Fuel price gouging on the Alaska Highway
With fuel prices plummeting in many places, this is an FYI that it isn't falling everywhere. I just drove from Whitehorse to Vancouver and got gouged in a few places, some expected, one very surprisin...
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A lot of the fuel sold in Whitehorse and between Whitehorse and Beaver Creek comes from Fairbanks.
I had assumed that all these Big State Logistics B-trains that pass by our place were hauling empty south and full northward. But nope, they're hauling fuel from Fairbanks into Whitehorse and driving back empty. They also deliver to Haines Junction, Destruction Bay and Beaver Creek.
One of the trucks broke down near our place and we had the tools he needed to get mobile again. So while he worked he told us his truck was full of heating diesel bound for Whitehorse, and that he makes 2-3 trips a week between Whitehorse and Fairbanks with various fuel types, depending what is ordered.
It made me wonder why the fuel is so expensive in Beaver Creek...
I had assumed that all these Big State Logistics B-trains that pass by our place were hauling empty south and full northward. But nope, they're hauling fuel from Fairbanks into Whitehorse and driving back empty. They also deliver to Haines Junction, Destruction Bay and Beaver Creek.
One of the trucks broke down near our place and we had the tools he needed to get mobile again. So while he worked he told us his truck was full of heating diesel bound for Whitehorse, and that he makes 2-3 trips a week between Whitehorse and Fairbanks with various fuel types, depending what is ordered.
It made me wonder why the fuel is so expensive in Beaver Creek...
