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Prices are dropping again. Fuel was $2.19 a gallon at our local Shell. With my .60 Fred Meyer discount I payed $1.59 a gallon.
That is probably B20 (20% Biodiesel). At retail B20 is not taxed by the state in Oregon, about 25 cents a gallon. I am willing to bet there are a lot of stations selling B20 and not dropping the price down. The last Shell I stopped at had a good price but no sticker on the pump for the bio %. I asked the attendant and he didn't know what bio diesel was.
That is probably B20 (20% Biodiesel). At retail B20 is not taxed by the state in Oregon, about 25 cents a gallon. I am willing to bet there are a lot of stations selling B20 and not dropping the price down. The last Shell I stopped at had a good price but no sticker on the pump for the bio %. I asked the attendant and he didn't know what bio diesel was.
It is B20 fuel. Typically it is around .10 cheaper then other stations and it is clearly marked at the pump. My truck seems to love it so I keep buying it.
Every time I see discussions on gas/petroleum prices I think of the fuel shortages/rationing and long lines of the 70's and 80's. My job at that time was hideing barge loads of gas/oil/diesel in every canal or piece of water it could be stuck into. THERE WAS NO FUEL SHORTAGE, simply a method to get the price up where they wanted it.
Probably wasn't an empty storage tank in the country.
lol theres a station here with that same sign that keeps doing that.. then you get in there and its 2/3 something on the pump.. they refuse to change the sign as drivers "might not stop to fill up"
What is your best local diesel price per gallon at now?
Originally Posted by dannyboy950
Every time I see discussions on gas/petroleum prices I think of the fuel shortages/rationing and long lines of the 70's and 80's. My job at that time was hideing barge loads of gas/oil/diesel in every canal or piece of water it could be stuck into. THERE WAS NO FUEL SHORTAGE, simply a method to get the price up where they wanted it.
Probably wasn't an empty storage tank in the country.
I can belive it. I actually remember when I started driving it was way less then 1 buck a gallon--then in mid to late 90s I would moan about 1.10 a gallon for race fuel for my dirt cars lol.
I have avgas receipts for $ 0.42 for 80/87 before the so called shortage. I also have pictures of the full tankers lined up in Del and Chesapeake bays when there was supposed to be no fuel.
I see diesel around that in Lake Worth/ White Settlement. Aledo and Northlake jack up the prices on the interstate. Wal Mart is $1.94 for 87 at Clifford and 820.
Funny, I just thought about this thread today because it's time to fill up again.
Right now the 2 stations nearby are $2.09 but the others are $2.19-$2.27. Not good. The trend is they're going up. The other stations soon to follow I'm sure. I'm filling tomorrow before the jump. I should be able to squeeze in 110 gallon.
08-26-2015, 09:43 AM
