Price of gas in your area
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Jill
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I cannot really think about this topic and not recognize the political forces that are driving it... Food for thought, if you're inclined to look for the "why" of things:
http://www.realclear...lar_253935.html
We're really witnessing the managed decline of our dollar. Oil is sold in dollars, not any other form of currency. It's not an accident and the thought that the President is "looking into the situation" when it comes to oil companies and speculators is insulting. I guess the hunch is "we" are not smart enough to recognize that the problem is a function of the Fed devaluing our dollar and the current administration's own policies. I'm not drinking that kool aid.
PS I'll be filling up my SUV today and apparently will pay $3.72 + the cost of a carwash.
http://www.realclear...lar_253935.html
We're really witnessing the managed decline of our dollar. Oil is sold in dollars, not any other form of currency. It's not an accident and the thought that the President is "looking into the situation" when it comes to oil companies and speculators is insulting. I guess the hunch is "we" are not smart enough to recognize that the problem is a function of the Fed devaluing our dollar and the current administration's own policies. I'm not drinking that kool aid.
PS I'll be filling up my SUV today and apparently will pay $3.72 + the cost of a carwash.
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Sonya
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They say it will be $5 a gallon by memorial day. It's about $4 a gallon in my area right now.
little lady
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$4.09 a gal for regular unleaded in Illinois.
Katiean
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When I was getting home last night the gas station down at the corner was just raising the price. I do not know what it went up to because they weren't finished when I turned. But, it was over $4 a gallon for regular and I need to fill the truck so I can make a dump run (at least the dump is free this week).
NoddalottaFarm
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We've been over $4.10/gallon for a couple weeks in Illinois. My niece is turning 16 this year and we were talking about the price of gas through the ages. I remember paying $0.98/gallon the first time I drove a car. Seems like it was so long ago. 
Katiean
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I remember $0.35 a gallon and it was full service. My sister was driving a VW Bug and she held up a dome and told the guy she wanted a dimes worth of gas and please check the oil.We've been over $4.10/gallon for a couple weeks in Illinois. My niece is turning 16 this year and we were talking about the price of gas through the ages. I remember paying $0.98/gallon the first time I drove a car. Seems like it was so long ago.
Riverrose28
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Didn't Americans just vote in a new Republican Congress, can't they pick up the ball? I don't drink kool aid either it's too sweet! And you're in finace, what about futures in the oil industry?
Jill
Aspiring Cowgirl
Yes, thank God, the American voters did make pretty much as big a RIGHT turn as was possible with the elections last November. Unfortunately, that didn't change Bernanke at the Federal Reserve nor derail the Obama Administration's war on US Energy
Shell just saw the $4B they invested toward drilling in Alaska flushed away with the EPA's recent declaration (link). At some point, it becomes completely reasonable to question who is and who is not really playing for Team USA
As to oil futures, I've actually never been a commodities broker. That said, though, I do have several clients who are retired or close to retired oil company executives. I think that anyone who feels that oil companies are making too much money can purchase some stock and participate in those gains
BTW, it was actually $3.89 / gallon when I filled up my SUV this afternoon + $12 carwash... I bet I get better gas mileage now that I'm not lugging around so much dirt and pollen!
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hobbyhorse23
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Our prices have not doubled because here in the Seattle area they never went below $3 a gallon. (They went up to that price, by the way, under Bush.
) I nearly choked however when I had to stop in one of our bigger cities and fill up the small truck I was using on the way to the airport the other day and it cost $4.13 a gallon.
And I thought it was bad between $3.89 and $3.99 around our small town! Lord.
I put out some money at the mechanic to improve the gas mileage on my Honda commuter vehicle but there's nothing I can do for the big truck that hauls my trailer and the gas-guzzling family RV. Going to the shows was already straining my budget with just one horse, with two last year I thought I was gonna pass out, and the gas this year is going to kill me. I'm managing to make it to the show in Eugene, OR (eight hours away) but only by shipping my colt and myself with a trainer and camping in her trailer. I'm thanking the good Lord that most the AMHR shows are only 1.5 hours away and held somewhere I can camp but I don't know what I'm going to do next year when I start doing CDE's again. The nearest of those is 3 hours away and most are down in Oregon. I'm thinking seriously of moving south.
Leia
Leia
Reble
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LOL, Reble- there ya go! It's about $3.75 to $3.89 here, deisel of course is higher. This is ridiculous and the oil companies have been making record profits. They are not hurting any at all. The President is looking into it? Yeah, right.... his attitude was 'get used to it'.
It's also been suggested to trade in your 'gas guzzlers' for a more economical vehicle. Well, it's pretty hard to tow or haul things with a VW!! And in this economy, who can afford to trade in, or buy a new car? More and more people I know are still losing jobs... I just wonder what the REAL unemployment rate is, not what the gov't stats say...........
It's also been suggested to trade in your 'gas guzzlers' for a more economical vehicle. Well, it's pretty hard to tow or haul things with a VW!! And in this economy, who can afford to trade in, or buy a new car? More and more people I know are still losing jobs... I just wonder what the REAL unemployment rate is, not what the gov't stats say...........
JennyB
overo
In Wyoming where we live gas currently is $3.55 a gal, but not too far up the road it's $3.75 a gal. Diesel is just a little over $4.00 a gal. We live in a heavy touriest area(Yellowstone and the Tetons) and I wonder how much the high gas prices will hurt these area's. It is really sad when our government can't control the gas prices as there is NO shortage of gas in this country! I guess it is their way of keeping their thumb on us and I guess there is nothing that we can do about it!
Jenny
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