Avgas Coming Down?

I think they should all be nationalized.


A responsible oil company should charge you as much as you are willing
to pay.

Well said. All major oil companies are public companies and everyone
is free to buy their share, or invest indirectly thru energy focused
mutual funds.

Yours truely for example, bought into energy mutual funds in late 2004
and the gain of that investments exceeds the extra money I paid for gas
many, may times.

I never understand why people complain about the oi price gouging.
Just buy their stock and you'll ge gouging yourself :-)

Robert M. Gary wrote:

If you think the oil companies are making too much
money, switch sides, buy some oil stock and share the profits.

-Robert

Robert M. Gary wrote:

A responsible oil company should charge you as much as you are willing
to pay.

That makes ZERO sense to me. What if I'm only willing to pay a
nickle/gallon? Their "responsibility" will lead them to just charge me
a nickle? C'mon.

100LL at my home airport went from $3.64/gal to $3.05/gal today. Wow,
what a drop.

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Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP
KSWI

ktbr wrote:

While I'm sure everybody's Avgas fuel quotes are going down (ours are)
you still have the fuel in the tank that you paid big $$$ for that has
to go.

it's funny how fast these tanks get emptied and promptly replaced with
new priced fuel when the prices are going *up*...

--Sylvain

it's funny how fast these tanks get emptied and promptly replaced with
new priced fuel when the prices are going *up*...

Conspiracy is attractive, but so are low fuel prices. Maybe that causes
the demand?

Jose
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Sylvain wrote:
it's funny how fast these tanks get emptied and promptly replaced with
new priced fuel when the prices are going *up*...

any business (that plans on staying in business) is going to be
more sensitive to rising prices on a comodity that he must keep
stocked. If you don't plan sifficiently to cover replacment cost
you may not have enough money to pay for the next tanker load.

This didn;t used to be such a problem in the days when prices
went up a few cents here and there. But when prices can end up
being .50, .80 or even 1.00 per gallon higher in a month or two
(like last year) your next tanker load might cost you $8000.00
more than the last one and you better have the money to pay for it

Prices at the pump will start going down a lot when retailers
feel they aren't gonna get hit bad by the next spike.

It is a Milton Friedman stated principal that for a commodity in a
capitalistic system, price will to follow replacement cost. This means
going up - and going down.

Jon Kraus wrote:
Here in Indianapolis I have seen Mogas go down from $3.20 a gallon to
$2.50 and it appears that it will keep on dropping.

On the other hand at my home base I just filled up for a trip and still
are paying $4.50 a gallon. Has anyone noticed if Avgas is coming down
too? Maybe it has to do with not making 100ll as often as Mogas. What
say you?

Jon Kraus
'79 Mooney 201
4443H @ UMP
Our is at $3.61/gal and the FBO said it might go down by $0.20/gal when
the next load arrives this week. Also on the news this morning the local
radio station was reporting that autogas could be going down to
$2.00/gal after the holidays.

--

Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP
KSWI

Locally ( in central Wisconsin), there is a historic and fairly accurate
correlation between the mogas pump price and the 100LL wholesale price when
prices are stable. Even though the taxes and the markups are different,
it's been easy to figure out what the 100LL price "should" be.

Example: If mogas at the pumps is 2.98, the wholesale 100LL tanker load
price will be around 2.98. Most FBO's prices will be close to $3.98. Our's
is currently $3.90.

This is just something that I've noticed locally and have been able to
determine by talking with the wholesale dealers. If I see a local FBO
charging more than $1 over the mogas pump price, he simply doesn't get my
business.

Jim


"Jon Kraus" wrote in message
. ..
Here in Indianapolis I have seen Mogas go down from $3.20 a gallon to
$2.50 and it appears that it will keep on dropping.

On the other hand at my home base I just filled up for a trip and still
are paying $4.50 a gallon. Has anyone noticed if Avgas is coming down
too? Maybe it has to do with not making 100ll as often as Mogas. What
say you?

Jon Kraus
'79 Mooney 201
4443H @ UMP