Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Don't blame you for trying on the extra LP purchase at $1.02. I'd have done the same.Honestly, I don't even look at the price I've been paying for fuel I just fill the tank when I need to. Last time I payed attention to diesel I think it was about $3.35 here probably a month ago. If I want to get fuel anywhere else I have to drive at least a half hour one way so it wouldn't really be saving me any money anyway. LP that we are buying this year was purchased about 10 years ago is what I was told by the local company. When it was at $1.02 years ago I asked if I could buy $100,000 worth at that price and they would only sell me as much as I would use in an average year which is about $25,000 worth per season with my business and home combined. Buying that much would have saved me some money for sure as I think the price the next year was about $1.42. Figured it was worth a shot anyway.
My comments above were addressing the common complaints and worries of what seems to be those of most Americans. Certainly individual situations can vary. I just know that pump prices had been falling here for a while now. I've heard no complaints about pump prices here. As a sidenote .... here it seems that more folks are buying hybrid vehicles, with more & more charging stations popping up (creating lots of jobs). For shorter drives doing chores / running errands, kids to school, going to church & work, hybrids are saving lots of pump $$$ and air pollution - but you still have the option of going gas engine if need be, and for longer trips. I talked to a few people who have Tesla electrics and they all said they love them. Don't know what to make of that - just some added info.
As for our NG play with another stakeholder also involved, well prices have dropped. With winters everywhere getting warmer (median temps. higher) the winter demand has slowed from 15 - 17 years ago when our wells began producing NG. The required recorded charts & tables from the NG companies show reduced gas volumes being released. Reports by energy analysts say the U.S. is the "Saudi Arabia" of NG. It remains to be seen what our stewardship of that much resource will be - done wisely, or not.