Diesel Fuel?!

[peterbilt]

has anyone seen the price of it lately? i mean, around here, it was $3.74 a gallon, thats the cheapest i saw, but a city away its like $3.89? i mean, they are putting truckers out of business and at this rate, i dont know if diesel truck sales are going to go up, ya know? everyone has been getting deisels and everything, new cars coming out with new diesel vehicles, but with fuel prices on the rise, how can we drive our big ford super duties and rams? its not going to happen.

[barrys]

In se pa I have seen 1 place at 3.85 most places are 3.97 or 4.19 a gallon. I feel bad for my boss, our work trucks get 5 MPG if that.

[steves chevy]

just hit 3.99 in s.w. michigan kalamazoo my wife drives a 6.5 turbo every day 30 miles to work and 30 home

[peterbilt]

dudes, we gotta do something, except we cant just stop driving ya know? this sucks.

[junior3382]

Instead of our wonderful government jumping in and demanding the prices to fall, instead they have passed a bill to regulate the effeciancy of the motor. They have it written that by the year 2012, ALL diesel motors on the road NEED to be running better then 15mpg or they will get decomissioned. Hence why International, Peterbilt and Toyota have teamed up to design a better deisel motor. Adn for the cost of diesel to climb, it lends to delivery charges increasing and therefore cost of products increaseing etc, and basically leading us right into NEEDIND a more fuel efficeint Diesel to bring it back to now, in the future, as opposed to brining the cost down to yesturday. It is all screwed up. I do not think anyone really knows what will happen by this time next year when the prices are projected to hit over 5.00 dollars a gallon.

But Pete has a point. if there was a way to convince EVERYONE in this country to not drive even one mile for one whole day, the pain the oil compaines would feel from the astronomical loss of profits would make them consider..... OR they would raise the prices again to compensate. Either way, we will not win, they have us all by the balls. It stinks!

[436'd skylark]

could the price have anything to do with the sulfer ****?

[mudseeker]

anyone ever take an economics class in high school? it's basic supply and demand. as long as the demand for gas is higher than the supply, we will continue to pay these prices at the pump. also, while the government has their sticky fingers in the oil companies profit bags, you will not see the price go down, it's the government's main source of income along with cigarette taxes.

as much as the government would like you to believe, the prices are not due to the wars over in the middle east. we recieve most of our oil from mexico and canada. in no way do we have a shortage of oil, there is plenty of oil to be had in alaska, a quick web search will prove that.

[peterbilt]

Originally Posted by 436'd skylark

could the price have anything to do with the sulfer ****?

idk, but all them new 07 and 08 diesels need that highway grade low sulfur diesel fuel becuz they cant use anything else.

[shortcut]

Here in Canada we are paying 1.27 per litre,and it takes 4 litres to make 1 gallon so thats $5.08 per gallon now Port Huron MI. is 1 1/2 hours from my house,and it was $3.78 I think their last week. All I know is it costs me $1145 to fill up the freightliner and it averages 6 mpg.I'm almost at the point where I can't even break even on revenue with the truck anymore.

[stelmadl]

you guys driving diesels.....don't complain. you pay about 20% more per gallon, but your return in mileage is much greater than a gasoline engine. i'll trade you my 454, that averages 12.0 mpg (70%highway, 30% city) with the cheaper gas for your diesel. i know that +$4.00 a gallon sounds like alot....but run the numbers.