Fuel Prices

[RangerMan]

Went to town (Kingsville) this morning and saw diesel price was 2.82 and regular gas 2.94. I don't remember prices that well but I don't recall diesel less than gas for some time.

Hope it holds for my fishing trip up to Bull Shoals in Arkansas next week. Been some time since I was up that way.

Other places?

 

[Ron in BC]

regular gas 2.94.

Other places?

Oh man, don't torture me. That's about $1.05 a liter. Here we're paying $1.72.

Lucky us in Vancouver typically have the highest gas prices in NA. I tell myself that the scenery makes it worth it.

Ron

 

[GregColdewey]

Went to town (Kingsville) this morning and saw diesel price was 2.82 and regular gas 2.94. I don't remember prices that well but I don't recall diesel less than gas for some time.

Hope it holds for my fishing trip up to Bull Shoals in Arkansas next week. Been some time since I was up that way.

Other places?

Just got back from Colorado and were paying around $3.50 for unleaded. To be fair it was in out of the way small places. Glad to be back in San Antonio...filled up today for $2.67.

 

[jnfrombigt]

Went to town (Kingsville) this morning and saw diesel price was 2.82 and regular gas 2.94. I don't remember prices that well but I don't recall diesel less than gas for some time.

Hope it holds for my fishing trip up to Bull Shoals in Arkansas next week. Been some time since I was up that way.

Other places?

I'm seeing $2.95 locally. On TDS Open Roads shows a station in Hendersonville NC $2.88. I left for a trip late October 2020 and diesel was $1.88 local.

 

[TheNiceFamily]

Lucky us in Vancouver typically have the highest gas prices in NA. I tell myself that the scenery makes it worth it.

Ron

Oh, it makes it worth it! Can't wait to explore our own "backyard" on Vancouver Island in our 17B. Won't need to travel far for scenery many would travel thousands of kilometres for.

 

[edlynnrich]

We are currently touring Iceland ���� in a class B diesel Peugeot and the price for diesel and gas is within a penny of each other 320 isk/liter. Roughly $8.73/gal. Fortunately we are getting about 30 miles per gallon.

 

[brjohnso]

Lower gas prices are a mixed blessing. They have been gradually falling despite OPEC and OPEC+ cutting production. This is a powerful signal that indicates a global economic recession.

 

[Ron in BC]

We are currently touring Iceland ���� in a class B diesel Peugeot and the price for diesel and gas is within a penny of each other 320 isk/liter. Roughly $8.73/gal. Fortunately we are getting about 30 miles per gallon.

We rented an econobox there and it got even better mileage.

Europe has had what we call extremely high gas prices for many years. We just finished renting small cars in Norway, Faroe Islands and the Orkney Islands. Same high prices and same small cars. But the scenery made it more than worthwhile.

Just had to drive though the undersea tunnel linking the Faroe Islands. Cost about $35 but was one of those one time life experiences.

Ron

 

[Steveanson]

Ranger, lately, our gas prices in Palacios have been $2.51 for reg, and $2.65 for mid range. This week we were in Victoria, and bought reg for $2.42 at HEB. . .Matt

 

[HABBERDABBER]

Lower gas prices are a mixed blessing. They have been gradually falling despite OPEC and OPEC+ cutting production. This is a powerful signal that indicates a global economic recession.

In a market economy, doesn’t it just indicate oversupply?

 

[WillyB]

Doesn't the switch to cheaper winter grade gasoline and lower demand after Labor Day typically result in lower prices?

I haven't pulled data but my gut says that has a lot to do with it on a base level.

 

[Ooshkaboo]

In a market economy, doesn’t it just indicate oversupply?

No, September 2020

 

[DanandDaphne]

No, September 2020

Yes, it does.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52350082

Notice the article is 2020, remember COVID?

 

[JohnK-ESC]

Lower gas prices are a mixed blessing. They have been gradually falling despite OPEC and OPEC+ cutting production. This is a powerful signal that indicates a global economic recession.

Hardly a subject to be debated on what is supposed to be a travel trailer camping forum. But since you brought it up, someone above my pay grade begs to differ: "Powell doesn't see signs of recession risk in US economy." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live...-chair-news-conference?embedded-checkout=true

So far he has been right and all the sky-is-falling recession predictors have been wrong.

 

[Steven M]

No, September 2020

During COVID lock down and before Russia's invasion of Ukraine. And that is as close to politics as I wish to get.


Gasoline and crude oil are internationally traded commodities which are influenced by factors such as war and the general economy. They are also affected by the taxes placed upon them. Europe has high taxes on fossil fuels used in transportation as does Canada. That money funds many things including roads. Here in America the federal government has road taxes as do many state and local governments.



I pay between $3.60 and $3.16 per gallon for gas dependent exclusively on taxes. Costco is the exception, they take a smaller mark up as they get membership money and they hope a store visit for sales.

 

[Ooshkaboo]

Always with the same lame excuses, but if they were to go down-well then it’s a different story.

 

[DanandDaphne]

Always with the same lame excuses, but if they were to go down-well then it’s a different story.

Uh Sure, You know what's really going on don't ya.

 

[Steven M]

Always with the same lame excuses, but if they were to go down-well then it’s a different story.

No it means that the economy may be weakening and bringing the need for oil and gas down. As a globally traded product ANY economy can affect the price. In this case it's China where property values are falling and the manufacturing sector is stagnant at best. Here in America fossil fuel use is dropping with many factors accounting for it. Less manufacturing to less travel in winter. I usually don't yell on the internet but here goes. THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T CONTROL THE PRICE OF OIL AND GAS. Other then taxes and the occasional BIG purchase of oil for the strategic reserve or the release from there, they have NO bearing on the price.

 

[Iowa Dave]

My dad and I, along with some very good friends used to hunt a lot in the winter. My dad who was a tanker in World War Two believed in laying down fire when a running or flying target appeared. His harvest percentage was high but his bag rate per trigger pull was low.
A couple guys would kid him about how much ammo he used. His stock reply was”when you consider the gasoline, the maintenance on your vehicle, the cost of licenses, eating out of town, money you could have made working and the stop at a tavern on the way home, the cost of the shells is not even a consideration.”

This turned me into an “I don’t care what the price of fuel is person.” If we didn’t have the money to do any part of the camping we do we would sell out and just set on the back porch and prepare to die. So fuel prices discussion are lost on me.

Enjoy yourself it’s later than you think.
https://www.google.com/search?q=guy...ate=ive&vld=cid:58a165c5,vid:nFxjnUPRwx4,st:0
Iowa Dave

 

[sherminator]

There are many, many factors that go into retail fuel pricing. Long ago, I was tangentially involved in the retail fuel business as a salesman for service station equipment. One of our customers, Carl Leathers, owned an independent chain of service stations. He often complained about the price he paid for wholesale gasoline, and even called the local TV stations to come out and film him pulling up to a oil company owned station with one of his 10,000 gallon truck & trailer rigs, opening the top hatches, and asking for a fill up. He could actually fill his rigs for less money at that retail station than he could from the wholesale tank farm 20 miles away. True story.