That dove tails with what I saw for the past year in Western Michigan.
20-30 jump and then dribble downward by 2-3 at a time.
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That dove tails with what I saw for the past year in Western Michigan.
20-30 jump and then dribble downward by 2-3 at a time.
werepossum
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Holy crap! Congrats.
4K miles, *still* on the same tank since January.
Screw your gas prices!
4K miles, *still* on the same tank since January.
Screw your gas prices!
Assuming that this is a hybrid electric:
What is the range of it?
Recharge time?
Zaap
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Yes, hybrid/electric. (Ford C-Max Energi) Needless to say I'm now quite the fan of them. Car is just tailor made for city-driving as it gets the best milage stopping/starting. (Regen energy from braking.)
Range in pure EV: 21 miles. Since I rarely drive more than that in a day, I virtually never use gas. Beyond that, it kicks into hybrid mode just like a Prius.
Charge time with the included (level 1) wall charger for any outlet is around 7.5 hours.
I just installed a level 2 charger in my garage that does the job in 2.5 hours. It's also more effecient than the level 1. The car regulates charge times itself based on optimum KW hours, so I have it set so that even if I get home at say, 7pm and plug in, the car won't start charging until 10pm during off-peak hours.
My electric bill has been about $5 more per month that what it was. It may even drop slightly with the improved effeciency of the L2 charger.
Yup- now I'm an EV fan. I want to swear off gas entirely as EVs become even more effecient.
I'm shocked especially since the Politician that did this is a Republican.
Hopefully this takes off Country wide.
7-19-2014
http://news.yahoo.com/kentucky-town-opens-filling-station-public-150442278.html
Kentucky town opens filling station to the public
The Somerset Fuel Center opened to the public selling regular unleaded gas for $3.36 a gallon, a bit lower than some nearby competitors. In the first three hours, about 75 customers fueled up at the no-frills stations, where there are no snacks, no repairs and only regular unleaded gas.
The mayor says the station was created in response to years of grumbling by townspeople about stubbornly high gas prices in Somerset, a city of about 11,000 near Lake Cumberland, a popular fishing and boating haven.
"I'm tickled to death that they're trying to do something," Ed Bullock said as he filled up his car. "I'm glad they made the investment."
The venture unnerved local filling station and convenience store operators suddenly competing with the city in this Republican stronghold. Critics said the government has no business imposing itself into the private sector, and one store owner branded it as socialism.
Mayor Eddie Girdler, however, is standing firm behind the idea of the city-run station.
Girdler, a Republican in his second term, said the city isn't looking to put anyone out of business.
"We don't care if we don't sell a drop of gasoline," he said. "Our objective is to lower the price."
"We are one community that decided we've got backbone and we're not going to allow the oil companies to dictate to us what we can and cannot do," Girdler said. "We're going to start out small. Where it goes from here we really don't know."
The amount charged motorists will be based on an average regional price for gas, and will include a small markup to cover costs, the mayor said. The city isn't out to make a profit, he said. Instead, the goal is to lower gas prices and lure more lake visitors into Somerset, he said.
George Wilson, the town's economic development business coordinator, said gas prices in Somerset are often 20 to 30 cents a gallon higher than in neighboring towns. Many lake visitors fuel up elsewhere, costing Somerset millions of dollars in retail sales, Girdler said.
Dan Gilligan, president of the Petroleum Marketers Association of America, said a staff attorney involved in the industry since 1973 could not recall another city getting into the retail gas business. The National League of Cities said it was unaware of another U.S. city with such a venture.
The city is purchasing gas from a hometown supplier, Continental Refining Co. The city purchased a fuel storage facility for $200,000 a few years ago. Now, up to 60,000 gallons of regular unleaded gas can be stored there for the retail business.
The city spent less than $75,000 to convert the fueling center into a retail operation, the mayor said. Much of the investment went to upgrade pumps and add computer software to handle credit card purchases.
Hopefully this takes off Country wide.
7-19-2014
http://news.yahoo.com/kentucky-town-opens-filling-station-public-150442278.html
Kentucky town opens filling station to the public
The Somerset Fuel Center opened to the public selling regular unleaded gas for $3.36 a gallon, a bit lower than some nearby competitors. In the first three hours, about 75 customers fueled up at the no-frills stations, where there are no snacks, no repairs and only regular unleaded gas.
The mayor says the station was created in response to years of grumbling by townspeople about stubbornly high gas prices in Somerset, a city of about 11,000 near Lake Cumberland, a popular fishing and boating haven.
"I'm tickled to death that they're trying to do something," Ed Bullock said as he filled up his car. "I'm glad they made the investment."
The venture unnerved local filling station and convenience store operators suddenly competing with the city in this Republican stronghold. Critics said the government has no business imposing itself into the private sector, and one store owner branded it as socialism.
Mayor Eddie Girdler, however, is standing firm behind the idea of the city-run station.
Girdler, a Republican in his second term, said the city isn't looking to put anyone out of business.
"We don't care if we don't sell a drop of gasoline," he said. "Our objective is to lower the price."
"We are one community that decided we've got backbone and we're not going to allow the oil companies to dictate to us what we can and cannot do," Girdler said. "We're going to start out small. Where it goes from here we really don't know."
The amount charged motorists will be based on an average regional price for gas, and will include a small markup to cover costs, the mayor said. The city isn't out to make a profit, he said. Instead, the goal is to lower gas prices and lure more lake visitors into Somerset, he said.
George Wilson, the town's economic development business coordinator, said gas prices in Somerset are often 20 to 30 cents a gallon higher than in neighboring towns. Many lake visitors fuel up elsewhere, costing Somerset millions of dollars in retail sales, Girdler said.
Dan Gilligan, president of the Petroleum Marketers Association of America, said a staff attorney involved in the industry since 1973 could not recall another city getting into the retail gas business. The National League of Cities said it was unaware of another U.S. city with such a venture.
The city is purchasing gas from a hometown supplier, Continental Refining Co. The city purchased a fuel storage facility for $200,000 a few years ago. Now, up to 60,000 gallons of regular unleaded gas can be stored there for the retail business.
The city spent less than $75,000 to convert the fueling center into a retail operation, the mayor said. Much of the investment went to upgrade pumps and add computer software to handle credit card purchases.
Exporting record massive amounts of gasoline to feed the rest of the world cheap while Americans pick up the tab.
Oil Thugs be Thugging more than they ever have before.
7-24-2014
http://www.ibtimes.com/us-oil-refin...ic-supply-boom-pump-prices-will-still-1638110
US Oil Refineries Running At Record Levels Amid Domestic Supply Boom, But Pump Prices Will Still Hurt
U.S. refiners are processing oil at record levels this summer, thanks to the boom in North American energy production, expanding refinery capacity and falling operating costs. But all that extra gasoline doesn't mean less pain at the pump.
Refinery inputs totaled 16.8 million barrels of crude oil per day in each of the past two weeks, smashing the previous record from the summer of 2005
Were pumping a lot of juice these refineries are running hard, Donald Morton, senior vice president at financial advisory firm Herbert J. Sims & Co
Still, even as refineries churn out more gasoline and diesel products, dont expect to pay any less at the pump this summer, Andy Lipow, a Houston-based oil industry consultant and president of Lipow Oil Associates LLC, said.
Refineries first hit record levels last week, when inputs totaled 16.6 million barrels a day, the most in weekly EIA data going back to 1989.
The boom has not only increased supplies, it has lowered costs for refiners, since raw domestic crude comes cheaper than supplies shipped in from overseas.
That trend is likely to continue into the future as North American drillers produce more crude oil and refineries continue to expand their capacity. "If one looks at the long-term trend, the answer is we are going to be processing record amounts of crude oil over the next few years, more than we've previously done."
Oil Thugs be Thugging more than they ever have before.
7-24-2014
http://www.ibtimes.com/us-oil-refin...ic-supply-boom-pump-prices-will-still-1638110
US Oil Refineries Running At Record Levels Amid Domestic Supply Boom, But Pump Prices Will Still Hurt
U.S. refiners are processing oil at record levels this summer, thanks to the boom in North American energy production, expanding refinery capacity and falling operating costs. But all that extra gasoline doesn't mean less pain at the pump.
Refinery inputs totaled 16.8 million barrels of crude oil per day in each of the past two weeks, smashing the previous record from the summer of 2005
Were pumping a lot of juice these refineries are running hard, Donald Morton, senior vice president at financial advisory firm Herbert J. Sims & Co
Still, even as refineries churn out more gasoline and diesel products, dont expect to pay any less at the pump this summer, Andy Lipow, a Houston-based oil industry consultant and president of Lipow Oil Associates LLC, said.
Refineries first hit record levels last week, when inputs totaled 16.6 million barrels a day, the most in weekly EIA data going back to 1989.
The boom has not only increased supplies, it has lowered costs for refiners, since raw domestic crude comes cheaper than supplies shipped in from overseas.
That trend is likely to continue into the future as North American drillers produce more crude oil and refineries continue to expand their capacity. "If one looks at the long-term trend, the answer is we are going to be processing record amounts of crude oil over the next few years, more than we've previously done."
Jowo and his band of Oil Thugs getting richer at the expense of Americans.
Remember these Marauders put a sad phoney tale out everyday on how here has not been a new refinery built since 1979.
They fail to tell you Refineries have been closed while they have expanded existing ones like this to new records while Americans foot the cost with price gouging.
7-25-2014
http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-exx...exas-refinery-sources-110716371--finance.html
Exxon eyes expanding Texas refinery into biggest in U.S.
Exxon Mobil Corp is considering a multibillion-dollar plan to expand its Beaumont, Texas, refinery into the country's largest
The expansion of the 344,600 barrel-per-day (bpd) Beaumont refinery, if carried out, would be completed by 2020 and potentially double its size with the addition of a third crude distillation unit (CDU)
A bigger Beaumont would bolster the U.S. Gulf Coast's position as a top global supplier of gasoline and diesel at a time when domestic demand is falling.
Profits for Gulf Coast refiners have swollen as cheaper North American crude allows them to capture big margins when exporting refined products.
Remember these Marauders put a sad phoney tale out everyday on how here has not been a new refinery built since 1979.
They fail to tell you Refineries have been closed while they have expanded existing ones like this to new records while Americans foot the cost with price gouging.
7-25-2014
http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-exx...exas-refinery-sources-110716371--finance.html
Exxon eyes expanding Texas refinery into biggest in U.S.
Exxon Mobil Corp is considering a multibillion-dollar plan to expand its Beaumont, Texas, refinery into the country's largest
The expansion of the 344,600 barrel-per-day (bpd) Beaumont refinery, if carried out, would be completed by 2020 and potentially double its size with the addition of a third crude distillation unit (CDU)
A bigger Beaumont would bolster the U.S. Gulf Coast's position as a top global supplier of gasoline and diesel at a time when domestic demand is falling.
Profits for Gulf Coast refiners have swollen as cheaper North American crude allows them to capture big margins when exporting refined products.
Londo_Jowo
Lifer
Fight those boogiestrawmen!!!
The company for whom I work for is making money by selling more equipment and revamping existing equipment at this Exxon refinery as well as others in the region. Additional money is being made from installing the new equipment and servicing/repairing/revamping tge equipment.
I paid $3.09/gal when I filled up yesterday.
The company for whom I work for is making money by selling more equipment and revamping existing equipment at this Exxon refinery as well as others in the region. Additional money is being made from installing the new equipment and servicing/repairing/revamping tge equipment.
I paid $3.09/gal when I filled up yesterday.
Dropped a whopping 11 cents
7-14-2014
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/aaa-m...lYwNzcgRwb3MDOQRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkA1ZJUDQzNF8x
Gas prices fall 11 cents in week
AAA Michigan says gasoline prices have fallen about 11 cents during the past week to a statewide average of about $3.67 per gallon.
AAA Michigan says the cheapest price for self-serve unleaded fuel is in the Grand Rapids, Muskegon and Holland areas, where it's about $3.50 a gallon. The highest average is in the Marquette area at about $3.77 a gallon.
Tweak155
Lifer
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Dropped a whopping 11 cents
7-14-2014
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/aaa-m...lYwNzcgRwb3MDOQRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkA1ZJUDQzNF8x
Gas prices fall 11 cents in week
AAA Michigan says gasoline prices have fallen about 11 cents during the past week to a statewide average of about $3.67 per gallon.
AAA Michigan says the cheapest price for self-serve unleaded fuel is in the Grand Rapids, Muskegon and Holland areas, where it's about $3.50 a gallon. The highest average is in the Marquette area at about $3.77 a gallon.
It has dropped about 40 cents overall, 11 cents was just this past week... been dropping week over week.
Jowo's incompentent buddies being used as excuse to get higher prices and profits as usual:
Gas jumped 30 cents today and expected to push $4 once again of course.
7-29-2014
http://news.yahoo.com/fire-cvr-ener...lYwNzcgRwb3MDMQRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkA1ZJUDQzNF8x
Fire shuts CVR Refining's Kansas refinery
Four employees were hurt in a fire at CVR Refining's 115,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Coffeyville, Kansas, after a fire broke out at an isomerization unit early on Tuesday, the company said in a statement.
The refinery was shut down after the fire
Reports indicate CVR employees were working on a pump when it caught fire with flames engulfing the area
Crude oil traders on Tuesday said the Coffeyville refinery ran a lot of Cushing crude, so prices in the domestic cash market were likely to be pressured.
Gas jumped 30 cents today and expected to push $4 once again of course.
7-29-2014
http://news.yahoo.com/fire-cvr-ener...lYwNzcgRwb3MDMQRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkA1ZJUDQzNF8x
Fire shuts CVR Refining's Kansas refinery
Four employees were hurt in a fire at CVR Refining's 115,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Coffeyville, Kansas, after a fire broke out at an isomerization unit early on Tuesday, the company said in a statement.
The refinery was shut down after the fire
Reports indicate CVR employees were working on a pump when it caught fire with flames engulfing the area
Crude oil traders on Tuesday said the Coffeyville refinery ran a lot of Cushing crude, so prices in the domestic cash market were likely to be pressured.
Londo_Jowo
Lifer
Sulaco
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$3.28 today in Columbus.
It's always amusing watching Dave flail impotently around in his threads.
You'll get your jump soon enough.
Edit: Showing jumps in the $3.60 range now for you
Enjoy
http://www.indianagasprices.com/Columbus/index.aspx
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Meghan54
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Only at the most expensive stations. Of course, that's what you latch onto. Your link shows the VAST majority of stations at $3.30's-$3.40's range. But of course, ignore that.
Only at the most expensive stations. Of course, that's what you latch onto. Your link shows the VAST majority of stations at $3.30's-$3.40's range. But of course, ignore that.
Always takes at least 24 hrs or more for those sites to catch up.
Stations all around me are at $3.49
Have to find article from yesterday that said gas was going to keep going down.
Clueless fucking people shouldn't have jobs in Journalism.
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Engineer
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$3.07 for Exxon today in Anderson, SC. Still cannot find any evidence of a .30/gal increase in Indy today, tho.
There probably was as the jump in Lexington was from 3.17 to 3.55. It had fallen nicely though from around $3.85 straight to $3.18.
There are close to 100 stations that are below $3.49 75+ are at $3.18-$3.30
Feel like providing your cross street?
Sulaco
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Maybe if you got off your lazy ass and got an actual job 15 cent hikes here and there wouldn't shock you so deeply.
Londo_Jowo
Lifer
No jump here, filled up this morning for $3.06/gal ($0.10/gal Kroger discount + $0.03/gal debit card discount).
http://www.texasgasprices.com/Shell_Gas_Stations/Richmond/113096/index.aspx
http://www.texasgasprices.com/Shell_Gas_Stations/Richmond/113096/index.aspx
50+ sites show as below $3.40 this AM in Indianapolis.
Maybe you should look at the locations that have cheaper gas instead of going for the most expensive because a good looking person is manning the register.
Or if that is to difficult for you, post your location (major crossroads) and the people here can advise you on where to save on fuel costs.
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