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01-01-2015, 04:45 PM
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Price of fuel
Trailer owners and members on this forum live and travel all across North America. It would be interesting for members on this forum to occasionally post what the price of fuel is in their area. I don't think the price of fuel would be a deal breaker on a trip for anyone of us but it would be kind of a heads up. This last fall on our trip to Chilliwack the most paid for gas was $4.09 in Bellingham, Wa. and the cheapest was $3.31 here at home. As we went west the price of gas had a steady climb. Today gas is $1.89 and diesel $2.89 Loren
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01-01-2015, 04:48 PM
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Go here: GasBuddy.com - Find Low Gas Prices in the USA and Canada for up to date gas prices.
Also can get an app for your phone there.
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01-01-2015, 05:02 PM
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There are predictable geographic patterns to fuel prices, and the reasons for them are interesting to some of us, but I agree that just looking at the listings from GasBuddy (or a similar online source) is the practical way to see what a particular trip is likely to cost.
I use GasBuddy to find the right location to refill on longer trips (e.g. how close do I need to be to Kamloops for a good crossing-BC stop), but within a local area I don't waste time hunting for the deal-of-the-day.
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01-01-2015, 05:07 PM
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[QUOTE=Loren & Cathy;77928]on our trip to Chilliwack the most paid for gas was $4.09 in Bellingham, Wa. /QUOTE]
And the bad joke is that the Cherry Point refinery is a few minutes away. Same situation in Vancouver. Always amazes me that some locations that require transporting gas a long way have cheaper prices.
Ron
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01-03-2015, 12:05 PM
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paid 71.9 c a litre at Costco in St.Albert today
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01-03-2015, 01:50 PM
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Gas here just dropped another 3 cents to $1.86 and I have never seen it in such a free fall. Just read where the price of crude affects the Canadian dollar which traded down another cent against the US dollar Friday. Some analysts seem to concur that it is headed still lower. The way I understand it, if you haven't turned in your build sheet and a check, ETI can raise the price. I would think Reace is going to feel the pinch one of these days. Loren
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01-03-2015, 01:56 PM
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I would suspect he certainly will as a lot of his supplies must come from the USA
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01-03-2015, 02:30 PM
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I just hope the cost of crude goes up soon. While it is nice to pay less at the pumps, I would MUCH rather have my investments, and potential for work go up too. This low crude price does not bode well for keeping my retirement reasonably close.
As well, it will drive down house prices a lot. Maybe I should start selling off some real estate holdings soon, before it does drop much.
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01-03-2015, 02:51 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
I just hope the cost of crude goes up soon. While it is nice to pay less at the pumps, I would MUCH rather have my investments, and potential for work go up too. This low crude price does not bode well for keeping my retirement reasonably close.
As well, it will drive down house prices a lot. Maybe I should start selling off some real estate holdings soon, before it does drop much.
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Hang in there Jim the price can't stay low forever. My oil investments are coming up already. Even Crescent Point Energy.
Doug
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01-03-2015, 04:31 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PGDriver
Hang in there Jim the price can't stay low forever. My oil investments are coming up already. Even Crescent Point Energy.
Doug
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Yeah, just some have a ways to go, is all.
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01-03-2015, 05:10 PM
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Never fear, the politicians will find a way to get their hands into it all soon enough. California's "Cap and Trade" tax on transportation fuels went into effect on the first. Gas prices are expected to rise anywhere from 10¢ to 76¢ a gallon. And Saudia Arabia will come around and cut back output evntually.
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01-03-2015, 06:24 PM
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Saw this on my way to the candy store this morning...
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01-03-2015, 09:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MyronL
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Good! I'm tentatively planning a trip to New Mexico in the spring. If gas prices stay low for a few months it will be good for me.
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01-03-2015, 11:45 PM
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1.72 at the local Costco this morning. If it stays low for awhile this is REALLY going to help our trip to pick up the trailer.
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01-04-2015, 08:52 AM
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Makes one to think about installing a 1000 gal. tank and filling it up for a reserve when the prices go up again.
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01-04-2015, 10:19 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
I just hope the cost of crude goes up soon. While it is nice to pay less at the pumps, I would MUCH rather have my investments, and potential for work go up too. This low crude price does not bode well for keeping my retirement reasonably close.
As well, it will drive down house prices a lot. Maybe I should start selling off some real estate holdings soon, before it does drop much.
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The price of crude oil has dropped to a point where it is no longer profitable for some domestic oil producers to continue production. They are talking about layoffs in the US and Canadian oil industries . There may be unintended consequences with the recent dramatic fall in fuel prices and they might not necessarily be good for the overall economy.
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01-04-2015, 03:12 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by steve dunham
The price of crude oil has dropped to a point where it is no longer profitable for some domestic oil producers to continue production. They are talking about layoffs in the US and Canadian oil industries . There may be unintended consequences with the recent dramatic fall in fuel prices and they might not necessarily be good for the overall economy.
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I have heard lots of talk of stoppage of capitol projects, and layoffs of workers. I know many people that will be affected by this. The wee bit of savings in fuel costs definitely pales to the cost to the economy.
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01-04-2015, 03:19 PM
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But, there is a positive side for Ontario manufacturing. May be gloomy in Alberta, but cheery elsewhere in the country.
Once OPEC ( with its low production costs ) has kept production up and prices down for long enough, the marginal players, with high production costs, will be out of business and we'll see prices rise.
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01-04-2015, 04:03 PM
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I hate politics, I vote.. that's it. But honestly, lower fuel costs couldn't have come at a better time in the US. It was the holiday season. Folks had more money in their pockets to PURCHASE, which should mean a better chance to build inventory for sellers or folks to travel to Grandma's house... everything is cyclical...
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01-04-2015, 06:04 PM
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My county is ground zero of the sand supply needed for fracking. Neighbors are fighting neighbors and its not pretty. The current cheap plentiful oil supply might slow the sand mining demand down long enough for the local small communities to figure out how to deal with it all in a rational manner.
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