Bonaire Gasoline Prices

[Codyjp]

how much driving can somebody actually expect to do getting around to the sites? Is this really a big expense to be considered? what would the average diver expect to shell out for weeks worth of dive driving?

it is kinda funny. The island I went to last year had 8 cars I believe. I didn't even see one the whole time I was there. No cars for 8 days in kinda strange!

 

[Rig Magician]

Most of the trucks are small pickups which get good gas milage. We usually fillup once during the week, and then top it up to the mark it needs to be at the day before we return it. So not more that 20 gallons for the week. We usually do 2 dives in the south and bring all of our tanks with us, then go do lunch and do 2 dives in the after noon. in the after noon we usually stay in the north part of the island with one being a night dive.

 

[Paavo Nurmi]

Diesel in Tacoma, $4.72 a gallon.

 

[TravelDave]

I think we spent around $60 for gas for the week (returned on the 24th), and that included going back for my reg a couple of times.

 

[Codyjp]

and that included going back for my reg a couple of times.

DOHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Jersey]

But the price of gas also impacts the cost to the boat diving operator. A couple possible consequences: packaged (lodging and boat diving) trip prices increase, boat dive surcharge, more crowded boats, not taking out boats without a certain number of divers, restricting exactly where the boat dives will go...see where I'm heading with this? As for how much gas you can burn in a week we were at Buddy's a few weeks back, in town for dinner most nights, couple drives around the island, beach diving north and south w/ surface intervals into town for lunch or to stop by a favorite dive shop or make dinner reservations and I think in total we put $60 US into the tank.

The gas situation has me wondering what is going to happen to charter pricing here in NJ. I haven't seen any increase yet or dicussions about surcharges but that can only be a matter of time...

 

[BKP]

Sold my boat at the end of last season...

Just sold my dive-mobile, that I *loved* (Nissan Frontier pickup), and bought an Altima (looked at a Prius Hybrid, but, you have *got* to have aesthetic limits)...

It's near impossible to sell a truck or large SUV right now, but the small 4-cyl. are flying off the lots.

I imagine there are others (*many* others) taking similar steps to save...

Those that are predicting $12/gal. gas, are the same ones that predicted a 20,000 DOW prior to the dot-com implosion...

Market supply and demand will ultimately decide... (it's the futures buyers and speculators, that are screwing up the pricing right now).

 

[Paavo Nurmi]

Those that are predicting $12/gal. gas, are the same ones that predicted a 20,000 DOW prior to the dot-com implosion...

Market supply and demand will ultimately decide... (it's the futures buyers and speculators, that are screwing up the pricing right now).

Not to mention the economy would be in ruins if fuel gets that high, everything from food to TVs gets trasported on a truck at some point.
Diesel in Tacoma = $4.82

 

[Codyjp]

My Jeep gets me a whopping 13 miles per gallon between home and work.

If gas goes from $4 to $5, I will end up paying out $~26 a month. I solved the gas problem by moving closer to work.

Where I work (a flight school) we had to add a fuel surcharge onto the cost of the aircraft rental. It raised the prices around 10% but there hasn't been a noticeable impact yet. The luxery items are going to give first. I'm glad I don't own a coffee shop!

 

[gypsyjim]

As I topped off my Harley on the way to work this morning, and spent more than $12 on a partial fill I was thinking of the time when I COULDN'T get $3 worth of gas into one of these tanks!
If you'd told me then that gas would someday cost over $4 per gallon I'd have said no one would ever pay that, and that we would have to quit driving. Wrong on both counts!
Like boiling a live frog: if the price was to keep increasing gradually enough, $10 or higher could be reached, and we'd still drive, still complain bitterly, and still pay the price. This is America; we are hooked on the freedom of the road idea, and the independance of owning our own form of transportation.
When I am in Bonaire in July I will complain like everyone else, but heck, it's not that big an island, and what diving!!!