Oil Prices Down, How Much Do You Pay For Gas?
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$1.33 Dallas Texas
Also, you can lock in today's gas prices via a fuel bank. There are 2 big ones, First Fuel Banks and Fuel Bank.
How it Works
Buying Fuel on the Web
Users sign up for a Fuel Bank card. Buying fuel on the web is easy. Select fuel grade and quantity. Using any major credit card, buy fuel at the special posted price. The price is locked-in and the gallons are deposited in a secure Fuel Bank account.
Pumping Fuel at the Station
Users may pick-up their pre-paid gallons at any gas station with their Fuel Bank card. Payment is made by swiping the Fuel Bank card at the POS or Pay at Pump. The User's Fuel Bank account is debited, the transaction is approved and a receipt printed. Fuel Bank arranges the transfer of funds to credit the gas station which redeemed the fuel.
Fleets and Families
Users may use Fuel Bank to make on-line transfers from their account to another account. This is an effective tool for fleet managers to control the fuel consumption of each vehicle. It also provides families with a means of providing for the specific fuel needs of children at College.
Also, you can lock in today's gas prices via a fuel bank. There are 2 big ones, First Fuel Banks and Fuel Bank.
How it Works
Buying Fuel on the Web
Users sign up for a Fuel Bank card. Buying fuel on the web is easy. Select fuel grade and quantity. Using any major credit card, buy fuel at the special posted price. The price is locked-in and the gallons are deposited in a secure Fuel Bank account.
Pumping Fuel at the Station
Users may pick-up their pre-paid gallons at any gas station with their Fuel Bank card. Payment is made by swiping the Fuel Bank card at the POS or Pay at Pump. The User's Fuel Bank account is debited, the transaction is approved and a receipt printed. Fuel Bank arranges the transfer of funds to credit the gas station which redeemed the fuel.
Fleets and Families
Users may use Fuel Bank to make on-line transfers from their account to another account. This is an effective tool for fleet managers to control the fuel consumption of each vehicle. It also provides families with a means of providing for the specific fuel needs of children at College.
And then we get this news today: Americans have done a great job of not using so much gasoline. They've cut back trips, canceled vacations and traded Hummers for Priuses. As a consequence, gasoline tax totals are down. Down so much that our needy federal government is coming up short and wants to raise the gas tax by 10 cents a gallon and diesel 12 cents a gallon (the fuel of commerce and misers like myself).
Any day now we'll get a story about how many Americans have quit cigarettes for the New Year. Isn't that great! They told us to quit and by golly thousands did just that. But ... tobacco taxes are not providing sufficient revenue for a government in great need of cash. So tobacco taxes will have to go up $1 per pack and then government types will scan the landscape for where those sneaky smokers have gone -- so they can hit 'em with a new tax.
Any day now we'll get a story about how many Americans have quit cigarettes for the New Year. Isn't that great! They told us to quit and by golly thousands did just that. But ... tobacco taxes are not providing sufficient revenue for a government in great need of cash. So tobacco taxes will have to go up $1 per pack and then government types will scan the landscape for where those sneaky smokers have gone -- so they can hit 'em with a new tax.
TropicalBob, you said earlier you were only getting 40MPG from you VW Jetta, I'm running a Vauxhall Zafira and I get 70MPG (plus a bigger car, more comfort and bigger loading space), are you suffering from a heavy right foot ? (hitting the turbo too many times ?).
Whoa. Must be. I try to drive like there's an egg under the accelerator pedal. But I have a 2002 VW Jetta TDI. My friend in North Carolina got a 2009 and is getting 60 miles per gallon. The diesel fuel price is a major disgrace, however. I have to calm my blood pressure down every time I talk about it. If I could get my hands around the neck of whoever decided diesel should be more expensive than ...
We have a very, very limited diesel choice in the States. You guys have a great choice -- and 55 percent of your cars are diesel, I've read. It's 2% in America! As you might guess, however, based on my personality, I love to be an outlier on something like this.
We have a very, very limited diesel choice in the States. You guys have a great choice -- and 55 percent of your cars are diesel, I've read. It's 2% in America! As you might guess, however, based on my personality, I love to be an outlier on something like this.
Here in rural Australia $1.35 per liter..... US$4.32 a gallon ............sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Just as soon as I was complaining that it was 1.74/gal where i live, I looked down and read the post below mine, and promptly edited my post.
Regardless, anything is better than what it was.
Regardless, anything is better than what it was.
About 1.67/g here in Boston... Much better than the 3+ i was paying several months ago!! AHHHHHH! glad those days are gone!
And if you thought that was bad, OPEC decresed their supply to stablize the prices since they were loosing money as compared to earlier this summer. As a result, there is now a shortage (read about it on cnn.com last night). Prices are going to spike my freinds, and it is going to be sooner than later. The local station where I fill up jumped 14 cents today from $1.41 this morning to $1.55 tonight.
I think we have seen the bottom of the fuel prices dropping.
you might want to put in the bank all that money you're saving at the gas pump, reads this article from the sanfrancisco chronicle, but you might have another year or two.
I recently drove from Champaign, IL to Las Cruces, NM (my hometown), and the lowest prices on the trip were in Las Cruces. I've been here for the last two weeks, and the lowest price I've seen is 1.13 a gallon (wish I'd taken a picture.) That station has had lines around the block for several weeks now, although it's bounced back to 1.25.
But hey, I'm pretty much happy with anything under 2 dollars a gallon. Beats the hell out of this:
But hey, I'm pretty much happy with anything under 2 dollars a gallon. Beats the hell out of this:
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