[PRCo] Re: fuel costs

[Bob Rathke]

At the end of last week, regular gasoline in our area fell from $3.29/gallon 
to $2.89/ gallon in four days.  Yesterday I saw it as low as $2.79 /gallon, 
and it appears to be still falling.

Bob 9/12/05

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 9:25 PM
Subject: [PRCo] fuel costs


> There was a post by Mr. Holland last week and a subsequent one by Mr.
> Lybarger on the subject of fuel costs versus inflation.
>
> For whose who did not hear it on Morning Edition on PBS radio this
> morning, the Lundberg survey reports that last week's gasoline price
> survey set a new inflation adjusted high, whipping the 1981 high by
> one penny.   I found a Sheetz station in Lancaster County last night
> where all three grades of gasoline were again under $3.00 a gallon.
> Now if only VW's 180 turbo engine liked low grade gasoline.    PBS
> also reported that the IRS approved 48.5 cent mileage reimbursement
> for the rest of the year.   I did not look at the IRS website to
> confirm same.
>
>