Diesel Prices
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From: Lynden, WA.
Two weeks ago I filled up for $2.73/gallon. Today I filled up for $2.43/gallon.
It's a nice down hill slide. But I'm not holding my breath wishing it's going to keep dropping or at least stay this low.
It's a nice down hill slide. But I'm not holding my breath wishing it's going to keep dropping or at least stay this low.
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From: stoneboro, pa
Originally Posted by texan2004
I would imagine that some sort of Fuel Gas or natural gas would be used to generate the energy required to produce the biodiesel and not a heavy oil.
I'll dig around a little and see what I can find out. In the mean time, if someone has definitive "detailed" knowledge of how the biodiesel is produced and answers to my earlier post I would certainly be interested in learning about it.
Thanks in advance.
I'll dig around a little and see what I can find out. In the mean time, if someone has definitive "detailed" knowledge of how the biodiesel is produced and answers to my earlier post I would certainly be interested in learning about it.
Thanks in advance.
heres the best site ive seen http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html
or if u like lots o readin http://www.surfermall.com/biodiesel/...f_contents.htm
i read up on how to do it a while back, and its an awful nasty concoction. but the big companies use a refining process thats different than this.
willie nelson sells biodiesel too......"Biowillie" check out his sites ifn ya want
Last edited by bighoss550; Mar 21, 2005 at 08:56 AM.
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From: Clovis, CA
Its funny how conditioned we can become (pavlov's dog). The price of diesel is kina like what I tell my wife when I want to buy something. It is going to cost $1000 dollars dear, and I wait for her to freak out...then I tell her it's ONLY going to be $500 and then it doesn't look so bad. 
Today I was driving and was excited to see $2.51 per gallon...EXCITED TO SEE $2.51!! (most common $2.69) They know the routine; jack up the prices and watch everyone freak, lower them a bit and everyone is happy (but we as consumers still don't recognize that the prices are still steep compared to a year ago).
Today I was driving and was excited to see $2.51 per gallon...EXCITED TO SEE $2.51!! (most common $2.69) They know the routine; jack up the prices and watch everyone freak, lower them a bit and everyone is happy (but we as consumers still don't recognize that the prices are still steep compared to a year ago).
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A lot of stations are gouging. I usually stop in Nevada on my way to California for cheaper diesel (less taxes). Today I pulled in to a somewhat regular station and noticed the price was $2.49. Well earlier I noticed a small town California station with two pumps near my house at the same price for diesel. If it's the same price in Calif. at a station where they buy smaller quantities at a higher price and have higher taxes on top of it and is still the same price?...something's wrong. The station in Nevada was a big one... Shell or 76. The station in Calif. was the "trading post". Something's wrong with that picture. So, I drove out of that station without buying their diesel and found the next station which was in California to be $2.69. Shell I think...I kept going and got to the trading post and bought there for $2.49.
I'm going to start using peanut oil or something...this is lame.
I'm going to start using peanut oil or something...this is lame.
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From: Texas
We still pay only around $2.00 to a high of $2.19 in South Texas. What gets me is when the pumps are off calibration and you lose gallons on a fillup. So I try and pay attention, cause if it's $1.93 a gallon and it takes 38 gallons to fill up when I am on 1/4 tank, when it should have only taken about 28 gallons, something's wrong. 
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cost $1000 dollars dear, and I wait for her to freak out...then I tell her it's ONLY going to be $500 and then it doesn't look so bad
It is called top / down selling and is very effective. The buyer obviously has a higher perceived value when the price is lowered, than when it goes up.
Another form is also known 'round these parts as Yankee discounts. Mark it up an additional 20% and give 'em a 10% discount.
BTW: The Wally World down the street is still holding at $ 2.13. which surprises me since a day after the BP refinery blast there were reports that the damaged area was involved with diesel production as well as octane enhancement for gas.
It is called top / down selling and is very effective. The buyer obviously has a higher perceived value when the price is lowered, than when it goes up.
Another form is also known 'round these parts as Yankee discounts. Mark it up an additional 20% and give 'em a 10% discount.
BTW: The Wally World down the street is still holding at $ 2.13. which surprises me since a day after the BP refinery blast there were reports that the damaged area was involved with diesel production as well as octane enhancement for gas.
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From: Kansas
Has anyone heard of a web site called Gasbuddy? Supposedly it gives fuel prices for any given location across the U.S. If a person were going on a trip through several states one might be able to save $$$ by driving just a hundred miles more.
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From: new jersey
In NJ I can find diesel at a HESS if I do some hunting for $2.15 or locally near home the Exxon/Mobil is up to $2.38 a gallon. Just think what it would be if we had a higher gas tax, jersey's is one of thge lowest still, hope it stays that way.
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From: Friendswood, Texas
I had not heard that KW. How much and who's pushing it. Why is it that they have to look for new sources of revenue instead of cutting back on what they spend???? Higher fuel taxes are the last thing we need here.