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

[charlie hill]

Just curious.  Our prices are about the same here in NC.  I paid $1.89 
yesterday at the cheapest place I passed by.   Like you said it varies a 
good bit based on the state tax levels.  Since crude oil and it's 
derivatives are traded in the open market the price of the fuel it's self is 
basically the same everywhere.   Distribution costs, taxes and regulations 
make up the difference.

Here anymore the majority of gasoline outlets are at "convienience stores". 
I know some states don't have these.  They are stores with lots of gas self 
serve gas pumps, (sometimes) clean restrooms, lots of snack items and fast 
food and a few grocery type items.  At most of those places now you can pull 
up to the pump, insert your credit or debit card, fill up, drive off and 
never have to deal with anyone.
I like it that way.

Charlie


----- 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 7:20 AM
Subject: OT: gas $ (was Re: SV: Re[2]: [AT] NC Trailer regulations


>
>
> 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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> Mike Sloane
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