Diesel prices?

[dmccarty]

... Interestingly, the fuel sold out by the state border was trucked there from San Diego and sold for less than in San Diego on one side of the border and more on the other. I'm still wondering how to make fuel cheaper by trucking it.

Taxes?

I heard a report years ago that gas is priced by geography. Best I could infer was that if you were in an area with higher per capita earnings you might be paying more for gas/fuel.

If I drive north to Burlington NC, in the past I could get fuel about 15 cents a gallon cheaper than the stations in down or if I drove east toward the more money areas. We went south a month or so ago to Sanford and the fuel was .10-15 cent a gallon cheaper. Burlington has lots of truck stops, competition, and I believe there is a pipeline terminal in that area. Sanford did have some truck stops so maybe they have competition as well. With Ft. Bragg and Pope AFB nearby maybe there is a terminal near Sanford as well.

Fuel dropped 40 cents a gallon last week. Only two cents this week so far.

Later,
Dan

 

[patrick_g]

Taxes?

The taxes should have been pretty much the same in both instances within CA. Of course AZ could have had different taxes.

Folks in SD were being charged more because they would pay it, not because it cost more to supply them. The terminal was in SD. Trucking to the border wasn't free.

We are essentially at the mercy of the supply chain. Few of us grow or make our own fuel. Hmm, drive a steam car, fuel it with brush.

Pat

 

[firefighter9208]

The taxes should have been pretty much the same in both instances within CA. Of course AZ could have had different taxes.

Folks in SD were being charged more because they would pay it, not because it cost more to supply them. The terminal was in SD. Trucking to the border wasn't free.

We are essentially at the mercy of the supply chain. Few of us grow or make our own fuel. Hmm, drive a steam car, fuel it with brush.

Pat

Don't laugh when you say fuel it with brush. Check out this article in the Alabama Farmers and Consumers Bulletin: http://www.agi.alabama.gov/uploads/yj/YV/yjYVXzHpZY-QBe0oREuicw/2008AugHi.pdf
This guy lives here in Springville. He has another truck that has a boiler in the back and runs off of steam created from burning firewood. He has even been featured on the local news. It's pretty funny to see the truck sitting in the Walmart parking lot with smoke coming out the chimney while he's inside shopping.

Chris

 

[patrick_g]

The guy is lucky that he is allowed to leave a fire unattended and not be fined. Some places forbid leaving a vehicle with the engine running.

Oh, and I was not joking about the brush to steam. I personally like steam power and would drive one if it were practical for me.

In previous times vehicles were fueled by under oxygenated fires. They burned wood or whatever but incompletely and the combustible gases driven off were piped to the engine. I may be a bit fuzzy about my recollection but I think this was a WW II era strategy.

Pat

 

[Skerby]

not sure why diesel is still >$1.00 more than gas.. geezz....$2.02 for regular and $3.15 for diesel...

 

[LBrown59]

Not sure why diesel is still >$1.00 more than gas.. geezz....$2.02 for regular and $3.15 for diesel...

But diesel is going down.
In june I paid $4.02 for off road.
Today On Road is $3.19 here.

 

[dgl24087]

Reg. unleaded $1.999, road diesel $2.799 today.

 

[LBrown59]

road diesel $2.799 today.

What's off road going for there?

 

[dgl24087]

Off road $2.599

 

[mjonesnh]

Reg, unleaded 1.979: Road diesel 2.789 just over Ky. state line.