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Gas prices have now fallen for 79 days in a row, national average per AAA is $3.81 (and projected to fall further into this fall) but still higher than $3.18 a year ago. Our local Valero is at $3.45 and I'm seeing as low as $3.15 in Albuquerque on GasBuddy. NM typically has lower gas prices than lots of places, likely because we are the 2nd largest state in crude oil production. Not why we moved here, but it's a nice side benefit. Looks like prices are similarly low across Texas, Oklahoma, the midwest, and most of the south.
Prices on the west coast are still much higher - LA average is $5.25, and diesel is still ignificantly higher as well. Sucks for anyone who owns a diesel and/or lives near the coast. And it makes it hard to see how owning a diesel is cost-effective anymore.
It's been interesting to see the various takes on this thread, and this will likely be my last time chiming in on this forum as we sold our truck and camper a few days ago. We owned it for about 18 months, spent about 70 nights in it, and sold the package for over $10K more than we paid for it. Not a bad return on a depreciating asset, especially when the stock market is down. Even taking into account what we spent on gas and insurance, we still came out ahead. Crazy times.
We had some great experiences with the truck camper, but we are moving on to new adventures, and won't miss the $100+ fillups and burning all that extra gas when the climate is at a tipping point and extreme weather events are on the rise throughout the world.
*Hopefully* by this time next year we will own a fully electric Rivian or F-150. And maybe eventually a small camper-trailer for local trips where the range hit won't be a deal-breaker. For longer trips we'll do more flying, and when we do drive it will be a combination of hotels, staying with friends, and tent camping. With solar on the roof at home we will be able to charge for free 90+% of the time and save close to $5000 per year in gas expenses.
"climate is at a tipping point" LOL Good Grief!!!!
Well Diesel is at back up to $5.59 a gallon here in Ma. Worst camping season ever due to fuel cost for my wife and I, Had 3 big trips planned (Key West, South Carolina before the Hurricane and Colorado) Canceled those and just stuck close to home,
Yep, gas and diesel is back up here in Oregon. 3 weeks ago I filled the car at 4.059 p/gal for regular unleaded. I filled it up last night for 5.199 p/gal. Every other station in the area was 10¢ to 40¢ higher.
Yep, gas and diesel is back up here in Oregon. 3 weeks ago I filled the car at 4.059 p/gal for regular unleaded. I filled it up last night for 5.199 p/gal. Every other station in the area was 10¢ to 40¢ higher.
Wow so I just drove by my station that is the "cheapest" around me and it is now $5.79 a gallon for diesel so that is $1.29 cent increase in 2 weeks!! WTF is going on!!
Wow so I just drove by my station that is the "cheapest" around me and it is now $5.79 a gallon for diesel so that is $1.29 cent increase in 2 weeks!! WTF is going on!!
Just back from a 4 day camp on the very edge of the Caldera. The last eruption around here was 1200 years ago.
camping trip in the Mono Lake area of the Eastern Sierra Nevada.
Cheapest gas was $5.19 at Costco in Carson City NV.
Most expensive seen along the way was $7.99 in Bridgeport CA
Cheapest upon leaving CA for NV was $5.39 in Nevada City CA.
4.29 at Kroger yesterday afternoon, paid 4.19. Filled up 1.5-2 weeks ago and was around 3.58 I believe, so 70 cents in 1-2 weeks, that's a reasonable jump I guess after taking months to come down that much......
