Not to toot my own horn too loud. Just over two years ago I posted that $2 gal fuel could be coming. I linked to an oil industry trade journal showing potential huge price drops in fuel related to the fracking revolution. I was attacked by a whole host of rightwingers (You know who you are) calling this an absurd crazy posting meant only as a liberal posting somehow? related to the upcoming Presidential election. Really, a surprise to me. The moderator agreed this was a crazy political posting somehow and deleted the posting before I could defend myself. Just passed a station with $2.29 posted and sinking fast. Just sayin.

Statistics show that majority of time......fuel pricing has increased prior to Presidential Elections. Course we are 2 yrs out on that.LocalRegular gas......$2.59/gallonDiesel...........$3.39/gallonNational AVG.Regular gas.....$2.57Diesel..........$3.46

Great to know that teh prices have come way down. And fuel use has not increased as a result of the lower prices. Many people have replaced the older less efficient cars with ones that get 30 MPG +++. My cousin bought a Ford C-Max with 38 MPG! Even those who traded in cars with 25 - 30 MPG are buying more fuel efficient models, and now you can select from many used cars in the 25-30 MPG range! Even truck buyers are now able to buy a Ecoboost 2.7L pickup with a rated MPG in the 22 MPG range, and Ecodiesels with 28 MPG! Happy Camping!Fred.

Oh good grief, let this nonsense go already.

texas under $2.bucks , yep its nice now, but it won,t stay down, stock market guru says about 5 or 6 mos ,then we,ll see $5.bucks a gal .

languiduck wrote:Oh good grief, let this nonsense go already.Nonsense to you maybe, vindication for me.

$2 gal fuel? TOLD YOU SO | Good Sam Community

FreeLanceing
Explorer II
Dec 28, 2014
I saw 1.72 yesterday. I guess I should have waited a year to go to Alaska. I paid as much as 7.70 up there thats quiet a differance.
pawatt
Explorer
Dec 28, 2014
$1.96 at Costco today in South Texas.
deltabravo
Nomad
Dec 28, 2014
Bedlam wrote:
Plenty of stores in my area offer a cash discount on a purchase verses a credit card. Typically that discount is what the merchant would have paid in card fees.

Safeway is one that comes to mind. Add 10 cents a gallon for credit card.
run100
Explorer
Dec 27, 2014
Bubtoofat wrote:
OBXcamper wrote:
More and more stations are putting a fee on credit payment.

Actually that would be against the law. So the stations offer a discount for cash payment. Yes I know that's pretty much the same thing but congress failed to think of that little play on words otherwise known as a "loophole".
:S

I could be wrong, but I believe gas stations can charge a "convenience fee" for purchases paid by credit card. The stipulation is that other form of payments need to be accepted (such as cash) and the fees must be assessed consistently on credit card payments. As an example, a $2.00 convenience fee to pay with plastic. The rules merchants must follow vary from MC/VS & AMX.
dave17352
Explorer
Dec 27, 2014
2.99 9/10 12/26/14 Lincoln ne
Mello_Mike
Explorer
Dec 26, 2014
I spent $2.89 a gallon for diesel yesterday here in Mesa, AZ. :)
My_Blue_Heaven
Explorer
Dec 26, 2014
Do I hear a new low? $1.87 per gallon for regular gas in Southwest Missouri the last few days. 'Tis a privilege to live in the Ozarks!
Bedlam
Moderator
Dec 26, 2014
Plenty of stores in my area offer a cash discount on a purchase verses a credit card. Typically that discount is what the merchant would have paid in card fees.
Bubtoofat
Explorer
Dec 26, 2014
OBXcamper wrote:
More and more stations are putting a fee on credit payment.

Actually that would be against the law. So the stations offer a discount for cash payment. Yes I know that's pretty much the same thing but congress failed to think of that little play on words otherwise known as a "loophole".
:S
3_tons
Explorer III
Dec 26, 2014
retiredgeologist wrote:
Not to toot my own horn too loud. Just over two years ago I posted that $2 gal fuel could be coming. I linked to an oil industry trade journal showing potential huge price drops in fuel related to the fracking revolution. I was attacked by a whole host of rightwingers (You know who you are) calling this an absurd crazy posting meant only as a liberal posting somehow? related to the upcoming Presidential election. Really, a surprise to me.
The moderator agreed this was a crazy political posting somehow and deleted the posting before I could defend myself. Just passed a station with $2.29 posted and sinking fast. Just sayin.

Well then from your implicit tone (plea for self-promotion), my guess is that you're likely a 'left winger' in recovery...Either way, welcome to Realville, and how economic growth can follow a cogent energy policy...

3 tons