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| Joe Kriz |
Posted on 03/08/11 - 2:23 PM
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I went to the bank yesterday and passed my local gas station.
The price of Diesel was $4.15 a gallon.
On the way back from the bank which was only about 15 minutes,
the price of Diesel was $4.25 a gallon.
As far as I know, this is a record high. I have never seen fuel priced this high and they predict even higher prices.
I know I am showing my age here but I remember a group of us trying to gather enough change to buy a gallon of gas when we were in High School. The price was .22 cents a gallon................
I think this is sure going to affect my boating this year. Not only for the boat but for the tow vehicle.
Maybe I should cut down on mowing the lawn and saving the fuel to go boating instead.
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| HarleyFXDL |
Posted on 03/08/11 - 2:51 PM
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Should have filled up on the way to the bank.
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| Phil T |
Posted on 03/08/11 - 3:16 PM
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The only up side to storing my boat with a full tank (34 gallons) of gas.
Then again, I doubt I will get out much or at all this year.
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| Alan Gracewski |
Posted on 03/08/11 - 4:57 PM
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Joe, I was a 1949 baby, and I think I can remember 28 cents per gallon. but while it is somewhat shocking, going boating is still the best deal on the planet for fun, sanity, and getting fresh air. And you don't need to speed around burning lots of gas. Just being on the water...drift fishing, cruising, or sitting on the sand bar and watching all the others do their thing. Heck, even sitting at the launch ramp for a while is entertaining! So I say that even $10 per gallon should not deter us avid boaters...but it will modify our behavior for sure.
So this year I can collect Social Security and that money is going to help pay for some gas for the boat... before the politicians take that away and add insult to injury by adding more ethanol to gasoline!
Al
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| JMartin |
Posted on 03/08/11 - 5:05 PM
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It was higher in July 2008. We were selling Diesel for 4.99 a gallon on the West Coast back then. Five months later in December 2008, we were selling Diesel for 2.29
In a 30 mile radius from my fuel stations, there are four refineries. The cost of the product out of these Pacific NW refineries is determined by the futures market back East. It really boggles the mind sometimes.
John
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| Guts |
Posted on 03/08/11 - 5:22 PM
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considering all this gas/diesel was already refined and in the pipeline before this even happened after place part of the blame on speculators. I would be surprised to see fuel prices double from what they are now. Can't you just wait for the first electric outboard as a main power of course. Here in California we have what they call brownouts, which is not enough electricity in the grid and have power shortages. They want us all drive electric cars but no one of building a power plants what's up with that? Okay I'm off my soapbox now and I haven't made this post political yet so I'm going to stop while I'm ahead.
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| rlryder |
Posted on 03/08/11 - 5:25 PM
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It feels like a hostage situation. There will come a day when solar cell technology and battery cell development becomes state of the art and we replace combustion engines with efficient electric power. Maybe then the price of gas will be 22 cents a gallon again.
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| JohnnyCW |
Posted on 03/08/11 - 5:27 PM
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We easily burn anywhere from 50 to 200 gallons of diesel a day on the fire boat. I've got a feeling we'll be spending a lot less time training away from the dock this summer.
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| edmaude |
Posted on 03/08/11 - 5:36 PM
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$4.35 today as well for diesel in upstate NY today...My only saving grace is that my VW TDI wagon that I use for work gets 42-44mpg. Can't wait to see what regular unleaded marina pump prices will be come summer.
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| sfergson727 |
Posted on 03/08/11 - 6:05 PM
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I know my 340 will be sitting at the slip this year, hopefully the whaler will be extra miserly this season.
Edited by Tom W Clark on 03/09/11 - 8:17 AM
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| renoduckman |
Posted on 03/08/11 - 7:54 PM
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When i was a boy i remember my dad paying 24 cents per gallon, id guess about 1970. As said above diesel fuel has gotten out of hand. Im afraid im not going to fish much this year. Probably work on the boat instead.
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| tom blinstrub |
Posted on 03/09/11 - 5:21 AM
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I know I will be using my trolling motor more to save gas. I troll for stripers with a tube worm at about one and a half knots and it takes about 3 hours to burn a gallon of gas with a 8 hp . Pretty good for a 21' outrage. Also when in the harbor I will keep the boat's speed down below where it makes any kind of wake which will save gas and I plan on doing more live bait drift fishing and bottom fishing at the same time which uses 0 gal per hour. I will not be held hostage.
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| Tom W Clark |
Posted on 03/09/11 - 8:39 AM
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Last week I pulled my boat out of the water so I could take it the gas station to fuel it. I paid $3.60 for each of the 125 gallons I put aboard.
I was irritated because two weeks earlier when current events starting driving up prices I knew my fuel tank was low anyway and it would be good to fill it when prices were $3.20/gallon, but I was very busy and the weather was freezing with snow showers.
Every day I drove by the gas station and saw the price jump another few cents.
I'm still glad I fueled up when I did; it is now up another 10 cents.
I have always noted the gas prices around here typically are low around Christmas and peak around Memorial Day in late May. We have sen higher prices two and a half years ago. It hurt to pay well over $4 per gallon, but the reality is that the difference between $3/gallon gas and $4/gallon gas is not that great. Folks have become accustomed to $3/gallon even though five years ago it was almost unthinkable and outrageous.
People will still boat. It is the price of having fun and as a percentage of boat ownership cost, pretty low.
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| sfergson727 |
Posted on 03/09/11 - 8:45 AM
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We had gas prices at $2.55 right around Christmas, and I thought then that I should fill up my gas caddie (29 gal) but was worried that the ethanol laced fuel would go bad by spring. About a month ago, when the feces hit the fan in Eygpt, and gas shot up to $3.05, I took the leap and topped off every portable tank I own, which included the gas caddy, the two whaler tanks, and two five gallon garden equipment tanks.
I treated them with stabil, so hopefully it'll keep the fuel useable. I may go back and add some ethanol treatment just to be sure. At the very least, I won't have to buy gas for my garden tractor this year, and may get a tank or two for the whaler out of the caddie as well.
Either way, it is infuriating to have to pay these prices for absolutely no reason.
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| CES |
Posted on 03/09/11 - 8:47 AM
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Tom, why the heck did you delete my post? It wasn't political at all... and it wasn't off topic either.
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| kamie |
Posted on 03/09/11 - 9:30 AM
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the only thing political about gas prices is that political unrest in key areas of the world can cause them to rise on perceived supply/demand issues. For a perfect example of how oil futures work, look at Scott's post timed 11:45am. The difference is Scott, you have to store the end product and on the futures market the product has yet to be realized but everything else is the same.
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| Tom W Clark |
Posted on 03/09/11 - 9:40 AM
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Cliff -- If accidentally deleted a post of yours, my apologies. Feel free to repost.
Remember, all of you, this is good place to talk boats but not a good place to talk politics.
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| Bob Younger |
Posted on 03/09/11 - 10:40 AM
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The rising gas prices make me go hug my E-Tec every day. The 5hp kicker I added to the Eastport does not hurt either.
Now TOWING the boat to the ramp is another story!
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| JJS |
Posted on 04/07/11 - 6:51 AM
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Unfortunately its looking like Peak Oil may be upon us. I hope I'm wrong but even the most conservative estimates see it coming by 2030 with extreme price volatility occurring over a 10 year period preceding its eventual decline. 
Keeping my fingers crossed that we can come up with alternative energy forms that can come close to replacing the resource.
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| kb5xg |
Posted on 04/07/11 - 11:13 AM
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When i was a senior in H.S. a new station opened in town and a price war ensued. It started at $.28 and when I got back to the station with 3 55 gal fuel drums it was down to $.07. This is the cheapest. My dad would drive 5 miles to buy gas if he could save 2 cents a gallon. Now, I wont drive out of the way for a 10 cent difference as it costs more to drive out of the way than the fuel price savings i would receive. Where I fill up Diesel is now cheaper than real gas. The 10% ethanol is just 2 cents cheaper than the diesel.
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