On 2/13/2014 12:46 PM, Just Wondering wrote:
On 2/13/2014 9:48 AM, Leon wrote:
On 2/13/2014 10:11 AM, Richard wrote:
On 2/12/2014 9:34 PM, Lew Hodgett wrote:
"Richard" wrote:


Basic economics, Lew.

The reason there are no viable alternative energy systems is simply
that they can't compete at $4 a gallon of gasoline.

$4 gas is cheaper

Maybe they can compete at $10 a gallon for gas.


But that pins energy at he $10 a gallon level.

It won't bring the price of alternative energy down.
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Check the prices for natural gas for the truck market.

They already beat diesel and provides a "bridge" fuel to reduced
carbon
dumping into the air we all breathe.

Supply and demand, Lew.
That's how it all works.

Actually in the last many years that explanation no longer holds water.
There is a good supply and relatively low demand.

What drives gasoline prices now is "what the market will bare".

I cab buy upper tier gasoline from Chevron at 2.87 and one block north
pay 3.09 at Exxon a lower tier station.

Gasoline prices are pretty much set at what a particular station thinks
it can or wants to charge.

I have a smart phone app that shows local gasoline prices and the prices
differ greatly within a few miles even among the same brands.


By "differ greatly" you probably mean plus or minus 10%. Price
differences in other "staples" such as food and clothing can very MUCH
more than that. When the difference in gas prices is plus or minus 30%,
y'all let us know.

I'm not sure where you were going with that. I was pointing out that
supply and demand is not what is causing the relatively wide fluctuation
in prices in "gasoline" within a one mile radius.

When I say differ greatly, I mean for example you can go one mile west
to the Chevron station and pay 22 cents per gallon less than if you one
mile east to the Exxon station. Which way are you going to go??
In that example it is all about how much are you willing to pay.