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  • Re: Good grief, grocerie

    From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to Exodus on Sunday, September 20, 2026 19:42:00
    Exodus wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

    That said, diesel prices have been doing weird things for a while and I am sure why. I can remember when diesel was cheaper than gas/gallon, and "th were starting to encourage us to consider diesel vehicles. I cannot remem when that came to an abrupt end, but it did.

    I can ... 1999. Diesel jumped to $1.99 a gallon and my $40 fill up now became $80 for my 40 gallon tank on my truck. Gas was $1.17 still.
    Bought the Diesel in 1996 when Diesel was $.89 and Gas was $1.09. So
    go figure.

    Wow I actually didn't realize it was *that* long ago, but I knew it had
    been quite a while. Thanks for pin-pointing it!

    $.89, 1.09, and 1.17 sound like a dream now... heck, 1.99 sounds pretty
    damn good right about now. :D



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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to MRO on Sunday, September 20, 2026 19:43:00
    MRO wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

    "they" were starting to encourage us to consider diesel vehicles. I cannot remember when that came to an abrupt end, but it did.

    https://bettermarkets.org/newsroom/speculation-explains-more-about-oil-p rices-aNything-else/

    Speculators play games oil prices.

    Thanks. That should have been an obvious guess and comes as no surprise. :(




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  • From Exodus@VERT/PHARCYDE to Dumas Walker on Sunday, September 20, 2026 18:58:00
    $.89, 1.09, and 1.17 sound like a dream now... heck, 1.99 sounds pretty damn good right about now. :D

    Sad part is, $1.99 was right after I moved out. I ended up selling it and getting Mustang GT that I had for another 11 years.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Dumas Walker on Tuesday, September 22, 2026 06:52:00
    Re: Re: Good grief, grocerie
    By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Sun Sep 20 2026 07:43 pm

    MRO wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

    "they" were starting to encourage us to consider diesel vehicles. I cannot remember when that came to an abrupt end, but it did.

    https://bettermarkets.org/newsroom/speculation-explains-more-about-oil-p > MR> rices-aNything-else/

    Speculators play games oil prices.

    Thanks. That should have been an obvious guess and comes as no surprise. :( >

    I worked in the oil industry for almost 20 years.
    And when they say it's NOT the speculators, IT'S THE SPECULATORS!

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