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#61
05-18-2007, 06:30 PM
RE: $ Gas Price Predictions $5 + WTF $
Our gas was at $3.29 two days ago.
Yesterday (and this morning) it was at $3.02/gal. When I got work this monring it was at $3.26/gal.
Nice jump in prices again. [sm=joke.gif]
Yesterday (and this morning) it was at $3.02/gal. When I got work this monring it was at $3.26/gal.
Nice jump in prices again. [sm=joke.gif]
#62
05-18-2007, 06:31 PM
RE: $ Gas Price Predictions $5 + WTF $
Can you imagine what it will cost for the family to drive to their cottage in the big honkin' SUV, bomb around in the boat, and Seadoo for the weekend, and then drive home. And expect to do thisevery weekend??? WTF how much money do people make to be able to afford this.
#63
05-18-2007, 06:44 PM
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RE: $ Gas Price Predictions $5 + WTF $
ORIGINAL: Revitupfaster
Can you imagine what it will cost for the family to drive to their cottage in the big honkin' SUV, bomb around in the boat, and Seadoo for the weekend, and then drive home. And expect to do thisevery weekend??? WTF how much money do people make to be able to afford this.
Can you imagine what it will cost for the family to drive to their cottage in the big honkin' SUV, bomb around in the boat, and Seadoo for the weekend, and then drive home. And expect to do thisevery weekend??? WTF how much money do people make to be able to afford this.
#64
05-24-2007, 06:39 AM
RE: $ + $ Gas Prices $ + $
We must laugh or we all would cry ourselves to Death [X(]
#68
05-24-2007, 05:34 PM
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RE: $ + $ Gas Prices $ + $
ORIGINAL: rj
Nope.
Cause we let them.
We as the consumer have the real power. But the sheep mentality keeps us from flexing our "buying power" muscle.
Nope.
Cause we let them.
We as the consumer have the real power. But the sheep mentality keeps us from flexing our "buying power" muscle.
We are definitely willing to pay the price still!
#69
05-24-2007, 11:17 PM
RE: $ + $ Gas Prices $ + $
If people would actually organize and pick on say, one particular gas company per week. This would really hit them hard. Instead of everyone doing a general one day Gas-out. People just buy their gas before hand and the oil companies still make the same over the week. But if you say avoid one particular brand for a week, the flux in the market would even out among the other companies, and would hurt big oil that much more.
The sad thing is that the EPA hides behind the false pretense of protecting the environment, when it's their regulations that keep companies from building new refineries, which means less capacity, especially when one (like the mainone that feeds the Midwest market) has an explosion. That's why Premium is 3.49 here, Mid gradewith ethanol is 3.35, where it's cheaper almost anywhere else. 3/4 of a tank last weekend was 45$ and still had to put some more in yesterday to make it to the end of the week. But I should buy some more now, because it'll probably go up over the holiday weekend, you know, there'll be some other excuse for raising it 20 morecents. Where New Jersey (read; highest concentration of big oil execs) hasn't broken the 3$ per gallon mark yet.
Some markets in the mid west are limited to 85% of the supply we had last year, even though consumption is up by 2% or so.
The supply and demand stuff is bullcrud, sure you look at the numbers and the facts and it makes sense at first, until you realize that something always seems tohappen to the supply end of it just when demand peaks. Oh, there was a tropical storm (not talking about a hurricane, a much less intense storm), oh the alaska lines need repair, oh there was an explosion, oh the government stopped releasing our reserves. OH WTF IS NEXT.......?
The sad thing is that the EPA hides behind the false pretense of protecting the environment, when it's their regulations that keep companies from building new refineries, which means less capacity, especially when one (like the mainone that feeds the Midwest market) has an explosion. That's why Premium is 3.49 here, Mid gradewith ethanol is 3.35, where it's cheaper almost anywhere else. 3/4 of a tank last weekend was 45$ and still had to put some more in yesterday to make it to the end of the week. But I should buy some more now, because it'll probably go up over the holiday weekend, you know, there'll be some other excuse for raising it 20 morecents. Where New Jersey (read; highest concentration of big oil execs) hasn't broken the 3$ per gallon mark yet.
Some markets in the mid west are limited to 85% of the supply we had last year, even though consumption is up by 2% or so.
The supply and demand stuff is bullcrud, sure you look at the numbers and the facts and it makes sense at first, until you realize that something always seems tohappen to the supply end of it just when demand peaks. Oh, there was a tropical storm (not talking about a hurricane, a much less intense storm), oh the alaska lines need repair, oh there was an explosion, oh the government stopped releasing our reserves. OH WTF IS NEXT.......?
#70
05-25-2007, 12:49 AM
RE: $ + $ Gas Prices $ + $
ORIGINAL: FlynhghR
If people would actually organize and pick on say, one particular gas company per week. This would really hit them hard. Instead of everyone doing a general one day Gas-out. People just buy their gas before hand and the oil companies still make the same over the week. But if you say avoid one particular brand for a week, the flux in the market would even out among the other companies, and would hurt big oil that much more.
If people would actually organize and pick on say, one particular gas company per week. This would really hit them hard. Instead of everyone doing a general one day Gas-out. People just buy their gas before hand and the oil companies still make the same over the week. But if you say avoid one particular brand for a week, the flux in the market would even out among the other companies, and would hurt big oil that much more.
Heres a link to where it explains why it wont work.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasout.asp
scroll all the way down towards bottom of the page and it explains how the oil compaines sell their gas to other oil companys.
Mike.