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

[Mike Sloane]

charlie hill wrote:

> 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.

Mike
> 
> 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
> 
> 
>>
>>
>> Kessen Mattias (Road SE) wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>
>>>
>>> Mattias

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