I_rv2
Illinois
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Ok, not much "happy talk" about rising gas prices ... but I figure it this way ... I keep the gas tank on my 2500HD full at all times ... and I'm not driving it much.
So, as gas prices jump up by 5 or 10 percent a week ... think of all the money I've made on the fuel I'm storing in my gas tank.
Never was good at math .... but using the FILO (First In, Last Out) ... I've probably made a good 50 percent on that gas I bought a month ago (that's still sloshing around in there).
Try making 50 percent in the bank or the current stock market.
Man, I'm getting rich, speculating on gas prices with my current gas holdings!
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I_rv2
Illinois
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Of course, we're about to head out on a 5400 mile trip .... so I guess, in the end, I'll probably end up losing some money ...
Until I get back home in a couple months and can start storing fuel again.
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D & M
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Dollar cost averaging.
I don't know how old your PU is, but you still have small amounts of fuel in your tank from the day that you bought it. Now if you could figure out how much you paid for each gallon and dollar cost average it on the molecular level, you would be amazed sat your savings. 
And all of this figuring would keep you off the road, so your averagwe would even be better
By God, man, you may have fuel in your tank that's less then 2 bucks a gallon.
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kmb1966
Houston
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Possibly we could start selling 5 gallon cans of fuel on the side of the road that was actually purchased a couple months ago? (kidding of course)
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CISCO8325
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I'm rich ,I'm rich I tell you. 55gallon of fuel stored and nowhere to go..what a country..LOL
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downtheroad
Tumbling Waters, Washington
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This is all too complicated for me.
I just only drive down hills.
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dadd45
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This logic is kinda like saying you're better off bleeding to death from a venous wound in 45 minutes rather than an arterial wound in 5 minutes....IMHO, of course
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smkettner
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I_rv2 wrote:Try making 50 percent in the bank or the current stock market.
Man, I'm getting rich, speculating on gas prices with my current gas holdings!
You need to buy 10,000 gallons on the commodities market to make some real money.
Although once you invest the price is sure to drop.  
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ep35rja
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One thing that I can think of is if you're lucky enough to afford fuel at today's prices and future increases is that there should be less folks traveling on the highways to campgrounds, NASCAR races, etc. therefore it should not be as crowded. Of course I have not seen much of a decrease in traffic or less folks at events. I've only seen some folks slow down a bit but not that many.
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shutdown
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I've got 40 gal of last gas in the boat i purchased at the end of last season. i think it was about 2.25 then. thats about 90 bucks plus the cost of stab-ill. say $5. at the current price of $3.69 I saved a little more than $50.
Now seriously think about if you would have purchased 10,000 gal on the commodities market. initial investment =$22,500 Today's value=$36,900 or around a 61% return on investment in nine months!
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