mcjeff215 Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 So, I just waited in line 10 minutes to get gas. The two guys in front of me almost got into a fight over who was there first. Every station I passed was backed up... and I paid 30 cents more than I did last time I filled up. Seriously... what the hell? Are we going to do this every damn time a hurricane shows up? Had the same gas lines when Katrina hit the gulf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLZFAN4LIFE Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 So, I just waited in line 10 minutes to get gas. The two guys in front of me almost got into a fight over who was there first. Every station I passed was backed up... and I paid 30 cents more than I did last time I filled up. Seriously... what the hell? Are we going to do this every damn time a hurricane shows up? Had the same gas lines when Katrina hit the gulf. I know, this is F'n Bullsh.. I passed a gas station (here in Charlotte) this morning and gas was 3.69. In the afternoon it was 4.29. Long lines everywhere. I paid $4.09 close to my house and just had to wait for 1 person in front of me. The thing that gets me is that the gas has already been paid for, so the stations are just gauging. Crude oil has not been lower since April. When a barrel of oil goes UP, gas prices go UP. But when oil goes DOWN, the price of gas doesn't respond at the same rate!!! THIS IS F"N BULLSH... The american public is literally being "bent over the barrel" and something has to be done about it. Speculators raise the price of oil based on disruptions of supply so the price increases YET DISRUPTIONS IN THE SUPPLY NEVER OCCUR. More Bull . The other problem which SHOULD BE NONEXISTANT is refining capacity. We haven't built a refinery in this country in 30 years. We know we need them, but all of the tree huggers insist "not in my backyard". On a daily basis,we do not refine enough crude oil into gasoline to meet that 1 days supply in this country. We actually import 15 million barrels of gasoline a day to meet our demand. I think that is outrageous for a supposed 1st world superpower. Let's build some refineries, drill for oil here, build more nuclear power plants, find a way to reduce our dependency on oil, AND STOP ALLOWING BIG OIL TO us in the !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Station in Burnt Hills went from 3.51 this morning to 3.66 this afternoon . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VABills Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Still 3.34 a gallon here, just like it has been for a week. Of course 2 weeks about it was 3.25 so, I am not too happy about that 9 cent raise from then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 I got some gas for ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Gas has gone up here 20 cents. Meanwhile the price of a barrel has dipped below $100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayFinkle Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Oil went under $100 a barrell today for the first time in five months... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLZFAN4LIFE Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 This says it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Prices at the two stations down the hill from me have stayed the same these past several days ($3.73) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLZFAN4LIFE Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Prices at the two stations down the hill from me have stayed the same these past several days ($3.73) I'm guessing that the source of your gas must be Canada. When Katrina and now Ike came through we were told that our prices have increased because our gas supply comes from the Gulf of Mexico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justnzane Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 So, I just waited in line 10 minutes to get gas. The two guys in front of me almost got into a fight over who was there first. Every station I passed was backed up... and I paid 30 cents more than I did last time I filled up. Seriously... what the hell? Are we going to do this every damn time a hurricane shows up? Had the same gas lines when Katrina hit the gulf. Over here in D-ville, I watched gas go from $3.49 last nite to $3.66 this morning to $3.99 after lunch. Man they weren't kidding when they said that people freak out down here when a storm is anywhere remotely close to us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Gas went down 6 cents today to $3.69 here in CA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffalOhio Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Ike is going to mess up Houston/Galveston, which is where most oil seems to be refined. This is gonna hurt, brothers and sisters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VABills Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 I'm guessing that the source of your gas must be Canada. When Katrina and now Ike came through we were told that our prices have increased because our gas supply comes from the Gulf of Mexico. In this part of VA there is a pipeline that the gas comes up in from the gulf. They pull it off and then it's only a local transport. So you're off on this because our gas prices have held steady. During katrina when they shut the lines down because of no product, we actually had much higher gas prices because they had to come up with alternate way to ship gas in. In fact several stations went days without having gas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpbillsfan Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 7 am this morning gas was $3.41 and at 5 pm it was $3.99 in Little Rock. Every gas station I drove by was packed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayFinkle Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 7 am this morning gas was $3.41 and at 5 pm it was $3.99 in Little Rock. Every gas station I drove by was packed. Thank the media for causing a frenzy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acantha Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Thank the media for causing a frenzy... Yeah, because people need the media to be idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VOR Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Thank the speculators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acantha Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 I know, this is F'n Bullsh.. I passed a gas station (here in Charlotte) this morning and gas was 3.69. In the afternoon it was 4.29. Long lines everywhere. I paid $4.09 close to my house and just had to wait for 1 person in front of me. The thing that gets me is that the gas has already been paid for, so the stations are just gauging. Crude oil has not been lower since April. When a barrel of oil goes UP, gas prices go UP. But when oil goes DOWN, the price of gas doesn't respond at the same rate!!! THIS IS F"N BULLSH... The american public is literally being "bent over the barrel" and something has to be done about it. Speculators raise the price of oil based on disruptions of supply so the price increases YET DISRUPTIONS IN THE SUPPLY NEVER OCCUR. More Bull .The other problem which SHOULD BE NONEXISTANT is refining capacity. We haven't built a refinery in this country in 30 years. We know we need them, but all of the tree huggers insist "not in my backyard". On a daily basis,we do not refine enough crude oil into gasoline to meet that 1 days supply in this country. We actually import 15 million barrels of gasoline a day to meet our demand. I think that is outrageous for a supposed 1st world superpower. Let's build some refineries, drill for oil here, build more nuclear power plants, find a way to reduce our dependency on oil, AND STOP ALLOWING BIG OIL TO us in the !!! The one barrier oil companies/speculators have on raising prices is that if they raise them too much, people will stop using their product. This has to come from finding alternate means of travel (car pooling, bikes, etc...) or new technologies (hybrids or alternate sources of power). The fact that people are going so nuts about fuel prices is a good thing, it will force them to use less of it and in turn make costs go down. In the mean time, blaming the oil companies for making a profit is kind of absurd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acantha Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Thank the speculators. They're excellent at what they do, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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