May-20-2008 09:25 PM
May-25-2008 05:40 AM
stevelv wrote:
Frank
In 2002 when my RV was new, diesel cost $1.35 a gallon - I enjoy seeing the US and travel $15-$18k a year - at 7mpg that was $3,500 in fuel. Today it costs $13,000 - so to some people it makes a huge difference in their lifestyle - in your case the impact is minimal unless you drive a 16mpg truck 30 miles each way to work every day - then you have a problem.
May-25-2008 04:08 AM
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May-24-2008 09:27 PM
sirdrakejr wrote:No, Frank, IMO you're not wrong.
Come on folks, get real!
Last year I was paying about $2.90 a gallon for diesel. This year so far I have paid UP to $4.40 a gallon. So the difference is $1.50 a gallon more this year. So if I tow my 35 foot 5th wheel 1000 miles this year it will cost me about $135 more at 12 MPG when towing. So is it worth stopping what I enjoy for a measly $135?? Sure the total sounds bad but the real difference is not bad enough to give up a lifestyle.
It isn't like we were paying NOTHING last year to travel. You have to compare the true costs of RVing this year against the past. We aren't that bad off. Let the "doom and gloomers" wail and weep. If they stopped to think about it, they would agree, this year is bad but not enough to stop RVing.
Am I wrong?
Frank
May-24-2008 09:01 PM
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May-24-2008 04:30 PM
crudeman wrote:topflite51 wrote:Oh I understand, trust me. that has been my point there are countless threads with all the answers and greed, conspiracy seems to be the top ones on the list. Not may, says anything I better take care of myself and worry about the latter, but its always this big conspiracy and greed and again if it was that simple it would have been done long ago. Oil is 130 plus a bbl and there is no more cheap gasoline at that price. I worked in this business a long time and seen the bad times and some of the good times, but it has got better in the past year or so. I am not waiting on someone to do what is best for me, I am doing what is best for me myself. Its the same ol story every post, sorta reminds ya of those other posts that has WM in them.crudeman wrote:The biggest thing that blows the conspiracy theory is WHY ONLY 10%why not 20 or 25%? If you are in danger of going to jail, and you could if it were really a conspiracy, why not get as much as you can as quick as you can?
Back to the conspiracy theory, if it was that simple why did the oil companies not do this years ago, if its that easy as some suggest and its all this greed/conspiracy theory why wait this long? Heck they could have done it back in the eighties/nineties etc when they were shutting down refineries, and all the mergers of the late nineties and early 2000 time frame. I would think they would all still be American companies instead of losing some of those companies and others having foreign partners etc as the case is now.
May-24-2008 04:14 PM
topflite51 wrote:crudeman wrote:The biggest thing that blows the conspiracy theory is WHY ONLY 10%why not 20 or 25%? If you are in danger of going to jail, and you could if it were really a conspiracy, why not get as much as you can as quick as you can?
Back to the conspiracy theory, if it was that simple why did the oil companies not do this years ago, if its that easy as some suggest and its all this greed/conspiracy theory why wait this long? Heck they could have done it back in the eighties/nineties etc when they were shutting down refineries, and all the mergers of the late nineties and early 2000 time frame. I would think they would all still be American companies instead of losing some of those companies and others having foreign partners etc as the case is now.
May-24-2008 03:55 PM
crudeman wrote:The biggest thing that blows the conspiracy theory is WHY ONLY 10%why not 20 or 25%? If you are in danger of going to jail, and you could if it were really a conspiracy, why not get as much as you can as quick as you can?
Back to the conspiracy theory, if it was that simple why did the oil companies not do this years ago, if its that easy as some suggest and its all this greed/conspiracy theory why wait this long? Heck they could have done it back in the eighties/nineties etc when they were shutting down refineries, and all the mergers of the late nineties and early 2000 time frame. I would think they would all still be American companies instead of losing some of those companies and others having foreign partners etc as the case is now.
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