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04-17-2011, 07:59 PM | #11 |
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04-17-2011, 08:01 PM | #12 |
We get insurance, right?
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OMG, a Ford Maverick! I haven't seen one of those in years!
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04-17-2011, 08:05 PM | #13 |
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cost me 20 for 5 gallons the other day.. 5 gallons? really?
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04-17-2011, 08:34 PM | #14 |
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Just buy 2 less figures a month, that should make up the differance in extra gas cost
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04-17-2011, 09:16 PM | #15 |
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blasphemy!
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04-17-2011, 09:27 PM | #16 |
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I had a nice baby-blue one with sweet rims for a for years---- until a drunk driver blasted through a red light and destroyed it... She may have been a gas-beast of the highest order, but that solid metal frame and brick-like engine kept me and mine from some serious harm
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04-17-2011, 10:40 PM | #17 |
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maybe this is just a Speedway issue. I found a Kroger gas station $3.66, Meijer $3.66, Swifty $3.66, UDF $3.66
Then I went to some Speedways a little farther away from me just to see what the hell is going on: Speedway 1: $3.49, Speedway 2: $3.79, Speedway 3: 3.97, Speedway 4: $3.29. So even though Speedway is a nationwide chain (not individually owned as per the store manager I talked to tonight) how do all these different Speedway stores have all different prices. If the price comes from the "corporate office" as I was told, wouldn't some of these Speedways have close to the same prices as their other stores? |
04-17-2011, 10:48 PM | #18 |
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Inflation is a b***h ain't it. I would say more, but I don't want to get political. I'm just glad I drive 4 cyl. sedans at the moment.
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04-17-2011, 11:11 PM | #19 |
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The prices are going up because the civil war in Libya is disrupting oil production there. Libya is one of the major exporters of "sweet crude" which is basically a purer form of oil that is good for making fuel. Sweet crude is therefore more valuable than "sour" crude, which is what places like Saudi Arabia produce. Sour crude has more sulfur in it.
That does not really affect the US, as our oil refineries are better than most parts of the world, and we can process sour crude pretty efficiently. However European and Asian refineries are not as well equipped to process sour crude and thus need a larger supply of sweet crude. Though the US still needs some sweet crude. The United States buys it's sweet crude from Algeria and Nigeria, as opposed to Libya, where the Europeans and Asia buy the majority of theirs. But if Europe and Asia can't buy sweet crude from Libya they're going to compete with the US to buy it from Algeria and Nigeria. So prices will go up. Oil speculators(Wall Street types) see this price war coming up so they're buying up oil futures which drives the price up. The oil companies see this and use it as a justification to price gasoline higher, although the price hike has yet to really affect their bottom line - they're taking advantage of the situation to pad their bottom line. That is basically what is increasing the prices of gasoline in the US. Last edited by bluesparrow; 04-17-2011 at 11:25 PM.. |
04-17-2011, 11:32 PM | #20 |
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So I am sure I am not the only one that is feeling the pinch on the wallet when the time comes to fill up the gas tank.
I have been watching every news media outlet CNN, MSNBC, FOX, CBS, ABC, NBC etc. They keep saying how gas prices are going to sky rocket in the coming weeks. So if anyone knows the answer to my question, please explain because it doesn't make any sense. Last night I came home and drove by my local Speedway. Gas was $3.66 per gallon. This morning at 8am it was $3.89 per gallon. At 11 am it was $3.66 per gallon. At 3pm it was $3.49 per gallon and at 5pm it is $3.85 per gallon. The other gas station acorss the street has been $3.89 for the last 2-3 days. How and the hell does this 1 Speedway change the price 4 times in 1 day? I know they can charge whatever price they want. But normally a gas station will gradually rise 15 to 20 cents but not up 40 cents, down 40 cents up 40 cents all in the same day. Is anyone else worried when gas hits $4.98 per gallon and beyond? This is an incorrect analogy. Quote:
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The prices are going up because the civil war in Libya is disrupting oil production there. Libya is one of the major exporters of "sweet crude" which is basically a purer form of oil that is good for making fuel. Sweet crude is therefore more valuable than "sour" crude, which is what places like Saudi Arabia produce. Sour crude has more sulfur in it.
That does not really affect the US, as our oil refineries are better than most parts of the world, and we can process sour crude pretty efficiently. However European and Asian refineries are not as well equipped to process sour crude and thus need a larger supply of sweet crude. Though the US still needs some sweet crude. The United States buys it's sweet crude from Algeria and Nigeria, as opposed to Libya, where the Europeans and Asia buy the majority of theirs. But if Europe and Asia can't buy sweet crude from Libya they're going to compete with the US to buy it from Algeria and Nigeria. So prices will go up. Oil speculators(Wall Street types) see this price war coming up so they're buying up oil futures which drives the price up. The oil companies see this and use it as a justification to price gasoline higher, although the price hike has yet to really affect their bottom line - they're taking advantage of the situation to pad their bottom line. That is basically what is increasing the prices of gasoline in the US. Last edited by Joseph; 04-17-2011 at 11:34 PM.. |
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