Gas prices

[elSicomoro]

$2.699 at the local QT. I've found new routes to reduce the amount of miles I'm driving, while not wasting extra time. I'm down to just under 2 tanks of gas a week now.

[fargon]

It only cost me $102.65 to fill my truck today, yeah.

[theotherguy]

Holy crap! That must be a huge truck.

[TheMercenary]

I put about $70 twice a week in my truck. Wife fills up one time a week, daughter more frequently, son more frequently.

[HungLikeJesus]

I use about 11 gallons a month in the Insight.

[tw]

Relevant cost is dollars per mile. For example, I see the naive lining up in the WaWa and Hess for cheaper gas that only costs them more money.

Just did my last tank that I expected to be a little better. Gas was $0.086 per mile. I was expecting more like $0.079 per mile. Gas mileage since ethanol has been noticeably lower compared to last year.

Amazing how people complain when gas is so cheap.

[Undertoad]

Don't forget to buy at cool night or morning, instead of during the hot day, when some kind of thermal expansion means you get less gas per each gallon you bought.

[elSicomoro]

Amount of $ I make per mile
April: $1.80
May: $1.79
June: $1.82

Cost of gas per mile (estimate)
April: $0.225
May: $0.277
June: $0.242

[HungLikeJesus]

sycamore -- are you only getting 13 mpg?

[elSicomoro]

That's about right...keep in mind, I deliver pizzas in a city for a living.

[HungLikeJesus]

You need one of these pizza delivery scooters.

Sorry, I don't know how to imbed a YouTube video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3awQoP-bMck

[LabRat]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Don't forget to buy at cool night or morning, instead of during the hot day, when some kind of thermal expansion means you get less gas per each gallon you bought.

I've heard that, but believe it to be a bunch of hooey. Aren't the holding tanks well underground? I doubt that the temp at that depth changes much. I mean, most caves around here are a constant temp for that reason. (OK, the caves are closer to the Mississippi, but whatever)

Someone have any Snopey type info to back me up?



Oh, I forgot to add, gas last night on the way to the pool $2.85. On the way home 1.5 hrs later, $2.99. Hayzeus.

[Urbane Guerrilla]

This past week, we in SoCal were pleased to see it going below three bucks the gallon. We are dealing with the special California blends, though, intended to reduce smog in the Los Angeles valley.

And ethanol doesn't make as energy-dense a fuel as gasoline anyway -- mileage will always slump.

[tw]

Originally Posted by LabRat

Someone have any Snopey type info to back me up?

Energy content of gasoline varies significantly just with different blends. Reynold number alone varies signficantly between winter and summer.

Problem with all these claims about colder or warmer gas - no numbers. Suggests junk science reasoning.

Prices vary even with season far more than the energy content in a gallon of gas due to temperature. If less energy in a summer gallon, well just another reason why that gallon costs a little less.

Meanwhile, how many people care? View the naive buying gas at discount stations (Sheets, Wawa, 7-11, Hess, etc) who therefore pay more for the gas - dollars per mile. Did they do the numbers? But again, so many just know; do not first do numbers. No numbers is how a junk scientist is created and promoted by the 'local gossip' (some call it the 5 o'clock news).

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by tw

... Did they do the numbers? But again, so many just know; do not first do numbers. ....

So where's the good shit at? And how do you know?

BTW, stuck at $2.61/gal for about a week in New Jersey, right across the bridge from Philadelphia.