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Old 01-11-2015, 06:26 PM
 
Location: Calexico, California
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Riceme. yeah that's pretty much what I was thinking also. I guess I will find out soon enough!! Hows everything going up at the top of the world anyways? gas and diesel have dropped pretty good here, saw diesel for 2.99 a gallon yesterday while out riding around.
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Old 01-11-2015, 06:51 PM
 
Location: Interior Alaska
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WOW, diesel is $2.99/gal?? I thought it went up again in California on Jan 1st... or maybe it was just another new regulation... clearly I've lost my scorecard with California and diesel fuel.

Things are good up here, depending on whether or not you're in O&G I guess. Gasoline was $2.96/gal and diesel #2 $3.45/gal at Safeway this morning. Some are saying crude could fall to $20/barrel... I don't know about you, but I would gladly skip the savings on my wallet so guys could keep their jobs.

Rockets and feathers!
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Old 01-11-2015, 07:42 PM
 
Location: Calexico, California
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The drop in oil price wont last forever.! Nothing ever does last forever!!! if its at 3.45 and 2.96 now what was it at??
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Old 01-11-2015, 07:51 PM
 
Location: Interior Alaska
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This time last year gasoline was about $3.80/gallon and diesel was about $4/gallon.
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Old 01-11-2015, 08:03 PM
 
Location: Back and Beyond
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My friends posted pictures of $1.50 gas in Colorado. 85 octane though.
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Old 01-11-2015, 08:05 PM
 
Location: Interior Alaska
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my friends posted pictures of $1.50 gas in colorado. 85 octane though.

road trippppp!!!
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Old 01-12-2015, 06:00 AM
 
Location: The Woods
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The current low price and supply can't be sustained long term so oil prices will go back up within a year or two I suspect, bringing back/preventing the loss of oil jobs and hopefully discouraging the politicians from creating new taxes.
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Old 01-12-2015, 09:37 AM
 
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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My friends posted pictures of $1.50 gas in Colorado. 85 octane though.
85 octane at the altitude in colorado works the same as 87 octane at sea level.
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Old 01-12-2015, 09:39 AM
 
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^ I did not know that... I did always wonder why they only sold 85 in colorado and not other places. Thanks for the info. It sure is a lot cheaper
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Old 01-12-2015, 10:32 AM
 
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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^ I did not know that... I did always wonder why they only sold 85 in colorado and not other places. Thanks for the info. It sure is a lot cheaper
np, I was wondering the same thing when I first moved to Colorado and this is basically what I was told:

Octane is the ability of a fuel to resist knock, and high-compression engines tend to knock more. The obverse of that is that lower-compression engines can run on lower-octane gas. Air is thinner the higher above sea level you go. Less air going into the cylinders means less pressure at top dead center when things go bang. It's a lot like lowering the compression ratio in the engine, reducing the need for high octane. Cars will run just fine on lower-octane fuel when they're well above sea level such as most places in Colorado.
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