So whats the price of gas in your area today?

[Strazos]

SUV and truck owners....I am laughing at how much filling their tanks must be costing.

Though hybrid people are laughing at everyone else.

And those people who run on vegetable oil conversion kit diesel cars? They probably hardly noticed.

[Nebu]

Though hybrid people are laughing at everyone else.

And those people who run on vegetable oil conversion kit diesel cars? They probably hardly noticed.

Don't forget those of us smart enough to live walking/cycling distance from work!

[Rasix]

Don't forget those of us smart enough to live walking/cycling distance from work!

Too bad where I work is not in an area I'd like to live.  Hooray for the 45 minute commute! Of course, thanks to my laptop, it's only done 4 days a week.

[Pococurante]

Diesel FTW - long after we become the fast-food vassal of China Corp I'll still be able to top off my tank with eggroll grease!

[Yegolev]

SUV and truck owners....I am laughing at how much filling their tanks must be costing.

$63 last time.  I fill up once a week.  The gas tax is going to come back soon.  Sucks.

[eldaec]

89 pence per litre.

We don't do gallons over here anymore, as the numbers won't all fit on the price boards. Hurrumpf.

Anyway, turns out that is the equivalent of $5.93 for each of your crazy american gallons.

[Signe]

89 pence per litre.

We don't do gallons over here anymore, as the numbers won't all fit on the price boards. Hurrumpf.

Anyway, turns out that is the equivalent of $5.93 for each of your crazy american gallons.

The US is catching up.  The last time we bought petrol in the UK it was more than four times the price, I think.  Go USA Go!

[Pococurante]

Anyway, turns out that is the equivalent of $5.93 for each of your crazy american gallons.

Hey give us a break.  A few decades ago it was a few pecks per paw.  Toss in a few handfulls of millet to be sure.

Got a pigeon in change?

[Polysorbate80]

And those people who run on vegetable oil conversion kit diesel cars? They probably hardly noticed.

Biodiesel in bulk costs ~$3 per gallon to produce; it's only in the last few weeks that it's actually become cheaper than regular diesel.

It's easy and relatively cheap (20-50 cents per gallon) to produce from vegetable oil or animal fat, but obtaining feedstock is the spendy part.  For small quantities the cheapest source is probably something like used fryer oil from a fast food place like McDonalds, who'd be happy to have you take it off their hands, but you'll need to filter it real good.

[Murgos]

And those people who run on vegetable oil conversion kit diesel cars? They probably hardly noticed.

Biodiesel in bulk costs ~$3 per gallon to produce; it's only in the last few weeks that it's actually become cheaper than regular diesel.

It's easy and relatively cheap (20-50 cents per gallon) to produce from vegetable oil or animal fat, but obtaining feedstock is the spendy part.  For small quantities the cheapest source is probably something like used fryer oil from a fast food place like McDonalds, who'd be happy to have you take it off their hands, but you'll need to filter it real good.

A guy I work with makes his own bio-diesel from fast food grease, he says it costs him about 75-80 cents a gallon overall to make the bio-diesel.

Edit:  Also costs him a good chunk of a weekend every month or two, so factor that in too.

[Polysorbate80]

Yeah, disposing of that kind of stuff is a minor hassle for fast food restaurants anyway, so if you can get hold of it it's gonna be dirt cheap (assuming they charge you at all for it), but you likely won't get enough for more than personal use.

Should factor in the highway tax on that fuel as well; I don't know about your state but here in Idaho it's somewhere around 25 cents per gallon--you're required to report how many gallons you use driving on public roads and pay the tax on it (off-road use requires no payment).  Ordinarily it's included in the cost of fuel you buy at the pump.

*edit - what's up with the wierd text butchering happening on the boards??

[Murgos]

I'll ask the guy about taxes but I think I recall him saying something about there being a certain amount you have to make before you have to report it in Florida.

[schild]

*edit - what's up with the wierd text butchering happening on the boards??

Explain?

[Merusk]

Sometimes, particularly in Firefox, you'll get 2 posts  that run into each other.  Biggest symptom is an avatar over the avatar spot directly below it.  If I see it again I'll get a SS.  I figured it's just a random glitch, refreshing corrects the thread about half of the time.

[Llava]

Sometimes, particularly in Firefox, you'll get 2 posts  that run into each other.  Biggest symptom is an avatar over the avatar spot directly below it.  If I see it again I'll get a SS.  I figured it's just a random glitch, refreshing corrects the thread about half of the time.

Also witnessed, though refreshing has always fixed it for me.

I just attributed it to Firefox's typical wonkiness.  There's a reason lots of web designers hate it.

[Merusk]

Sometimes, particularly in Firefox, you'll get 2 posts  that run into each other.  Biggest symptom is an avatar over the avatar spot directly below it.  If I see it again I'll get a SS.  I figured it's just a random glitch, refreshing corrects the thread about half of the time.

Also witnessed, though refreshing has always fixed it for me.

I just attributed it to Firefox's typical wonkiness.  There's a reason lots of web designers hate it.

Well I'd attribute it fully to Firefox if I didn't get it at work sometimes as well.  Can't install alternative browsers there because so many of the internal programs are web-based, so I'm forced to use IE.

[Sky]

We're moving from Firefox to Shiira here at the library. Firefox jumped the shark, very buggy and crash-prone lately.

[Polysorbate80]

*edit - what's up with the wierd text butchering happening on the boards??

Explain?

Well, I use Internut Exploder, not Firefox, but I kept getting a lot of posts with extra (or missing) words last time I logged in. For instance, on that last post I made, it showed as missing about half a sentence until I made the edit.

I looked at some of the threads that were funky for me yesterday, but they look normal today.  Go figure.

[Toast]

Firefox and Adobe Acrobat piss me off when I have the misfortune of clicking on a .PDF. Instant freez-omatic. I'm trying Opera now.

[Pococurante]

I use IE exclusively.  Never seen a problem here.

[Sky]

Fwiw, I use Safari to browse this site and it's rendering fine.

Sometimes I get a wierd thing with 'jump to newest post' toward the end of the week, but by monday, it's fixed itself. Probably a cache thing, dunno. No biggie.

[MrHat]

Sigh, my little fuel light came on.

*grumble*

[Pococurante]

Don't run your tank near empty - over time it will build up permanent moisture in the tank and it puts serious stress on your fuel pump.  I make a point of never dropping below a quarter for these reasons but also diesel is not all that common in the local suburbia.

[MrHat]

Don't run your tank near empty - over time it will build up permanent moisture in the tank and it puts serious stress on your fuel pump.  I make a point of never dropping below a quarter for these reasons but also diesel is not all that common in the local suburbia.

Dammit.  Thanks.

[Pococurante]

Thank these guys.  Anything I know about cars comes from their show.



One of the high points in my life was being trapped by a city-closing blizzard in old Boston with the lady who is now my wife - we had the whole town to ourselves pretty much and walked everywhere including a fun snowball fight in the Commons.  While walking across the Harvard Square we looked up to see that window looking much like the picture.  Well without the whacky ex-hippy mechanics from MIT.

[Polysorbate80]

And especially keep your tank full when travelling long distances at night :P  My wife has never learned this one.

[Righ]

There was a time when if you bought a flatbed scanner you weould get a 'free copy' of Photoshop. I remember when dealers started selling Photoshop with the bonus of a 'free scanner'. I think cars and tanks of gas are headed for that sort of promotional switcheroo.

[TheWalrus]

Don't run your tank near empty - over time it will build up permanent moisture in the tank and it puts serious stress on your fuel pump. I make a point of never dropping below a quarter for these reasons but also diesel is not all that common in the local suburbia.

Yet another reason, heat. Heat is the enemy of anything electrical or mechanical as we all know. Gas cools the pump, and if you continually run your car low on fuel, you significantly shorten the life of the pump.

[HaemishM]

Regular unleaded is at $2.99 here now. Fuck.