gasoline prices

[FirstAndFinest]

I noticed that traffic going to the Jersey Shore was a lot lighter this weekend than in past Memorial Day Weekends. Yes, there was the Friday Night crawl down the Garden State Parkway (as I observed walking in a park adjacent to the GSP). On Saturday and Sunday, though, there was not much traffic at all.

Mr. F&F & I decided against getting season passes this year, due LARGELY to the increasing price of gas!

[luv n tpa]

Originally Posted by FirstAndFinest

I noticed that traffic going to the Jersey Shore was a lot lighter this weekend than in past Memorial Day Weekends. Yes, there was the Friday Night crawl down the Garden State Parkway (as I observed walking in a park adjacent to the GSP). On Saturday and Sunday, though, there was not much traffic at all.

Mr. F&F & I decided against getting season passes this year, due LARGELY to the increasing price of gas!

As a local, I've noticed that there's less traffic than usual, as well. Although it's still horrendous. [sigh] Benny season has begun.

[Sister Havana]

Originally Posted by ISUKappa

$4.68 for diesel today. Thankfully, I've got enough to get through to the middle of the week when hopefully it will drop down a bit, but damn.

It's up to $4.99 for diesel at some stations near me.

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by Sister Havana

It's up to $4.99 for diesel at some stations near me.

whaaaaat!

[Thetagirl218]

This may be a stupid question, but why is diesel so dang expensive right now? At first I thought refining costs, but it used to be cheaper than unleaded! What happened?

[GooniePDT49]

Originally Posted by nate2512

Ha I don't care how expensive gas is, I'm not giving up fun or beer.

Of course its no surprise that a southerner would give up beer. *sigh*

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by Thetagirl218

This may be a stupid question, but why is diesel so dang expensive right now? At first I thought refining costs, but it used to be cheaper than unleaded! What happened?

Welcome to the real world of getting screwed!

Diesel is from the bottom of the barrel and the cheepest to refine!

But, it is needed, so guesss what?????

A friend said his dad was in the oil business and if it wasnt for diesel, they would have just pourd it out into the ground.

But since it used to be cheaper and peeps started buying Diesel and we get deliverys it of course goes up!!!

We pay for it one way or the other!

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by Sister Havana

It's up to $4.99 for diesel at some stations near me.

That's how much it is in the central Connecticut area. I also paid $4.21 for regular this morning.

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

That's how much it is in the central Connecticut area. I also paid $4.21 for regular this morning.

OUCH, god does that hurt!

[preciousjeni]

I work in a...mmm...less affluent section of my county. I'm looking across the street and regular is $4.17.

[christiangirl]

It's still $3.69 here. I am not looking forward to going back to California prices. I'll die, I tell you, DIE.

[jon1856]

My jaw just dropped lower and lower as I read this following news story. I had heard some of the stories but it seems not all of them.

"As gas prices soar, thieves grow more brazen

It’s not just drive-offs — crooks targeting individual cars with siphons, drills"

"Bobby Lee Julien, who’s driven a fuel tanker for 27 years, was near the end of his route. It was 3 a.m. when he pulled up at a stop sign off State Highway 225 in Houston.
It took only a few seconds for the masked man to rip open the passenger door, jump in and point a gun at Julien, 52.
“I begged him not to shoot me,” Julien said. “I feared for my life. The whole time he had a gun pointed at me.”.........
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24779216/

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by jon1856

My jaw just dropped lower and lower as I read this following news story. I had heard some of the stories but it seems not all of them.

"As gas prices soar, thieves grow more brazen

It’s not just drive-offs — crooks targeting individual cars with siphons, drills"

"Bobby Lee Julien, who’s driven a fuel tanker for 27 years, was near the end of his route. It was 3 a.m. when he pulled up at a stop sign off State Highway 225 in Houston.
It took only a few seconds for the masked man to rip open the passenger door, jump in and point a gun at Julien, 52.
“I begged him not to shoot me,” Julien said. “I feared for my life. The whole time he had a gun pointed at me.”.........
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24779216/

In a way, it's comical that it's come to this. But, in reality, it's terrifying.

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

In a way, it's comical that it's come to this. But, in reality, it's terrifying.

No kidding... there have been a ton of people waking up to find their cars with a strange stick protruding from the bottoms of their cars --- turns out it is just another way thieves are making off with gas.... and those repairs are several hundred dollars if not in the thousands.

[1908Revelations]

Originally Posted by texas*princess

I still have the flu (seriously, who gets the flu in the summer?)

Me.....last week too