macmarauder Posted December 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2005 well i still think that there is some super diabolical plan to control something but for now i'm very pleasantly surprised. good job gas companies. Christmas gas prices have been rather bearable. yeah you herd me. i actually said good job to them and no there's no gun to my head of lower region. i think. maybe there's controlling my mind to only make me think that they prices are low. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thesidekickcat Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 I saw gas at $1.89 at one nearby station today, and $1.99 at the one across the street from that one.I think they are waiting till good weather to hike the prices sky high again.As for heating oil, I understand it is out of sight price-wise.And our PGE electric company, part of the Enron mess, has a coal fired plant (their cheapest plant) offline since Oct and another couple of months to go to fix a bad turbine. So will be asking PUC for a rate hike. Funny how I never see them ask for a rate decrease. And of course they (parent company Enron with help from some PGE folks) were infamous for all the phony baloney West Coast electricity 'shortages' that were arranged by them flipping the futures prices over the moon illegally a couple of years ago or so. Also stole the workers pensions too by selling them a bill of goods of how well the company was doing just before bankruptcy...yeah company going good at the top of it for all the execs stealing from everyone!And the NW Natural Gas company got their rate increase approved awhile back.And the cost of wood has gone up, over $200 a cord now (and she was short-corded on last load) according to my neighbor.So bad news for heating your home in this neck of the woods, elsewhere too. Plus it was at least 30 straight days/nights of below normal temperatures here until this week. So high bills coming to everyone. Sure glad we bought those electric lap robes last month. They really helped us stay warm, so I could use the electric wall heaters instead of wood stove (hard for me to feed it without hurting neck/back and bad to breathe smoke...plus areas not in the east wind were under air stagnation temperature inversion smog pollution most of that time so told not to use wood unless absolutely necessary.So everything is high except gasoline now though I am sure it will be climbing soon. And yes it is still a lot higher than a year ago.The prices of things at the grocery store are starting to creep up to cover the added delivery fuel costs.Oh before I forget it, there was a very good, though scary, long article in U.S. News recently about the mostly unreported winter fuel crisis in this country. US News article The Big ChillStay warm folks.Pat.Merry Christmas and Happy Healthy Prosperous New Year to all.God bless everyone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Makai Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 (edited) edit: LOL! I had to edit this because I read it wrong. It was pretty funny so pm me if you want to know. Sorry otherwise. Edited December 25, 2005 by Makai Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bozodog Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 More proof that gasoline prices are out of control: I pulled into afull service gas station today and asked for five dollars worth of gas.The guy farted, took my five and walked away. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bozodog Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 At last, a way to shop around. Local Gas PricesJust enter your zip code. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubba Bob Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 Time to get this thread goin again. Gone up $0.50 in the last few weeks to $2.49/gallon. WTF?!?! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blim Posted March 17, 2006 Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 Same thing up here---$2.59 gallon. What's going on? Time for quarterly profit reports? GeezzzzzLiz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thesidekickcat Posted March 17, 2006 Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 Hubby says it's about $2.39 around here.I thought they would wait until around Memorial Day to raise prices again. So if they are going up like this now, then how bad will they sock it to us by the Holiday weekend?PatGod bless everyone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bar5 Posted March 17, 2006 Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 Yesterday was $2.45. It seems to go up dailey. That is the lowest, some are higher, around $2.50. I'm sure tomorrow will be higher. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bozodog Posted March 17, 2006 Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 Was $2.55 on my way to work yesterday, 2 hours later, on the way home it was $2.65! I guess they figure as long as it's below $3 we'll shut up and take it. NOT! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robroy Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 $2.50 here, two weeks ago it was $2.15 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDoors Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 Local news did a short story on gasoline prices: "They're inching upward due to the price of crude, which is determined on the world spot market which means there's very little that can we can do about it, and because the refineries damaged by Katrina aren't yet fully operational." Translation: "We can and will stick it to ya! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dan72 Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 gas is ready to take a huge jump BTW i got e85 gas in my minivan for $2.89, although i had a slight decrease in power but it is worth 10 cents a gallon less than regularanybody else uses e85 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubba Bob Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 gas is ready to take a huge jump BTW i got e85 gas in my minivan for $2.89, although i had a slight decrease in power but it is worth 10 cents a gallon less than regularanybody else uses e85What Minivan do you have? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dan72 Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 (edited) i got a 98 Chrysler Edited July 18, 2006 by Dan72 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jsbowen Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 anybody else uses e85I haven't found a gas station around here that has converted/added e85, yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dan72 Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 anybody else uses e85I haven't found a gas station around here that has converted/added e85, yet.i heard that miejers will be getting it in the future but i got mine at bob and kays in kalamazoo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jsbowen Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 anybody else uses e85I haven't found a gas station around here that has converted/added e85, yet.i heard that miejers will be getting it in the future but i got mine at bob and kays in kalamazooWe don't have any of those stations around here. WV is very slow to adopt anything new. Around here, we'd be running coal powered cars if the manufacturers would let us What's the price per gallon for e85 as opposed to regular 87? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dan72 Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 its about 10 cents below 87 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDoors Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 I don't usually pay much attention to gas prices, I use what I have to use and I pay what I have to pay. What can I do? Whine? But ... I was filling up, without having even glanced at the price (as usual), when I DID happen to glance at what I was paying: $3.19. Okay, enough with the casual attitude about prices, that's high! And it's said to be going over $4.00 soon. Re: ethanol, where I am I haven't seen a pump that wasn't ("up to") 10% ethanol in years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jsbowen Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 And it's said to be going over $4.00 soon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDoors Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 According to that site we have 130 stations here -- but also according to that site my car isn't flex-fuel capable. (Well, I knew that, but I checked anyway.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Honda_Boy Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 $2.85-2.89here. My idiot friend finally got a car. The moron gets a 67 Mustang 289. First off it's a project car anyway, second off it'll guzzle gas when he gets it running again anyway. Because of the cash he dropped on it he'll have to get a $500 Tercel to actually get anywhere. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robroy Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 $2.96 here ,down from $3.00 10 days agoglad my corolla gives great gas mileage, got almost 38 mpg when I drove to NC two weeks ago. average 30 araound town, and this car has 229000 miles on it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blim Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 That's it, I'm moving South! Been $3.19 up here, too. AND couple that with twice a day coffee and ice trips for the past four days because the power's been out, I've been waving "bye-bye to the paycheck"Liz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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