MrWizard
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diesel is $3.79 down the street here in Flagstaff
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The Weekenders
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$3.79 for diesel in Harvey, ND last week. 10 cents higher than gasoline. First time the two have been so close in price in along time.
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Gale Hawkins
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Not sure why most most everyone was down to $3.20 for 87 in town today. It has dropped about a penney a day for nearly two months.
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cekkk
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Just 15 miles west of Colorado Springs they're holding on to the high prices, at least for the Memorial Day trippers. Our 85 octane regular is still at least ten cents above the national average for 87 octane regular. Diesel dropped a tad a week or so ago, around $3.75, although still 4.10 just a few miles further west and 4 for gasoline.
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AO_hitech
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Driving down I5 diesel was 10-20 cents LESS.
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Gale Hawkins
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Filled up last night Shell 87 at $3.19 but diesel was $3.75 which was up a few cents from tow weeks ago.
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tomman58
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I am not much for copying links but here is one that will anger you IF true. I was not able to verify with Snopes but if real you will be upset. I would blame all of congress because the oil companies rule and not because of the tax for holding these vieicles back.
http://video.staged.com/localshops/vw_passat_785_mpg_in_the_uk
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cekkk
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Interesting vid, tomman. A couple of thoughts off the top of my head.
The UK has a heavy tax on each liter of fuel purchased. The tax issue is bogus. Our government could simply raise the tax rate on each of the fewer gallons sold.
High efficiency engines have been around for quite a long time. But as fuel here has been cheap until recently, there wasn't much demand for high mileage putt-putts in this country of commuters.
But the most influential factor today is the unbridled EPA, whose goal is clearly, clearly to cripple this economy, which runs on energy, by declaring war on Oil, Coal, and now Natural Gas. It has long been lead by folks who literally put mice above men.
And I'm not blaming the current administration. Both parties have allowed this cancer to spread for decades. Remember, we've had 40 years to address energy problems and they've only gotten worse. This, in a country that developed atomic energy, only to see the rest of the world benefit from it.
If oil companies had half the power some folks credit them with, do you really think EPA would even exist? Our energy problems are completely government sponsored. You are correct to blame the Congress. It is afraid. Afraid to take on the environmentalists, or the oil companies to the extent they play a role. And they will continue their mishandling of our economy as long as we reward their utter incompetence by sending 90% of them back to the trough even though they can't even pass a budget in over three years.
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Gale Hawkins
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Gale Hawkins wrote:Filled up last night Shell 87 at $3.19 but diesel was $3.75 which was up a few cents from tow weeks ago.
Ten cents jump to $3.29 today.
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LindsayRichards
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The war on coal and oil is self evident. EPA is doing everything it can to stop fracking. This will probably happen right after the election no matter who wins. It will be repealed on Day 1 when our new president takes over. Oil prices now are below $90 mainly due to world economy worries which kill demand.
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