SV: gas $ (was Re: SV: Re[2]: [AT] NC Trailer regulations

[Mike Sloane]

Kessen Mattias (Road SE) wrote:

> So diesel is more expensive, strange.
Yes, more than strange, since diesel is much lower on the refining 
process than gasoline/petrol and should be a lot less expensive. I am 
sure that it is killing the railroads and long haul trucking industry. I 
have not heard one industry "spokesman" give any reason for the 
disparity, but I have heard speculation that the oil industry was 
keeping the price of gasoline down until after the election, in order 
not to have it hurt their friend Mr. Bush at the polls. We shall see.

Mike
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> Mattias
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> Skickat: den 3 november 2004 13:21
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> charlie hill wrote:
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>>How much is gas in New Jersey, Mike?
> 
> Regular is running 1.899 to 2.029, depending on where you go for fuel - 
> stations in suburban yuppie neighborhoods are a lot higher than the ones 
> out on the highways.
> 
> But diesel has gone up sharply - I had to pay $2.059 the last time I 
> filled up the dump truck at a nearby station that usually has reasonable 
> prices.
> 
> And I stand corrected: I didn't know that Oregon also has the same 
> prohibition on pumping your own gas. I have done it both ways around the 
> country, and I don't see much advantage, one way or the other, in doing 
> it yourself vs. having the Pakastani do it.
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> Mike
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>>Charlie   in NC where we pump our own.
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
>>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 6:20 AM
>>Subject: OT: Re: SV: Re[2]: [AT] NC Trailer regulations
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>>>Kessen Mattias (Road SE) wrote:
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>>>>And I thought we have a lot of laws and regulations. BTW is it true
>>>>that in some state(s) it is forbidden to fill your car with gas by
>>>>your self at a gasstation?
>>>
>>>Only in New Jersey, for reasons that nobody knows, except that the law 
>>>dates back to the 1930's. I suspect it was the result of one or more 
>>>fires caused by idiots pumping their own gas.
>>>
>>>It has been suspected that the independent service station owners 
>>>lobby keeps the law from being revoked in order to prevent the company 
>>>owned gas stations from squeezing them out by offering low prices for 
>>>"pump your own" fuel. As it happens, gasoline in NJ is generall lower 
>>>priced than everywhere but Texas and Oklahoma. But that my have more 
>>>to do with the tax rate than the cost of the fuel.
>>>
>>>Mike
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>>>>Mattias
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