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I don't want this to become political....just did some quick math on the price of gas and inflation. When I got out of college in 79 gas was about $1.00 a gallon. That same dollar today has the buying power of about $3.56, or about twice what a gallon of gas is around here now. That means that gas at $1.80 is about the equivalent of $.50 cents in 79....or about $.42 in 77. In 77 I was paying about .50 a gallon. So we are paying "less" for gas than in 77. So, for all us gas guys who have said, "I wish the price of gas is the same as I have found displayed on old pumps"....we are about there. My son is a petroleum engineer in the Baaken in North Dakota. Lots of wells have been "shut-in. Storage is maxed out, people aren't driving as much and the oil wars in the Middle East...lots of lost jobs in the US and Canada.....
Alex Looking for Texaco and Power Gasoline items
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I remember “gas lines” in the late 70s. We lived in Argentina for a few years and saw gas lines there. This is of courses is the opposite effect. There was an article on Fox News where the author spoke of the possible demise of one or more gas companies in this mess we are in. These are, without a doubt, unusual times we are living in.
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Just hit $2.50..... We didn't have much for lines at the stations in Montana...but, it sure wiped out a bunch of as stations that provided full service and mechanical service.
Alex Looking for Texaco and Power Gasoline items
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Alex Looking for Texaco and Power Gasoline items
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I have the same sign , Mine is 34 and 38 Cents , Gas pump is still set on 28 Cents, The oil lubester is 25 Cents per Quart .
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My memory of the good old 70s was I was one of those Shell dealers that was selling gasoline for $.42 a gallon and making $.03 per gallon or $.24 per 8 gallons (because every body bought 8 gallons so they could get the giveaway that I was also paying for). When the independents went to $.29 a gallon and we dropped our price I was making only $.01 per gallon and the customers still expected us to clean their windshield, check the air in the tires and give them that glass.
Not the days I like to be reminded of.
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Author, 1st & 2nd editions of Gas Pump ID book, 3rd edition is now available at www.gaspumpbible.comAir Meter ID book also available
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.90..... Back in the 90s I was working with a medium sized (for Montana) oil and gas distributor and they told me they made more profit from the 32 ounce pop/soda dispenser in the convenience store than they did from a full ank of gas....
Alex Looking for Texaco and Power Gasoline items
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Sid: I may have to raise my prices.....LOL
Alex Looking for Texaco and Power Gasoline items
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It's hard to believe that these same gas companies that were making BILLIONS in profits back in the great recession in 2008-2010 didn't hoard some of that cash to cover times like this. Anyone in that industry knows it's very cyclical....high highs and really low lows.
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Gas has been around $1.19 in the Hillsdale, MI area lately.....almost down to the .95 cents a gallon I paid in high school in the early 90's. I think occasionally it was in the higher .80 cents per gallon back then too...I just know my $20 weekly allowance bought a tank of gas in my Olds Cutlass Supreme and some food at McD's. Darin
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Negative $35.....We should all remember this day...and in 20 years we can say, "Remember when...?" And I will say, "Remember what?"....I sent a negative oi headline to my petroleum engineer son and suggested he print ig and frame it for his office so when he is my age he can tell the new engineers about "back in the day." Hang in there everyone....
Alex Looking for Texaco and Power Gasoline items
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Down to $13 a barrel, internationally, today! Hopefully we see sub-$1 per gallon around here, even with the $.54 cents per gallon Washington tax...
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News has it that all the tankers are full, the oil farms, the national reserve. Now where do they put it.
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News has it that all the tankers are full, the oil farms, the national reserve. Now where do they put it. I heard that too. Gas refineries want to buy buy buy (cheap) for their future reserves, but no where to put it. I just paid $1.79 for gas, but I think it was $1.54 a few days ago.
-Steve B. (WTB: 48" Flying A button, 48" black/org Phillips 66, White Star, and Chevrolet Signs. Also looking for a Wayne 866. Send a PM. Thanks.)
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Gas is 1.33 In Nashville,Tn. today
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