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epchick 01-23-2009 11:26 PM
I really hope Sam's is cheaper, but I just saw the Chevron down the street is at $1.89 :eek:

nate2512 01-24-2009 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by ree-Xi (Post 1768680)
The oil manufacturers purposely decreased production so that there was more demand. The higher the demand, the more they charge.
Because they is no room to store all the gas they are making, when the demand for gas was really high they were selling it as fast as they could produce it. Also, it doesn't really make a difference, they may be making more money per gallon, but they aren't producing as many gallons, so they really aren't making all that much more money, but if they can't sell the gas then they are having to pay to store, therefore losing money. No one likes losing money.

I know someone who is pretty high up with a huge international oil company and he said when oil hits below $35 a barrel, then they are no longer working for profit and will starting shutting operations down.

ree-Xi 01-24-2009 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by nate2512 (Post 1770163)
Because they is no room to store all the gas they are making, when the demand for gas was really high they were selling it as fast as they could produce it. Also, it doesn't really make a difference, they may be making more money per gallon, but they aren't producing as many gallons, so they really aren't making all that much more money, but if they can't sell the gas then they are having to pay to store, therefore losing money. No one likes losing money.

I know someone who is pretty high up with a huge international oil company and he said when oil hits below $35 a barrel, then they are no longer working for profit and will starting shutting operations down.
Big difference between $70 a barrel and $35 a barrel. None of those oil companies are hurting for profits. In recent years, many have reported record earnings, far surpassing expected profits.

And we have heard from almost every industry having to raise their prices to cover increased gas costs (airlines, food & agriculture, retail, manufacturing etc.). It trickles down, and people need to decide whether to pay for gas to get them to work, and necessities of life.

nate2512 01-25-2009 12:22 AM
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Originally Posted by ree-Xi (Post 1770225)
Big difference between $70 a barrel and $35 a barrel. None of those oil companies are hurting for profits. In recent years, many have reported record earnings, far surpassing expected profits.

And we have heard from almost every industry having to raise their prices to cover increased gas costs (airlines, food & agriculture, retail, manufacturing etc.). It trickles down, and people need to decide whether to pay for gas to get them to work, and necessities of life.
did you not take economics?

epchick 05-27-2009 09:41 PM
anyone else's gas prices going up? Its ridiculous how much they've gone up within the past 2-3 weeks. Gas prices were around $1.70-$1.80 and now they are $2.50. :mad:

ThetaDancer 05-27-2009 10:18 PM
Same here :(

nate2512 05-27-2009 11:47 PM
sad as it may be, i might actually be glad gas is going back up, our universities have been cutting major budgets cause we aren't getting any oil royalties, i have a feeling this is going to reflect the end of the recession in the southern gulf states if these trends keep up.

RU OX Alum 05-28-2009 03:50 AM
^^ I hope so.

The economy is so linked together that the slightest change seems in one area to affect all other parts.

Hopefully, people will be more responsible from now on.

nate2512 05-28-2009 11:04 PM
you know we'll be in the same boat when gas eases back up in 3.00 range, people are going to be bitching like hell cause gas is so high, it's a double edge sword, pick your side, id rather pay the little bit extra for gas because it's beneficial in the long run, and maybe this recession will be good for america and make people pay attention to the world around them.

TexasWSP 05-28-2009 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by ree-Xi (Post 1768680)
The oil manufacturers purposely decreased production so that there was more demand. The higher the demand, the more they charge.
Yeeeeeeeah. That's actually not what happens at all.

We don't "charge" anything. We import 75% of our fuel. Perhaps investigate how oil and gas prices are generated.

VandalSquirrel 05-29-2009 12:14 AM
Hasn't gas always gone up during the summer due to travel season and what not? Maybe I'm imagining things, but I recall gas going up around Memorial Day, and going back down after Labor Day.

AGDee 05-29-2009 05:44 AM
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Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel (Post 1812932)
Hasn't gas always gone up during the summer due to travel season and what not? Maybe I'm imagining things, but I recall gas going up around Memorial Day, and going back down after Labor Day.
Yes, and they say, in Michigan, it's due to 1) demand going up and 2) requiring a different blend in the summer to meet emissions standards.

texas*princess 05-29-2009 12:02 PM
this sucks.

I think I'm OK with a max of $2.50/gal, but anything more than that is ludicrous :(

Yesterday I paid around $2.80ish for regular unleaded

RU OX Alum 05-29-2009 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by texas*princess (Post 1813007)
this sucks.

I think I'm OK with a max of $2.50/gal, but anything more than that is ludicrous :(

Yesterday I paid around $2.80ish for regular unleaded
I agree. Although, I would think more than $2.00 is high, if it were locked in (not that this could be done) at $2.50, I wouldn't complain.

xi_pinkrose 05-29-2009 12:35 PM
Thought this might be of some interest to some. It was to me...


Oil Is Plentiful, Demand Weak. Why Are Gas Prices Going Up?
By VIVIENNE WALT / PARIS Vivienne Walt / Paris – Fri May 29, 7:05 am ET

Storage tankers across the globe may be brimming with oil that no one is buying because of the global economic downturn, but the traditional laws of supply and demand don't always apply to oil prices. Drivers have faced rising prices at the gas pump in recent months, as investors and oil-producing countries hoard supplies in anticipation of a global economic recovery later this year.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/2009052...08599190144600


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