Gas Pricing

[Lewis]

As gas prices collapse, high-octane fuel fetches unusually fat premium
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/as-ga...-fetches-unusually-fat-premium-150553933.html

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[Kathi]

I always pump regular.My car will allow it but some cars I believe you have to use Premium.My daughter had an older Cadillac and she had to pump Premium.I sure am lovin the low gas prices now.Nice on the pocketbook.

 

[Willie T]

We have high gas here, but we finally hit $1.99 at a few stations today.

 

[jasonc]

We have high gas here, but we finally hit $1.99 at a few stations today.

Cumberland farms will be the cheapest here.

 

[Miss Spaulding]

Cheapest I've bought in my area is $2.02

 

[Kathi]

The cheapest in my area is $1.97.They have gone up since about a week ago.They were about $1.92.

 

[Michael74]

Deflation is wonderful.

 

[stovebolts]

I noticed that too! Regular was $1.76 and Mid Grade was $2.14
My car takes Premium, but I've done better with the mid grade. Heck, with almost a .40 cent difference between regular and mid grade, I don't mind putting regular in and suffering a mpg decrease. I'm still money ahead. Last time I filled up it cost $21! That was nice!

But I wonder why midgrade and premium are so expensive!

 

[jasonc]

I noticed that too! Regular was $1.76 and Mid Grade was $2.14
My car takes Premium, but I've done better with the mid grade. Heck, with almost a .40 cent difference between regular and mid grade, I don't mind putting regular in and suffering a mpg decrease. I'm still money ahead. Last time I filled up it cost $21! That was nice!

But I wonder why midgrade and premium are so expensive!

some bull like when we had unleaded and leaded and unleaded cost more to the consumer when lead was added to gasoline.

 

[stovebolts]

jasonc e-85 is only a dime cheaper than regular.
That industry is finished... I wonder how long North America will be able to compete with the Saudis. t's like Wallmart competing with the mom and pop store down the block. Wallmart can sustain losses longer than mom and pop. Eventually, mom and pop are out of business and Wallmart can do whatever they want with their prices.. oh, with very little competition too.
So what happens when all the investors in North American oil loose their tail and bail out? They won't come back. drill baby drill... not going to happen. So we get stuck spending trillions on our military protecting our interest in middle eastern oil... yeah, the Wallmart of oil production. We Americans are so stupid... Hurry and buy that SUV! Gas prices are low! Quick, re-mortage with that variable rate while rates are low! Don't worry yourself with the future, right now everything is good, Good, GOOD! Idiots....

 

[jasonc]

jasonc e-85 is only a dime cheaper than regular.
That industry is finished... I wonder how long North America will be able to compete with the Saudis. t's like Wallmart competing with the mom and pop store down the block. Wallmart can sustain losses longer than mom and pop. Eventually, mom and pop are out of business and Wallmart can do whatever they want with their prices.. oh, with very little competition too.
So what happens when all the investors in North American oil loose their tail and bail out? They won't come back. drill baby drill... not going to happen. So we get stuck spending trillions on our military protecting our interest in middle eastern oil... yeah, the Wallmart of oil production. We Americans are so stupid... Hurry and buy that SUV! Gas prices are low! Quick, re-mortage with variable rate while rates are low! Don't worry yourself with the future, right now everything is good, Good, GOOD! Idiots....

I see that with solar panels and wind farming.why? where are our copper mines? rare earth mines? china.

 

[stovebolts]

I see that with solar panels and wind farming.why? where are our copper mines? rare earth mines? china.

But we are not spending trillions in defence toward China... And China isn't in the business of terrorism.

 

[stovebolts]

You can buy a lot of copper for a trillion bucks jasonc and that money is an investment we get a solid return on. Once a bomb is dropped or a shell fired, its gone. That's why those are considered consumables... Part of doing business. They bring no value other than to sustain the business.

 

[jasonc]

But we are not spending trillions in defence toward China... And China isn't in the business of terrorism.

history Russia and japan fought over the trans Siberian railroad. japan won that war, that was prior 1900. was japan and aggressive nation? Russia? we were trading with both.

china , when any nation has all the oil or any resource controls the costs! given time we will be fighting them to keep costs down.

 

[stovebolts]

history Russia and japan fought over the trans Siberian railroad. japan won that war, that was prior 1900. was japan and aggressive nation? Russia? we were trading with both.

china , when any nation has all the oil or any resource controls the costs! given time we will be fighting them to keep costs down.

So what's your solution? Cry about it or do something about it? What's the worst that could happen? Idaho, Montana and Nevada start mining copper again once China raises prices? At least you can recycle copper. Once you've burnt that tank of gas its gone forever.... You'll never recycle gasoline...

 

[jasonc]

So what's your solution? Cry about it or do something about it? What's the worst that could happen? Idaho, Montana and Nevada start mining copper again once China raises prices? At least you can recycle copper. Once you've burnt that tank of gas its gone forever.... You'll never recycle gasoline...

1) virgin silicone, copper and other rare earths will be needed for a GROWING economy
2) solar panels aren't able to be recycled , if at all
3) they emit a toxic gas in large amounts

we recycle paper and plastic and yet trees are still deforested in America.

 

[stovebolts]

So what's your solution jasonc ?
You can't shoot everything down without offering a solution.

 

[jasonc]

So what's your solution jasonc ?
You can't shoot everything down without offering a solution.

im being realistic. you are coming across as if war will cease, if get off oil. its not.
Russia, the ussr controlled the terrorists. name all terrorist acts directed at America, connects them to soldiers and also driven by Russia. when the ussr fell, the muslims then free from their master went where they wanted, they neither like the ussr or us. but the ussr did control them.

we don't have our own way of making solar panels without going to china. if we did then yes we could do that and say that it will reduce our need to deal with islam and some wars with other nations. others might attack us. japan hit us for simply not dealing with them for steel!

 

[Michael74]

The industrial revolution started in Europe, so Europe mined their easy to reach minerals first. Now they have to import much of what they use, and compete with third world nations that want to use their own minerals in their local factories.

The US used to produce all the oil we needed, and even exported quite a bit of it. During WWII, we produced half the world's oil. We produced all we needed to supply our factories/troops, and could keep even our allies supplied on top of it. Now we import about half of the oil we use.

There is still plenty of oil and other natural resources in the world, but much of it is located in remote corners of the world that may not like the US too much. Europe is mostly mined out, and the US is slowly getting there. This is a different strategic situation than in the past.