

| Subject: | Re: Gas prices |
| From: | michael hann |
| Date: | Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:27:58 -0800 |
how many dinosaurs had to die in iraq, iran, saudi arabi for there to be this huge oil lake underground? On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 4:18 PM, michael hann <hann.michael@gmail.com>wrote: > i understand the aspects of speculation etc, but i dont get why a gas > station "can" not would change their price daily. other than greed, here > some stations change their price multiple times a day and that infuriates > me and others around. here in my city we pay close to 75 cents a gallon in > taxes and at right now across the street it is $4.359 for 87 octane. arco > is roughly 15 cents cheaper on average depending on location and other gas > stations in the vicenity. i live in a city that has oil wells running > constantly, a pipeline/mini refinery on the shore and oil derricks/rigs on > the coast in shallow water within my view, and i still have to pay higher > than national average for a gallon of gas. sorry for ranting but if your > paying less than 4 bucks consider yourself happy and lucky. have a great > weekend im going on vacation where surely i will be pissed of by prices up > in big bear. another day another dollar wasted. > > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote: > >> Ever read George Crile's 2003 book "Charlie Wilson's War"? A good story >> and a lot of information on the side, some of it to do with Iran, not >> flattering but what the heck. Not a speck of Vanagon in it. (Better than >> the movie). >> >> I've been reading that it's the speculators driving up the cost of gas >> (yes war fears from the mid-east will increase the speculation) at a time >> when there is a glut of gasoline here in the US. >> http://www.alaskadispatch.com/**article/would-reducing-us-** >> fuel-exports-stop-gas-prices-**spiking<http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/would-reducing-us-fuel-exports-stop-gas-prices-spiking> >> If you put "oil stored in tankers today" in the search block of >> http://www.news.google.com/ you can find more questions to ask. >> Do you know anyone who has an oil well & gets a royalty? Ask them what >> their crude is worth to the buyers, last I heard they didn't get the price >> 'they' are guessing it will be in 3 months <g>, we are just paying that >> price. >> >> The 'why' is only important in the hopes we can get the rise to stop, the >> fact that it has been going up every day (for a week??) has to be dealt >> with. I just put $42.82 in my VW bus... the world has changed since 1973 >> when I swore that if it went above 50 cents I was going to stop driving .. >> or was it 75 cents? Maybe a dollar ... Today I'm happy not to see a hand >> lettered "No Gas" sign & have enough cash to buy the gas to fill my tank. >> >> Oh well, back to what ever it was I'm doing today besides the twin >> grandsons 10th birthday. >> >> Rob >> becida@comcast.net >> >> >> >> >> At 2/24/2012 02:46 PM, Tom Hargrave wrote: >> >>> My comment was heading the same way but some believe they are a peaceful >>> country and I stopped short. >>> >>> Thanks, Tom Hargrave >>> www.stir-plate.com >>> www.towercooler.com >>> www.kegkits.com >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Chris S. [mailto:szpejankowski@gmail.**com<szpejankowski@gmail.com> >>> ] >>> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 4:42 PM >>> To: Tom Hargrave >>> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >>> Subject: Re: Gas prices >>> >>> I'm afraid if Iran does something incredibly stupid the prices will >>> skyrocket. Radioactive oil can't be sold, correct? >>> >>> Time to clench buttocks tightly. >>> >>> Chris. >>> >>> Wysłane z iPhone'a >>> >>> Dnia Feb 24, 2012 o godz. 16:48 Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET> >>> napisał(a): >>> >>> > I'm afraid it will continue to climb until IRAN quiets down or does >>> > something incredibly stupid. >>> > >>> >> >
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