Cost of Diesel in Ca

Basically the same in Vancouver, BC

"Wolfgang Bley" wrote in news:5nncc.3998$ snipped-for-privacy@typhoon.sonic.net:

Here in North Carolina it's dropped a couple pennies the last few days. $1.619 for 87, $1.769 for 93.

I pay 1.90 For 87, 1.98 for 89 & 2.06 for 92.

Here on Long island, NY.

Damn those OPEC Minster's. I hope one day the choke on their oil......................

Move to Atlanta GA. Diesel is $1.45 and regular unleaded is $1.50 :-)

The reason for the high cost of gasoline in Ca is usually ascribed to "boutique" blending of gasoline to meet Ca emission standards. What is so "boutique" about #2 diesel to cause it to be over $2.15 in Ca and only $1.45 in Atlanta? wolf

$1.50 :-)

TAXES

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Touche!!! Very Good. wolf

Oklahoma Diesel $1.48 unld g $1.52 at walmart

Exactly. Don't blame OPEC.

In Europe we have TAXES plus... :-(

DAS

Well, OPEC can share in the blame, like now when they are going to cut production by 4% to keep prices up. They had agreed to this hold back several months ago but were going to cancel it and keep production at current levels until the Saudi Arabian representative "convinced" them to go through with their previous plans and start cutting back.

When I filled up at a Beacon station in Santa Cruz, CA, two days ago, diesel was selling for $1.85. (For those not famliar with it, Beacon is a chain of cut-rate gas stations in California.) That's relatively cheap by current standards, but it was still higher than whatever they were charging for regular.

What's the explanation for the fact that diesel is now often higher-priced than regular gasoline? It can't be because of any recent upsurge in demand. Diesel cars haven't been common for decades.

For years, diesel was cheaper than regular gas. The first set of fuel prices that I remember ever being conscious of were from the mid 1960s, when premium was $.35/gallon, regular $.25, and diesel a paltry $.19. The prices increased over the years, of course, but the approximate price ratio between them stayed more or less the same until fairly recently.

And by the bye, if the diesel fuel that we purchase at gas stations is #2 diesel, that what's #1 diesel? That's never been clear to me. Is it that oil that's used to heat homes back East, or is that some third thing?

Geoff

and that is the cost of your brand of socialism

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FWIW:

wholesale price in NY harbor, #2 oil (diesel) is over 20 cents cheaper than unleaded gas. the refiners will claim that the diesel sold for autos is a "premium" blend and that is about 12 cents under no lead

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$1.99 in San Diego CA

Vermont:

-Jason '83 240D

Count yourselves lucky. I'm in the UK and we pay between $8 and $9 per Gal!!! Thats why we have those stupid 4 pots!

you pay that much to fund your brand of socialism, so don't whine about it!

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Yes, but $8 of gas gets you from one end of the country to another. In North America it won't even get you out of the city.

is that so? what city is that?

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