twinfanMN, Thanks for the note, I have two bikes, my high mpg bike is an '05 BMW F650GS, its a single cylinder fuel injected model that gets mid 70's when I don't flog it. Great commuter bike. The road bike is a 2000 Kawasaki Concours, gets 40-42 mpg pretty consistently in a lot more comfort than the BMW. Ride on!

cushing is a giant storage terminal. when your oil is transmitted there, it is put in storage tanks. once your oil is in storage, you pay a fee for that storage. when you order your oil transmitted out of cushing to whereever, your order waits in line behind all the other orders for transmission using the same facility your oil will use. no taking cuts. when oil is scarce, this process in relatively quick. when there is a glut of oil in storage, as there has been since 2009, this process can take days to weeks. all the while, storage fees, interest charges and the time value of money all add to cost of your oil.

Ditto on the pumping.

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