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Sarah27728Comments: 126 Joined: 10/23/2007 |
08/14/2008 03:17:27 PM
3.45 a gallon at the mission ridge road golden gallon.. [kangaroo.. mapco.. whatever they are now..] |
SlynayComments: 348 Joined: 11/29/2005 |
06/02/2008 11:45:59 PM
Unpaid fuel surcharges drive truckers to action BY LAURIE WHALEN Posted on Saturday, May 31, 2008 Email this story | Printer-friendly version David Long hauls mostly fresh produce and frozen chickens in his 2008 Peterbilt truck. When the price of diesel fuel goes up, shipping companies that hire truckers like Long tack on a fuel surcharges to their bill to recoup the cost to transport goods. Diesel fuel on Friday set an all time national high at $ 4. 79 per gallon, according to AAA fuel gauge report data. Diesel in Arkansas at $ 4. 70 per gallon, has jumped $ 1. 22 in the past year. And because shipping rates have remained relatively unchanged, Long, a 65-year-old independent trucker from Russellville, said when he doesn’t get the full amount of those surcharges, he struggles to make up the difference. He said it costs more than $ 1, 000 a week to make the payments to keep his truck on the road. As a result of carriers struggling to survive in the wake of escalating diesel fuel prices, talk of regulating fuel surcharges is rippling through the industry. More and more truckers are blaming their financial losses on the shippers and freight brokers who hold back from paying truckers a “fair” price for diesel fuel. Fuel surcharges vary from shipper to shipper and an effort to correct the price disparities between what shippers are paid and truckers receive has been proposed at the national level. Movement is afoot in Arkansas, too, but industry insiders say attempts at regulation are likely to fail. But without the ability to collect 100 percent of fuel surcharge, truckers like Long say they’re being forced into a situation where they’re taking a loss on fuel costs. “I have a right to make a living for my investment,” Long said referring to the overhead related to operating $ 165, 000 worth of equipment required to keep David Long Refrigerated Transport Inc. rolling. Last month, senators from Maine and Ohio proposed the “Truthful Reliable Understanding of Consumer Costs” act requiring 100 percent of the fuel surcharge levied on shipping customers be passed on to whoever pays for the fuel to move the goods. Long has gotten Arkansas politicians involved in the conversation. While his discussion with Governor Mike Beebe yielded nothing on the topic of standardizing fuel surcharges since change starts at the federal level, Long’s interaction with Stan Berry, R-Van Buren, evoked some sympathy. Independent truckers “are a hardworking group of people. They’re all good people and we need to make sure we don’t put anymore burden on them,” said Berry, who will look into lessening their burden through legislative action. Chris Kozak, president of refrigerated outfit Willis Shaw Express in Elm Springs, said the way fuel surcharges are applied and collected probably would not change. “The economy needs to be incentivized and not have some fuel surcharge formula to make it easy and not to get people to think,” he said. The industry is split on mandating the fuel surcharge, Kozak said. “I don’t see the big guys wanting it, [the variation ] is the thing that makes our economy great,” he said. James Gattuso, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, said mandating a fuel surcharge would not only harken back to the days when the trucking industry was regulated by the government, but it would open the doors to even more oversight. Instead, to help independent truckers get a fair deal on surcharges, Gattuso said a better approach might allow the independents to collectively negotiate rates much like small businesses are able to negotiate cheaper insurance contracts through a type of collective bargaining. Withholding the fuel surcharge has been deemed “fraudulent” by the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association. Norita Taylor, a spokesman for the Grain Valley, Mo. organization said if a freight broker is telling a shipper that they have to charge a fuel surcharge and if some of it is held back, then that broker lied to the shipper. While the additional money demanded by truckers to ship strawberries or chicken wings to a grocery store, for example, might not be a familiar concept to consumers, the transportation industry is hoping more people might be inclined to educate themselves. Higher transportation costs translate into higher prices for many household goods. “At the store shelf, prices are going up,” said Taylor. And if none of that money is going to the trucker to help pay for fuel expenses, then it’s misleading consumers who are being told that prices are going up because of the rising diesel costs, she said. The owner operator group, which supports the federal proposal sponsored by Sens. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, represents about 162, 000 members. The general freight industry employs an estimated 602, 170 drivers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Truthful Reliable Understanding of Consumer Costs act has yet to make it to committee in either house, Taylor said. “Typically shippers like having a fuel surcharge because it helps them avoid renegotiating a contract because of fuel jumps,” she said. However, the shippers have had a pricing advantage since there’s an excess of trucks seeking to move a set amount of freight. Shipping contracts lock in rates for fuel that are based in part on a agreed upon fuel surcharge table. And fuel surcharges, for example, pay truckers an additional penny for every 5 cent increase in the agreed upon mile per gallon of fuel. Gabe Stephens, vice president of marketing at C. C. Jones Inc. in North Little Rock, said in the trying freight environment truckers need to turn down freight if they’re not making enough to cover fuel costs. C. C. Jones runs a 24-truck operation that hauls mostly frozen and perishable foods. Shippers are “undercutting freight because they know they can find somebody out there who’s hurting bad enough to move it,” Stephens said. |
BigShiggyComments: 494 Joined: 01/19/2006 |
06/02/2008 11:36:53 PM
HWY 27DOT is Spot Checking all Diesel Vehicles for Red OffRoad Fuel Use. All diesel vehicles are subject to mandatory inspection of fuel type in use. Vehicle can be required to be towed from inspection site to impound yard at owner's expense and recovery fees, including State, IRS and EPA fines. |
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Slynay Comments: 348 Joined: 11/29/2005 |
06/02/2008 11:14:45 PM
State Cracks Down on Truckers Using Wrong FuelUpdated: June 2, 2008 12:16 AM EDT Stay Informed and Help Us Cover The News Emails from WSFA 12 News Stay informed up to the minute. Sign up for Breaking News and What We're Working On emails from WSFA 12 News. Talk to WSFA 12 News About This Story Montgomery, Al. (WSFA) -- They're part of the delivery system that makes the world go round. Trucks pack the interstates, bringing goods and commerce across the country, but the high cost of diesel leaves drivers frustrated. Truckers like Pennsylvania resident Bob Wargo have their companies picking up the tab, but for smaller businesses, the prices can be devastating. "They close themselves up, and they sell their trucks. Even a couple big businesses closed up," Wargo explained. So how do you beat the high prices? A few truckers switch the expensive stuff with off-road diesel -- a cheaper fuel for farms and equipment. The problem is that illegal users are dodging state and Federal fuel taxes -- money collected to maintain highways. "If you're able to buy gasoline without paying the Federal tax or the state tax, that's a substantial difference," explained Charles Crumbley of the Alabama Department of Revenue. Now, officers are out in force at mandatory checkpoints, testing fuel to see if truckers are breaking the law. "There are people taking the risk and, of course, with us out there looking, their risk is even greater," said Officer David Briggs, a revenue enforcement officer. Briggs says the legal types of fuel run a range of colors. If inspectors do find a red tinted, off-road diesel in your tank, however, an attempt to save a little cash could cost motorists way more than they bargained for. "The state penalty is $1,000. We also take an additional sample for the IRS and ship it to them, and the IRS charges them $1,000," Crumbley said. Those are stiff fines truckers say simply aren't worth the risk. "You're better off just to pay the extra money getting on-road fuel in the long run. You'll be paying a lot more with that off road [stuff]," Wargo said. Reporter: Cody Holyoke |
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BigShiggy Comments: 494 Joined: 01/19/2006 |
05/30/2008 12:37:30 AM
CNBC had a refinery spokesperson on yesterday who said they are converting gasoline into diesel fuel.Go figure, gasoline is not in demand as much as diesel is, so they can make more on diesel by backward refining? Doesn't it take more refining to make gasoline than oily diesel from crude oil, and is the profit margin so high, backward refining gasoline to diesel is cost effective? |
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Slynay Comments: 348 Joined: 11/29/2005 |
05/29/2008 11:44:13 PM
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05/29/2008 11:44:11 PM
May 29, 2008 3:01 PM Subject: TRUCKSTOP STOPS PUMPING GAS AND DIESEL TO PROTEST Body: Arkansas truck stop owner joins fuel protest The owner of an Arkansas truck stop has stopped pumping diesel and gas, saying he’s protesting prices along with truckers. Don Shamsie’s Blackwell Truck Stop is on Interstate 40 about 30 miles north of Little Rock. “We felt we needed to take a stand,” Shamsie told “Land Line Now.” “We know that the independent truckers out there are barely making it; they’re struggling to survive. A lot of them cannot park their trucks because they’ve got to get their revenue going. ” Shamsie added: “We’ve taken a stand to stop selling fuel to see if we can get the attention of the politicians who we felt have sold Americans out. ” Shamsie said he thinks most politicians are in the pocket of the oil companies that contribute to their campaigns. As for how he’ll survive without pumping fuel, Shamsie pointed out that at the price he’s been paying for fuel and for credit card transactions he wasn’t making money anyway. – Staff Writer Reed Black contributed to this report. |
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Slynay Comments: 348 Joined: 11/29/2005 |
05/29/2008 05:01:12 PM
FLORENCE — The soaring price of diesel fuel — more than $4.60 a gallon from $2.50 a year ago — has stripped the profit from hauling and raised concerns regarding the trucking industry’s future. “It’s breaking the trucking industry,” said Lee Riding, a driver for Denton, N.C.-based Furr Transport. “The two biggest costs associated with trucking have always been fuel and wages. It used to cost more to pay the trucker, but now it cost more to fuel the truck.” Diesel used to be the cheaper way to fuel vehicles. Ridings said he doesn’t understand why the trucking industry isn’t being supported more right now. “I’m 55 and all my life diesel fuel has always been 25 percent to 30 percent less than regular unleaded fuel,” he said. “So why now is it 25 percent to 30 percent more than unleaded? I don’t get why the government isn’t doing more to protect what transports almost everything people need to live.” Seventy percent of the nation’s freight tonnage is transported on trucks on the nation’s highways. And there are more than 350,000 independent diesel-powered tractor-trailer operators in the United States. Billy “The Trailer Man” Lowe, who has a trailer business in Darlington, said independent trucking eventually will become a thing of the past. He said large carriers — such as J.B. Hunt, Yellow Freight and others with fleets in the thousands — have a much longer reach than small truckers. “You don’t see a lot of trucks driving around now without a name on it like a Wal-Mart or something,” he said. “Those independents that are hauling for hire can’t make it.” Frankie Perkins, owner of Perkins Transfer Service on West Lucas Street in Florence, is an agent for companies, connecting trucks drivers to loads that are ready to be transported. He said large fleets are better able to minimize their debt, which is considered the number of miles a truck runs empty, not collecting revenue, while trying to get to the next load. “They don’t get paid for debt,” he said. “They don’t get paid when they’re not carrying anything, and even larger carriers that used (to) be OK with one in their fleet driving empty after dropping off a load and then driving far to the next pickup, now try to make trips more efficient. The shorter the distance between loads, the better.” Perkins said truck drivers are at the point where they have to park their trucks. “The trucker has to think about how much money he’ll make after he puts fuel in the truck,” he said. “Trucks have 200-gallon to 300-gallon tanks and you multiply that by the average price of a gallon of fuel, $4.75. Then you take freight cost, at about $1.80 per mile, to carry the load, with only a 60-cent surcharge, and see what the trucker’s making.” A surcharge is an option that helps truckers offset the cost of fuel. More and more trucking companies are charging businesses mileage to drop off their products, but that can be a bit harder for small truckers to enforce, especially with the abundance of truckers looking for loads. “With a lot of shippers, you still have some companies trying to haul freight very cheap,” Perkins said. “People call me looking for loads close to each other because of the fuel cost.” Some lawmakers are looking to aid the trucking industry, which is watching for the support. Web sites for such group as the Owner-Operated Independent Drivers Association, http://www.ooida.com, and http://www.thetrucker.com, post updates on laws and issues concerning fuel costs. An amendment has been included in the federal Defense Authorization Bill, which stipulates that for any Department of Defense contract for truck transportation or service using fuel, the motor carrier or broker must pass any fuel surcharge on to the person responsible for paying the cost of fuel and requires them to disclose that surcharge. |
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05/29/2008 01:03:27 AM
Congress Needs To Look In The Mirrorby JR Dieckmann In typical congressional fashion, Senate Democrats have tried to shift the blame for high gas prices from themselves and others, to the oil company executives. Once again, Congressional Democrats are pointing fingers at the wrong people in their attempt to place blame for high gas prices on the president and anyone associated with energy providers in America. Again, the Democrats in Congress are attacking the very people who provide the energy we all depend on in our daily lives instead of seriously considering what they can do to help with the problem. “You have to sense what you’re doing to us - we’re on the precipice here, about to fall into recession,” said Sen. Richard Durbin, (D-Ill). “Does it trouble any one of you - the costs you’re imposing on families, on small businesses, on truckers?… Is there anybody here that has any concerns about what you are doing to this country, with the prices that you are charging and the profits that you are taking? “Yet you rack up record profits, record profits, quarter after quarter after quarter, and apparently have no ethical compass about the price of gasoline,“ injected Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA).Sen. Herb Kohl (D - WI) is worried about fairness. “Consumers are angry, and they have every right to be. You’re making more money than ever. It doesn’t seem fair, guys. It just doesn’t seem fair.” Aren’t we getting just a little tired of this three ring circus with the same old acts that do nothing but entertain the TV viewing audience? Here is what Congressmen and Senators who participate in this “made for TV” charade don’t want you to know as they place blame for high gas prices on the “obscene profits“ of the oil companies. The following is the breakdown on the costs of 1 gallon of gasoline. · Taxes: 12 percent · Distribution and Marketing: 8 percent · Refining: 8 percent · Crude oil: 72 percent Note: Distribution, Marketing, and Refining include about 4 cents on the dollar profit for the oil company. This represents the 4% “obscene profit margin” above costs that Congress is questioning them for. “Congress should commit to the U.S., and people around the world, that we will resolve this issue of restricting supply once and for all,” said John Hofmeister, president of Shell. Showing a willingness to exploit domestic resources would send an important signal and would “knock the futures market on its head.” Hofmeister is saying that it would discourage traders from bidding up the price of oil based on a perception of tight supplies in the future. If American oil companies completely eliminated their profit from gasoline sales, it would amount to a savings for the consumer of about 4c on the dollar or about 16c per gallon of gas at the current price of $4.00 per gallon. That is roughly one third of the savings that would result if Congress suspended the federal gas tax, which now costs us about 48c per gallon. If both were done, the best we could expect would be a about 64c per gallon decrease in gas prices at the pump. We would still be paying about $3.40 per gallon, so obviously the 16c profit is not the problem. What kind of idiots have we elected to congress who don’t understand how the free market works, or that businesses are in business to make a profit - even as low as 4.0 percent? Congressional Democrats would like to see that profit taken away, or punish the oil companies for making it. By removing the profit from gasoline sales, we could all save 16c a gallon at the pump - what a relief that would be! How about applying the same standard to the companies who are supporting these politicians with contributions to their campaigns in exchange for earmarks from the public treasury? I can assure you that the taxpayers would be saving a great deal more money than they would be by taking away oil company profits. For many years in the recent past, American oil companies were just breaking even in gas sales. Now they finally are able to return some dividends to their millions of investors - and Democrats want to take that away. Some, with no understanding of how the free market works, have even suggested that the oil companies should operate at a loss. Rep. Maxine Watters (D-CA) even suggested, in pure communist style, that our oil companies should be nationalized and taken over by the government. “And guess what this liberal would be all about? This liberal would be all about socializing — er, uh. [Pauses for several moments] …. would be about [pause, thinking, uh, er] basically [pause…] taking over, and the government running all of your companies.” Brilliant! As if that would reduce the price of crude oil and the cost of gas. The word she was looking for is “nationalizing,” to which the oil industry reps said, “we’ve seen this movie before. It’s called Hugo Chavez, in Venezuela.” Watters, after revealing her communist views with one foot in her mouth, then proceeded to place both feet in the mouth and finish her statement to the shock of other Democrats on the panel, and to the amusement of Republican members who couldn’t keep a straight face. Undoubtedly, Watters was admonished after the hearing by Pelosi, Dean, Obama, and George Soros, for letting their communist views out of the bag in front of a national TV audience. This kind of talk is either insane or so naive that it boggles the mind when we hear it coming from members of the United States Congress. Even if the government were running the oil companies, they would still have to pay the same price for the imported oil and refining. Then we could add to the current costs, the cost of the bureaucracy to administer the government oil program. Sure, they could lower the price at the pump while increasing taxes to pay the difference. Either way, we still have to pay it but it would give the government, in true Marxist fashion, the ability to redistribute the wealth by having those who pay taxes, pay for the gas of those who don‘t. Do you realize how many Americans have money invested in our oil companies? The answer is - just about everyone who has money invested in any mutual fund or retirement program. By taking away the profit from the oil companies, those investments return zero. So what happens when companies are mandated by government to operate at a loss or zero profit? Investors withdraw their money from that investment, and before long the company goes broke. The country is left with no one to provide the gas for our cars, fuel oil for home heating, aviation and jet fuel, Diesel fuel for the trucking industry, and a variety of other products produced by the oil companies who are responsible for providing our standard of living in America. All of these products would either disappear, or the price of importing them would be unaffordable to most Americans. Do you remember when Jimmy “Mr. Peanut” Carter froze oil prices back in the 1970s? If you could find a gas station that had any gas, you had to wait in a line a block or more long to get it. Now Democrats want to bring back those days again. It’s simple economics. If there is no profit, there is no product. This is a profit driven society whether Democrats like it or not. If they all want to move to a vacant island somewhere, where they can start their own country, write their own communist/socialist constitution and live by it, they have the freedom to do so. They do not have the right to destroy the Constitution and capitalist society that this country has lived by for over 230 years since it’s founding, and take away the freedom and liberty that our Constitution guarantees each and every citizen. That leaves Americans with a simple choice. We can either thank the oil companies for providing gasoline for our cars and other products, at the best price they can, or we can do without gas and the other products, which seems to be what the liberals want. Here’s a thought: Why not just have the liberals get rid of their cars and use public transportation? That would reduce our oil consumption by about 25% right away which in turn, would reduce world oil demands which are now slightly higher than available supply. That in turn would reduce the cost of crude and result in lower prices at the pump for the rest of us. And since liberals have declared war on energy producers, including nuclear power plants, they should also stop using electricity. Let them lead the way to the energy free life they so desire. Let them try it out first for a few years and then submit a government funded essay on what they’ve learned from their study. But they’ll have to file the report with handwritten or manual typewriter written pages. Liberals like to complain but are they willing to make the sacrifice to resolve their complaints? Not likely. Al Gore is a perfect example in his energy guzzling home, SUV, and private jet travels, yet he wants to deny us the ability to sustain our standard of living. I am sick of these liberal hypocrites. People are asking what products are produced from a barrel of oil. Here is what comes out of one barrel, about 42 gallons of crude oil. Gasoline 53.8% Diesel 15.9% Jet Fuel 13.09% Still Gas 5.71% Fuel Oil 3.57% All Others (plastics, lubricants, asphalt, etc.) 5.3% Crude oil is a global commodity and is sold on the global market at the global market price. For every 5 barrels of oil the U.S. produces, we import 16 barrels just to meet our own domestic needs. The U.S. uses 25% of all world oil produced. It’s not because we are hoggish and wasteful with oil. It’s because we are one of the most populous and technically advanced nations in the world. Everybody owns a car. Our lifestyle depends on abundant energy resources. That is one of the benefits of being American and what has made America the greatest nation on the planet. Now China and India are trying to catch up to our technical and industrial standard and are competing for the same oil. That has driven demands now slightly above the supply and contributed to the price increase. Shell, Exxon-Mobil, and other U.S. oil companies cannot control the price of oil any more than the president can. Exxon owns only 2% of the world’s oil and cannot dictate price to the government owned oil giants of OPEC. But any one country with oil resources can lower the global price of oil by increasing their oil production. President Bush had to go begging to the Saudis for an increase in oil production to help lower the price because our own Democrat controlled congress won’t allow it. We need new refineries. We need to open up new oil fields offshore and in Alaska. The Democrats in Congress for decades have said “no.“ and blocked any legislation to permit it. California and Florida continue to prohibit any drilling off their shores. “Congress should commit to the U.S., and people around the world, that we will resolve this issue of restricting supply once and for all,” said John Hofmeister, president of Shell. “Showing a willingness to exploit domestic resources would send an important signal and would knock the futures market on its head.” Hofmeister is saying that it would discourage traders from bidding up the price of oil based on a perception of tight supplies in the future. Why are these Democrats in Congress so ignorant to how a free economy works? Why are they so ignorant to the real problem of a domestic oil shortage, forcing us to buy foreign oil? Why do they refuse to face the reality that they have caused by blocking domestic oil production? Why do they insist on pointing fingers at the wrong people and accusing them of profiting at the expense of the American people? Why won’t Congress allow the U.S. to increase our own production to bring down the cost of gas? Why are polar bears in Alaska giving a higher priority than the survival of the American way of life? You’ll just have to ask the Democrats in Congress and see if you can get a straight answer. Good luck. They prefer to badger oil company executives and blame gas prices on them in order to boost their own image in front of the TV cameras to impress the less informed liberals and make them think they are trying to do something about the price of gas in hopes of gaining their votes. When will the Democrats in congress stop pandering to environmental extremists and admit the reality of what they have done, and are continuing to do, to the people of this country? Are they really as stupid as they appear in these gas price hearings, or are they just putting on an act for those who are? In either case, they are either not capable, or not willing to do the job they were elected to do and must be removed from Congress just as soon as possible. The future of America’s survival depends on it. “Punishing one of our Nation’s most important industries does not constitute a national energy policy. The answer to lowering gas prices and reducing our dependence on foreign oil is not to remove $17.6 billion in tax incentives from the oil and gas industry. The answer is to utilize our domestic resources, such as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Environmentally safe oil and gas development in areas such as the ANWR will ensure America’s energy freedom.” - Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX) If Congress was serious about bringing down the cost of oil, perhaps they should look in the mirror and ask themselves “what can we do about the problem?” Then, instead of beating up on American oil company executives, call on the carpet the foreign governments who own OPEC, along with the owner and chief financier of the Democrat party, George Soros, and other speculators in the oil futures market. If congressional Democrats want to point fingers over gas prices, they should make sure they are pointing them at the right people including the ones they see in the mirror. |
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05/28/2008 10:04:09 PM
DIESEL PRICES, IS THERE ANY CHANGES IN SIGHT? Body: Diesel spikes 22.6 cents to nationwide average of $4.723 Record-high fuel prices continue to punish truckers already struggling to pay for their fuel as diesel jumps another 22.6 cents this past week. This puts the national average at $4.723, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported on Monday, May 27. The price for a gallon of diesel has gone up more than $1.906 from the same time period last year. All nine regions are reporting increases of more than 20 cents a gallon, with the California region reporting the highest regional increase of 29 cents to put the cost for a gallon of diesel above the $5 mark – at $5.027. The West Coast region is reporting an increase of 27.4 cents to put the average price for a gallon of diesel at $4.894, while fuel has gone up 23.4 cents in the Lower Atlantic region to put the price at $4.719 a gallon. The New England and East Coast regions both are reporting increases of 23.3 cents a gallon – costing on average $4.843 in the New England region and $4. 791 in the East Coast region Two regions, the Central Atlantic and the Gulf Coast, are both reporting increases of 23.1 cents a gallon for diesel to put the average at $4.916 in the Central Atlantic and at $4.676 in the Gulf Coast region. The price for a gallon of diesel has gone up 21.3 cents in the Rocky Mountain region to put the average at $4.659, while the Midwest is reporting the lowest increase of all the regions – 20.8 cents – to put the average price at $4.677 |
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BigShiggy Comments: 494 Joined: 01/19/2006 |
05/27/2008 03:18:35 PM
as of this date and time:Distilled Fuel inventories up about 800,000 barrels, Oil fell about $3.90 to $128.29 and gasoline down to $3.36 wholesale. The US Dollar rose in value against the Euro to offset worries over supply interruptions and Nigeria's reported pipeline attacks, fuel demand for drivers This Memorial Day Weekend has been lower than in the past 15 years. |
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Slynay Comments: 348 Joined: 11/29/2005 |
05/27/2008 01:02:17 AM
Georgia retail chain shuttered after investigation of fuel pump tinkering First, an anonymous caller tipped off the Georgia Department of Agriculture that one gas station was manipulating fuel pumps.Later, an investigation into three fueling stations that had been bought and sold three times in as many years showed that truck stop operators intentionally and repeatedly programmed pumps to ring up 5 percent more fuel than motorists were pumping into their vehicles. Now, a collection of truckers and motorists and Venezuelan-run fuel supplier Citgo have filed a flurry of lawsuits, and authorities in Georgia and Florida are pursuing other suits alleging violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act by the operators of Georgia fuel retailers Cisco Travel Plazas and a Cisco Express station. Cisco Travel Plazas at Exit 1 and Exit 6 on Interstate 95 in Kingsland and St. Mary’s and the Cisco Express station at Exit 6 in Kingsland were all shuttered after the Georgia Department of Agriculture reportedly found motorists being shorted by one quart per every five gallons of fuel they pumped into vehicles. Investigators estimated in February that the shortage was about 5 percent. Computer chip sensors common in newer fuel pumps were installed on the Cisco station pumps in 2005, and show repeated manipulation by the truck stops’ operators. One attorney representing plaintiffs of a class action civil suit is requesting that customers contact him if they bought fuel at the station between 1998 and February 2008. Brunswick, GA attorney Nathan Williams represents truckers and motorists who are seeking $5 million after being overcharged by an estimated 5 percent at the Cisco truck stop pumps during the last few years. Georgia regulators check fuel pumps every 12 to 18 months, Williams said, and were tipped off after an early February inspection that Cisco operators were manipulating the pumps immediately before and after inspectors visited to keep the pump volume variance within the allowed variance of 1 percent. Complicating the matter is truck stop ownership. The Cisco franchises changed hands from Fairley Cisco to Cisco’s daughter in 2006 to Pakistani national Kuldeep Sekhon, who in turn sold the station’s to Biju Abraham in late 2007 or early 2008. Abraham represents Global Energy’s ownership, Abraham’s attorneys have said, who lives in India. In the Sekhon-Abraham transaction, Abraham actually had power of attorney for both seller and buyer in the $24 million transaction. “The whole thing is a mess,” Williams told Land Line. In April, Fairly Cisco invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to testify against himself during a hearing in one of the civil racketeering suits. Wesley Walker, Cisco’s son-in-law and a captain with the Camden County Sheriff’s Office, admitted that he had sat on his own investigation’s findings and had told no one that a former state department of agriculture employee accepted bribes to warn truck stop owners about upcoming inspections. The three travel plazas are owned by Global Energy USA LLC, which agreed in February to pay $500,000 in fines – or $250,000 if no other problems with the pumps popped up. In mid-April, the Georgia Department of Agriculture announced that pumps had been locked by the state until payment was made. “They have failed to make the first payment of the monetary penalty due,” Commissioner of Agriculture Tommy Irvin said in a statement issued by his office. “These pumps will remain locked until that monetary penalty is paid,” Irvin said. One potential class-action civil lawsuit has been filed by several motorists and two trucking companies against Global Energy USA. Seeking $10 million in damages, the suit claims fuel and diesel sale discrepancies for up to the last six years. Global Energy USA – based in Daytona Beach, FL – also is being sued by Citgo. According to the civil lawsuit filed by Citgo, Global Energy has $2.8 million in recent unpaid purchase invoices owed the fuel supplier and may owe $5 million total. Cisco Travel Center is familiar to OOIDA Member Leslie Duke of Hertford, NC. Duke, who has joined one of the civil suits, says he regularly refilled his diesel tanks at the now defunct stations and was even enrolled in the company’s VIP program. “I was a VIP customer. I was very important to them,” Duke said. “It just ticks me off to no end that they do that to the American trucker.” Williams asked that anyone who bought gas or diesel at the stations call his law office at (912) 264-0848. The case may continue to shed new light on fraud and corruption in the small Georgia town. “They definitely got their hand caught in the cookie jar by at least 2005,” Williams said. “It’s pretty remarkable.” – By Charlie Morasch, staff writer charlie_morasch@landlinemag.com |
fixemComments: 100 Joined: 11/16/2007 |
05/26/2008 09:58:16 PM
you know? it may seem like a long shot, but.... what if the u.s. govt. decieded to finance and build its own refineries to supplement the americans need for gasoline and diesel from our own oil fields. this should lead to a very profitable return on the money used in such a venture since the "big oil" companys profits are so high, plus it should make lower priced fuel avalible for the motoring public. sort of a govt. subsidized fuel program like all the other oil producing countries have in place for their citizens to enjoy. call me crazy, but i think that it might would help! |
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Slynay Comments: 348 Joined: 11/29/2005 |
05/26/2008 07:32:06 PM
Our goal is to help provide a voice to all people involved in the trucking industry in one form or another and to the motoring public as well whose lives are in jeopardy daily. Many of us are in an utter state of consternation as to why nothing is ever done or ever changes. The only way things are to change is if we actually do something instead of just talking. We absolutely must have the motoring public's support in achieving these goals. We intend to show through our forum that the way to change things is not more stupid laws and regulations but rather to hold the shippers/receivers and trucking companies to account for their transgressions. The trucking industry is basically a slave industry with truckers working on the average over 70 hours per week. Many of which are not paid while sitting in shipper's parking lots sometimes 8 hours or more after specified load time (a whole workday for average Americans!) . Truckers are not paid overtime as others. Yet the Democrats and others, who say they are for the working man, turn a blind eye to this because there is a lot of money involved and a lot of it shows up in their coffers at election time ! Of course, most of the companies listed here have investors and the investors do care how a company is run and managed. This directly relates to the trucking industry and the safety of all of us who use America's roads. We will use polls to root out the most egregious companies and let the investors and the motoring public know. The supply chain, and management of it, directly relates to the company's profit as well. If a company doesn't know how to get their products onto the truck for distribution in a timely, efficient manner then one surely must ask, "how well is that company managed?". Investors investing thousands, if not millions, of dollars in a company need this information to do what? MAKE MONEY $$$. This is the way in which we aim to change some things... We will let the money talk. We will let the people talk (people whose lives are in danger every day driving by that tired trucker). Truckers are only a symptom of the problem. The heart of the problem lies with the shipping companies and trucking companies. That's not to say, of course, that truck drivers are perfect little angels themselves even in the best of circumstances. Are you a publisher of a printed magazine/newspaper and want to link to my pages with SHORT URL's? Click Here. The Trucker's Report is a proud member of OOIDA. |
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Slynay Comments: 348 Joined: 11/29/2005 |
05/26/2008 07:19:48 PM
Our trucks holds 300 gals of fuel and last week we paid $4.80 a gal. We filled 4 times last week..We do what we have to do to keep our trucks rolling..We send letters and make calls everyday to our Reps..We stay informed..Thanks for the helpful advise but we have try everything so just pray for our country.. |
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Slynay Comments: 348 Joined: 11/29/2005 |
05/26/2008 06:44:56 PM
Oil prices rise to near $133 a barrel Late Monday afternoon in Singapore, light, sweet crude for July delivery was up 77 cents at $132.96 a barrel in electronic trade on the New York Mercantile Exchange. By THOMAS HOGUE The Associated Press 5/26/2008 BANGKOK, Thailand — Oil rose to near $133 a barrel Monday in Asia on persistent worries about global petroleum supplies and the outlook for the U.S. dollar. The dollar has weakened over the last week after a modest recovery, and investors will be watching economic data out of the United States to be released over the next few days for further clues about the health of the world’s biggest economy. “The dollar’s been swinging down again,” said Mark Pervan, senior commodity strategist at Australia & New Zealand Bank in Melbourne, and that’s “going to sway sentiment.” Oil and other hard commodities are seen as hedges against a weakening greenback and inflation. Also, a weak dollar, the currency of international oil trade, makes petroleum products less expensive to Asian and European buyers. This week, investors will be watching for what implications U.S. consumer confidence, new home sales, gross domestic product and other economic data might have for the dollar and oil prices, he said. “It’s a pretty price sensitive week for economic data,” Pervan said. “The data we’re seeing out of the U.S. at the moment looks pretty weak. You’d expect that trend to continue, pushing further down on the dollar.” The dollar, one of the factors that has fed oil’s rally from about $65 a year ago, was steady against the yen and the euro in Asian currency trading late afternoon in Tokyo after losing ground last Friday in New York. Late afternoon in Singapore, light, sweet crude for July delivery was up 77 cents at $132.96 a barrel in electronic trade on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose $1.38 to settle at $132.19 a barrel on Friday. Nymex floor trading will be closed Monday for Memorial Day. Prices got a boost late in the day when militants in Nigeria claimed they destroyed an oil pipeline and killed 11 soldiers in a gunbattle. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta says it attacked the pipeline operated by a Royal Dutch Shell PLC joint venture early Monday. Shell officials were not immediately available for comment, and a military spokesman had no immediate confirmation of any overnight incidents. Nigeria is Africa’s largest oil producer and a major supplier to the U.S. market. Years of unrest, though, have cut off nearly a quarter of its oil output. Last week, a series of supply warnings rattled composures, and Thursday, a report that the International Energy Agency — the energy watchdog for the most industrialized nations — is in the process of lowering its forecast for long-term global oil supply, sent crude futures rocketing to an all-time high of $135.09 a barrel. Investors are also worried about a growing squeeze on global diesel supplies as demand in China surges has sparked a massive run up in heating oil prices. Over the weekend, China’s top economic planning agency again urged oil and power companies to make sure there are enough supplies for earthquake-hit areas and for the Beijing Olympic Games in August. “They certainly want to have a buffer of supply ... so there’s pressure on the upside from demand in Asia,” Pervan said. The U.S. driving season officially kicked-off with the long Memorial Day weekend there, and even if demand for gasoline and diesel is lower than it was a year ago, it will still be stronger than it was in the preceding months, he said. In other Nymex trading, heating oil futures rose 6.64 cents to $3.932 a gallon while gasoline prices rose 3.14 cents to $3.4274 a gallon. Natural gas futures rose 16.7 cents to $12.024 per 1,000 cubic feet. July Brent crude rose 80 cents to $132.37 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London. |
catvoterComments: 100 Joined: 08/10/2007 |
05/26/2008 06:29:39 PM
Sly,I'm concerned about your comments : "We must take a stand now and fight for our lives and our families to protect them from the people (Oil Co.'s) who have it all (money) and want to take it all away from us." "Boycott Exxon, don't purchase fuel from them drive across the street ." I'm not a stockholder, but Exxon is owned by the people, everyday people. Many of the pension funds own a lot of Exxon stock. One of the biggest stockholders is the California Teachers Retirement Fund. The profit numbers are big, because the oil companies are big. Those oil company executives that the Democrats blasted are just doing the job the stockholders (the people) want them to. The oil companies don't set the price of crude oil, it is mostly controlled by the Wall Steet speculators that buy and sell oil futures and options. (USA Today paper) The oil companies want to drill more oil and increase supplies of US oil but the Democrats lead the lobbying efforts to deny permits in ANWR in Alaska and off the coasts of the US. The Democrats want to take the oil company profits away by increasing taxes. The stockholders, and pension fund holders, want the same historical returns on their invested money. So any increases in taxes or costs the Democrats put on the oil companies is going to come right back to us drivers in the form of still higher fuel prices. Why would oil companies, that DO NOT control crude oil prices, suddenly decrease gas prices because they got higher taxes put on them? They wouldn't lower prices at the pump, they would increase them. What tax benefits do oil companies receive that all other major companies do not also receive? Doesn't Microsoft make a bigger percentage of profit than Exxon? Forget increasing taxes. Let the oil companies drill for more oil and increase supplies. Call your Congressmen, particularly the majority party Democrats that voted exploration down. The last thing that passed Congress was vetoed by Democrat Bill Clinton. |
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Slynay Comments: 348 Joined: 11/29/2005 |
05/26/2008 10:01:34 AM
A statement to American, truckers and citizens, from Tn.TruckersWife...Our country is in serious trouble and the American people are suffering. Business's have come to a halt and Americans can no longer afford gas for their cars to go to work or for food to feed their families. If you have not been affected yet and our country continues in this downward spiral, then it is only a matter of time before you will be begging for mercy. 63% of our country is already in financial trouble and for many it is already too late. That is more than half of our country. How long do you think it will take before it reaches you? We must take a stand now and fight for our lives and our families to protect them from the people (Oil Co.'s) who have it all (money) and want to take it all away from us. They are taking away everything that people have worked for all their lives. What gives them the right to do this to us? How dare they keep taking more and more until they have taken everything and we are left with nothing. We are allowing them to do this to us by not standing up for ourselves . It is time to say "No more, you can't have my home, my car, my truck, my farm, my food for my family, you have no right to take these things from us. We are calling on you now and asking you to join this fight before it is too late. You may be the one to hang on a little longer than others but when your day comes and you are crying out for help who will be there to fight with you then, because you held on a little longer than others. Please stand with us to protect our country and the lives of the American people before you wake up one day and they are knocking on your door to take away your American dream. Every American citizen needs to realize it is only a short period of time before everyone's American dream will be taken away. While you are browsing the internet, reach out to your government, Senators, congress, etc. and send them an email, let them know Americans are hurting, speak on behalf of ALL AMERICANS, not as an individual. Place signs on your cars, in your yards and businesses and let's be blunt about it, "Oil Co.'s are driving Americans broke." Write letters to newspapers addressed "Letters to the Editor" Boycott Exxon, don't purchase fuel from them drive across the street . Email everyone you know and pass along the information and ask them to join the fight. This is how we let them know , we as American's stand together and we will fight to keep the things we have worked hard for all our lives and they do not have a right to take it from us. From one proud American citizen to another, don't let them destroy OUR AMERICA !!!!!!!!! |
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Slynay Comments: 348 Joined: 11/29/2005 |
05/26/2008 09:57:28 AM
May 24, 2008 - Saturday Tell the Democrats and Republicans to get their heads out of their gear-boxes Category: MySpace May 24, 2008 -- Article by Greyfoxx (Senior Member on TruckersForum.net) I have been listening to the Senate Investment Committee on C-Span 2, for the last two days, and from what I can tell many of our Congressmen are stuck in low gear and can't get up to speed. They act like they're not aware of just how bad things are out here in the real world. America is fully aware that this nation is suffering from the poor management practices of the Corporate Congress and we need to say so. I have found how we can contact both the Democratic National Committee, and the Republican National Committee. I am asking everyone who spends any time, even if it's only to look around, to contact both parties and explain what needs to be done to repair the damage they have done to OUR America (I hope it is still OUR America.) Everyone of you must let them know that America is watching, that we suspect that many of them are behaving in a Treasonous manor. That we demand that they stop the rise of fuel prices...no...that they lower fuel price by whatever means necessary, even if it means nationalizing the oil industry in America. Gasoline and diesel are the driving force behind America's success in the world. It is NOT something anyone should be allowed to turn on and off for the sake of greed and outrageous profit...not at the cost of this nation and it's people!! We know that both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party have heard of the Bakken Oil Fields...where 500 Billion Barrels of Light Sweet Crude Oil is waiting to be brought on line in volumes that would release America from the need to import oil from OPEC. Our Congressmen, both Republicans and Democrats, are not doing the job they have been hired to do, and that is to cover America's back while Americans struggle to make ends meet. Some of the alternative fuels are a good idea, other's are not. BUT right now America is dying on the vine and our government is doing nothing to help right now, nothing! The Democrats are proving that they are just as corrupt as the republicans in dealing with a problem of their own making. Most Americans today would agree that many of our Public Servants, both in the Democrat and Republican Parties, are behaving in a treasonous manor. They can run, but they can't hide. The cat will come out of the bag - even if it's only one leg at a time. Americans are tired of having the Oil Industry crapping in our sandbox every time we start having fun. I've said it in other posts that we need to flood them with phone calls, letters, emails, and faxes by the hundreds of thousands. Otherwise it will be business as usual. They are already saying that there is no end to rising fuel prices in sight. Republican National Committee 310 First Street Washington, D.C. 20003 p/202.863.8500 f/202.863.8820 Republican • National • Committee Democratic National Committee 430 S. Capitol St. SE Washington, D.C. 20003 Main Phone Number: 202-863-8000 The Democratic Party | Contacting the DNC You can also contact your Congressmen via; Your Senator U.S. Senate: Senators Home Your Representative Representative Offices - United States House of Representatives, 110th Congress, 2nd Session (source: Truckers Forum .net) |
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BigShiggy Comments: 494 Joined: 01/19/2006 |
05/22/2008 11:57:05 PM
10 dollars a gallon.....Some are so intelligent they are stupid . . . . . where have I heard that "novel" idea before? |
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Slynay Comments: 348 Joined: 11/29/2005 |
05/22/2008 03:57:50 PM
SPECUALTION…WHAT IS IT AND WHY IS IT RAISING THE OIL PRICEShttp://money. cnn. com/video/#/video/news/2008/05/15/news. velshi. 051508. oil. cnnmoney Are Pension Funds Fueling High Oil? A Senate hearing weighs charges that speculation by big investors and sovereign wealth funds is behind the rise in commodities and energy prices by Moira Herbst Oil Traders Draw Congress' Ire Hedging Against $200 Oil If you're wondering why driving to work has gotten so expensive, you might want to peruse your pension fund's investments. That's because speculation by institutional investors pouring money into the commodities market may be largely to blame for spiking oil prices, according to testimony on May 20 before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs. Crude oil, a so-called hard asset, is viewed as a buffer against inflation—a foe of longer-term investment returns. At the hearing, "Financial Speculation in Commodity Markets: Are Institutional Investors and Hedge Funds Contributing to Food and Energy Price Inflation?," senators heard from those defending the role of speculators in oil and commodities markets as well as those who argue that excessive speculation is the root of global price surges. "[Commodities] are experiencing demand shock from a new category of speculators: institutional investors like corporate and government pension funds, university endowments, and sovereign wealth funds," said Michael Masters, managing member of Masters Capital Management, a Virgin Islands-based hedge fund. "Index speculators are the primary cause of the recent price spikes in commodities." On May 20, crude oil prices settled at a record $129.07 on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NMX) after touching a new high of $129.60. The national average for a gallon of gasoline hit a record of $3.80 per gallon the same day. Light CFTC Hand The explosion in the number of financial players in the energy markets has occurred particularly in the past two years—also a period of soaring energy prices. That's why speculators are now under fire from Congress and the public as potential culprits But in the hearing, Masters distinguished between traditional speculators and what he calls index speculators, or passive investors who enter the commodities markets as a long-term hedge against inflation. Commodities exchanges limit the number of positions an investor can take in the market, but Masters says the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has allowed unlimited speculation in these markets through a loophole. This so-called swaps loophole exempts investment banks like Goldman Sachs (GS) and Merrill Lynch (MER) from reporting requirements and limits on trading positions that are required of other investors. The loophole allows pension funds to enter into a swap agreement with an investment bank, which can then trade unlimited numbers of the contracts in futures markets. Some experts fault the CFTC, charged with regulating commodities markets, for allowing such loopholes. "Congress has provided the CFTC the power to control this unlimited [speculation]; the law is very specific about establishing position limits," says Steve Briese, author of The Commitments of Traders Bible and CommitmentsOfTraders. org, a site that focuses on U.S. futures markets. "The problem is they have abdicated this role." The dramatic surge in energy prices has helped to spark inflation across the economy and, as others at the hearing testified, has cut into profits of most in the supply chain. Briese points to Treasury reports that the top five users of swap agreements are investment banks, four of which dominate swap dealing in commodities and commodities futures: Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), HSBC North America Holdings (HBC), and Wachovia (WB). Speculative activity in commodity markets has grown dramatically over the last several years. In the past decade, the share of long interests—positions that benefit when prices rise—held by financial speculators has grown from one-quarter to two-thirds of the commodity market. In only five years, from 2003 to 2008, investment in index funds tied to commodities has grown twentyfold, from $13 billion to $260 billion. Some analysts say that as commodities markets have been deluged with investment bank money, supply and demand has been rendered less relevant, to the detriment of consumers and producers and marketers. In a May 9 research note, Lehman Brothers (LEH) economists argued that oil's recent rise has been fueled by "non-supply-demand factors and by potential inventory misperceptions." In other words, the dollar weakening and "investors' desire to be exposed to real assets" has spurred increased inflows from investors biased toward long positions. Additionally, hedge fund director Masters points to data showing that over a five-year period, China's demand for oil has increased by 920 million barrels, while over the same period, index speculators' demand has increased by 848 million barrels. Time to 'Muscle Up'?Pressure on Congress is increasing not only from consumers but also from industry groups. The New England Fuel Institute (NEFI) and the Petroleum Marketers Association of America (PMAA), whose members are marketers and retailers of petroleum products, have called on Congress for more oversight of speculation in energy markets. A trucker-consumer coalition called Truckers & Citizens United has also called for greater market transparency amid "crippling" energy prices. At the Tuesday hearing, Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) grilled CFTC chief economist Jeffrey Harris on why his agency is not more concerned with the impact of speculation on commodity prices. "The people of America are about to pick up pitchforks," she said. "If you were Popeye, I'd give you a can of spinach. It's time to muscle up here." Harris said the agency monitors markets daily, and has "an active engagement in the Agriculture and Energy Depts. The CFTC does not need further legislation to perform its duty of overseeing commodities markets, and that government intervention could distort the market, he added. "Markets are most healthy when there is no limit on who can participate in them," Harris said. "When investors are limited, they will transfer funds to other [less regulated] markets and diminish the effectiveness of hedging." For their part, pension fund managers say they're not to blame for commodity price surges. The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), the largest U.S. pension fund, has invested about $1.1 billion in commodities swaps contracts through investment banks like Goldman Sachs. CalPERS spokesman Clark McKinley says the fund started considering commodities investing in 2006 as an inflation hedge and because many economists predict rising energy costs for several decades. However, that represents a fraction of the fund's $242 billion in assets, he says, and ultimately has only a minimal effect on commodity prices. "We understand that there is of course some effect of investors on [commodity] prices. But it's a relatively small impact," McKinley said in a telephone interview. Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), the committee chairman, concluded the hearing by agreeing that institutional investors are having a disproportionate impact on commodity prices. He says he will convene another panel of witnesses to examine how to close the "swaps loophole," among other ideas for reform, some of which are included in the Consumer First Energy Act of 2008 proposed on May 7 by a group of Senate Democrats. "At times it is in the public interest to limit the opportunity people have to maximize profits," Lieberman said. "A lot of the rest of us are paying through the nose as a result, including a lot of us who can't afford to pay through the nose. " |
ShadowComments: 58 Joined: 02/09/2007 |
05/21/2008 10:26:15 PM
Well, I think the President signed a bill to not buy anymore foreign oil for our reserves in hopes that oil prices will drop. Wake up people, if we stop buying gas from just one company we can lower the gas prices. |
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BigShiggy Comments: 494 Joined: 01/19/2006 |
05/21/2008 04:15:30 PM
OIL JUST TOPPED $133.72 A BARREL, up more than $4.74 today.Gasoline hit $3.41 wholesale up more than 10 cents. Home Ethanol production is looking like the wave of the future. The Amish Communities are going to prosper from horse and buggy sales..... With the 5 top oil executives being grilled on Capitol Hill today, the last time this happend in march, gasoline went up about 19%. Buy now while it is still under $5.00 per gallon. Hold on while I switch to solar power to finish this comment. |
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Slynay Comments: 348 Joined: 11/29/2005 |
05/18/2008 09:00:57 PM
Zip Trip Stores Begin Carrying Cenex® FuelsST. PAUL, Minn., May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A major retail conversion effort is underway in the Pacific Northwest. In early May, CHS closed a deal to acquire 33 Zip Trip convenience stores in the Spokane, Wash., area, and immediately began converting the stores from the 76® brand to the Cenex® energy brand. The initial conversion process includes installing new signs and lighting, and updating graphics on canopies and fuel pumps. When complete, the stores will all carry the inviting, contemporary Cenex brand image which features bright colors and strong brand visibility. "We expect to have almost all of these stores converted within just a few weeks," according to Bob Schulte, CHS retail financial operations manager. "At CHS, we have the people, the processes and the partners to quickly and efficiently convert multi-location retailers to the Cenex brand, with minimal disruptions to customers. Because payment solutions are so critical to today's c-store business, we are also working to ensure a smooth and fast transition to Cenex proprietary credit cards." CHS is supplying the stores with Cenex gasoline and diesel fuel from its Laurel, Mont., refinery, and with a full array of retail services such as training and marketing support. The newly acquired Zip Trip locations -- together with three other Cenex retail locations operated by an independent dealer -- make Spokane the single largest metropolitan market for Cenex convenience stores in the United States. CHS Inc. (http://www.chsinc.com/) is a diversified energy, grains and foods company committed to providing the essential resources that enrich lives around the world. A Fortune 200 company, CHS is owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives, along with thousands of preferred stockholders, from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Northwest and from the Canadian border to Texas. CHS supplies energy, crop nutrients, grain, livestock feed, food and food ingredients, along with business solutions including insurance, financial and risk management services. The company operates petroleum refineries/pipelines and manufactures, markets and distributes Cenex® brand refined fuels, lubricants, propane and renewable energy products. CHS is listed on the NASDAQ at CHSCP. SOURCE: CHS Inc. CONTACT: Ann Mann of CHS Inc., +1-651-355-4604, ann.mann@chsinc.com Web site: http://www.chsinc.com/ |
footsieComments: 8 Joined: 04/25/2006 |
05/18/2008 08:30:58 PM
There is only one way to bring gas prices down, turn off the motor of your automobile. |
CohuttaComments: 5 Joined: 05/15/2008 |
05/17/2008 10:11:30 PM
Whatever happened to States Rights? (Oh yeah, big war....) What action do you suggest? Government interference into the free market? The only way to reduce prices is to increase production or reduce demand. Again this is in the hands of the people, not the government. We need to reduce our consumption, and encourage the market to invest in alternative energy sources by increasing the demand for them. Conservation makes sense of course economically, but the products have been available for a long time. The only way to vote for or against large companies is with your dollars. Buy conservation friendly products. |
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Slynay Comments: 348 Joined: 11/29/2005 |
05/16/2008 03:16:18 PM
PLEASE COPY AND SEND TO YOUR STATE REPS. Statewide Fuel Petition Petition For Immediate Action To Lower Fuel Prices In GEORGIA We, the undersgined residents of the State of GEORGIA believe that our people, economy and businesses are in a state of emergency due to the high prices of gas, diesel and heating oil. We are requesting immediate action be taken by both the state and federal levels of our government to ease and resolve this devastating monetary hardship being forced upon each of us. Date_____Print Name_______________Signature__________Address______________Phone Number |
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Slynay Comments: 348 Joined: 11/29/2005 |
05/16/2008 02:44:48 PM
Oil prices near $128, diesel average almost $4.50 The gains come 10 days before the Memorial Day holiday, the traditional start of the peak U.S. summer driving season, suggesting that retail gas prices still have further to rise. By ADAM SCHRECK The Associated Press 5/16/2008 NEW YORK — Oil prices surged more than $3 Friday, shattering a previous record in a spike near $128 a barrel, as prices at the pump pushed to new highs of their own. The gains come 10 days before the Memorial Day holiday, the traditional start of the peak U.S. summer driving season, suggesting that retail gas prices still have further to rise. Motorists are now paying a national average of $3.787 a gallon for regular gasoline, up nearly a penny from the previous day, according to AAA and the Oil Price Information Service. Diesel prices also have risen to record levels, meaning that even Americans who don't drive will likely face even higher prices on all sorts of goods because of increased shipping costs. A gallon of diesel now sells for $4.482 a gallon. Light, sweet crude for June delivery rose as high as $127.82 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, before easing somewhat to trade up $2.10 at $126.22. The contract settled at $124.12 Thursday, two days after hitting a previous trading record of $126.98. "All in all, we're seeing another strong move here on little fundamental news," said Jim Ritterbusch, president of Ritterbusch & Associates in Galena, Ill. "It's indicative of a market searching for a top." Oil prices could rise even higher as U.S. demand picks up during the summer months, when gasoline consumption is typically the heaviest. Traders are clearly betting gasoline prices have a way to go to gasoline futures jumped to a record $3.2438 a gallon on the Nymex before easing to $3.2116, up 4.58 cents. President Bush, in Saudi Arabia for his second personal appeal this year to King Abdullah, apparently failed to persuade the oil-rich nation to boost crude production — a move that would likely have pushed prices lower. Saudi officials maintained their position that they are already meeting demand. The kingdom is the world's largest producer of oil and is a key member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. "What they're saying to us is ... Saudi Arabia does not have customers that are making requests for oil that they are not able to satisfy," Stephen Hadley, the president's national security adviser told reporters. Energy traders honed in on an upward revision of an oil price forecast by Goldman Sachs from $107 to $141 a barrel for the second half of the year. The investment bank is predicting continued swings in oil prices as prices dip at times because of falling demand before again moving higher. "Accordingly, we would view any pullback in oil, regardless of the size or duration — although a correction could be as large as 15 percent — as an opportunity to re-establish long positions in oil before the summer," the bank advised traders. Also pushing oil prices higher was speculation that China's demand for diesel needed to fuel its power plants would rise due to reconstruction efforts after this week's earthquakes. In other Nymex trading, heating oil futures rose 6.58 cents to $3.6882 a gallon. Natural gas futures fell 9.3 cents to $11.306 per 1,000 cubic feet. In London, June Brent crude surged $2.03 to $124.66 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange. Associated Press Writer Jennifer Loven in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, contributed to this report. |
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Slynay Comments: 348 Joined: 11/29/2005 |
05/16/2008 11:30:06 AM
Dems in Congress Say NO!! To New Oil 1 2 3 4 5 (1 vote) Okay Folks, I have been talking to you recently about the 300 Billion barrels of oild the United States has below your feet right now. I have also detailed for you how Congress, siding with bark humping, tree hugging, Capitalist Despising Commies, has thwarted the Free Market and IMPOSED what amounts to rationing and hardship on You and me. Here's the Proof. I am receiving letters that listeners have been sent by their respective Congressmen. I will highlight the sections where they are spewing the Pelosi-Gore- Leftist- Talking points. Long story short: Congress is telling Americans to go buy a windmill or eat sh*t. This un-Constitutional aggression will not stand. Article I, Section 8 gives Congress NO AUTHORITY to regulate the price or supply of Oil or any of the various resources produced by the States and the States reserve full right under Article IV Section 4 (guarantee of Republican form of government) as well as Amendments IX and X (rights reserved to the states and the people). WRITE YOUR CONGRESSMAN NOW and post his or her response here. There is only one language these tyrants understand and that is the language of protected incumbency. In Our Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson lay these accusations at the feet of King George III, see if they are applicable here. "Such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world. He has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his assent should be obtained; and, when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance. For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our governments;" Now to the letters I have received (emphasis MINE) From: Congressman Ben Chandler < ky06ima@ |
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maggie Comments: 1542 Joined: 01/08/2006 |
05/15/2008 06:20:33 PM
Familymom, I am with you. I don't feel safe in a small car on the interstate. Now if everyone drove a small car and the trucks had their own roads, I might consider it. However, while I don't have six kids, I do have grandchildren and that is why we have an SUV. It is also the only car we have, so unfortunately we do have to fill up more often and it is killing us. Now if they would lower the speed limits, I might also consider a car, but, it is also easier for me to get in my SUV, than to try and get in a car so I really don't know if I would ever give it up. |
familymomComments: 281 Joined: 11/29/2007 |
05/15/2008 05:46:05 PM
I refuse to drive a small tin can on the interstate...especially I-75. I need a big gas guzzler with 6 young kids, but even if it were just myself I would at least have a mid-size. HOWEVER, I have a little over 1/4 tank left in my suburban and the last I filled up with gas was April 30th. I can go 2 weeks or a little more if I use my husbands tin can (corolla) around town for errands and simply refuse to drive when I really can stay at home. We have eliminated a ton of activities this year. I was shocked today to notice gas was $3.63 in Ringgold! |
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Cohutta Comments: 5 Joined: 05/15/2008 |
05/15/2008 02:08:48 PM
I've already noticed a trend locally that will go far to reduce the consumption of oil in the U.S. Drive by your local small car dealerships. Most of the vehicles for sale are trucks and S.U.V.'s. It seems that gas prices have gotten high enough to convince people to begin to reduce consumption. More and more, the cars you see on the street are economical fuel conserving compacts. With the introduction in the United States of the Smart Cars, I can see the trend continuing. I was in Chattanooga early this week and saw several of the smart cars on the road. Back in Rome yesterday I even saw one. As folks get rid of the gas guzzlers and get into the fuel savers, demand will drop. And some oil companies have already committed to building more refineries or expanding current refineries for higher production. Higher production plus decreased demand equals lower gas prices. Maybe America has figured out that sometimes an environmentally friendly lifestyle can also be pocketbook friendly. If we change our way of thinking about energy, we may realize that all of our energy needs can be met locally through alternative fuels and reduced consumption. Reducing dependence on foreign energy sources will also do much to reduce our need to intervene in foreign politics. Reducing intervention in foreign politics could increase our reputation abroad, lending more credence to our views of consumption, thereby lowering fuel consumption and emissions worldwide. |
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Slynay Comments: 348 Joined: 11/29/2005 |
05/07/2008 07:53:55 PM
Cheating at Gas Pumps This is a true, so read it carefully. On April 24, 2008, I stopped at a Kangaroo BP gas station, located at 1325 Main Street, Cartersville, GA. My truck's gas gauge was on 1/4 of a tank. I use the mid-grade, which was priced at $3.71 per gallon. When my tank is at this point, it takes somewhere around 14 gallon's to fill it up. When the pump showed 14 gallons had been pumped I began to slow it down, then to my surprise it went to 15, then 16. I even looked under my truck to see if it was being spilled. It was not. Then it showed 17 gallons had been pumped. It stopped at almost 18 gallons. This was very strange to me, since my truck has only an 18 gallon tank. I went on my way a little confused, then on the evening news I heard a report that 1 out of 4 gas stations had calibrated their pumps to show more gas had been pumped than a person actually got. Here is how to check a pump to see if you are getting the right amount: Whichever grade you are using, put EXACTLY 10 GALLONS in your tank, then look at the dollar amount, if the dollar amount is not EXACTLY 10 times the price of the fuel you have chosen,then the pumps are rigged. In my case as I said the mid-grade was $3. 71 9/10 per gallon, my dollar amount for 10 gallons should have been $37.19. If I had only check the pump. It doesn't matter where you pump gas, please check the 10 gallon price. If you do find a station that is cheating, contact the Georgia Agriculture Department, and direct your comments to Tommy Irvin, Commissioner. In other states contact proper authorities. Please don't delete this until you have sent it to all people in your address book. We need to put a stop to this outrageous cheating of customers. |
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Slynay Comments: 348 Joined: 11/29/2005 |
04/30/2008 10:37:45 AM
Gasoline May Soon Cost a Sawbuck Big New Shock at the Pump Forecast by Two Analysts By DAN DORFMAN Special to the Sun April 28, 2008 A D V E R T I S E M E N T A D V E R T I S E M E N T Get ready for another economic shock of major proportions — a virtual doubling of prices at the gas pump to as much as $10 a gallon. That's the message from a couple of analytical energy industry trackers, both of whom, based on the surging oil prices, see considerably more pain at the pump than most drivers realize. Gasoline nationally is in an accelerated upswing, having jumped to $3.58 a gallon from $3.50 in just the past week. In some parts of the country, including New York City and the West Coast, gas is already sporting a price tag above $4 a gallon. There was a pray-in at a Chevron station in San Francisco on Friday led by a minister asking God for cheaper gas, and an Arco gas station in San Mateo, Calif., has already raised its price to a sky-high $4.62. In Manhattan, at a Mobil gas station at York Avenue and East 61st Street, premium gas is now $4.03 a gallon. Two days ago, it was $3.96. Why such a high price? "Blame the people at STOPEC (he meant OPEC) and the oil companies," an attendant there told me. These increases are taking place before the all-important summer driving season, signaling even higher prices ahead. That's also the outlook of the Automobile Association of America. "As long as the price of crude oil stays above $100 a barrel, drivers will be forced to pay more and more at the gas pump," a AAA spokesman, Troy Green, said. Oil recently hit an all-time high of nearly $120 a barrel, more than double its early 2007 price of about $50 a barrel. It closed Friday at $118.52. The forecasts calling for a jump to between $7 and $10 a gallon are based on the view that the price of crude is on its way to $200 in two to three years. Translating this price into dollars and cents at the gas pump, one of our forecasters, the chairman of Houston-based Dune Energy, Alan Gaines, sees gas rising to $7-$8 a gallon. The other, a commodities tracker at Weiss Research in Jupiter, Fla., Sean Brodrick, projects a range of $8 to $10 a gallon. While $7-$10 a gallon would be ground-breaking in America, these prices would not be trendsetting internationally. For example, European drivers are already shelling out $9 a gallon (which includes a $2-a-gallon tax). Canadians are also being hit with rising gas prices. They are paying the American-dollar equivalent of $4.92 a gallon, and they're being told to brace themselves for prices above $5.65 a gallon this summer. Early last year, with a barrel of oil trading in the low $50s and gasoline nationally selling in a range of $2.30 to $2.50 a gallon, Mr. Gaines — in an impressive display of crystal ball gazing — accurately predicted oil was $100-bound and that gasoline would follow suit by reaching $4 a gallon. His latest prediction of $200 oil is open to question, since it would undoubtedly create considerable global economic distress. Further, just about every energy expert I talk to cautions me to expect a sizable pullback in oil prices, maybe to between $50 and $70 a barrel, especially if there's a global economic slowdown. While Mr. Gaines thinks there could be a temporary decline in the oil price, he's convinced an overall uptrend is unstoppable. In fact, he thinks his $200 forecast could be conservative, and that perhaps $250 could be reached. His reasoning: a combination of shrinking supply and increasing demand, especially from China, India, and America. Mr. Brodrick's $200 oil forecast is largely predicated on a combination of pretty flat supply and rip-roaring demand. Other key catalysts include surging demand in China and India, where auto sales are booming, and major supply disruptions in Nigeria and also in Mexico, our second-largest source of oil imports, where oil production has fallen off a cliff. More factors include the ever-present danger of additional supply disruptions from volatile countries in the Middle East that are not our allies, and the unwillingness of SUV-loving Americans to trim their unquenchable thirst for foreign oil. Likewise, for the first time, emerging markets this year will use more oil than America. To Mr. Brodrick, it all adds up to an ongoing energy |
VocalwhennecessaryComments: 453 Joined: 04/10/2008 |
04/29/2008 07:31:40 AM
Record oil prices drive Shell 1Q profits up 25 percent . Royal Dutch Shell PLC's first-quarter profits rose 25 percent, Europe's largest engery company reported Tuesday, on unheard of prices for a barrel of oil. Shell said its average selling price of crude oil leaped by 66 percent to more than $90 per barrel from the first quarter a year ago. That sent net profit soaring to a record $9.08 billion, up from $7.28 billion. Sales rose 55 percent to $114 billion. VWN |
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Slynay Comments: 348 Joined: 11/29/2005 |
04/27/2008 01:38:55 PM
American Citizens--Come One, Come All to Join the No-Longer-Invisible Middle-Class Citizens and Owner-Operator Truckers in Loud Protest!!! Our Large Numbers will Give You a Voice They Cannot Ignore!!!!! Can't Come? SWAMP the US Capital Switchboard on Monday and All Week--202-224-3121---Tell Your 2 Senators and Your Representative and Your Senate Leader-Harry Reid and Your Speaker of The House-Nancy Pelosi That You Demand They Work to Benefit Middle Class Americans NOW! We Have Had Enough of Their Nonsense!!! Press Release: Truckers/Citizens go to US Capital |
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g2006x Comments: 3 Joined: 04/26/2008 |
04/26/2008 09:48:58 AM
THE WALL STREET JOURNALI don't want to alarm anybody, but maybe it's time for Americans to start stockpiling food. No, this is not a drill. You've seen the TV footage of food riots in parts of the developing world. Yes, they're a long way away from the U.S. But most foodstuffs operate in a global market. When the cost of wheat soars in Asia, it will do the same here. Reality: Food prices are already rising here much faster than the returns you are likely to get from keeping your money in a bank or money-market fund. And there are very good reasons to believe prices on the shelves are about to start rising a lot faster. "Load up the pantry," says Manu Daftary, one of Wall Street's top investors and the manager of the Quaker Strategic Growth mutual fund. "I think prices are going higher. People are too complacent. They think it isn't going to happen here. But I don't know how the food companies can absorb higher costs." (Full disclosure: I am an investor in Quaker Strategic) Stocking up on food may not replace your long-term investments, but it may make a sensible home for some of your shorter-term cash. Do the math. If you keep your standby cash in a money-market fund you'll be lucky to get a 2.5% interest rate. Even the best one-year certificate of deposit you can find is only going to pay you about 4.1%, according to Bankrate.com. And those yields are before tax. Meanwhile the most recent government data shows food inflation for the average American household is now running at 4.5% a year. And some prices are rising even more quickly. The latest data show cereal prices rising by more than 8% a year. Both flour and rice are up more than 13%. Milk, cheese, bananas and even peanut butter: They're all up by more than 10%. Eggs have rocketed up 30% in a year. Ground beef prices are up 4.8% and chicken by 5.4%. These are trends that have been in place for some time. And if you are hoping they will pass, here's the bad news: They may actually accelerate. The reason? The prices of many underlying raw materials have risen much more quickly still. Wheat prices, for example, have roughly tripled in the past three years. Sooner or later, the food companies are going to have to pass those costs on. Kraft saw its raw material costs soar by about $1.25 billion last year, squeezing profit margins. The company recently warned that higher prices are here to stay. Last month the chief executive of General Mills, Kendall Powell, made a similar point. The main reason for rising prices, of course, is the surge in demand from China and India. Hundreds of millions of people are joining the middle class each year, and that means they want to eat more and better food. A secondary reason has been the growing demand for ethanol as a fuel additive. That's soaking up some of the corn supply. You can't easily stock up on perishables like eggs or milk. But other products will keep. Among them: Dried pasta, rice, cereals, and cans of everything from tuna fish to fruit and vegetables. The kicker: You should also save money by buying them in bulk. If this seems a stretch, ponder this: The emerging bull market in agricultural products is following in the footsteps of oil. A few years ago, many Americans hoped $2 gas was a temporary spike. Now it's the rosy memory of a bygone age. The good news is that it's easier to store Cap'n Crunch or cans of Starkist in your home than it is to store lots of gasoline. Safer, too. Write to Brett Arends at brett.arends@wsj.com Copyrighted, Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All rights reserved. THIS IS PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHAT IA M TALKING ABOUT. WITH THINGS LIKE THIS BEING POSTED IN THE PAPER THEN THERE WILL BE STEALING AND RIOTING. |
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BigShiggy Comments: 494 Joined: 01/19/2006 |
04/26/2008 08:49:28 AM
Do these bible verses sound like any of those who are controlling the economy and resources of our world?Ecclesiastes 5:10 Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless. Matthew 6:24 "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money. 1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. |
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BigShiggy Comments: 494 Joined: 01/19/2006 |
04/26/2008 08:48:34 AM
Fuel prices, yes it has become a runaway locomotive heading down a track towards an imminent trainwreck of our economy.I have heard the saying, "It's like watching a train wreck" we can't turn away because you want to see what happens and there is nothing that can be done to stop it." What happens after the crash, well, someone has to pick up the pieces and rebuild the train and track. Finger pointing and complaining aren't going to stop this trainwreck that had been set into motion long before we were born. Then there are those in power with this unique human ability to just stand by and wait thru procrastination and disbelief that something like this could never happen until it does. Sad, our present generations, our children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren will have to pay the cost of the previous and current earth's inhabitants lifestyles, they who thought there was this never ending supply of resources to keep living and reproducing mankind at an excelerated rate. Remember those who ran around being called "crazy" holding up signs in the streets, and written on it the words, "THE END IS NEAR" |
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g2006x Comments: 3 Joined: 04/26/2008 |
04/26/2008 08:05:25 AM
With gas prices still climbing and most people drive or 30 miles a day and make under $12, how are people going to live and survive? Walk? Most people cannot walk to work or ride a bus or can even afford to take a taxi. Some who live within 15 miles of their job could and could ride a bike, except when it rains. What about the elderly? With gas prices going up so does food and medicine. It cost to transport this stuff so the prices go up. Now what? What do you think will happen? It is going to get bad folks unless something is done. What can we do as a whole? We need to do something before it gets worse, but what to do to change things?Anybody have any ideas? Remember we are not talking about people who make 30k a year. I am talking about people who make less than 30k year. I am talking about people who have 2 to more kids. I am talking about the elderly who can barely afford medicine. What is going to happen? What do you we do now? |
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Slynay Comments: 348 Joined: 11/29/2005 |
04/25/2008 11:26:44 PM
Philly gas station sells 76-cent fuel in honor of 76ersThe Associated Press Enlarge Text WITH PHOTO NO PHOTO Discuss Share DIGG NEWSVINE DEL.ICIO.US DE.LIRIO.US FARK FURL TECHNORATI YAHOO PHILADELPHIA The Philadelphia 76ers are in the playoffs for the first time in three years, but motorists were the ones celebrating on Friday. For 76 minutes starting at noon, a gas station offered fuel for 76 cents a gallon in a promotion tied to the playoff series with the Detroit Pistons. Hundreds of drivers began lining up around 6:30 a.m., some sleeping in their cars. About 100 cars made it through before the line was cut off. "If gas keeps going up, I'm going to have to get used to walking," said JoAnne Baker, who was seventh in line. She drove from another part of the city - and bought $2 in gas just to make the drive - so she could wait in line for the cheap fuel. Before the price drop, regular unleaded at the station was a fraction under $3.69. Please create an account or login to read this story ALREADY A MEMBER? LOGIN NOW. If you have already created an account, simply login to your account using your email and password below. If you need help, check our Member Center. Password Remember my member ID and password on this computer. CREATE AN ACCOUNT Last modified: April 25. 2008 10:08PM |
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Vocalwhennecessary Comments: 453 Joined: 04/10/2008 |
04/25/2008 11:16:57 PM
This is Bush's quick fix.....................thanks for nothing.Bush says rebates going out Monday will boost economy President Bush said tax rebates will start going out Monday, earlier than previously announced, and should help Americans cope with rising gasoline and food prices, as well as aid a slumping economy. Democrats said they were glad the rebate checks were about to go out, but suggested that multinational oil companies were not among the businesses the stimulus package was originally designed to help. VWN |
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Slynay Comments: 348 Joined: 11/29/2005 |
04/25/2008 09:03:45 PM
THE DAY IS NEARING APRIL 28TH DO YOU CARE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.As many may know the prices of oil keep going up and along with that so does the cost of gas and fuel prices. We are paying high $'S as a result of the higher diesel prices , the cost of everything we as a consumer purchases has risen. Our rate of pay stays the same. We as American Citizens need to let our Government officials know that enough is enough... Pass this on in a bulletin, NOW is your chance to be heard. Also Please take a minute and go to sign petition on fuel prices http://www. petitiononline. com/jschei12/petition. html and sign their petition , it only takes a minute , it costs you nothing but a minute. God Bless America, Our Troops an Our Citizens. TRUCKERS AND CITIZENS UNITE AGAINST HIGH FUEL PRICES This rally is for everyone whether you ride a motorcycle or tractor, drive a car/truck or an 18 wheeler. If you fuel it up its for YOU. We would like to see a record number of people for the Convoy to DC on April 28. There is only one way to be heard and thats showing solitary. Drivers and citizens are tired of paying high fuel cost all across the country. We are standing up together to make a difference. Everyone Who Is Effected By High Fuel Costs Is Urged To Participate (This Includes: Gas, Heating Oils & Diesel Fuels) ON 4/28/08 Rally to Washington D.C. for Truckers and Citizens. Shut the trucks down on May 5th 2008 if they do not listen!!!! This DOES take a toll each and every one of us. Stand up, speak out or go broke! LETS TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK!!! STAND UP, SPEAK OUT OR ACCEPT WHAT COMES!!! GO BELOW DETAILS OF CONVOY TO DC ON APRIL 28TH. REPOST .WHAT YOU DO DOES MATTER. www. TheAmericanDriver. com www. myspace. com/truckerstrike08 Mark Kirsch - 717-821-2013 Michael (JB) Schaffner - 940-923-36 8:00 AM - 0 Comments - 0 Kudos - Add Comment - |
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Slynay Comments: 348 Joined: 11/29/2005 |
04/25/2008 08:59:55 PM
< Back home | Unsubscribe | rss | add to blog group | sign out Trucker Strike Last Updated: Apr 24, 2008 Send Message Instant Message Email to a Friend Unsubscribe Invite to My Blog Gender: Female Status: Married Age: 24 Sign: Gemini City: Shut down the USA State: Kentucky Country: US Signup Date: 11/29/07 Who Gives Kudos: kristy (2) iceain (2) Sweetromance (2) Monday, April 21, 2008 Washington DC Convoy and Route Information-directions included Current mood: jolly Category: Jobs, Work, Careers Truckers And Citizens United April 28, 2008 D.C. Rally Info & Route Permits are in hand for West Front Lawn (at the Capital Steps) Times are 10:00am to 5:00pm Amplified Sound We will be using Channel 39 on the CB Parking will be available at RFK Contact: JB (940-923-3267) or Mark (717-821-2013) for any questions NOTE: WE HAVE NO AUTHORIZATION TO RUN RED LIGHTS ROUTE ITINERARY We will be leaving Harrisburg, PA at 6:00am (eastern) from the Gables Truck Stop (I-81 x77) I-81S to I-83S to Rt. 581W to Rt.15 to I-270 to I-495 (Beltway) Points North (not with the Harrisburg crew) All Routes to the I-495 (Capitol Beltway) Points South All Routes to the I-495 (Capitol Beltway) Route In I-295 (from south exit 2 AB / from north exit 2 B) to Suitland Parkway (exit 3 B) across the Frederick Douglas Memorial Bridge to South Capitol Street SW Left on Washington Avenue SW Left on Independence Avenue SW Right on 17th Street NW Right on Constitution Avenue NW Right on Massachusetts Avenue NE Left on E Capitol Street NE (there will be a right then immediate left to stay on E Capitol Street NE) Stay on E Capitol Street NE to RFK Stadium RFK Parking in Lot 7 and 3 12:00 AM - 5 Comments - 6 Kudos - Add Comment |
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Slynay Comments: 348 Joined: 11/29/2005 |
04/25/2008 08:54:35 PM
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wedwoostaComments: 102 Joined: 09/16/2007 |
04/25/2008 08:32:58 PM
That will show the oil companys who's in charge........Everybody drive to D.C. in their cars (using more Gasoline) , Trucks (using Diesel Fuel) ? They can't wait for everyone to strike! If you had a strike each month, just think of how much fuel they will sell.If you wanna do something that will get attention, Get up a petition for everyone to start riding bicycles and everyone only use the bicycles, quit driving cars, trucks, dont mow anymore, ect.... Get half the U.S.A to do that for the whole summer, Gas will come down. But when you stop riding your bike and go back to driving your car, guess what - |
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Vocalwhennecessary Comments: 453 Joined: 04/10/2008 |
04/25/2008 07:20:33 PM
Oil prices rose sharply Friday on news that a ship under contract to the U.S. Defense Department fired warning shots at two boats in the Persian Gulf. Retail gas prices as expected rose further into record territory, nearing $3.60 a gallon. Crude prices rose on initial reports that a U.S. ship had fired on two Iranian boats; the news raised concerns that a conflict between U.S. and Iranian forces could cut oil supplies from the region. A Navy spokeswoman said the origin of the boats was unclear. The news was enough to send light, sweet crude for June delivery up to $119.55 before the contract retreated to settle up $2.46 at $118.52 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. VWN |
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Slynay Comments: 348 Joined: 11/29/2005 |
04/25/2008 06:16:56 PM
Washington DC Category: News and Politics THE DAY IS NEARING APRIL 28TH DO YOU CARE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. As many may know the prices of oil keep going up and along with that so does the cost of gas and fuel prices. We are paying high $'S as a result of the higher diesel prices , the cost of everything we as a consumer purchases has risen. Our rate of pay stays the same. We as American Citizens need to let our Government officials know that enough is enough... Pass this on in a bulletin, NOW is your chance to be heard. Also Please take a min |
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