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MD_Boater

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It is between $2.65 and $2.99 around here. I heard on the news that it was below $2 in some parts of the country.

It bothers me that some of the news channels are reporting that this is a bad thing for the economy, and that it would not help consumers. Where in the hell do these people go to school? Fuel costs directly impact every phase of production for every single product on the market. They exponentially add costs to everything we buy. I honestly don't think the housing market would have crashed as hard as it did if more people could have afforded to both drive to work, and pay their mortgage. The crash did happen about the same time as the jump from $2.25 to $4.50 did.
 

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Around the same here $2.65 to $3.89 depending where you go
 

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Running from $2.48 - $2.62 this morning in a 10mi radius of me here in NW Ohio according to Gas Buddy.
 

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south Oklahoma City $1.999 a gallon for alcohol gas. This is at a new on-cue they just opened up.
Still $2.409 for full flavor reg gas.
 
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It is between $2.65 and $2.99 around here. I heard on the news that it was below $2 in some parts of the country.

It bothers me that some of the news channels are reporting that this is a bad thing for the economy, and that it would not help consumers. Where in the hell do these people go to school? Fuel costs directly impact every phase of production for every single product on the market. They exponentially add costs to everything we buy. I honestly don't think the housing market would have crashed as hard as it did if more people could have afforded to both drive to work, and pay their mortgage. The crash did happen about the same time as the jump from $2.25 to $4.50 did.
It is a little bad for Oklahoma state economy, the rely of the tax from oil production on the barrel price. They will/have made up the short fall by increasing the taxes of the people,
 

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Enjoy it while it lasts....2.78 here in Oregon. Prices are dropping for political reasons, they are driving down the cost of oil per the barrel, only to hurt Russian and South American oil profits. Meanwhile, we are drilling out more oil here domestically than ever before. In two years time, we will have raised the price to 100 dollars per barrel, gas will be back up to 4 dollars a gallon, we will be hooked on OPEC for another ten years and we will sell all of our domestic sourced oil to the EU.
 

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$2.37 at Costco is the lowest. Not that much different from the usual places at $2.42.
 

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About 1.8 cents an ounce.

Or about 3 bucks a gallon. :D
 

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It is between $2.65 and $2.99 around here. I heard on the news that it was below $2 in some parts of the country.

It bothers me that some of the news channels are reporting that this is a bad thing for the economy, and that it would not help consumers. Where in the hell do these people go to school? Fuel costs directly impact every phase of production for every single product on the market. They exponentially add costs to everything we buy. I honestly don't think the housing market would have crashed as hard as it did if more people could have afforded to both drive to work, and pay their mortgage. The crash did happen about the same time as the jump from $2.25 to $4.50 did.

Historically, when fuel prices take a plummet, its a sign that things (goods) are not moving. Less demand means lower prices. With other countries consuming at ALL time highs, it isn't good we are getting gas so cheap.

Also, take note, that just because fuel is cheaper for us now, costs of goods are not dropping, despite the cut in fuel prices. Much of the inflation we received, was passed onto consumers. We are not getting a break with lower fuel costs.
 

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Seriously? Here for a gallon it's $8.70
ouch....at least you live in a smaller country lol, less to drive. wink wink...Good afternoon Kid! how are you doing my friend??
 

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I paid 2.83 here in Maine yesterday.. seems like its still pretty high compared to others you have listed..

Thats still really good since I haven't seen it under 3$ in years.. and I drive almost an hour back and forth to work.. its been killing my vape budget!
 

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I paid $2.89/gal yesterday in northern New Hampshire.
 

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I'm actually just across the border in Island Pond, VT. Moved here about a year ago from Ossipee, NH.

No shit! My parents own a camping site in Danforth Bay and my friend has a camp right on Big Osspiee lake that we spent most of the summer at going to the sand bar.. small world haha.

I work down in Dover, NH but just moved up to Maine finally
 

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No shit! My parents own a camping site in Danforth Bay and my friend has a camp right on Big Osspiee lake that we spent most of the summer at going to the sand bar.. small world haha.

I work down in Dover, NH but just moved up to Maine finally
I lived on Broad Bay. Here's a pic from my webcam looking toward Mt Chocorua.
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I lived on Broad Bay. Here's a pic from my webcam looking toward Mt Chocorua.
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there yah go! that lake is wayyy bigger than it looks on paper lol.. i call it the mini-ocean of NH .. plenty of stuff to do.. i still get lost all the time driving the boat and I've been going there for probably 5 years.. (drinking is probably the root cause of my lack of direction though :))
 

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2.33 in upstate SC :D

and i have .40 cents off per gallon right now on my bonus card from bilo (local grocery chain store)
 

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A few years ago a fuel station here was celebrating something like 50yrs trading, so they sold petrol at the price of what it was 50yrs ago, just for a day. They were very busy that day.
 

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100% gas is still falling, it's now $2.27. Alcohol gas is still $1.99
In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
 

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This article nails it exactly. I read that in a couple of years, US shale oil producers can get the cost down to about $27 a barrel. I'm looking forward to that.

Also, take note, that just because fuel is cheaper for us now, costs of goods are not dropping, despite the cut in fuel prices. Much of the inflation we received, was passed onto consumers. We are not getting a break with lower fuel costs.
The high dollar oil is still in the pipeline. We have to use all of that up before we start tapping the stuff we are buying at today's prices. The beautiful part of all of this is that once Obama is gone, Keystone XL will likely be approved, additional permits to drill on US publicly owned land will likely be issued, and production on US private land will continue at an increased pace. Energy independence is the path to fixing the US economy. Once the cat is out of the bag and starts running, all bets are off.

Now, as to consumer goods, the cost of producing everything will be going down. Companies want profits. Lowering retail prices increase sales. Margins on each individual product will stay the same (companies decide margin first, and adjust everything else to accomplish the margin number). More units sold at the same margin = more profits. Goods will get cheaper, but I would expect companies not to lower prices immediately until there is some indication that the reduced energy costs will remain permanent. If there is any doubt about that, the prices of goods will remain high, and sales (and profits) will remain low.
 

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$3.60ish around here for super, I don't pay attention to regular prices... probably $3.30.
We always get raped at the pump in Los Angeles :mad:

And yeah, more oil production here started to drop prices, opec just met and didn't reduce supply (that really stung them last time) so down goes the cost of a barrel. Russia balanced their 2015 budget last month based on a minimum $80/barrel oil price, Putin... I think we may have a problem. LOL.
 

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I'm happy for my relatives who live up in Massachusetts. They all have oil heat and have been taking it up the ass for years. My cousin just told me that he saved $200 filling his oil tank last week compared to January of last year. He said that is about $75 a month. For a single person, that is 2 weeks worth of groceries.
 

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Its around $3.10/gallon here in Buffalo, NY
 
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south Oklahoma City $1.999 a gallon for alcohol gas. This is at a new on-cue they just opened up.
Still $2.409 for full flavor reg gas.
ha ,,,,,, full flavor gas,,,never heard it put like that
 

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Today 6 December.
Several places have alcohol gas for $1.99 and a few at $1.98.
And "full flavor" real gas is down to $2.25 at several gas stations.
The newer cars can handle "E-10" but my truck gets 10% more MPG and has more power if I use non alcohol gas.
I've noticed when I take road trips that most other states don't offer the choice of real gas and alcohol gas.
 

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$2.19 at a lot of stations here. $2.04 at Cosco - regular unleaded gas - in NorthEastTexas . Then there are the price gougers at $2.69 and up.
 

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I remember purchasing my first car.

A 1972 Camaro with a 357 V8.

Two days after I bought the car, the price of gas went up to $0.55 per gallon.

And I felt that I was being ripped off.

Still do!
 

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The newer cars can handle "E-10" but my truck gets 10% more MPG and has more power if I use non alcohol gas. I've noticed when I take road trips that most other states don't offer the choice of real gas and alcohol gas.

That's the whole rub with ethanol, right there. It is just another example of government policies relying on the "stupidity of the American voter". There are 3 reasons that we have not used alcohol as fuel from the very first day we invented the internal combustion engine. #1 - alcohol has much less energy in it per gallon in terms of calories. Gasoline just flat out releases more energy when it is burned. #2 - flames from alcohol fires are practically invisible during the day, which is obviously a huge safety concern. #3 - the vapor pressure is much higher in gasoline mixed with a small amount of alcohol (10% is considered a "small" amount) than it is with plain gasoline. A higher vapor pressure means more likely to explode. Our government tells us that gasoline is expensive because of the price of crude oil, yet 10% of what we buy at the pump is from much lower priced corn alcohol not based on crude prices at all. Here is a simple fact that the "greenies" don't want you to know. If we switched to %100 "regular" (no region specific blends, just plain old 1970s era straight gasoline), we would use far fewer gallons than we do now. I can't describe in this post without getting into complicated chemistry and mathematics, but we would have far less "greenhouse emissions" if we just used real, non region / season specific gasoline vs. what we have now. They have rigged the formulas so that no matter how much our usage goes down, we can never achieve our governments stated emissions goals. Removing lead was a good thing (fixed through modern metallurgy - harder valve seats), and removing MTBEs was also a good move.
Other than that, we are getting hosed by the rules.
I remember purchasing my first car.
A 1972 Camaro with a 357 V8.
Two days after I bought the car, the price of gas went up to $0.55 per gallon.
And I felt that I was being ripped off.
Still do!
Tell me about it. The month that I bought my boat, fuel at the docks was $2.70 per gallon. The very next month, it went to $3.90+ per gallon. My boat has an 88 gallon fuel tank and burns 14.5 gallons per hour when I run her easy. If I let all 425 ponies loose, she drinks 18 gallons per hour. That's $1 per minute when cruising. Ouch!
 

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Boats,

The best time in you life is when you buy one.

The greatest time in your life is when you unload it.
 

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Actually, from my short experience with owning a fishing boat....

Boat: A hole in the water which you throw all your money. :D
 

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Here its by liter, .84-.98 depends if its a populated area or a more out of the way gas station.
 

MD_Boater

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Boats,

The best time in you life is when you buy one.

The greatest time in your life is when you unload it.
This is only true if you don't know exactly what you got yourself into on the day that you bought it.

Actually, from my short experience with owning a fishing boat....

Boat: A hole in the water which you throw all your money. :D
No argument there. Lots of $$$.

Some of the best days of my life were spent on the water. I wouldn't trade them for anything.
 

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$2.33 for regular in Middle TN
 

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