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8. Diesel +1$/gal More Than Gas

Reply to Midnight Writer (Original post)

Thu Jun 9, 2022, 12:53 PM

Jun 2022

In my area gas is $5/gal versus $6.25/gal for diesel. I know some areas in the Midwest diesel is on par with gas price or maybe lower.

I've also wondered what the impact of multiple layers of speculative buying has on gas prices. It always seems that as the price of oil goes up or is deemed to have to go up, the number of speculators who purchase contracts with no intent on actually taking delivery seems to ramp up. Having fuel contracts change hands multiple times can't be good for consumers.

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Talked to clerk at local P.O. telling me local Amazon Delivery Services have stopped operating. [View all] Midnight Writer Jun 2022 OP

Gotta get those electric delivery vehicles built Beachnutt Jun 2022 #1

THIS! THIS! THIS! OMGWTF Jun 2022 #23

DeJoy still being in charge at the PO is biting us again. brush Jun 2022 #2

He's been there TWO YEARS now ‼️ live love laugh Jun 2022 #54

I haven't noticed. Novara Jun 2022 #3

Me too. Constantly. jimfields33 Jun 2022 #7

Me three Jerry2144 Jun 2022 #16

See them go Rebl2 Jun 2022 #14

Several times a day on my residential street. nt Nittersing Jun 2022 #17

Same here - every day PatSeg Jun 2022 #19

I dodged three of the four on my walk this morning... Hugin Jun 2022 #31

same here LymphocyteLover Jun 2022 #38

Ahhh! That explains why I am getting strange messages about Amazon delays. Solomon Jun 2022 #4

Refunds shanti Jun 2022 #49

This week I've received both Amazon and P.O deliveries. BlackSkimmer Jun 2022 #5

A clerk at a PO probably knows very little about the USPS network. Scruffy1 Jun 2022 #6

It's easy for a clerk to know if mgmt. communicates it. live love laugh Jun 2022 #55

Diesel +1$/gal More Than Gas modrepub Jun 2022 #8

I haven't received any Amazon packages in over a week PXR-5 Jun 2022 #9

No they didn't inthewind21 Jun 2022 #10

My Prime cost went up but PXR-5 Jun 2022 #37

The price change already took effect whopis01 Jun 2022 #44

Once upon a time, a long long time ago, we all got by with deliveries that took a week or two. Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #11

So true Rebl2 Jun 2022 #15

Allow four to six weeks for delivery. HootieMcBoob Jun 2022 #21

The bad ole days. Happy Hoosier Jun 2022 #35

Americans don't do "delayed gratification". llmart Jun 2022 #28

One of my favorite books as a kid was Where the Red Fern Grows meadowlander Jun 2022 #45

I see Amazon trucks everywhere FelineOverlord Jun 2022 #12

This sounds like it's local. I get my pkgs. live love laugh Jun 2022 #56

Doesn't Amazon pay for the vans and gas? IronLionZion Jun 2022 #13

Agreed. We know Bezos is a jerkhole, but OMGWTF Jun 2022 #26

Why is Bezos a "jerk hole"? live love laugh Jun 2022 #57

Nope. GB_RN Jun 2022 #27

I hate that so much IronLionZion Jun 2022 #29

Probably not. Happy Hoosier Jun 2022 #39

I use an Amazon hub for my deliveries MissB Jun 2022 #18

I use an AMAZON hub too. They may still bne delivering to those Captain Zero Jun 2022 #20

Ha! MissB Jun 2022 #47

Hmmm, mine had a 3 DAY window progree Jun 2022 #33

It's a small Whole Foods store MissB Jun 2022 #46

Thanks for the info -- there is a Whole Foods a 24 min bus trip away (plus 11 min progree Jun 2022 #50

This past week UPS lost my new iPhone. RedSpartan Jun 2022 #22

And USPS fooked up my Apple Watch delivery. Happy Hoosier Jun 2022 #40

And Amazon never offers the choice of who delivers, so its a crap shoot progree Jun 2022 #43

They're delivering here. Just saw one go past radical noodle Jun 2022 #24

It depends on location. They stopped rural delivery because of costs. 33taw Jun 2022 #25

I'm very rural and UPS is delivering in NM womanofthehills Jun 2022 #51

Nice! 33taw Jun 2022 #53

Not here in Canada and our gas prices are higher. Bev54 Jun 2022 #30

Everything falls on the postal service wryter2000 Jun 2022 #32

My sister in law Old Crank Jun 2022 #34

Thanks! I'd wondered why a few recent Amazon orders had been delivered by UPS and USPS. highplainsdem Jun 2022 #36

Delivery has been good here in SE PA mvd Jun 2022 #41

Supposedly those vans were to convert to electric. SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2022 #42

Yes shanti Jun 2022 #48

Everything's about normal here in the Land Beyond O'Hare. Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2022 #52

We are still getting all amazon deliveries Meowmee Jun 2022 #58