$3.49 a gallon here. And I got 150 gallons heating oil @ $3.69 per gallon.

I can afford it (doesn't mean I like it) but I can't help but worry/wonder about those who can't and are forced to do without!

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Minds are like parachutes. They only work when they are open.

~Thomas Dewar~

$3.45 here today

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I have discovered why the price of diesel is now higher than the price of gasoline, when in my youth the reverse was true.

Demand from China and Europe has increased. Refineries in the U.S. have been operating at above 90% capacity over the last ten years. Increasing demand for a fixed supply causes prices to rise in a capitalist system.

The transition to low-sulfur diesel fuel has affected diesel fuel production and distribution costs. In 2006, new EPA standards for sulfur content in diesel fuel started to phase in. By 01-JUN-06, 80% of the on-highway diesel fuel sold in the U.S. had to be Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD) fuel (sulfur content <= 15 ppm), replacing most Low Sulfur Diesel (LSD) fuel (sulfur content <= 500 ppm). By 01-DEC-10, all on-highway diesel fuel must be ULSD fuel. In 2007, new standards for diesel fuels for off-highway consumption started to phase-in. The additional refining has added to the per gallon cost. Cleaner air costs money.

For anyone interested in the data, here are the links.

http://www.eia.doe.gov/bookshelf/brochures/diesel/
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petr...onthly/pmm.html
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/FTPROOT/pe...mm/03800703.pdf

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Diesel fuel was $4.11/US a gallon today

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Now I wish so many train tracks hadn't been pulled up and pitched. Be nice to see a lot ot the truck traffic traveling by rail. Fuel, highway maintenance costs, and the environment would all benefit.

I wish we had good rail passenger service that we could use instead of cars for a lot of our travels.

Oh well ... maybe I'll get use to the higher fuel bills.

We were at a dinner in Streator, IL last night (east of a town PantyFanatic made famous) ... and prices there were $3.34. We still at $3.45 here.

$3.45/gal. here today for the cheap stuff. That's up $.20 from yesterday.

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No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever. ~~ Francois Mocuriac

Confucius say, "He who masturbate into cash register come into money."

An optimist looks at the glass and says it's half full. A pessimist looks at the glass and says it's half empty. A Cubs fan looks at the glass and says, "When's it gonna spill?"

Deus Impetitio Esuritori Nullus