Gas-o-line
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Topic: Gas-o-line
Posted By: SSOK
Subject: Gas-o-line
Date Posted: 25 February 2011 at 4:52pm
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So... with SHTF in Libia, gas prices are rising fast. The national average is around 3.20 right now, and expected to rise substantally unless things go back to the norm in Africa. Supposedly, if things were to go wrong enough, we could potentially hit another 1973 oil crisis. Thoughts?
INb4:
1. This is Obama's fault.
2. Look at this random link because I dont want to admit I am wrong.
3. Canadian whining because gas is 7.50/litre. ------------- 
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Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 25 February 2011 at 4:54pm
| This is Obama's fault. |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 25 February 2011 at 4:54pm
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DRILL, BABY, DRILL!
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Posted By: GroupB
Date Posted: 25 February 2011 at 5:19pm
Let's not bring abortion into this. ------------- 
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High Voltage wrote:Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 25 February 2011 at 5:25pm
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National average is $3.20? I've been paying more than that for months. Thanks NY taxation. $3.54 is about what I'm paying now. I watched it jump 12 cents in two days. ------------- ? |
Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 25 February 2011 at 5:46pm
------------- "I AM a crossdresser." -Reb Cpl Forum Vice President RIP T&O Forum |
Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 25 February 2011 at 6:18pm
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I heard more than once that the ONLY reason gas is going up right now is because of speculation. There are no shortages, there is no increased demand, and even if Libya shuts down, they are only a small portion of the overall picture. Put bluntly, the only reason prices are up right now is pure unadulterated greed. ------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
Posted By: jerseypaint
Date Posted: 25 February 2011 at 6:31pm
AKA the usual. ------------- 
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Posted By: MeanMan
Date Posted: 25 February 2011 at 6:34pm
12 cents in 2 days? I wish that would happen around here. On my way to class a couple days ago: $2.97 After 2 classes: $3.29 32 cents in a matter of hours. That's the point where your guage magically goes straight to 1/4 tank from full. ------------- 
hybrid-sniper~"To be honest, if I see a player still using an Impulse I'm going to question their motives." |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 25 February 2011 at 6:47pm
Free enterprise. And I'm not talking about the forumer. -------------
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Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 25 February 2011 at 6:50pm
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There should be a salary cap on oil company profits. :dodgy: No, but seriously. Capitalism be damned. ------------- Que pasa? 
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Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 25 February 2011 at 6:57pm
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LOL @ $3.20. We've been at $3.80 for the last month, and its only goin up. Might be time to suck it up, garage the jeep, and ride the KLR everywere. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: jerseypaint
Date Posted: 25 February 2011 at 7:41pm
Gas is a monopoly. We need to buy gas, so they up the price as they please, and without any competition, there's no incentive to lower the price. The only time we see prices fall is when the gas companies need public opinion to sway to their side. -------------
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Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 25 February 2011 at 8:01pm
This. When you see gas go up the day of the freakin' news breaking, there's some gouging going on somewhere. As long as the Saudis are in our pocket, I don't foresee a gas crisis, unless something major happens with Iran. I remember right after 9/11 happened the gas would go up and down like a roller coaster based on speculation. But as someone already said, it's a free market. It's far past time we started looking at serious government funding to alternative energy. How many gas shortages can we endure before people begin demanding this? As far as the Facebook whining I've been seeing, I can only shrug my shoulders. When you make the choice to buy F-250's and drive hot rods, you buy the whole cow. In this era people should be preparing for issues like this by having at least one economical vehicle, if they can at all afford it. Americans live far above their means, and then piss and moan when it comes back to bite them. |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 25 February 2011 at 8:42pm
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Correction to my post in the DOMA thread. Pumping gas at the moment at $3.10 a gallon. :( -------------
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Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 25 February 2011 at 9:21pm
HV, il trade ya  ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: impulse418
Date Posted: 25 February 2011 at 11:36pm
| Meh, I have a hydrogen generator for the truck. |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 25 February 2011 at 11:38pm
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Looks like I switched jobs just in time! Used to drive 100 miles round trip every day and fill up twice weekly. Now I drive 8 miles to work 1 way and fill up about twice monthly. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 26 February 2011 at 9:36pm
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Friday morning gas was $2.95. On my way home, gas was 3.15-3.20. Then when I went to help my cousin move to Staten Island today gas was 3.61 average. Plus, they had to pump their own gas! -------------
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 26 February 2011 at 10:23pm
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Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 26 February 2011 at 10:47pm
 ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 26 February 2011 at 11:45pm
It's illegal to pump your own gas in NJ....... ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 27 February 2011 at 12:01am
This.
For some reason, NJ also has some of the lowest gas prices. I have been told its due to "the refineries being located in NJ" although this makes little sence, since I think that there are only two. -------------
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Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 27 February 2011 at 12:07am
Wierd. Heck, I know I wouldnt complain right now about not pumping my own gas, its still -10 out right now, and it takes forever to fill my jeep up. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: Kayback
Date Posted: 27 February 2011 at 2:06am
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Wow. We pay $2.50/gallon. (at least I think so. It is R9.30 per liter)
And we don't pump our own gas. Hilarious that we live in a 3rd world country and when I went to the UK the first time as a driver I was like Waaat? I have to do it? How? KBK ------------- Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo. H = 2 |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 27 February 2011 at 3:01am
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Kayback:
9.30R =1.3247USD $1.3247 * 3.8L (per USGal) = $5.03386/US Gallon Of course, the rapeage in the UK is worse $8.19/USGal in London. Historically the cheapest gas prices have always been in Madagascar. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 27 February 2011 at 8:40am
Oregon too. When we crossed into there I got yelled out when I got out of the car to pump gas. Do you tip attendants? I did, because I didn't know to do otherwise. my 2000+ work miles a month are punching a hole right in my wallet. Since I'm driving a company car that I'm allowed to use personally as well, I'm paying for any and all gas until I hit 2000 business miles. That means if I drive 1997 miles as I did last month- I don't see a dime in compensation. ------------- ? |
Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 27 February 2011 at 1:03pm
This. Libya isn't the giant desert oilfield that everyone's making it out to be right now. Moreso, despite all the stories of strife in the mid-east and everything, the US gets somewhere around 80% of our petroleum from Canada. Yep, Canada. Oil speculators last year tried to get the price of oil up to $200 / barrel, but the price stalled somewhere around $150 before the market crashed. This is just another attempt at the same. I'm certainly no expert, but I have been doing a little reading recently about this, and I read somewhere that the natural supply/demand price of a barrel of oil should actually be in the neighborhood of $50. |
Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 27 February 2011 at 1:40pm
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Reb- I have never heard anyone of tipping an attendant.
Although I love when the noob attendants ask "where the gas go" in my car (behind the license plate). -------------
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Posted By: Kayback
Date Posted: 27 February 2011 at 3:01pm
Thanks. Damn imperial (and US imperial at that). Clue into metric measurements already! I see what I did there, I multiplied by 1.8 not 3.8. Ouch :p Where can I find a Hybrid? KBK ------------- Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo. H = 2 |
Posted By: PAINTBALL1
Date Posted: 28 February 2011 at 10:33pm
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This means that buying a truck will be much cheaper in a few months.
Other than that I paid $2.99 yesterday and that's up about $.10 from the past few months. However, here the lowest octane rating is 85.5, and not 87 like a lot of places. My car is going to love it when we move back to the East Coast. ------------- USAF Special Weapons Technician. |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 28 February 2011 at 11:40pm
Yep, we ship you our petroleum for refinement, then when we get it back we pay more for lower octane gas. |
Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 01 March 2011 at 4:20pm
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This is where the Federal Gov't needs to butt out and let the states do as they please with their resources. ------------- 
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Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 02 March 2011 at 11:30pm
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This morning after work I needed to buy some gas. Everywhere around me was $3.45/gl. I thought I'd swing over to Sam's Club since I have a membership. They usually undercut price around $.05/gl. On the way, I saw that Kroger's gas station had fuel for $3.37/gl. Sweet! pulled in there instead. Scanned my card and got rewarded with another $.03 off the price. Still cost me over $50, but am happier considering that gas just went up to $3.55/gl as of at least 5pm. /sigh -------------
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