Cost of Diesel in Ca

in other words you just made it up

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Good God man this is usenet, what do you expect?

127.0.0.1 responds:

Ever heard of the concept of "hyperbole," Lenny Literalist? Sheesh!

Geoff

sheesh, that's exactly what I was exposing, I suppose a rational discussion is not possible

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Internet humor strikes again!

Was $1.659 in Pennsylvania last week... don't know what it is currently

Yes sir.... the oil companies sure love having one of their puppets in the Whitehouse...

that is borderline criminal, at the wholesale level #2 oil (diesel) is around 20 cents lower than unleaded reg. in NJ the price for diesel is about 159.9 and reg is about 168.9, and they still pump it for you

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Isn't that because it is illegal for you to pump it yourself? I heard that NJ and either Oregon or Washington were the only 2 states where it is illegal to pump your own gas. Why is that?

It is OR, and when I lived there, it was my understanding that it was a cost free way for the state to have a low wage jobs program.

(cost free to the state budget, I mean)

because those 2 states didn't fall for the BS that self serve lowers fuel prices

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O.K., I don't believe that fuel prices follow any rational theory, (on the wholesale level, more than retail.) but how can you say that adding costs (payroll) to a gas station is going to have ANY effect on gas prices except upward? If you ever are in Portland OR, you will find gas IS less expensive in Vancouver WA. Usually by at LEAST 5cents.

Can you come up with any other logical way for a small business owner to recoup costs, other than by raising his prices???

you are wrong about wholesale prices and you are forgetting the biggest component of fuel prices, taxes

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I have my opinion of wholesale prices due to seeing the fact that gas prices follow no logic. I.E. prices lower farther away from ports/refinery (Spokane less than Seattle) If you have gas prices that lower as costs are applied (transport) then the assumption made is arbitrary pricing. I doubt anyone who isn't bound by confidentiality agreements would be able to actually answer what the reality of that is, however.

My point was that if gas costs whatever amount including tax, to the station owner, and he has no requirement for an attendant, he can run a gas station with one employee all day. Depending on his hours, he could work a shift, and add eight or twelve hours payroll, so he can have a life of his own.

If he has to pump gas,he must add sixteen or twenty hours of payroll, plus benefits, FICA etc. etc. etc. Now what? He has added costs that WILL be passed on (duh) so how does that not increase the price of a gallon of gas?

Bernard

Yes, and if you guys don't stop moaning about the price of diesel fuel in North America I am going to bore you with the higher prices in the UK...

DAS

nobody wants to here your whining about your fuel costs, your fuel taxes are so high because that is how your government funds it's brand of socialism

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And your whining because your government won't grab the bull by its horns and encourage reduced fuel consumption etc etc

And doesn't provide a decent comprehensive health service blah blah..... :-)

DAS

, "Dori A Schmetterling"

nobody wants to here your whining about your fuel costs, your fuel

"Dori A Schmetterling"

Yes, there are differences. I would like low taxes and high levels of government service, but everything is a trade off.

Lucky for us, nationalism makes your own system seem like the best, so everybody is happy.Can we not go down this path?

127.0.0.1, I am still waiting for your economic theory on the lack of retail price increases in the face of increased costs, though.

Thanks, Bernard

OOps! I forgot, the Patriot act requires the word nationalism to be replaced by the word Patriotism.

Hey Joeseph McCarthy, how 'bout a nice steaming hot cup of shut the f*ck up?