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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / June 2008new gas prices just posted
As I drove down a local street I noticed that Reg gas was $1.83/gallon. A half hour later on the return trip it was $1.97. Kalamazoo Michigan.. just hope model fuel doesn`t spike like that. I was that high earlier this week up here in Flint, but I saw A Speedway station had the price back down to $1.75 today. Go Figure......... > As I drove down a local street I noticed that Reg gas was $1.83/gallon. A half > hour later on the return trip it was $1.97. Kalamazoo Michigan.. just hope > model fuel doesn`t spike like that. Check again Mike, Speedway raised prices to $1.97 here in the Detroit area this afternoon. I was that high earlier this week up here in Flint, but I saw A Speedway station had the price back down to $1.75 today. Go Figure......... SKYLANE42 wrote: > As I drove down a local street I noticed that Reg gas was $1.83/gallon. A half > hour later on the return trip it was $1.97. Kalamazoo Michigan.. just hope > model fuel doesn`t spike like that. Speedway is $1.669 here in GA! > Check again Mike, Speedway raised prices to $1.97 here in the Detroit area > this afternoon. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > hope > > model fuel doesn`t spike like that. Sheesh, in the UK it is $6.37 per gallon today. What is semi symmetrical? > As I drove down a local street I noticed that Reg gas was $1.83/gallon. A half > hour later on the return trip it was $1.97. Kalamazoo Michigan.. just hope > model fuel doesn`t spike like that. symmetrical is the same curvature on the top of the wing as the bottom.. mirror image. The bottom half of the airfoil is curved, but not as much as the top half. David >Sheesh, in the UK it is $6.37 per gallon today. >What is semi symmetrical? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >hope >> model fuel doesn`t spike like that. But it is impossible for anything to be semi-symmetrical. > The bottom half of the airfoil is curved, but not as much as the top > half. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >hope > >> model fuel doesn`t spike like that. > But it is impossible for anything to be semi-symmetrical. MM. Or almost right or nearly perfect. Yet we all know what it means... >>The bottom half of the airfoil is curved, but not as much as the top >>half. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >>> >>>>model fuel doesn`t spike like that. Here in sunny Calif, gas hasn't been below $2.00 in at least two months. Regular is $2.29, #2 diesel $2.39. > As I drove down a local street I noticed that Reg gas was $1.83/gallon. A half > hour later on the return trip it was $1.97. Kalamazoo Michigan.. just hope > model fuel doesn`t spike like that. The Speedway in Grand Blanc at the corner of Saginaw Street and Perry Road has Unleaded for $1.75 and Diesel for $1.69. Wiz > Here in sunny Calif, gas hasn't been below $2.00 in at least two months. > Regular is $2.29, #2 diesel $2.39. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >>model fuel doesn`t spike like that. On 5/4/2004 2:10 PM Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these great (and sometimes not so great) words of knowledge: Up here in Baltic, Connecticut gas price jumped from $1.79 to $1.84 on Monday and as of yesterday afternoon was $1.92 for regular. SHEESH !! 13 cents in 1 1/2 days. Indications are $2.00 PLUS by the end of the month. I wonder how upset the town fathers would get if got a horse ? > As I drove down a local street I noticed that Reg gas was $1.83/gallon. A half > hour later on the return trip it was $1.97. Kalamazoo Michigan.. just hope > model fuel doesn`t spike like that. You wanna REALLY upset them? Get a diesel car! Not only do you now get 50mpg but pollute more as well! Actually, modern diesels put out less CO than gas but more particulates. -- Paul McIntosh http://www.rc-bearings.com > On 5/4/2004 2:10 PM Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these great > (and sometimes not so great) words of knowledge: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > hour later on the return trip it was $1.97. Kalamazoo Michigan.. just hope > > model fuel doesn`t spike like that. $2.09 here in the Phoenix AZ area....but some are still at $1.99 - bu getting fewer and fewer as I type :( Jerr -- tailskid Been modeling since '49 - which makes me an Old Fart On 5/4/2004 2:10 PM Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these great (and sometimes not so great) words of knowledge: Latest gas price in Baltic, CT as of yesterday - $1.94 for regular. The horse is looking better and better :) > As I drove down a local street I noticed that Reg gas was $1.83/gallon. A half > hour later on the return trip it was $1.97. Kalamazoo Michigan.. just hope > model fuel doesn`t spike like that. > On 5/4/2004 2:10 PM Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these great > (and sometimes not so great) words of knowledge: > > Latest gas price in Baltic, CT as of yesterday - $1.94 for regular. The > horse is looking better and better :) Take it from me a Horse is way more expensive to operate especially at $4.25 per bail of hay (plus $20.00 a month in feed grain)! Try A bike? BTW if you want to see really HIGH prices then go on down to a marina and look at what they are getting per gallon! I almost had a heart attack when I saw the bill to fill up my tanks!And that was 12 days ago! Boy I do not even want to think what it will cost me around 4th of July. > On 5/4/2004 2:10 PM Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these great > (and sometimes not so great) words of knowledge: [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > hour later on the return trip it was $1.97. Kalamazoo Michigan.. just hope > > model fuel doesn`t spike like that. You should come to this side of the pond.... 80p / litre roughly £4 / Gallon. Not sure of the exchange rate just now but it's in the ballpark of $6 / Gallon. Welcome to the world of small engines ;-) This AM almost all the stations were at $2.15 or higher! Jerr -- tailskid Been modeling since '49 - which makes me an Old Fart > This AM almost all the stations were at $2.15 or higher! > > Jerry My wife works in the petroleum catalyst industry. She told me expect another round of gasoline price increases in July 05 because more stringent EPA requirements for sulphur reduction go into effect at this time. This means more refinery cost and higher pump prices to us. By the way gas hit $1.81 for 87 octane this morning in Houston, TX. I would prefer to breath a little dirty air and see prices come down, its time to roll back some EPA regulations. g > > This AM almost all the stations were at $2.15 or higher! > > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > regulations. > g Better still, convert to alcohol as much as we can. This would employ more of our farmers and reduce if not eliminate our dependencies on Arab oil. We could also sell alcohol to our "friends". Because of the resultant mass production of alcohol, might even see a drop in the price of model fuel. Let them eat their oil! We'll burn our wheat! I completely agree. There is no real reason we couldn't have at least a fair percentage of vehicles running on methanol. Only major problems come from moisture contamination in fuel systems. I don't think we would have enough growing space to completely do away with petroleum but it would go a long way. -- Paul McIntosh http://www.rc-bearings.com > > > This AM almost all the stations were at $2.15 or higher! > > > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Let them eat their oil! We'll burn our wheat! In model engines, diesel and gasoline burning engines seem to develop less horsepower, but tend to burn far less fuel. In a full-sized alcohol IC engine -(turbine or piston)- would you think that you would burn significantly more fuel than a petroleum engine? Alcohol burns darn clean and is renewable- I hope to see it as a primary fuel source too. Methanol is pretty cheap in technical grade; perhaps all that is needed for it to become economical is a way to dry it cheaply. > I completely agree. There is no real reason we couldn't have at least a > fair percentage of vehicles running on methanol. Only major problems come > from moisture contamination in fuel systems. > > I don't think we would have enough growing space to completely do away with > petroleum but it would go a long way. I thought alcohol fuels produced aldehydes on combustion ? not nice for our lungs ? CW >In model engines, diesel and gasoline burning engines seem to develop >less horsepower, but tend to burn far less fuel. In a full-sized [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> I don't think we would have enough growing space to completely do away with >> petroleum but it would go a long way. Ethanol is a very common "filler" for fuel in colder climates because it helps reduce pollution. -- Paul McIntosh http://www.rc-bearings.com > I thought alcohol fuels produced aldehydes on combustion ? not > nice for our lungs ? [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >> I don't think we would have enough growing space to completely do away with > >> petroleum but it would go a long way. > Ethanol is a very common "filler" for fuel in colder climates because it > helps reduce pollution. Mmm. It works as a fuel. It is less viscous than gasolene. It requires some engine retuning. It is bulk for bulk less efficient, but its a little lighrer. It aborbs water which gasoline does not. It burns with a clear flame, which gasolene does not. When I was in S Africa under embargo, and gas was scarce, they laced it with methanol - but only one the high veldt (5000 ft high). Its was a bit low octane for the sea level pressures. Engines would pink badly on it at sea level. It can be a very good fuel, but engines are not normally tiuned toi run it. The absorption of water is also a pain... > -- > Paul McIntosh [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > >>>>petroleum but it would go a long way. Boy if this price increase keeps up there are going to be a lot of fuel hogs sitting up on blocks. The current generation hasnt had to think twice before buying what they want and go where they want. I can remember gas rationing during WW2. The economy is too wound up. > Boy if this price increase keeps up there are going to be a lot of fuel > hogs sitting up on blocks. The current generation hasnt had to think > twice before buying what they want and go where they want. I can > remember gas rationing during WW2. The economy is too wound up. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3689365.stm This popped up under similar threads. Oh for the good old days -- Old Bo |
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