Fuel costs for upcoming trip...
A retired old guy with time on his hands and a calculator :S We are going to Buckskin mountain State Park on the Colorado River north of Parker Arizona from our home in Payson for a 4 day 3 n night ...
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I fully agree. That additional $68 for a 4-day trip shouldn't keep any of us from enjoying it.
However, that $68 for 4 days, annualized, is well over $6000, and that DOES make a difference.
No, we wouldn't drive the same number of miles in the same vehicle that gets 8.5mpg, but the point is still the same.
I still can't figure out why, when diesel fuel started to become more costly at the pump than regular . . . and then a LOT more than regular . . . why wasn't there a tremendous uprising? It seems as though everyone operating a diesel-fueled vehicle sort of sat there and took it, even the long haul truckers.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that diesel fuel takes far less refining than gasoline, yet the prices climbed and climbed with little or no pushback. (sorry, got off the subject there, but just felt like venting a bit :C)
However, that $68 for 4 days, annualized, is well over $6000, and that DOES make a difference.
No, we wouldn't drive the same number of miles in the same vehicle that gets 8.5mpg, but the point is still the same.
I still can't figure out why, when diesel fuel started to become more costly at the pump than regular . . . and then a LOT more than regular . . . why wasn't there a tremendous uprising? It seems as though everyone operating a diesel-fueled vehicle sort of sat there and took it, even the long haul truckers.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that diesel fuel takes far less refining than gasoline, yet the prices climbed and climbed with little or no pushback. (sorry, got off the subject there, but just felt like venting a bit :C)
