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Hunkering down for winter ... how about your truck?
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Retired Construction Worker
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I topped off my gas tank in eastern Oregon while camping this past week and it was $5.71 a gallon for leaded gas . Makes one kinda wonder if owning a truck that is used to non corn gas is going to be a burden on owning and enjoying and maybe even sitting due to no more gas for it . I will just wait and see...............cause I am not sellling at this point..just complaining with the rest of ya that are.
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Workshop Owner
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Do you mean unleaded without Ethanol? I didn't think leaded gas is available anymore.
John
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Do you mean unleaded without Ethanol? I didn't think leaded gas is available anymore. Yes thx for clarifying ,,
John
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No help here but isn't aircraft gasoline still leaded? 110 octane or something like that? I know a guy who uses it in his classic racing boat.
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Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums
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Saw a news story that gas prices were up on the west coast because the refineries were shutting down for maintenance. Creates a shortage of gasoline and drives the price up. Nice of them to all do that at the same time. 
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Grease Monkey, Moderator General Truck Talk & Greasy Spoon and HiPo Forum
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Refineries are switching from Summer blend to Winter blend which always raises the prices. Now that OPEC is cutting back production the prices will stay up. Too bad we, as a nation, can’t figure out how to supply our own! 
Martin
'62 Chevy C-10 Stepside Shortbed (Restomod in progress)
'47 Chevy 3100 5 Window (long term project)
‘65 Chevy Biscayne 4dr 230 I-6 one owner (I’m #2) “Emily”
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I’m paying 2:09 $ for a litre of diesel for my work truck and 2:00 for premium 98 gasoline
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Too bad we, as a nation, can’t figure out how to supply our own! We produce more than we use now. There's no requirement for that production to be used domestically. The producers sell it to the highest buyer. It would be politically impossible for the government to put a domestic first requirement on oil production. https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/ame...meet-its-needs-so-why-do-we-import-crude
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Grease Monkey, Moderator General Truck Talk & Greasy Spoon and HiPo Forum
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Tiny, trying very hard not to get political on this issue. Sell all they want after domestic needs are met. It’s all based on greed. I’m out!
Martin
'62 Chevy C-10 Stepside Shortbed (Restomod in progress)
'47 Chevy 3100 5 Window (long term project)
‘65 Chevy Biscayne 4dr 230 I-6 one owner (I’m #2) “Emily”
‘39 Dodge Businessmans Coupe “Clarence”
"I fought the law and the law won" now I are a retired one!
Support those brave men/women who stand the "Thin Blue Line"! Hug a cop!
USAF 1965-1969 Weather Observation Tech (I got paid to look at the clouds)
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I couldn't agree more Martin. It IS all about greed. Requiring domestic production be sold domestically would require legislation that will never pass congress. "Government take over" and all that. It's almost impossible to even discuss it without it becoming a political discussion. Commodity prices are no longer based strictly on supply and demand according to a retired hedge fund manager I listened to. That is 100 percent a political discussion so if you want to hear about it you'll have to PM me.
Save a life, adopt a senior shelter pet.
The three main causes of blindness: Cataracts, Politics, Religion.
Name your dog Naked so you can walk Naked in the park.
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