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The gas and electric prices are one of the reasons we've currently had a wood burner fitted in the house. Free wood from work, as much as I can collect, means at least we're heating the house at no cost whatsoever.
That's great.I am definitely going to be converting my heating system to natural gas.I should have done so years ago but I've just been putting it off.
3 days ago, 91 octane was $5.59.9/ us gal
My bud in Italy is paying over $8
Diesel was 10 cents more than 91 here.
My bud in So of Russia is paying $1.80-$2.00 at the current exchange rate 2 days ago. Our minimum wage is $15 and their’s is two dollars.
I have to go to the store, so we will see how much gas is today.
The part of California where I live has the highest gas prices except for San Francisco or downtown Sacramento. They’re shipping Russian oil to California because it’s cheaper than shipping Texas oil to California.
It’s big shipping companies that are fighting these pipelines. They go out and get a bunch of Native Americans riled up and the next thing you know we’re shipping oil around in trucks, and paying an extra dollar.
My bud in Italy is paying over $8
Diesel was 10 cents more than 91 here.
My bud in So of Russia is paying $1.80-$2.00 at the current exchange rate 2 days ago. Our minimum wage is $15 and their’s is two dollars.
I have to go to the store, so we will see how much gas is today.
The part of California where I live has the highest gas prices except for San Francisco or downtown Sacramento. They’re shipping Russian oil to California because it’s cheaper than shipping Texas oil to California.
It’s big shipping companies that are fighting these pipelines. They go out and get a bunch of Native Americans riled up and the next thing you know we’re shipping oil around in trucks, and paying an extra dollar.
91 octane and diesel were at $5.79.9 today.
Cheapest local gas (in cash) $5.29.9 but I could get it cheaper in Fresno, about 5 miles away.
My understanding is that there is a maritime shipping regulation designed to stop coastal smuggling back when they started the Coast Guard, and it does not allow ships of certain size to go from American port to American port without stopping at a foreign port in between.
I don’t know why this still exists, but it means that oil from the gulf coast has to go across the country by rail or truck, which is expensive.
Also there is a certain amount of sulfur allowed in oil, and we are pumping much sweet crude, with low sulfur content. They are shipping Russian sour crude here, to dilute it up to the maximum amount sulfur permitted by law. This saves the oil refiners a lot of money.
Please don’t quote me on any regulations regarding maritime laws and procedures. Most of what I know comes from a World War II navy manual I read from the age of six.
I don’t know what the shipping situation is right now, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there are several full tankers sitting off the shores of San Diego right now, waiting to pump oil out.
So last year we bought almost 700,000 barrels of Russian crude oil. We also bought oil from Venezuela and other disreputable places like Saudi Arabia.
Because oil from OPEC countries must be purchased using US dollars, according to a protectionist scheme devised in the 70s, there is a lot of criminal activity involving the situation.
Now imagine if you were supposed to be paying in US dollars, but because you managed to bribe some diplomats with a money problem, you were able to arrange an exchange contract where the oil you bought didn’t come from an OPEC source but instead from a middleman. Who paid for it with drug money, in dollars, to his brother-in-law in Equatorial South America.
You purchase the oil from them in Elbonian Pierzynski’s or bitcoin. This is money laundering on a bazillion dollar scale.
Cheapest local gas (in cash) $5.29.9 but I could get it cheaper in Fresno, about 5 miles away.
My understanding is that there is a maritime shipping regulation designed to stop coastal smuggling back when they started the Coast Guard, and it does not allow ships of certain size to go from American port to American port without stopping at a foreign port in between.
I don’t know why this still exists, but it means that oil from the gulf coast has to go across the country by rail or truck, which is expensive.
Also there is a certain amount of sulfur allowed in oil, and we are pumping much sweet crude, with low sulfur content. They are shipping Russian sour crude here, to dilute it up to the maximum amount sulfur permitted by law. This saves the oil refiners a lot of money.
Please don’t quote me on any regulations regarding maritime laws and procedures. Most of what I know comes from a World War II navy manual I read from the age of six.
I don’t know what the shipping situation is right now, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there are several full tankers sitting off the shores of San Diego right now, waiting to pump oil out.
So last year we bought almost 700,000 barrels of Russian crude oil. We also bought oil from Venezuela and other disreputable places like Saudi Arabia.
Because oil from OPEC countries must be purchased using US dollars, according to a protectionist scheme devised in the 70s, there is a lot of criminal activity involving the situation.
Now imagine if you were supposed to be paying in US dollars, but because you managed to bribe some diplomats with a money problem, you were able to arrange an exchange contract where the oil you bought didn’t come from an OPEC source but instead from a middleman. Who paid for it with drug money, in dollars, to his brother-in-law in Equatorial South America.
You purchase the oil from them in Elbonian Pierzynski’s or bitcoin. This is money laundering on a bazillion dollar scale.
President Biden is banning Russian oil. Gasoline prices will rise but the right thing to do imo. Hopefully other European countries will follow do the same.
Hello; I do get the sentiment behind those who support the gesture. The death and destruction is hard to watch and hear about. That being the case i do think the gesture will have little to no effect on Russia. China and perhaps some others will buy the oil we leave on the table while we pay more for oil we scramble to get from Venezuela.
There is an adherence to the "green energy" agenda being used in what likely is the "never let a crisis go to waste" theme we all know well. The USA has fossil fuel energy reserves enough to have kept us from begging to Venezuela. These reserves are being shut in or not used due to policy. It was made clear that policy yesterday that restrictive policy against expanding use of our own oil will continue.
There is more in play than just the invasion disaster for Ukraine. As is the usual schemes are going on.
