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Totally OT: Gas prices
TJ:
I haven't owned a vehicle since '91. But, I have bought gas for other people a lot since them.
That cartoon above reminded me when I lived in NE Missouri where I was teaching in 69-70 and I made a trip back to Tulsa, Oklahoma once a month. Tulsa has two refineries and in those days.
There was a gas war going on in the Missouri Ozarks and I found it interesting that could buy gas for 5 to 10 cents a gallon cheaper than the very same brands which were from the same Tulsa refineries. I got it for 20-22 cents a gallon then.
DecaturTxCowboy:
--- Quote from: CoyotePiper on April 25, 2006, 09:14:36 pm ---BTW, in the Mountain states regular gas is 85 octane not 87. I guess at 6000 ft and more above sea level a car doesn't need 87 octane anymore.
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At reduced atmospheric pressure, gasoline burns with a lower velocity flame front, therefore you don't need as much ignition retardants. The higher the octane, the less explosive the fuel.
JennyC:
What was the gas price for the memorial weekend?
I had to fill up my tank at $3.65 per gallon in a small town, Cambria, along Highway 1.
nakymaton:
I don't think they are actively producing oil in Colorado any more. (Natural gas, yes, from coalbed methane, both down around Durango and up near Rifle. I don't think the Denver basin is actively producing any more, though. I could be wrong, though... I'm not in the industry.)
I think they're producing in western Wyoming again, though. (They found that oil late in the boom, I think.) And there's a new find in eastern Utah, too. They're refining the oil in Salt Lake City, I think. At least, that's the reason I've heard for the lower gasoline prices up there.
slayers_creek_oth:
--- Quote from: nakymaton on May 30, 2006, 02:05:05 pm ---It's been $2.93 at the cheapest in SW Colorado. It didn't change over the weekend, despite being a tourist area at the beginning of the summer season.
I don't think they are actively producing oil in Colorado any more. (Natural gas, yes, from coalbed methane, both down around Durango and up near Rifle. I don't think the Denver basin is actively producing any more, though. I could be wrong, though... I'm not in the industry.)
I think they're producing in western Wyoming again, though. (They found that oil late in the boom, I think.) And there's a new find in eastern Utah, too. They're refining the oil in Salt Lake City, I think. At least, that's the reason I've heard for the lower gasoline prices up there.
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Gas prices aren't any lower in SLC....ridiculous!
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