It all translated to roughly $30 more a week on a fill up. I just cut back on Hookers till the prices come back down. $3.86 in Dallas this afternoon. Course, we're really close to the refinery.
Garry~
Garry~
Panic in Detroit. Gas up yet again. (one station at $6.09 for regular)
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That's a bottle of bourbon I could have had! Add to that a steak that used to cost $12 is now $20 and everything else that's gone up and that's a bottle of some top shelf bourbon I could have had!
We have "Papa John's" here in east Tennessee for drive through by the slice.
Not that it means much considering the taste!
We do not have "Papa John's", we have "Little Ceaser's".
Sorry about that.
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The average price for a gallon of regular gas (9/23/2026) is now $4.47 and rising. An increase of 13 cents in 2 days and it looks like it is only going to continue to increase.
Oh I'm reveling. I just thank God we're in the "Golden Age"!
Gas hits $6.09 a gallon at a Detroit station off I-75, way above state average
Gas hits $6.09 a gallon at a Detroit station off I-75, well above Michigan's $4.80 average, as drivers say they have no choice.
www.wxyz.com
Outlier at $6.09 a gallon for regular...
mrehorst
Super Member
Don't panic! I have no doubt that the brilliant, responsible, ethical men who run the Car companies in Detroit will come up with a solution. Maybe a $100k truck with an extra large fuel tank so that when you fill it, you can drive around for a few days watching the price at the pumps go up and be happy that you paid less for the 100 gallons in your tank.
I thank GOD every day that they've all given up on electric vehicles. I want to get a Hummer and convert it to run on clean coal. I want my sooty exhaust trail to be visible from space!
I thank GOD every day that they've all given up on electric vehicles. I want to get a Hummer and convert it to run on clean coal. I want my sooty exhaust trail to be visible from space!
Size?
ConradH
Lunatic Member
I've always looked at the economy and stock market as a giant op-amp feedback system. When you add delays, it gets unpredictable; the stock market gets "noisy". When you get into actual feed-forward, things go out of control. If you can't afford diesel to ship your products or do your construction, you have to raise prices or get out of the business. You do the latter if there are no customers at the new price. Scarcity leads to higher prices too. Supply and demand rules still work. No work and inability to pay people leads to high unemployment. Economic science is a bit of a black art but overall, it's well understood, at least by economists. Obviously not by the government. It seems like everything we've done recently is the exact opposite of what a successful and prosperous country would have done.
That's the way I am now. I have a 35 gallon tank in my truck and filled it up last week when it was 15 cents cheaper for $140.
Yesterday that same fill-up would cost $5.25 more. I say yesterday because I bet it goes up some more today.
cq.ab0nf
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Been seeing a lot of large trucks on car lots these days.
DesertRatt
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DesertRatt
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It's an arc that has been repeated dozens of times in history. Beginning-ascent-Peak-decline-collapse.
DesertRatt
All Bark, No Bite!
There are only 850 oil refineries in the world. They are super expensive and take years to build. Wars are now destroying refineries in Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and in the Gulf states. Once lost, refining capacity takes a long time to get back online---like years.
You can have lots of oil, but it has no value until it is refined into all the distillates. These wars aren't about killing people directly, they are about killing economic engines.
You can have lots of oil, but it has no value until it is refined into all the distillates. These wars aren't about killing people directly, they are about killing economic engines.
Regarding shipping costs which then cause price increases to consumers:
Average diesel fuel price September 2025-$3.73/gal.
Average diesel fuel price September 2026-$6.53/gal.
Increase is 75%.
Average mpg for a diesel semi-trailer is 7mpg.
Fuel cost per mile Sept 2025- $.53
Fuel cost per mile Sept 2026- $.93.
Let's just call it a buck per mile.
Every mile marker, essentially the driver pulls a dollar out of his wallet, to put it in perspective.
This would also apply to the independent company or owner/operator who delivers the diesel fuel to the truck stop.
Semi unloading and loading of containers is quite common in railroad yards.
Guess what trains use?
Diesel!
Doesn't look good, does it?...
Average diesel fuel price September 2025-$3.73/gal.
Average diesel fuel price September 2026-$6.53/gal.
Increase is 75%.
Average mpg for a diesel semi-trailer is 7mpg.
Fuel cost per mile Sept 2025- $.53
Fuel cost per mile Sept 2026- $.93.
Let's just call it a buck per mile.
Every mile marker, essentially the driver pulls a dollar out of his wallet, to put it in perspective.
This would also apply to the independent company or owner/operator who delivers the diesel fuel to the truck stop.
Semi unloading and loading of containers is quite common in railroad yards.
Guess what trains use?
Diesel!
Doesn't look good, does it?...
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DesertRatt
All Bark, No Bite!
Diesel fuel and home heating oil are kissing cousins-almost identical. I would imagine that all those northeastern homes that heat with oil are going to be in for a real struggle this winter.
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