04-05-2011, 09:06 PM
Right on Dude!
I've always wondered this: They say the price goes up due to lower supplies on hand. How the he-- can it cost producers more to produce fuel when they've only got a million barrel supply than it does when they've got a gazillion barrel supply? We're gettin' hosed an' about all we can do is pay up & shut up.
Another question while I'm on my soapbox here. Not too many yrs. ago diesel fuel was roughly half what gasoline cost. Now it's more expensive. I know for a fact that diesel is cheaper to produce. My thinking is this - probably 99% of diesel users pay whatever it costs or go out of business. They can recoup some of the cost through higher freight charges which pass down to us all. Now, gasoline buyers on the other hand can cut back on their driving and do if gas gets too high. So, the producers push the diesel price because they can get away with it.
Thoughts?
PS. Pat, I ain't tryin to hijack your thread but this situation just gets my hackles all up.
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I've always wondered this: They say the price goes up due to lower supplies on hand. How the he-- can it cost producers more to produce fuel when they've only got a million barrel supply than it does when they've got a gazillion barrel supply? We're gettin' hosed an' about all we can do is pay up & shut up.
Another question while I'm on my soapbox here. Not too many yrs. ago diesel fuel was roughly half what gasoline cost. Now it's more expensive. I know for a fact that diesel is cheaper to produce. My thinking is this - probably 99% of diesel users pay whatever it costs or go out of business. They can recoup some of the cost through higher freight charges which pass down to us all. Now, gasoline buyers on the other hand can cut back on their driving and do if gas gets too high. So, the producers push the diesel price because they can get away with it.
Thoughts?
PS. Pat, I ain't tryin to hijack your thread but this situation just gets my hackles all up.
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