Crude oil at $44 a barrel and gas prices go up .20 cents per gallon

• j_crazy

  

  Spock;1745530 wrote:People can choose not to use gasoline?

  electric cars, or any of the things sleeper said.
  
  not practical for everyone but certainly possible for everyone to go off the fossil fuels.
  
  a big step would be to give up the computers, smartphones etc. but anymore that's probably less feasible than giving up your car.
• SportsAndLady

  

  I haven't bought gas in almost 4 years.
  
  Hope this helps.
• QuakerOats

  Just purchased at $2.22. If government was in charge of gasoline it would have been $25.00, and unavailable.
• Spock

  

  j_crazy;1745579 wrote:electric cars, or any of the things sleeper said.
  
  not practical for everyone but certainly possible for everyone to go off the fossil fuels.
  
  a big step would be to give up the computers, smartphones etc. but anymore that's probably less feasible than giving up your car.

  electric cars. Have you priced those lately. Mot people cant afford them. THey also cant afford to live in the city.
  
  Maybe 1% of the population fits into those examples.
• sleeper

  

  Spock;1745589 wrote:electric cars. Have you priced those lately. Mot people cant afford them. THey also cant afford to live in the city.
  
  Maybe 1% of the population fits into those examples.

  Start your own oil and gas company and offer gas at whatever price you want.
• bigkahuna

  Saw it for 2.99 in Dayton in one spot then 2.69 a mile down the road.
  
  Up in Darke County, I got it for 2.32. There shouldn't be THAT much difference between areas.
• Zunardo

  Zunardo;1745509 wrote:
  .....But a 52 cent increase in one day? Over 25%? C'mon, that strains credulity. With the exception of the day of 9-11, I've never ever seen a one-time increase that big. I remember an anomaly week sometime around 2000, when I saw the price go up 50 cents over three days. Gas was 1.59 that week, fairly high at the time, but not unheard of then. There was a 20-cent increase one day to 1.79, and I sat up and took notice, because I'd never seen it that high. Two days later it went up 30 more cents to 2.09. First time I'd seen those increases, and first time I saw the two-dollar barrier cracked in Columbus - and there was absolutely NO news coverage in the paper or TV news that week. I couldn't believe it. No wars breaking out, no shortages, no hurricanes, no threats - nothing.

  4cards;1745576 wrote:...Crude was trading today at $43.01 pb and Speedway raised their price in Medina to $ 2.87 per gal.....WTF?

  I spoke too soon. Mrs. Zunardo just called minutes ago to let me say it is now 2.89 in Columbus. Let's see - 52 cent increase last week to 2.59 - then it had drifted down to 2.36 by yesterday morning - then went up yesterday afternoon to 2.59 - and up again today to 2.89?
  
  Two increases totaling 53 cents in two days?
  
  Like I said, it strains credulity to see fluctuations of that magnitude in one of the most common daily commodities. Are there any others that do so?.
  
  I'm gonna hire a dowser to see if there's oil under my yard and build me one of them there derricks.
• MontyBrunswick

  

  http://www.freep.com/story/money/business/michigan/2015/08/12/gas-prices-increase/31533529/
  
  HOW CONVENTIENT THIS HAPPENS RIGHT BEFORE LABOR DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• friendfromlowry

  I don't really give a shit because the price increases are hardly breaking anyone's bank. But I still don't see how they're justified.
• friendfromlowry

  j_crazy;1745579 wrote:electric cars, or any of the things sleeper said.
  
  not practical for everyone but certainly possible for everyone to go off the fossil fuels.
  
  a big step would be to give up the computers, smartphones etc. but anymore that's probably less feasible than giving up your car.

  I think over time you can make adjustments. When I was going to school I was driving probably 350 miles/week and that was back in '07 and '08 when gas was usually >$3.50/gal. Even last year I was driving that much for work. Finally an opportunity arose to work more hours per day and less days per week and drive half the distance while doing so. I went from spending $45 gas/week to $10. Gas could be $5/gal and I wouldn't care.
• j_crazy

  

  friendfromlowry;1745630 wrote:I think over time you can make adjustments. When I was going to school I was driving probably 350 miles/week and that was back in '07 and '08 when gas was usually >$3.50/gal. Even last year I was driving that much for work. Finally an opportunity arose to work more hours per day and less days per week and drive half the distance while doing so. I went from spending $45 gas/week to $10. Gas could be $5/gal and I wouldn't care.

  No shit, i literally could do my job from anywhere. I once wrote a 36 page procedure, sent it out and watched it progress on a live rig view while sitting in a tree stand bow-hunting in southern Ohio using my sister in law's Verizon Mi-Fi card. The rig was in North Dakota, and my company will not allow telecommuting and everyone must report to an office in Houston (which has incredibly bad traffic, and for the most part, bad drivers).
• Azubuike24

  

  Spock;1745530 wrote:People can choose not to use gasoline?

  Not sure if this is a serious question or not, but if so, it just re-affirms everything I've said in this post. Maybe the problem is, the commodity of gasoline has everyone by the balls and now they bitch about the prices. Why is it that way? Each person can do something in their own individual lives to eliminate or minimize the impact it has.
  
  The real answer? People are fucking lazy. Walking, riding bikes, carpooling, etc...it's not convenient. It takes planning. It takes energy. It takes caring about the stuff more than just a random bitching session online.
  
  I'm a very active, fit and healthy individual. I live less than 3 miles from my office. I could avoid driving there everyday by walking or biking, but I rarely do. Therefore, I don't bitch about gas prices. It's a choice.
• Azubuike24

  

  friendfromlowry;1745614 wrote:I don't really give a shit because the price increases are hardly breaking anyone's bank. But I still don't see how they're justified.

  When the prices go high enough that nobody buys gasoline, or the consumption drops enough, you have merit.
  
  If sales never drop, and actually increase over the years, why would anyone want to lower the price? Gasoline prices are a bit different than other consumer good, but the idea is the same.
• Ironman92

  

  Gas here in Jackson is $2.89.....went to Huntington today and it was $2.40
• Spock

  

  Well it hit a 10 year low of $39.86 today. Gas should be about $1.75 a gallon
• wkfan

  Spock;1746660 wrote:Well it hit a 10 year low of $39.86 today. Gas should be about $1.75 a gallon

  Yet, it's anywhere from $2.55 - $2.69 in NW Columbus.......
• fish82

  

  Sounds like one of the Midwest refineries has been offline for about 3 weeks...that seems to be getting the bulk of the blame for our prices. The national average is $2.59 right now, and Ohio usually runs significantly under that.
• arnie palmer

  

  I paid $2.19 today to fill up in Mooresville, NC and we are usually more than OH and more than the national average. Not sure why lower here now, but not complaining.
• Iliketurtles

  

  Here in Huntsville, AL its down to about $2.10 I haven't seen it over $2.30 in months.
• MontyBrunswick

  

  Iliketurtles;1746937 wrote:Here in Huntsville, AL its down to about $2.10 I haven't seen it over $2.30 in months.

  That's because nobody in Alabama can afford cars
• iclfan2

  

  $1.99 in parts of SC, even near Charleston.
  
  
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• queencitybuckeye

  Not that facts matter to the topic-starter, but for those who can actually read and process them:
  
  http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/26/business/energy-environment/midwest-gasoline-prices-likely-to-ease-after-a-bp-refinery-is-restarted.html?_r=0
• QuakerOats

  Yes, now that the Indiana refinery is coming back online, I am hearing we could be down to the $1.80 range in the next few months assuming oil stays around $40.
• HitsRus

  

  ^^^Truth.
• sherm03

  

  Saw this today from some people back home and thought of this thread. Dude ran a bargain and police were pissed.
  
  http://wytv.com/2015/08/27/cheap-gas-gimmick-creates-traffic-and-anger-issues/