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$3.808/gal national average.But it's interesting to note that while crude has stayed (mostly) flat except for the last week, the wholesale and retail prices continue to climb.Any particular reason? Spring refinery outages, perhaps?
Seasonal blend changeover?ETA: Those evil rethuglican oil companies are doing it to make Obama look bad. /DU mode
There are actually TWO problems with your broad-brush statement above.......1. There are damn few farmers here in Missouri, or in Kansas, or Nebraska for that matter that are on the "Democrat reservation"........the vast majority of them (here it's around 70%) vote reliably Republican. I would be reluctant to lump farmers in with the unions.........2. Government subsidies are NOT given to farmers for growing corn for ethanol. The subsidies for ethanol are given to the manufacturers that produce the stuff from agricultural products, in a hapless attempt to make it competitive with gasoline (which it's not). Has ethanol use increased the prices that the farmer receives for his corn crop?.....hell yes, and that is all he is really interested in. The only Federal subsidy given to GRAIN farmers is for not growing anything (what used to be called the "soil bank"). The amount paid for this program is so paltry that the only land that ends up there is usually that which is unsuitable for production.There are small grants, and low interest loans available to grain farmers for terracing, and similiar land improvements for erosion control, as well as conservation projects like "wetlands" for wildlife preservation. These are no substitute for producing fields and free market prices.On our farm (totalling about 880 acres) we have 30 acres that we place in the "soil bank" because it lies in the flood plain of a nearby creek, and anything planted there frequently is lost in the spring. How much is our "subsidy" for that 30 acres? Last year we received a bit over $1500........which is about what we'd receive at current prices from one acre of productive land planted in corn.There ARE subsidies for organic farming, and other such liberal hippy crap, but generally farmers are only interested in maximizing their yield, and therefore their income, they are the penultimate capitalists.Dairy farming, and some types of meat production are subsidized to an extent.doc
If I get time later I will start a topic in either politics or general discussion and drop a link to address this further rather than reply on this thread.
$4.16 around here now.
There's a reason why patriotism is considered a conservative value. Watch a Tea Party rally and you'll see people proudly raising the American flag and showing pride in U.S. heroes such as Thomas Jefferson. Watch an OWS rally and you'll see people burning the American flag while showing pride in communist heroes such as Che Guevera. --Bob, from some news site
I just filled up on high test for 5.82.
Jeezus, what're you doin'? Buyin' avgas at 110 octane?
I believe that was the total of his fillup, not per gallon price. For his eco-vehicle.
It costs more than that to fill up a lawn mower.
pwned again!
He didn't say it was a completely empty tank.
It was sucking fumes.
How come you drove your truck?
A bunch of 20 year olds in high-powered cars. Soldiers like to speed up to 75-85 miles per hour on Jimmy Dyess Parkway that leads into Gate 1. My scooter only does about 62. I can't die on a scooter. Riding one is bad enough. I don't want to imagine the obituary.
Laugh all you want. I filled up for $5.82. ....but I had to drive to post to get my CAC card renewed after lunch and took the empty truck. Bought 4 gallons for 15 bucks. That ought to get me back home.
