GL: The High Price of Fuel These Days

[roger howell]

I agree with the administrator.  Having just completed the Loop, and watching
fuel price rise from $2.11 TO $5.05 per gallon,  average fuel cost over the
thirteen month period we were travellng was only $600 per month.  This is for
a 36' single screw trawler.  Lots of other things cost a lot more, like
heating our house once we returned to Maine.  In reality, fuel prices have
finally caught up with the price of everything else.    Let's talk about the
wonderful experience the Loop is, and not dwell on the hardships.
Roger Howell
THIRD REEF

> From: flagold at gate.net
> Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:23:20 -0400
> To: mtellup2 at gmail.com
> CC: great-loop at lists.samurai.com
> Subject: Re: GL: The High Price of Fuel These Days
>
> Mike:
>
> While I agree with the lib/con/Dem/Rep. sentiment, I respectfully
> disagree about the topic.
>
> On my recent trip across the country, I almost ran out of gas,
> twice.  The reason?  I was traveling the interior (the two-lane
> roads) of the West and in a few places, the gasoline stations had no
> fuel because they could not afford the payment for fuel lots.  How
> long will it be before marina fuel dries up for the same reasons?
> How fresh can any fuel at marinas be when we already see the numbers
> of cruisers drastically declined?  (I traveled from Florida to
> Shreveport before seeing enough motorhomes to stop counting on
> fingers)  An even more pressing problem is the farmland not being
> planted for the same reasons above.
>
> I hope no one complaining about discussion of national fuel policy
> leaves a message requesting where to buy the cheapest fuel . . .
>
> If I sound somewhat out of sorts, I am, my GL filming is severely
> curtailed if not cancelled altogether for now.  The reason: fuel.
>
> If fuel is not a valid discussion for people who use lots of it,
> depend on it, and stand to be one of the first groups cut out of it
> by price, politics, or rationing, I don't know what is.  No one, from
> any class will be immune to the effects, one way or another.  How
> long will the government operate locks for recreational boating
> corridors when the numbers of boats no longer support it?
>
> While we hear from people already on the loop, I've noticed we hear
> from very few actually starting it now.
>
> Matt Mattson
>
> http://www.youtube.com/flagold
>
> Intracoastal:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkQ5eCRX3r0
>
>
> On Jul 13, 2008, at 11:44 AM, Mike Tellup wrote:
>
> > This topic has evolved into a discussion that is not directly
> > related to
> > cruising the Great Loop and is becoming somewhat political in nature.
> >
> > Please keep future posts relevant to cruising the GL or take the
> > discussion private.
> >
> > Thank-you.
> >
> > Mike Tellup
> > Great Loop Administrator
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