Fuel Prices

[Maynard Rupp]

I just watched them change the diesel fuel price sign at the marina we are staying in Ft. Meyers Beach. Gas is now $4.07 and diesel is a whoping $4.37. Afriend of mine told me that in the Detroit area auto gas is $3.39 and diesel is $4.69.

What in hell is going on here, I just don't understand. This will kill boating and trucking for sure.

 

[captbuddy]

Checked in Panama City, Fl last weekend and it was $4.18 for diesel. It sounds like when I retire next summer I'll have to just sit at the dock instead of cruise.
captbuddy

 

[the kuz]

The commercial fisherman next door just got 500 gals of wholesale "off road" diesel delivered to his dock today here in MD. - $3.80 per Gal. Marina fuel will be a little higher once they start getting their spring deliveries. Still got some last week at fall price of $3.10 per gal, but most places here are $3.89 and up. Home heating oil was $3.39 last week (delivered). Regards, Bob K

 

[MikeP]

Maynard - Remember back during the phony "oil crisis" in the 70's when they said that when gas goes over one dollar a gallon, people will quit driving - they didn't. Then they said that when gas goes over two dollars people will quit driving. They didn't. Then three dollars, they didn't. Then four dollars...they didn't.

I don't think it will ever make any difference AND the oil companies have finally figured that out. It appears that we are NOT going to quit driving - regardless of the price.

Hey, I can remember getting absolutely FURIOUS driving my 71 440 six-pack Plymouth Road Runner across country and stopping for gas in New Mexico (Pre Gas crisis). They charged 37 cents a gallon for premium and I was livid! Swore I would never drive through a state that would rip people off like that! I had NEVER paid more than 32 cents for a gallon of premium ANYWHERE and I was Damned if I was going to take price gouging like that without plenty of verbal abuse to the gas station guy. I showed 'em (and paid 'em their danged 37 cents/gal).

My, how times change!

 

[Passages]

And here I am, making arrangements with a broker to look at another 50c w/8-92's. It's gonna be $4.99/gallon this summmer. I must be an idiot.

Didn't I read somewhere that Hatteras made a few sailboats?

 

[Capt K]

And here I am, making arrangements with a broker to look at another 50c w/8-92's. It's gonna be $4.99/gallon this summmer. I must be an idiot.

Didn't I read somewhere that Hatteras made a few sailboats?

SNAP OUT OF IT, MAN!!!!

K

 

[MikeP]

Yep, maybe the high fuel prices will keep the loons off the water (not the birds, I have no issue with them). I wouldn't complain about fewer boaters (unless it was my brother and sister Hatt-folks)!

 

[DeeRow]

Didn't I read somewhere that Hatteras made a few sailboats?

There was actually a discussion on the "Trawler and Trawling Maillist" comparing the cost of operation of a trawler to a sailboat. Folks who made there living making sails prior to retiring to a trawler, stated that the cost of new sails every 5 - 7 years offset the fuel savings of a sailboat. I was surprised! But then again, it was something that I wanted to hear.

Now, if only I could get use to going trawler speed!

Mark

 

[BUSTER]

I just watched them change the diesel fuel price sign at the marina we are staying in Ft. Meyers Beach. Gas is now $4.07 and diesel is a whoping $4.37. Afriend of mine told me that in the Detroit area auto gas is $3.39 and diesel is $4.69.

What in hell is going on here, I just don't understand. This will kill boating and trucking for sure.

It's going to hurt boating that's for sure,especially folks that want to go fast.

In my trucking and mulch operation,I've been charging my customers a fuel surcharge for over a year now and this week as fuel rose to $4.30 the surcharge rose to 20% of the invoice.Goodbye cheap transportation costs.

Gasoline is the majician's left hand that everyone is watching here,while the oil companies strangle the global economy with absurd diesel fuel prices.

Consider this......We all can cut back the use of gasoline,but global diesel fuel use is a static number. Diesel fuel use can not be conserved. It is the fuel of the World's Economy and they want control of it now.

 

[mopester]

i just met with a friend of mine and we are going to start making bio-d. we are looking at 800 + or - for equipment then the used oil! but the places we have asked say they are already paid to give to people... dam.
if we can find enough we can make it for about 2-2.50 a gallon. because the cost of materials has gone up due to the dam diesel prices......

 

[sofarelli]

I just filled up this past weekend at St. Petersburg,
Florida. Gas was $3.70 and diesel was $4.30 a gallon.
200 gallons made for a nice day on the water!
Hattitude

 

[Passages]

I just filled up this past weekend at St. Petersburg,
Florida. Gas was $3.70 and diesel was $4.30 a gallon.
200 gallons made for a nice day on the water!
Hattitude

How often can most folks spend $7-900 in fuel just for a day on the water?

My real concern is if I do get a good deal on my next Hatt, am I EVER going to be able to sell it?

I'm still looking to buy, but seriously considering going the charter route this summer. Maybe things will look better next year.

 

[Maynard Rupp]

How often can most folks spend $7-900 in fuel just for a day on the water?

My real concern is if I do get a good deal on my next Hatt, am I EVER going to be able to sell it?

I'm still looking to buy, but seriously considering going the charter route this summer. Maybe things will look better next year.

Nothing to do with fuel ever seems to get better. We just get used to paying these prices. This is the first time that I am sorta' happy that we own a gas engined boat.
I do like Buster's explanation about why they are screwing with diesel prices. Yup, diesel is the fuel of all commerce. Gasoline is for toys.

 

[captddis]

3.82 for diesel off the truck today.

 

[Brian Degulis]

It's going to hurt boating that's for sure,especially folks that want to go fast.

In my trucking and mulch operation,I've been charging my customers a fuel surcharge for over a year now and this week as fuel rose to $4.30 the surcharge rose to 20% of the invoice.Goodbye cheap transportation costs.

Gasoline is the majician's left hand that everyone is watching here,while the oil companies strangle the global economy with absurd diesel fuel prices.

Consider this......We all can cut back the use of gasoline,but global diesel fuel use is a static number. Diesel fuel use can not be conserved. It is the fuel of the World's Economy and they want control of it now.

That's true but I'll take it a step further. Recent years have seen the electronic diesel develop they are now much more efficient quieter more powerful and cleaner. If diesel was being sold at a competitive price the diesel car would be a very good option to save fuel. That thinking goes right out the window if the cost of diesel is running 60-70 cents higher than reg gas. Maybe I'm just cynical but I think it's all a plan.

Brian

 

[bobk]

Now, if only I could get use to going trawler speed!

Mark

All you have to do to get used to trawler speeds is to continually recite the mantra 'quart,quart,quart,gallon' as you run on plane. Then at 8 knots you say q.u.a.r.t...q.u.a.r.t...q.u.a.r.t...g.a.l.l.o.n' The keels on our boats make them ideal candidates to slow down. Much quieter too.

We just filled her with 344 gal for a 7 day 440 mile run, anchoring and cooking on the genny all the way. That's pain I can manage.

Bob
Chateau de Mer
1980 48MY Series I
5.5 gph at 1000 rpm, 8 kts.

 

[Trojan]

I just read that gas in Caracas Venezuela is $0.12 per gallon. Don't that frost your kester.

Bill

 

[MikeP]

Last year someone on this site reported that it was $.18/gal there. Good to see it going down!

 

[whaler23]

Here's a few more:

Gas prices around the world:


The main factor in price disparities between countries is government policy, according to AirInc, a company that tracks the cost of living in various places around the world. Many European nations tax gasoline heavily, with taxes making up as much as 75 percent of the cost of a gallon of gasoline, said a spokesperson for AirInc.

In a few Latin America and Middle-East nations, such as Venezuela and Saudi Arabia, oil is produced by a government-owned company and local gasoline prices are kept low as a benefit to the nation's citizens, he said. All prices updated March, 2005.

Nation City Price in USD Regular/Gallon
Netherlands Amsterdam $6.48
Norway Oslo $6.27
Italy Milan $5.96
Denmark Copenhagen $5.93
Belgium Brussels $5.91
Sweden Stockholm $5.80
United Kingdom London $5.79
Germany Frankfurt $5.57
France Paris $5.54
Portugal Lisbon $5.35
Hungary Budapest $4.94
Luxembourg $4.82
Croatia Zagreb $4.81
Ireland Dublin $4.78
Switzerland Geneva $4.74
Spain Madrid $4.55
Japan Tokyo $4.24
Czech Republic Prague $4.19
Romania Bucharest $4.09
Andorra $4.08
Estonia Tallinn $3.62
Bulgaria Sofia $3.52
Brazil Brasilia $3.12
Cuba Havana $3.03
Taiwan Taipei $2.84
Lebanon Beirut $2.63
South Africa Johannesburg $2.62
Nicaragua Managua $2.61
Panama Panama City $2.19
Russia Moscow $2.10
Puerto Rico San Juan $1.74
Saudi Arabia Riyadh $0.91
Kuwait Kuwait City $0.78
Egypt Cairo $0.65
Nigeria Lagos $0.38
Venezuela Caracas $0.12

Source: air-inc.com

 

[MikeP]

Hows come it's 1.74 in Puerto Rico? I thought they was Us!