I was looking through the threads I started and was amazed that this one took off, with over 2500 views. Well it's now one year later (from when I started the thread) I'm pleased to say that Giant Eagle (a grocer) offered double fuel perks when you bought gift cards this past Christmas. So, I bought virtually all my Christmas gifts, several gift cards paid for the hot water tank that decided to leak, all in all I got 90 FREE gallons of gas this winter, even subtracting the 40 Gallons I gave my wife, I still managed OK as far as fuel costs go. Now I'm looking forward to picking up another 300SD, I have about 150 gallons of WVO stored for summer use, I'll be paying roughly 50¢ a gallon for fuel. Or approximately $100 for the summer's 6,000 miles. Most others, however will pay anywhere between $600 and $1000 for the same. Hmmm, ,,


As far as grocery prices go, yes they will go up, but the higher fuel costs represent only a small fraction of the total cost.

Take for example an 18 wheeler (gonna do the math on the fly here) If his rig gets 8 MPG and he drives 60 MPH he burns 7.5 gallons an hour. At $3.00 a gallon fuel costs are $22.5 per hour, or about what the driver earns if he drivers for Schneider, Roadway, Overnite,,, The trucking co's costs for the driver are almost twice his wage so We'll estimate $40 / hr. No we gotta figure out how much maintenance cost per hour of driving. (This will be very low around $1-$2 /hr add another $1-$2 for the cost of teh truck new) so at $3.00/gallon the trucking co pays roughly $65 / hour to move goods. At $6.00/ gallon that cost just went up to $87.50 / hour or about a third. So doubling the fuel cost increase delivery cost by about a third. But Uncle sam knows this and the mileage deduction goes up to offset the additional fuel costs, so maybe in reality the additional fuel cost increases 1/4 to the total costs of delivery.

Yes retx we did have a wonderfully warm winter, until "blue Monday" (January 22 when it got cold here in Ohio) Nat Gas prices didn't drop like they should have, I guess it was pumped to somewhere that needed it more. Home heating oil didn't drop much. The price of firewood dropped, because no one was burning fires in their fireplaces because it wasn't cold, (firewood prices rebounded after the coldsnap).

So why the high gas prices? Because SOMEONE HAS TO PAY FOR THE WAR. and since some of the tax is a proportion of the TOTAL price per gallon, the higher the price per gallon the MORE money local gov't gets ( who then will get cuts in Federal aid). Ain't no congressman gonna get the price of gas to drop, don't let them fool you. Sure they'll investigate Exxon and mobil and BP, but guess what, they won't find anything, because if they did and the price of gas went back down to $1.50 per gallon the Gov't would only get a fraction of the windfall profits tax they are getting now. multiply that by the millions of gallons ,,,
So as you drive your SUV, you're buying bullets and Bombs for the Army, and you're buying AK-47's and radio controlled detonators and IED's for the opposition. Another thing I've wondered about. Who sells fuel to the US Army? Surely the army, navy and air force don't refine their own fuel, and how much does the army pay for their fuel? I seriously doubt if the armed forces price per gallon fluctuates like it does for the rest of us. Prol some secret classified on-a-need-to-know basis agreement between the oil companies and the army.

Enough ranting and raving,,,

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