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Tennessee gas prices exceed national average - Story from Morning Tennessean         


Author: Native Nashvillian
Date: Sep 17, 2008 02:25

FROM:
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080917/BUSINESS01/809170393&GID...

Tenn. gas prices exceed national average

By RANDY MCCLAIN
Business Editor
September 17, 2008

Oil prices extended their steep losses Tuesday, tumbling
below $92 a barrel as a worsening economy suggested that
U.S. energy demand will keep falling despite crude's
return to year-ago levels.

But you'd be hard-pressed to find relief at the pump in
Middle Tennessee, where prices rose to a record high of
nearly $4.09 a gallon on Tuesday, up 4 cents from Monday
and well above the national average of $3.85. Analysts
said the lingering effects of refinery outages along
the Gulf Coast took a toll on states that rely on
pipelines bringing fuel from coastal regions where
Hurricane Ike caused damage over the weekend.
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Re: Tennessee gas prices exceed national average - Story from Morning Tennessean         


Author: jakdedert
Date: Sep 17, 2008 09:01

Native Nashvillian wrote:


Was driving down West End yesterday--*searching* for gas--from 440 to
Centennial Park, the only station *with* gas (out of three) was
$4.69/gallon! My tank was low enough that I felt compelled to get some.
Four out of six of their pumps were shuttered....

Of course I didn't fill the 15 gallon tank on the van. $20 got me less
than a 1/3 full.

I remember the gas lines in '73...sort of like that.

jak
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Re: Tennessee gas prices exceed national average - Story from Morning Tennessean         


Author: Paul Stevens
Date: Sep 17, 2008 18:13

"jakdedert" bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> Native Nashvillian wrote:
>> FROM:
>> http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080917/BUSINESS01/809170393&GID...
>>
>> Tenn. gas prices exceed national average
>>
>
>
> Was driving down West End yesterday--*searching* for gas--from 440 to
> Centennial Park, the only station *with* gas (out of three) was
> $4.69/gallon! My tank was low enough that I felt compelled to get some.
> Four out of six of their pumps were shuttered....
>
> Of course I didn't fill the 15 gallon tank on the van. $20 got me less
> than a 1/3 full.
>
> I remember the gas lines in '73...sort of like that.
> ...
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Re: Tennessee gas prices exceed national average - Story from Morning Tennessean         


Author: Boston Blackie (happily ignored by KD the Merciless!)
Date: Sep 18, 2008 02:22

On 2008-09-17 20:13:38 -0500, "Paul Stevens" bellsouth.net> said:
> Yep, no reason anyone in the US should like economical diesel cars.

and, likewise, we don't like manual transmissions...

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wins and will try to intimidate any and all of the white folks they
meet. "
- [Beloved] Master Kent, Fear Monger for the Extreme Right

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both Farrakhan and the KKK have been stoking for decades."
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Re: Tennessee gas prices exceed national average - Story from Morning Tennessean         


Author: Paul Stevens
Date: Sep 18, 2008 15:52

"Cyrus Afzali" wrote in message
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> On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:13:38 -0500, "Paul Stevens"
> bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Somebody at work had a radio on during lunch, today. Among other
>>bits of news was that Ford now has a car that gets 65mpg, but won't be
>>selling it in the US. The reason? According to Ford, US car buyers
>>don't like diesel.
>
> The big issue with diesel is that no U.S. state that has adopted the
> California emissions standards allows the sale of diesel vehicles.
> Since those states account for a huge chunk of the nation's
> population, that really does put a crimp on their potential.

So we have California to blame for the smog producing gas guzzlers
from Detroit? Nice.
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Re: Tennessee gas prices exceed national average - Story from Morning Tennessean         


Author: Kent Finnell
Date: Sep 18, 2008 20:28

"Paul Stevens" bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> "Cyrus Afzali" wrote in message
> news:hgm4d4pjt9c8tbp3gsqjin9v9h7n5f1vka@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:13:38 -0500, "Paul Stevens"
>> bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Somebody at work had a radio on during lunch, today.
>>>Among other
>>>bits of news was that Ford now has a car that gets 65mpg,
>>>but won't be
>>>selling it in the US. The reason? According to Ford, US
>>>car buyers
>>>don't like diesel.
>>
>> The big issue with diesel is that no U.S. state that has
>> adopted the
>> California emissions standards allows the sale of diesel
>> vehicles. ...
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Re: Tennessee gas prices exceed national average - Story from Morning Tennessean         


Author: Paul Stevens
Date: Sep 19, 2008 02:59

"Kent Finnell" bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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>

.
>
> For example, Honda has two alternative fuel cars, one LPG and a Diesel.
> The LPG powered Civic is sold in California since it meets the state's
> standards. The Diesel Civic isn't. It can meet the state's standards,
> but not Honda's. U.S. Diesel fuel has a high sulfur content and would
> cause the Civic to be less reliable and less efficient than the Japanese
> model. Honda is working on the problem and may have a solution by 2010.
>
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