[AT] Gasoline $

[Clint D]

My opinion, prices will not go down if we even cut usage in half!

Just like in regulated energy areas, the utilities want more price increases if
usage is up, but when usage is cut, then they request increases if production is
down claiming their  costs are more per unit since production is down.

Gas/Diesel costs will continue to go up as inflation and regulatory costs go up
foreever, even if an alternative fuel was invented tomorrow, then the same
ballgame will continue with it

The biggest reason prices go up is because people will pay it, when people quit on
their own buying it then the prices will go down. That is simple economics.
Competition is what we need, not laws, etc.

If the Gov. would get their hands out of it, then we may just get some
competition? Since the early 70's when the Gov. decided that they really needed to
get in and handle things, we lost all the Mom and Pop stations, oil companies,
etc.  there just is no competition.  all the gasoline we buy today all comes out
of the same pipelines.  all controlled by Big Gov. and a few big Oil companies as
a partnership

My 3 cents worth

Clint

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Gasoline $


> I'm hearing reports of $1 per litre here in Sask. this morning. Thats
> approximately $4 per U.S. gallon. Scary when I see it in print. I get all
> mine delivered to bulk tanks so don't notice the daily ups and downs of
> prices. Just one big shock when the bill comes for filling up those big
> tanks. Last one was over $2000.
> The problem I have with cutting back on trips is that I have always
> practised economy and tried to keep fuel consumption down. I can remember
> when predictions of $1 per gallon fuel had us all scared back in the late
> sixties. Even then my Dad used to try to restrict trips to town in the old
> Merc because it could cost close to a couple of dollars worth of fuel every
> time. Except for emergency repairs, most trips were planned to take care of
> all the grocery shopping, mail , banking, etc in one operation.
> I look back on fuel bills from those days, 25 cent a gallon for farm gas,
> couple of cents less for diesel. We could probably have bought 4 gallons of
> fuel for a bushel of wheat in those days.
> Interesting contrast...........I sold some of last year's frozen feed wheat
> yesterday. Bottom line price on the cheque was one dollar per bushel, just
> enough to buy a litre of gas at the pumps this morning. Something is wrong
> here.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
> http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
>
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> From: <DAVIESW739 at aol.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 7:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Gasoline $
>
>
> > George, my truck is 8 years old and has less  than 50,000 on it can you
> > say
> > that.
> > Besides retired people like us use less  than .01% of the gas so if we
> > just
> > quit it won't make a bit of  difference.
> > If you want to cut gas use you need to get to those who are  using the
> > large
> > amounts. Trucking for one. Increase the mileage on big trucks by  1% and
> > it
> > will save millions of gallons per year.
> > Us little guys just don't  use enough to make a difference even if we stop
> > completely.
> >
> > Walt  Davies
> > Cooper Hollow Farm
> > Monmouth, OR 97361
> > 503 623-0460
> >
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