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scrub c
12-25-2008, 09:36 AM
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Necks_Fan
12-25-2008, 11:07 AM
Under $2.00/g for the first time in a LONG time. :clap:
BIG BLUE DEFENSIVE END
12-25-2008, 12:06 PM
It's $1.99 in Taylor as of this weekend; it may be less. I just finished repairing my truck that has been sitting for five months (I was in an accident), and I filled it up the day it happened for $4.89 a gallon and cost over $130 to tank up. I've got it down to a quarter of a tank and I'm about to go fill it up for half the price of what it took the last time I tanked up. I'm rather pleased, but in reality it should cost less than regular unleaded fuel.
Necks_Fan
12-25-2008, 12:47 PM
Originally posted by BIG BLUE DEFENSIVE END
It's $1.99 in Taylor as of this weekend; it may be less. I just finished repairing my truck that has been sitting for five months (I was in an accident), and I filled it up the day it happened for $4.89 a gallon and cost over $130 to tank up. I've got it down to a quarter of a tank and I'm about to go fill it up for half the price of what it took the last time I tanked up. I'm rather pleased, but in reality it should cost less than regular unleaded fuel. Diesel SHOULD cost less than unleaded. Is it not a bi-product of gasoline?
SintonFan_inAustin
12-25-2008, 01:25 PM
Originally posted by Necks_Fan
Diesel SHOULD cost less than unleaded. Is it not a bi-product of gasoline? it use to be less but dont remember when it started costing more than unleaded.
mac77
12-25-2008, 02:58 PM
When the feds started the low-sulphur diesel requirement is when the cost shot up. Supposedly, it costs more to make the low-sulphur stuff.

NF, diesel comes off the distillation column at a higher temp than gas. They both are part of the oil refining process. See the link.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/oil-refining4.htm
Looking4number8
12-25-2008, 03:03 PM
Originally posted by SintonFan_inAustin
it use to be less but dont remember when it started costing more than unleaded.

I remember when diesel was half the cost of gas. In the late 70's and early 80's a lot of cars (even luxury cars) started coming in diesel. That is when the price of diesel shot up. I remember the truckers being very ticked off about it. (we all had cb radios back then)