Diesel Prices Are Going Up Really Fast

[Neal]

Self: what are you going to do? Sit in your living room the rest of your life waiting for fuel prices to come down?
Self: You always try to look back when your 90 years old at your regrets to avoid them now. Would not traveling and seeing the sites be one of them?

 

[Jim]

Self: what are you going to do? Sit in your living room the rest of your life waiting for fuel prices to come down?
Self: You always try to look back when your 90 years old at your regrets to avoid them now. Would not traveling and seeing the sites be one of them?

Yep, but these fuel prices certainly separate the men from the boys, don't they?

 

[Neal]

Yep, but these fuel prices certainly separate the men from the boys, don't they?

No. "Real RVers" - remember?

 

["EZ"]

Yep, but these fuel prices certainly separate the men from the boys, don't they?

Suck it up Buttercup!!! Go big or go home!! Get that roll of Fiddy's out 'cho pocket and pay the Man!!!

 

[Rich W.]

As expensive as it is (and its probably going to get worse) its still my preference for travel. I dont like public transit, airports, hotels, or resurtaunts. Had enough of that. Done with cruise ships too. So this is it for me regardless of the cost, although those runs to the coast or desert for a few days are becoming more uncommon.

This summer, if all goes well in other arenas, I’ll be spending a couple months on the road and probably over $5,000 in fuel alone. Probably twice that overall. But its still a bargain compared to that length of time traveling in some other manner, and I have my own little abode to enjoy wherever I want.

But at nearly $1/mile, Ill probably choose a more direct route than usual, more interstates (oh well…..), drive slower, and get a bit more obsessive about calculating mph. Probably run with the trans in economy mode too just to see if it actually helps. At least I wont be in a hurry.

 

[sanda]

Not to be the bearer of gloom and doom, but if current trends continue, I don't see anyway around it.

I sold my MH because prices were high, thinking I would buy a newer/better one when the demand returned to normal. I expect that glut to come sooner than later now. Problem is, doubt I'll be wanting one when that time comes.

No fun having a MH that I can't afford to go drive anywhere.

These fuel prices are hurting pretty bad but when we park the RV because of it we are doing just what they want us to do. Sit at home and die. With inflation at 8.5+% if we have any money in the bank it is disappearing at a fast rate. I tell the kids when I'm dead don't expect a lot of money but they will have a heck of a garage sale. And I don't care about being the richest guy in the graveyard. Hopefully things will improve in a couple of years.

 

[Scooterfan]

Yup...couldn't agree more. Just take dep breaths when filling up then forget about it Our mode of fun just costs more these days. Just don't forget who got us here in November. Funny...back in my boating days I would think 2 gals per mile was pretty good...it's all just perspective. So one gal per 8-10 miles isn't so bad ! Blessings

 

[Jim]

Funny...back in my boating days I would think 2 gals per mile was pretty good...it's all just perspective.

Lord, do I remember those days. My 38' Carver drank 2 gallons per mile. Guess you can tell, it wasn't a diesel. Twin 454's drank gas like crazy! But it was fun.

 

[“Grover” Cleveland]

Life isn't going to wait and we don't know when this will end. Could it be the new normal? Who knows, it all depends on future events like past events. It sure makes you think twice about leisure activities but you have to keep living. AvGas for my plane has risen horrendously, in some places it's 8-10/gal now. Yesterday I filled up at 6.88/gal. It used to be below 5. I filled my Chevy Colorado up, a measly 18 gals for around $78. While most of us here can endure this, many are paralyzed from it and cannot. Imagine those on social security such as my mother trying to pay bills, buy groceries, etc. I'm not the one that needs to worry, others do and that's what I worry about.

 

[GypsyR]

The current actual main issue seems to be refineries. Refineries are hugely complex beasts. Some are running at reduced capacity or shut because of working issues. One had a fire I believe. Another big problem is that one big one got damaged from a hurricane a while back. It was estimated it would take over a billion dollars to get it back up and running correctly. The oil company basically abandoned it. Because....an expenditure like that has to amortized over like 20-30 years. The company, not being blind to current events, sees that people are buying more and more Lightnings, Teslas, and such and figure that gasoline is a dwindling market. Would they even need that refinery in another 20 years? So repairing it would likely be a loss. The kind of thing stockholders REALLY don't like. Businesses are in business to make a profit, duh. So I sure as heck don't have an answer to that one. So we're permanently short one big refinery. Oh, "BIG" refinery I should say. That's one contributing problem.