Scott,

Alaska does have refineries.  Our prices did not jump up, they never dropped when yours did.  At least nowhere near as much as yours, we dropped maybe 10- 15 cents at most.  The State legislature is investigating why this is, or they will be if we ever get past the Palin "Troopergate" and other issues.

----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 7:53 pm
Subject: Re:      Re: Fuel Price Gouging - Again - It jumped nearly $1 locally
To: Mark Tuovinen <mst@ak.net>, vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM

> you could ease off the premium, that's for sure.
> I have read this for years, and I preach it too.........
> don't use premium fuel , except in Ferrari's perhaps.
> if you need more octane than regular has, use mid-grade.
>
> and .......supporting this ..........I just sold a rare Porsche
> 914-6 to a
> guy for a customer of mine. The  buyer owns a fancy German cars
> only repair
> shop in Oakland , Ca.........like 5 techs and 13
> bays..........been in
> business for years............so a really serious German car shop
> and shop
> owner.
> So he might 'know'.
> He too said ...........do not use premium.......it burns slower.
> Use mid-grade if you need more octane than regular has.
> And if you move up to a Subaru engine, or later inline 4 gas VW
> four..........you can have 'smart ignition timing' with a knock
> sensor
> .....so it's smart about how it reacts to whatever fuel you put in it.
>
> that's rather obscene, $ 5,.52 per gal.
> there are no refineries in Alaska though, right ?
> so that means your north slope crude has to go to at least Seattle
> to get
> refined into go-juice, and shipped back to you guys up there......
> quite possibly.
> I don't know if you import gas and diesel fuel from Canada
> .........I
> suspect not.
> They export crude though.
> we're holding at about $ 3.83 per gal of regular here in Southern
> Oregon.it's cheaper further north as we are at the southern end of
> the supply chain
> from Puget Sound here in southern Oregon.
> And I'm sure you know about hurricane Ike and the oil production
> that was
> shut down for the storm.
> That's mainly why prices jumped up recently I think.
> Scott
> turbovans
>
>