Fuel prices around the world.

[Solitary Man]

I bet 10/20 is the last time we ever see $1.99 gas or diesel.
Say hello to the new world, where inflation reigns supreme and scarcity runs rampant

Maybe. Maybe not.

 

[Hay Dude]

Maybe. Maybe not.

I like a non-birthing person with commitment

 

[PuffyC]

It’s insane that other governments can’t learn from the Venezuelan example and now the Cuban example. It’s so fresh and recent. I think other governments are so arrogant that they think they can do it better. It starts out so promising for everyone and 50 years later people are eating each other’s body parts.

Governments are just people, and people are idiots.

 

[MoKelly]

Just finished my new driveway. Installed lots of conduit for hi/lo voltage electric and water. My excavator said all the conduit was triple the price from a year ago.

Yikes!

Just think if that happened each and every year for 15 straight years. It happened in Argentina.

And we think ammo is hard to find today!

MoKelly

 

[Frankenkubota]

Governments are just people, and people are idiots.

people in groups are idiots

the old saying people in a group behave in ways an individual person would not

but yea....

 

[Frankenkubota]

this from my neighbor

Easy really. Few drops food coloring in water just to make it visible. To keep it simple I use 1.75 liter vodka bottles. Not quite 1/2 cup water then add fuel to fill it and shake well. Settles quickly but I wait till next day and just siphon pure gas into fuel can. Water absorbs ethanol (alcohol) and sinks to bottom. Won’t mix with gas.

Use it in chain saw weed eater etc. it’s the ethanol that kills your motors.

 

[MoKelly]

this from my neighbor

Easy really. Few drops food coloring in water just to make it visible. To keep it simple I use 1.75 liter vodka bottles. Not quite 1/2 cup water then add fuel to fill it and shake well. Settles quickly but I wait till next day and just siphon pure gas into fuel can. Water absorbs ethanol (alcohol) and sinks to bottom. Won’t mix with gas.

Use it in chain saw weed eater etc. it’s the ethanol that kills your motors.

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Wow. Never heard of that trick before.

You must be a chemist!

I’m going to try it today.

MoKelly

 

[Oaktree]

To that I ask, "What annual tag or inspection?"

Many states have neither. Some have one or the other. Some have emissions inspections. Some have safety inspections. Some have both safety and emissions inspections.

I remember safety inspections in Indiana when I was a kid. My dad would have to take the car in to a local shop once a year that was a state inspection facility. Pretty much EVERY shop was a state inspection facility. And the system was corrupt. That's why it went away.

I was a bit surprised to see how many states have no vehicle inspection, I thought emissions inspection was required by the feds.
As far as "corruption" goes, since when does corruption go away? Yes it can be a racket...here in N.H. auto repair facilities do state inspections...you've got to use some common sense. I avoid muffler or tire chains as well as dealerships as they almost always find something that "needs repair". Best bet is an independent shop where you know the owner. I understand some states have inspection stations that are just that...no repairs.

Given how lax some people are about vehicle maintenance, I don't have a problem with a safety inspection. At least you know the "other guy"'s brakes, etc. were in good working order at some point in the last year...
Emissions inspections make sense in regions where air quality is bad, not so much in rural areas.

PA actually made a slight improvement in inspections about 5 years ago. CDL registered trucks were required to be inspected semi-annually which is absurd. Now it’s annual. Dagging my trucks in for semi-annual inspection was A PITA

Dunno about you, but I feel a lot more at ease driving knowing that big rig has had a recent safety inspection. I sure don't want to get between an 18 wheeler with bad brakes and a bridge abutment. Sorry it's so inconvenient for you.

 

[Oaktree]

this from my neighbor

Easy really. Few drops food coloring in water just to make it visible. To keep it simple I use 1.75 liter vodka bottles. Not quite 1/2 cup water then add fuel to fill it and shake well. Settles quickly but I wait till next day and just siphon pure gas into fuel can. Water absorbs ethanol (alcohol) and sinks to bottom. Won’t mix with gas.

Use it in chain saw weed eater etc. it’s the ethanol that kills your motors.

I thought it was ethanol that absorbed water.
In any event I can't imagine dumping water in a fuel tank does anything any good, sounds like the "cure" is worse than the disease.

 

[ruffdog]

I have been using ethanol testers since back in the 80s when I worked at the cycle shop.

Amazon.com: Glass Laser Etched Ethanol Content Fuel Tester for Ethanol, E85, Gasoline: Automotive

 

[MossRoad]

I was a bit surprised to see how many states have no vehicle inspection, I thought emissions inspection was required by the feds.
As far as "corruption" goes, since when does corruption go away? Yes it can be a racket...here in N.H. auto repair facilities do state inspections...you've got to use some common sense. I avoid muffler or tire chains as well as dealerships as they almost always find something that "needs repair". Best bet is an independent shop where you know the owner. I understand some states have inspection stations that are just that...no repairs.

Given how lax some people are about vehicle maintenance, I don't have a problem with a safety inspection. At least you know the "other guy"'s brakes, etc. were in good working order at some point in the last year...
Emissions inspections make sense in regions where air quality is bad, not so much in rural areas.


Dunno about you, but I feel a lot more at ease driving knowing that big rig has had a recent safety inspection. I sure don't want to get between an 18 wheeler with bad brakes and a bridge abutment. Sorry it's so inconvenient for you.

The corruption here wasn't so much inspection shops doing unneeded repairs as it was more along the lines of slip the guy some money and your car passes inspection.

Probably a mixture of both in reality.

 

[MoKelly]

The corruption here wasn't so much inspection shops doing unneeded repairs as it was more along the lines of slip the guy some money and your car passes inspection.

Probably a mixture of both in reality.

Here - before inspections were done away with for newer cars - you had the right to have the required repair done anywhere and once the repair was done, the car automatically passed.

One year, my wife got an inspection and the shop says she needs new brakes. The car had 45000 miles. Brakes were just fine if you drove.

So, she went down the street. That shop said “lady, your brakes are fine”. They gave her the pass inspection page no charge.

My wife wrote MoDot along with all the documentation. That first shop is still in business.

Governments and rules and unintended consequences.

MoKelly

 

[ning]

Diesel : 85 cent

Gasoline: 1 dollar

Reality states otherwise

 

[ruffdog]

US dollar to New Shekel.....$1 = 3.3 NS so 7.522NS = $2.28 USD

 

[lman]

When I look at that chart, it looks like a gal. of gas is $7.522 USD. The chart shows that a gallon of gas is 24.681/new shekel .

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Many people live near a state border, and drive varying amounts in two or more states.

Bruce

Not much of a problem here in Texas. Maybe other states will require you to put one of those plug in ODB devices, that they can monitor.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Below is from July 2019

Here is interactive one from Jan 2021
Gasoline Tax

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

California is now up to $0.8538 per gallon. Ouch. No wonder they are buying Teslas.

 

[ruffdog]

When I look at that chart, it looks like a gal. of gas is $7.522 USD. The chart shows that a gallon of gas is 24.681/new shekel .

Ahhh....yes. My mistake...duh.

 

[MoKelly]

Below is from July 2019

Here is interactive one from Jan 2021
Gasoline Tax

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Missouri has 2nd lowest gas price. Missouri has the 2nd lowest gas tax.

Hummmm.

MoKelly