4 dollar gallon gas is here

Jimeg · #1 (**permalink**) 03-01-2011, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by fordracing65

Well 4 dollar gallon gas is here to stay for a while. Just when the weather is getting nice this happens. What should we do about it.

I guess we have to bite the bullet and enjoy the car. That’s my vote. Or we can replace our engines with a 4 cyl and a sound machine that produces a throaty V8.

Ron61 · #2 (**permalink**) 03-01-2011, 10:41 AM

I am hearing that we will be above $5 per gallon up here before the Summer ends, but that is speculation. Some places are over $4 now but not all. Just drive faster and get there quicker and save gas.

Ron

NFLDMNBB · #3 (**permalink**) 03-01-2011, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Ron61

I am hearing that we will be above $5 per gallon up here before the Summer ends, but that is speculation. Some places are over $4 now but not all. Just drive faster and get there quicker and save gas.

Ron

That’s exactly what I was thinking!

SP01715 · #4 (**permalink**) 03-01-2011, 01:00 PM

It will most likely get worse. Two of my vehicles are diesel and the last time we had a run up like this I was paying $5.00 a gallon (about a dollar more than regular gas). People that don't have disposable income are the ones that are going to get hurt by this the most. Add coming inflation and the price of everything will get higher.

YerDugliness · #5 (**permalink**) 03-01-2011, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by SP01715

It will most likely get worse. Two of my vehicles are diesel and the last time we had a run up like this I was paying $5.00 a gallon (about a dollar more than regular gas).

Not sure I understand this, either. Isn't it easier to refine diesel from crude? I remember back in the '70's that diesel was quite a bit cheaper than gasoline, so what's the deal with the switch? I realize there are more "consumer" diesel vehicles on the roads these days, but it doesn't seem to me that there are enough to justify the price differential. Is it an increase in diesel use by the "big rigs"? I know that the agriculture industry has changed their land tillage procedures drastically, land that was typically plowed every time there was a rainstorm back in the '60's and '70's is now only plowed once a year (if that much), so agricultural use of diesel would have decreased.

What's up?

Cheers from Dugly

SP01715 · #6 (**permalink**) 03-02-2011, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by YerDugliness

Not sure I understand this, either. Isn't it easier to refine diesel from crude? I remember back in the '70's that diesel was quite a bit cheaper than gasoline, so what's the deal with the switch? I realize there are more "consumer" diesel vehicles on the roads these days, but it doesn't seem to me that there are enough to justify the price differential. Is it an increase in diesel use by the "big rigs"? I know that the agriculture industry has changed their land tillage procedures drastically, land that was typically plowed every time there was a rainstorm back in the '60's and '70's is now only plowed once a year (if that much), so agricultural use of diesel would have decreased.

What's up?

Cheers from Dugly

It does not make sense to me . When I bought my first diesel in 99 I was paying alot less than regular gas. Over the years since then diesel has slowly risen to the point now where it is usually higher than premium. When I owned my gas stations I asked several people who worked for Conoco why diesel was so much higher and never got a good answer. You see alot less people driving diesel trucks around here now compared to 4-5 years ago, so you would think demand would be down. I don't know what the answer is, but I don't expect to see it flip back to the way it used to be any time soon.