Terri Schehr Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 I don’t know about the rest of the country but diesel is $.50 more a gallon than gasoline here in SW Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllianaLancerContra Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 6 minutes ago, Terri Schehr said: I don’t know about the rest of the country but diesel is $.50 more a gallon than gasoline here in SW Florida. Diesel is also more expensive than gas in coastal Virginia as well. But DCI never comes to coastal Virginia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCFAN Posted March 1, 2022 Author Share Posted March 1, 2022 As the situation in Ukraine worsens, I believe that the next sanction will be shutting of Russian oil and gas. If that happens the price of gas and oil will rise to a level that will make it tough to tour. In some places like California where the price is approaching $6 + you may be looking at $8 gas and close to $9 diesel. Some analysts are saying $6 on average is possible. It is not a good year to have raised the membership to 165. It may be smarter to reduce the membership that can fit on 3 buses and eliminate props and the size of the pits. The goal would be to reduce the size of the fleet which would reduce both insurance and fuel cost. DCI got creative last year maybe it's time to start thinking about some alternate plans. Remember it's not just the corps but also impact fans to make a very expensive trip just to attend a show. For me I was spending less than $40 to fill my gas tank which holds only 15 gallons, now it is costing close to $70. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keystone3ply Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, IllianaLancerContra said: Electric vehicles need to be charged - and finding a location near housing sites would be problematic. You can't just run an extension cord to the vehicle & plug it in. It requires a dedicated circuit, and even with these it can take 8 hours to charge an electric car battery alone. Busses will require even more power. Maybe a small, towable nuclear power-plant could be added to the convoy to provide charging for the vehicles at the housing site. Or a fleet of semis carrying those 'state fair' style generators to charge 'em up. 😁 Edited March 1, 2022 by keystone3ply cx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri Schehr Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 45 minutes ago, IllianaLancerContra said: Diesel is also more expensive than gas in coastal Virginia as well. But DCI never comes to coastal Virginia. They don’t come here and either and I don’t blame them. It’s Vietnam hot and humid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllianaLancerContra Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Terri Schehr said: They don’t come here and either and I don’t blame them. It’s Vietnam hot and humid. OFF topic - but when I was in south Louisiana there were a lot of Vietnamese refugees that had settled there. The weather was similar (in FL you get breezes & pm thunderstorms, not in LA), the crops were similar, & the Cajuns, having been refugees themselves in late 1700s, were very welcoming to them. Edited March 1, 2022 by IllianaLancerContra clarity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri Schehr Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 1 hour ago, IllianaLancerContra said: OFF topic - but when I was in south Louisiana there were a lot of Vietnamese refugees that had settled there. The weather was similar (in FL you get breezes & pm thunderstorms, not in LA), the crops were similar, & the Cajuns, having been refugees themselves in late 1700s, were very welcoming to them. I only say Vietnam hot because Jim describes it that way in the summer. Still beats snow and cold. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Lancer Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) On 3/1/2022 at 7:42 AM, kkrepps said: Gas prices wouldn't be an issue if all the Corps stopped hauling around big props, marched more, and switched back to G bugles. And think of the savings if they had to pay for only two valves! Edited March 2, 2022 by Jurassic Lancer 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weaklefthand4ever Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 3 hours ago, Terri Schehr said: I only say Vietnam hot because Jim describes it that way in the summer. Still beats snow and cold. We just call it "stupid hot" in TN. Honestly Atlanta is even worse and that's saying something. I can practically taste the smell of our old uniform hauler now when they would open it up after a long drive through the swamp that is the Southeast. Who needs chemical weapons when you have top halves that haven't been washed in weeks on summer tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamptihs Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 9 hours ago, IllianaLancerContra said: Electric vehicles need to be charged - and finding a location near housing sites would be problematic. You can't just run an extension cord to the vehicle & plug it in. It requires a dedicated circuit, and even with these it can take 8 hours to charge an electric car battery alone. Busses will require even more power. Maybe a small, towable nuclear power-plant could be added to the convoy to provide charging for the vehicles at the housing site. I will circle back to you on the nuke towable's. Outstanding idea and something the entire activity should be striving for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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