I mean nobody gives a s#$t about the middle class anymore.   

     They've been using the old "it's being bought for home heating oil" excuse to collude on the price again in the North.  Here in NC we had a tiny hiccup in the price drop when we had the first cold snap but the little independent guys undercut the big guys (who would *love* to see $3.95 diesel fuel) and the prices have since been falling, in step with the drop in crude oil prices. 

     What doesn't seem to get to most people is that if diesel prices are high, it costs farmers more to grow/harvest food, it costs trucks more to deliver *everything* in the economy, it costs more move wholesale items around.  Then everybody in the big companies want's "fuel surcharges" and they walk away happy -- everybody is happy, except for small transportation companies like small truckers (owner-operators or small companies) who can't pass on prices and the ordinary people in the country who are paying these inflated costs that are basically a tax that doesn't go to the government but goes to the big oil companies.  And nobody seems to care about the real people.

[Dave5Cs]

This not bus related but is funny today at the AM/PM I saw the CalTran trucks filling up on the AZ side, times must be tough or Jerry Brown is not a complete idiot,this was not the 1st time I saw it the CA Hiway patrol are always buying gas here and paying with cash

Clifford how dare you say that about our Govenor? Jerry is so a complete Idiot.

[Oonrahnjay]

Clifford how dare you say that about our Govenor? Jerry is so a complete Idiot.  

     I was on an airline flight from London back to the US (one of the first cheap "deregulated" airlines like Laker etc.) about 1978 and Jerry Brown was about three rows behind me with a bunch of his toadies.  He did not quit talking (mostly about himself) for the whole 7 hours.   After about 5 hours, I would have been happy to have done the State of California a favor and shot him three times.

[belfert]

Diesel prices are higher now in Minnesota than when gas was still over $3 a gallon.  Diesel prices spiked as high as $4.29 and are down to $3.79 at one station.  Diesel prices had been $3.59 in early October.  The other day I briefly considered getting a diesel VW, but then remembered how ridiculous diesel prices are.  I would have to get double the mileage of a gas car to really make sense with the extra costs.

[Oonrahnjay]

Diesel prices are higher now in Minnesota than when gas was still over $3 a gallon.  Diesel prices spiked as high as $4.29 and are down to $3.79 at one station.  Diesel prices had been $3.59 in early October.  The other day I briefly considered getting a diesel VW, but then remembered how ridiculous diesel prices are.  I would have to get double the mileage of a gas car to really make sense with the extra costs.   

      $3.20 here in southern NC (although it varies a lot).  Nearby in SC (where they don't try to tax people to death), the best price I've seen is $3.09.  They're just hosing you, Brian.

[muldoonman]

3.07 in La Grange Tx. yesterday. Probably be cheaper today. been dropping a few pennies everyday. Thank goodness cause my 2 stroke loves the stuff.

[Dave5Cs]

Bruce he was probably coming home from being dumped by Linda Ronstadt again, LOL

Roseville, CA  $2.23 2 weeks ago today $2.73 Gas
Diesel $3.10

Dave5Cs
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[digesterman]

Filling in Livermore Ca right now at 3.69 which appears to be cheaper than others I've seen here


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[PP]

Sitting here with a full tank (210 gals) that cost me over 4 a gal last year and now I can't even use it cause the roads are iced over and winds broke 90 MPH today. (not a tail wind-I coulda used that) Am I feeling a little frosted? Yeah, you betcha! I was hoping by this time I would be taking advantage of those low prices and parked in a warm place. NOT!
Okay, I vented, sorry Cliff, you can have the thread back.
Will

[luvrbus]

LoL that would tick me also Will but gives you more time to write another book maybe  , anyway our prices on my side of the river are a buck a gal cheaper than Needles so the state of CA buys here cheap gas in Needles cost $3.79 and diesel cost $4.19

[John316]

......I was hoping by this time I would be taking advantage of those low prices and parked in a warm place. NOT!......
Will

I will bite. What's keeping you up in the cold? You in Canada somewhere, and did they take your passport?

[Jim Eh.]

Our price just went down and I am thinking of filling my tank(s) (as many as I can find).

BTW, today's special price $419.38 USD/gal. At Pembina, ND it's $3.92 USD/gal
GasBuddy.com reports prices in Grand Forks, ND range from $3.99 to $4.29 so we are not too far off.

Maybe I can do what  CN rail was doing a couple of years ago. They would have Cenex (not their real name come up to Winnipeg, buy a tanker full of diesel, export it out of country (next to zero tax), switch trucks leave the US (exported as heating oil, again minimal tax), truck it back to Winnipeg and dump it in the storage tanks at CN's rail yard in Winnipeg. Sometimes they would even be too lazy to switch trucks. Their net gain is about 50% of the cost of local diesel but the exact same product. Hmmmm.