Rex Franklin
RVF Regular
- Joined
- Nov 9, 2021
- Messages
- 9
When I was younger, I was told by reliable a source, gas station owner, that diesel fuel was a by- product of making gas for cars, and that is why it was cheaper than gas. For as long as I can remember, diesel fuel was always cheaper than gas. Spring ahead to the year 2010 or, so, and diesel prices prices started going up ! More large tractor trailers on the road moving our goods. Oil companies, go, we can make a lot more money if we raise the price of diesel fuel ! They have to buy it ! Trucks won’t run without it, and they have to move all of our goods. Price of everything goes up !!! The part I don’t understand, and it will never be fixed because the US would be involved, is; why has the Justice Department not looked into price gouging of the oil companies !! Remember, it never cost more than gas (by-product) but now it is more expensive than gas !! How did refining change so much, to make that large increase.
And while I’m at it, how about the fact that Price Fixing is going on with all these Oil companies. You can not tell me, that all the overhead, G&A, Direct expenses, manufacturing costs, & cost of money is exactly the same for every oil company . It must be, BECAUSE they all charge the same price for gas and diesel , within a penny of each other.
Where is our great government doing about this ? Oh, nothing, or, they would have done it years ago.
Yes, I know some of you are just going to say, I’m just some kind crackpot. Oh, well ! You keep on believing all the crap the Government us feeding us. I Don’t want to hear that it is because of Russia’s invasion. That’s BS. Let’s face it, OPEC fixes prices, so does the oil companies and we just have to bite the bullet, they don’t care.
I tow my Apex Nano (21’) with a Ford F-250 Diesel. Getting 14 miles to the gallon on the highway. This $5.50 a gallon for diesel fuel is out of this world. I live in Virginia Beach, Virginia. A year, eighteen months ago, I was paying $2.50 for diesel fuel. The gas and diesel hike can not be because of Russia and their actions.
Drive careful out there !!
Be kind, be safe, take care of each other.
Rex
And while I’m at it, how about the fact that Price Fixing is going on with all these Oil companies. You can not tell me, that all the overhead, G&A, Direct expenses, manufacturing costs, & cost of money is exactly the same for every oil company . It must be, BECAUSE they all charge the same price for gas and diesel , within a penny of each other.
Where is our great government doing about this ? Oh, nothing, or, they would have done it years ago.
Yes, I know some of you are just going to say, I’m just some kind crackpot. Oh, well ! You keep on believing all the crap the Government us feeding us. I Don’t want to hear that it is because of Russia’s invasion. That’s BS. Let’s face it, OPEC fixes prices, so does the oil companies and we just have to bite the bullet, they don’t care.
I tow my Apex Nano (21’) with a Ford F-250 Diesel. Getting 14 miles to the gallon on the highway. This $5.50 a gallon for diesel fuel is out of this world. I live in Virginia Beach, Virginia. A year, eighteen months ago, I was paying $2.50 for diesel fuel. The gas and diesel hike can not be because of Russia and their actions.
Drive careful out there !!
Be kind, be safe, take care of each other.
Rex