seriously the cheapest fuel to make costs more that the best? come on somethings wrong here. i don't know how we are letting them get away with it. i propose a nation wide boycott of fueling with diesel for a day or 2 i know it will be hard for some but for most no big deal everyone fill up on sun or monday and don't fill up to wed or thursday. but i am serious lets try and get every diesel truck in america to do this. shoot and if i owned a trucking company i would be throwing a fit about this. what ever happened to diesel .10$ less than regular? lets spread this idea around the web and lets make something happen not sit idly by and get bullied around. if we don't do something about it than who will? not the people getting there pockets padded in the gov or the oil companies reporting RECORD PROFITS. lets make it happen.

Will

This is the most absurd thing i have heard in a long time.

Do you realize how that would hurt the world economy ? The oil companies would be the LEAST effected by this. The majority of all products sold in the world, hit a ground transport truck at some time, and NONE of those trucks can drive more than 1 full day w/o fueling.

Just my thoughts.

Give it up, go make biodiesel or something, price has NOTHING to do with cost of production and everything to do with perceved supply/demand ballance, the reason diesel reached $3.50 is simply that people payed that for it, it sucks, but thats life.

Give it up, go make biodiesel or something, price has NOTHING to do with cost of production and everything to do with perceved supply/demand ballance, the reason diesel reached $3.50 is simply that people payed that for it, it sucks, but thats life.


Honestly they say OPEC is behind all of this.. And I am all for srewing the oil companies, for what its worth...

If I could stick it to the man, I would. But try to get every rig on the freeway to put off filling for 2 days would NEVER happen. It sux royally but unfortunately there is not a chance of it happening.:(

Honestly they say OPEC is behind all of this.. And I am all for srewing the oil companies, for what its worth...



you will not be screwing the oil companies.. they will just turn it into home heating oil for the Northeast and sell it for an even higher price..Also with everybody buying Diesel trucks the demand for Diesel will keep going up and so will the price..

Retarded:shaking:

I have an idea too.... I just noticed a gallon of OJ at the supermarket was almost $6/gallon yesterday. I think we should all boycott oranges for a month :rolleyes:

This is fucking stupid. :shaking:

I paid $2.37 to fill up with diesel yesterday. Cheaper than gas here.

I think we should boycott really dumb ideas.

I always loved those chain emails/threads about not buying gas for a day.
who ever came up with that idea should be shot. It would do nothing for price, nor anyones profits..
So you don't get fuel tommorrow, guess what, your still going to buying the same amount. Your either going to have to buy twice as much today, or twice as much the day after tommorrow..

The only SLIGHT impact it may have is hurting the gas stations for one day, on lost convience sales. You DO know that gas stations don't make money on fuel sales, it's the other things you buy while you are in there. The markup on gas at gas stations is a whopping 2-3 cents a gallon, heating oil is around 10 cents a gallon. 10 years ago this wasn't the case, but it has been since then.
My family has been in the petroleum industry for 20 years or so, trust me the only ones making money in it are the oil shieks, who could give a shit less WHEN you buy your fuel, as long as you buy it.

Retard:shaking:

more direct:D

If I don't buy diesel, then I cant get to work....I dont own anything with sparkplugs, and it is kinda hard to ride my bicycle on the interstate.

The majority of all products sold in the world, hit a ground transport truck at some time, and NONE of those trucks can drive more than 1 full day w/o fueling.

The last part of your statement is not true. My work truck goes 1,600-1,800 miles per fill up. There are many that go farther.

I paid $2.37 to fill up with diesel yesterday.

Hey Fawlk you!:flipoff2:

yup, diesel's going down around here too.. Paid $2.73/gallon the other day, at the same station that was $3.50 a gallon.
Scott

Honestly they say OPEC is behind all of this.. And I am all for srewing the oil companies, for what its worth...


Who's this mysterious "they" that people keep referring to ???
If you don't have any facts/evidence, go ahead and STFU. :shaking:

Honestly they say OPEC is behind all of this.. And I am all for srewing the oil companies, for what its worth...

It is their game, only way to stick it to them is alternative fuels and even this is more to make the user feel better than anything else, otherwise it is like going to vegas and expecting that you have better odds than the house.

The trouble with fuel is that it is still cheap, I'm not saying that $3.50 a gallon is inexpensive, but is is still less than the inconvinence of public transportation and far less than europian prices.

It is their game, only way to stick it to them is alternative fuels and even this is more to make the user feel better than anything else, otherwise it is like going to vegas and expecting that you have better odds than the house.

The trouble with fuel is that it is still cheap, I'm not saying that $3.50 a gallon is inexpensive, but is is still less than the inconvinence of public transportation and far less than europian prices.


"Dino Fuel" is still cheaper than a mass produced "bio diesel", especially when
you factor in the increased cost of foods when large sections of land are devoted
to growing crops for fuel instead of food.

The last part of your statement is not true. My work truck goes 1,600-1,800 miles per fill up. There are many that go farther.
And my Poorerstroke will go 800mi. That's why instead of the one day boycott BS a real one time impact could be made if peple were willing to fill their tank only halfway. Assuming most people currently run it down to empty and then fill up. Only fueling a half tank would meaningfully increase the inventories upstream from your tank.
Another thing people could do is turn their thermostat way down even if they are using natural gas. Gas is so expensive that fuel oil is being substituted and this is partly responsible for high diesel prices.
But regardless of all the bitching people are lazy and niether of these things will happen.

"Dino Fuel" is still cheaper than a mass produced "bio diesel", especially when
you factor in the increased cost of foods when large sections of land are devoted
to growing crops for fuel instead of food.

I don't recall saying a thing about biodiesel... It is one option, but not the only option.

I don't recall saying a thing about biodiesel... It is one option, but not the only option.


At present, bio-diesel is the ONLY thing anywhere near to being feasible.

and it is kinda hard to ride my bicycle on the interstate.

You probably need to draft more, pull out into the traffic lane, it usually helps:D !








































I agree dumb idea. I fill up about every two weekend and have about 600-700 miles of range, so I'll tell you what I will wait 16 days instead of 14 to fill up, how about that?? It's still going to run me about 65-75 bucks when I do.

On a side note, I'll be boycotting fuel until my tank is very close to empty so I can drop the tank and add my vent kit so I can stop wasting 20 minutes at the pump :flipoff2:

shoot and if i owned a trucking company i would be throwing a fit about this.
Will
Well, Will guess what, they are not throwing a fit at all. Look at a frieght reciept, "shipping surcharge". The one i saw last week was at 22.5%

Is what gets me is doesn't it take less refining to get deisel. So if that is the case then why is deisel more expensive than gasoline? I remember when deisel was always at least $.10 cheaper than gas.
jim

At present, bio-diesel is the ONLY thing anywhere near to being feasible.


Unless you run a heated fuel system, then you have straight vegtable oil, waste vegtable oil without procesing, home made biodiesel, or the easiliest stuff to get your hands on, filtered waste motor oil. You refered only to the mass produced stuff.

Honestly runnin bio is really the only answer to taking the power of price from OPEC. I stopped runnin dino a few months ago. I dont know why more people arent knocking down doors to get this stuff....espesially if you have a 24valve CTD! My rig has never run this good. I feel that running B100 is like running premium. Also B100's price stays consistant. The station I buy B100 from said their price has been 2.79 for over 4 years. That might not have been that good of a deal 4 years ago but today...not so bad.

Mike

Sorry for the bio rant. Sometimes I cant help myself.

Unless you run a heated fuel system, then you have straight vegtable oil, waste vegtable oil without procesing, home made biodiesel, or the easiliest stuff to get your hands on, filtered waste motor oil. You refered only to the mass produced stuff.


Veggie oil is "bio". Waste veggie oil will come no where near the quantity
needed to fuel trucks in this country. The only practical solution if you're
going to use "bio" is the mass produced stuff.

Veggie oil is "bio". Waste veggie oil will come no where near the quantity
needed to fuel trucks in this country. The only practical solution if you're
going to use "bio" is the mass produced stuff.
Almost. Isn't B100 processed veggie oil? Basically, it's veggie oil with the glycerin removed, whether it's home processed, or commercially done. I think that's how it goes.

Almost. Isn't B100 processed veggie oil? Basically, it's veggie oil with the glycerin removed, whether it's home processed, or commercially done. I think that's how it goes.


SanDiego- listen to Scott, he knows what he is talking about, they are similer, but no where near actually being the same.:shaking:

Is what gets me is doesn't it take less refining to get deisel. So if that is the case then why is deisel more expensive than gasoline? I remember when deisel was always at least $.10 cheaper than gas.
jim


Probably because the DEMAND has gone up since alot of the new 3/4 and 1 ton pickups are Diesel burners..

Absolutly hatting the raised price in Diesel, but what can you do? Pardon my ignorance but I heard recently from a man who works for exon that it is more expecsive to refine diesel, despite the urban legands to the contarary. Does anyone know anything about this?

Absolutly hatting the raised price in Diesel, but what can you do? Pardon my ignorance but I heard recently from a man who works for exon that it is more expecsive to refine diesel, despite the urban legands to the contarary. Does anyone know anything about this?

Yes.

I paid $2.59 in Sacramento tonight, only .06 more then regular gas. no complaints here, for now.

the whole dang gas boycott thing just doesn't work. you either fill up before or after and effect nobodies bottom line in a one week period. Like was stated earlier they are just screwing us because they can. Yeah diesel is the cheapest to make its the first cut off the raw oil as far as fuel goes. but because the truckers have to have it they can do what they want. the regular gas stations are going to charge more to cover the space it takes up. The in town stations don't sell as much diesel as the other fuels so they will charge more to make the profit from their diesel tank match that of the unleaded tank. kind of like sell to for .50 or oone for a $1.00 to have equal profit margin in each tank in the ground.I was really hoping the biodiesel would start a major move when we were seeing 3.00 a gallon but they just raised their prices also. for me its the best thing the could ever do with a bunch of soybeans turn it into Bio and let the farms start growing again and screw those sandy bas'tards and let them choke on their oil.

I see where your coming from. Prices in NC are among the highest in the nation right now. Diesel here is still 3.50+ per gallon as where I made a trip up to VA and it was over a dollar cheaper. Im saving up for pieces to make my own biodiesel or run greasiol, one of the two - Ive had it with these prices.