Midwest Gasoline to Spike $0.50-$1.00 Per gallon

[WM75Guy]

It did well today, which is not good news for the price at the pump. Been doing good for a while now. For example, it looks like we sold July crude at $76. Still have a fair amount to go to get near last year's high or the historical highs of 2008. The two bottom charts are monthly averages, not the highest daily price.

 

[D&D]

What does D&D stand for or represent?? I see it as 'Dumb & Dumber.

Please elaborate?

Exactly what my partner and I named the company. Some years ago, he and I were playing cards with the wives. My wife was relating a story about something I did and was saying how dumb it was to her. Partners wife jumps in to relate how much dumber he is because....The next day he and I were laughing about it and decided to name our part time gig D&D (50-50 with the letters being reassignable based on the days events). When we both left the military, things shifted to full time and it’s been a wild ride. The wives still joke about us not getting parts in the movie

 

[Hay Dude]

Had to fuel in Alturas, California yesterday. It was painful......
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That's cheaper than my local gas station. I filled up at Costco yesterday when I was in town and even that was over $5/gal for the cheap stuff.

Thats absolutely terrible.

 

[Torvy]

When I see $3.59, I look for somewhere else.

The current 'spread' in this area, according to gas buddy is 3.34-3.69. Where we left near Ft. Worth is 3.19.

 

[WM75Guy]

$3.34 for regular gas, $3.85 for diesel. The spread between the 2 is getting wider.

 

[JJT]

Filled up yesterday, Diesel was $4.39 and regular gas was $3.79. We're down $.20 since the Labor Day spike.

 

[deezler]

Had to fuel in Alturas, California yesterday. It was painful......
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Ouch. But at only a 7% surcharge for premium, that choice becomes easier. Most people can see 5-10% mpg improvement on premium, plus your engine just runs nicer overall. Unless you drive a turd that doesn't care, of course.

 

[deserteagle71]

Ouch. But at only a 7% surcharge for premium, that choice becomes easier. Most people can see 5-10% mpg improvement on premium, plus your engine just runs nicer overall. Unless you drive a turd that doesn't care, of course.

Darn! Just realized all my gas-powered vehicles are turds...the way I drive, the octane I use doesn't seem to make any difference at all.

 

[NoTrespassing]

Ouch. But at only a 7% surcharge for premium, that choice becomes easier. Most people can see 5-10% mpg improvement on premium, plus your engine just runs nicer overall. Unless you drive a turd that doesn't care, of course.

Only increase I've ever seen with higher octane is horsepower with a turbo engine. Never seen better mpg with any vehicle in 40 years of driving.

 

[BigBlue1]

Where did you learn math. But lets check your work. If you take 30.75 and add in 75% to it (add a 1 to the % and multiply), what do we get? 30.75*1.75 = 53.81.

The way you subtract a percent from a whole number is...(add a 1 to the % and divide)

123/1.75 = 70.29

Check the math

70.29*1.75 = 123

You don't want to play in my sand box with me.

That is not at all how you do it.

If you're saying that a value decreased by 75% then what you have is:

123 (original value)
75% of 123 = 92.25 (123 * .75) (reduction amount)
123 - 92.25 = 30.75 (final value)

So the equation looks like:

V1 - (V1*.75) = V2

The way to find how much of a percentage of a reduction there is between two numbers is:

New value
------------
Old value

70.9/123 = 57.14xx% reduction