danthewolf00
Veteran Expediter
AAA says gas prices are going to go up another $.30 by end of August....thanks to Biden and his shut down of us fuel supplies.....
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Oh, it's all Trump's fault. Everyone knows that. Everything is Trump's fault. Common knowledge. [/sarcasm]
Read and learn...
The State of Fuel Prices: What Expediters Should Know - Trucking News
As of press time, the national average price of gasoline is 2.87 a gallon, up 49 from 1.92 a year ago, according to the AAA, when the pandemic lockdowns we
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danthewolf00
Veteran Expediter
If you don't think what a president does doesn't affect the market then your more the fool.....when trump was in office gas was cheap and we didn't have the price of lumber go thru the roof.....so yes what a president says and does matter to a market because investors listen to what a president says and does and decide weather to invest in stocks or not.
danthewolf00
Veteran Expediter
And that link is from may the AAA report was on the news last NIGHT saying it was going to go up yet again.....
danthewolf00
Veteran Expediter
Funny gas prices always seam to go up under a Democrat but fall under a Republican.
I've had my car for just at 25 months. I have 8350 miles on it. Even with that low mileage I still care as it's all part of the bigger picture and the picture gets blurrier and blurrier the farther left you move.
Gas prices go up and down regardless of who is president. US presidents have minimal impact on the world oil prices. Trump was a little different in that he was unusually involved in oil markets. FactCheck.org gave Trump credit for 25% of the world oil and gas prices, with most presidents having perhaps as much as 1% influence on things. It's all about keeping the supply flowing. Trump did that by encouraging domestic oil and gas production (by, you know, not shutting down pipelines), granting waivers for some countries to buy oil from Iran, and pestering Saudi Arabia and OPEC to keep the oil flowing.
Be that as it may, the average American motorist uses about 650 gallons of gasoline per year. That's 14,300 miles a year at 22 MPG. Your miles may vary.
The price difference between $2.50 and $3.00 per gallon for 650 gallons is $325 a year, or $27 a month. Not really worthy of a full-on meltdown.
Be that as it may, the average American motorist uses about 650 gallons of gasoline per year. That's 14,300 miles a year at 22 MPG. Your miles may vary.
The price difference between $2.50 and $3.00 per gallon for 650 gallons is $325 a year, or $27 a month. Not really worthy of a full-on meltdown.
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danthewolf00
Veteran Expediter
I got a Costco membership two times when I needed new glasses. They were about half the cost of anywhere else and the savings was maybe 3 times the cost of the membership. I never bought fuel from them as they are far enough away the savings would be consumed by the trip. For some I'm sure it's great but it wouldn't net much savings for me, if any at all.
danthewolf00
Veteran Expediter
I drive roughly 11 miles total a day to and from work. Probably works out to around $700 a year or so. I still use my van that I use to expedite with. I don't drive it much anywhere else.
Plus Kroger fuel points. I probably won't get a better gas mileage vehicle unless I have a much further commute and gas prices become insanely high.
I still look at the bigger picture though and am a bit annoyed that the current administration has an unnecessarily backward energy policy that will affect people who drive much more.
Plus Kroger fuel points. I probably won't get a better gas mileage vehicle unless I have a much further commute and gas prices become insanely high.
I still look at the bigger picture though and am a bit annoyed that the current administration has an unnecessarily backward energy policy that will affect people who drive much more.
My Sprinter got 22 MPG. But it's now dead. Unmercilessly totalled by a cold, calloused insurance company. It's not a certainty yet, but the prospect of outfitting another van and staying out on the road is not something I'm rushing to do, so I may get a job at home and just retire in a year or two.
The other day I bought a 2004 Pontiac Grand Am from my mechanic. It was his daughter's and it's in insanely good condition cosmetically and mechanically. It's rated 26 city / 37 highway and she's gotten 32 overall with it. He was gonna sell it for a really lot more, but gave it to me for $1200.
The other day I bought a 2004 Pontiac Grand Am from my mechanic. It was his daughter's and it's in insanely good condition cosmetically and mechanically. It's rated 26 city / 37 highway and she's gotten 32 overall with it. He was gonna sell it for a really lot more, but gave it to me for $1200.
danthewolf00
Veteran Expediter
With the way the van rates are now even I am having second thoughts on going back in to expediting.....
I have thought about getting back into it, but them fuel prices as well as from what I hear about freight volumes is stopping me. Once you've done it, you kind of end up missing it.
Gee,I didn’t know that Nixon/Ford and George W. Were Democrats. You learn something new every day!
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danthewolf00
Veteran Expediter
Haha, my first gas purchase was for my Honda CT70, 12 cents total at 27.9 cents a gallon.