I heard this and then started paying attention. I swear that the gas down the street from me does not last as long as the gas I get from the grocery store.

I had 1/2 a tank last night but filled up because I knew gas prices were just going to go up, up, up over Memorial Day weekend. I paid $3.85 a gallon. I'm still in shock that it's gotten this expensive.

Have you all noticed that traffic is lighter now? I've noticed that my commute to work isn't as treacherous. My dad was telling me that he did the drive from Ft. Lauderdale to West Palm on I-95 a few days ago during rush hour, which is usually bumper to bumper, and he said it was almost like a ghost town. Also, a couple of people at my work who work in HR and Administration were mentioning that MARTA usage at my work (MARTA is Atlanta's subway/train) increased by 15% just in the last month!

Can either one of you detail just what you mean?
Gas is gas. It is cross-sold by the companies all the time.

Some stations are at $4.20 this morning. All the others are still $3.99, though.

The supply is there - just not being released by OPEC. Basically it is greed on the part of MANY different entities involved in oil and gas. Oil companies have been posting ever increasing record profits - and the state and federal governments are LOVING these high prices because it means more tax revenue. Unfortunately all other aspects of the economy are hurting - obviously consumers/drivers are hit hardest but also tourism since people won't be traveling as much.

^It's not that easy at all. OPEC isn't going to release a bunch of reserves when they know damn well that there is plenty of oil readily available for extraction/production.

None of this will change until government policy and legislation changes.

So far Chicago has the highest gas prices. Yay!!!:mad::(

http://jalopnik.com/assets/resources...nggassymap.jpg

Founds this online and thought it was interesting.

I just paid $3.999 for a tank of gas.
Per gas buddy, the station is the lowest in area.
The station just up the street is selling gas at $4.079
There was not line at at, I just drove up and filled up.
I asked the gas jockey what was up and find out the pump
is not able to be set above $3.999!
I know where I am getting my gas until the pumps get replaced!

$too.fuckingmuch

I still have the flu (seriously, who gets the flu in the summer?) but I went out into the world and passed by "my" gas station.

unleaded prices
4/26 - $3.57 /gal
5/12 - $3.74 /gal
5/21 - $3.89 /gal
5/25 - $3.91 /gal

The super & premium has been at or above the $4 for awhile ... right now premium is around $4.22/gal

Hmmmm....I'm thinking of renting that Phi Mu golf cart for local commutes.

$3.95 here for Regular. I'm glad we chose to rent a mini-van for next week's vacation rather than an RV!!

Ok. All you folks who can still get regular for less than $4/gal, quit yer whining. :p

The real question is, when are we going to stop feeling shocked by the gas prices?

They showed a funny piece on the news of people complaining about how expensive gas was.. how are people going to make it with prices that high, on and on. Then they revealed that the piece was when it went over $2 for the first time. Who wouldn't be doing a happy dance for $2 gas now?

I don't think that will ever happen. There was an article on CNN mobile that said most people think gas prices will "stay around the same or get higher" in the near future. Every other time that question has been asked in the past, consumers said it would eventually go back down b/c that's what it has always done before.

I wouldn't be surprised to see $5-$6 regular unleaded in the future.

I drove to work the other day and thought to myself, I need to fill up my tank pretty soon.....As I was driving to work, gas was 3.71, as I drove home it was 3.81! :eek:

The next day it was 3.91 at the same station!

$4.68 for diesel today. Thankfully, I've got enough to get through to the middle of the week when hopefully it will drop down a bit, but damn.

I hate to say it, but that's wishful thinking :p

I used to fill up when my car was down to only 1/4 left, and now I will fill up when it gets to about 1/2 b/c gas isn't getting any cheaper.

Most of the places around here jack the price up for Memorial Day weekend and then drop it a few cents midway through the week after. I'll take even a few cents right now, sad!

I noticed that traffic going to the Jersey Shore was a lot lighter this weekend than in past Memorial Day Weekends. Yes, there was the Friday Night crawl down the Garden State Parkway (as I observed walking in a park adjacent to the GSP). On Saturday and Sunday, though, there was not much traffic at all.

Mr. F&F & I decided against getting season passes this year, due LARGELY to the increasing price of gas!

As a local, I've noticed that there's less traffic than usual, as well. Although it's still horrendous. [sigh] Benny season has begun. :p

It's up to $4.99 for diesel at some stations near me.

:eek: whaaaaat!

This may be a stupid question, but why is diesel so dang expensive right now? At first I thought refining costs, but it used to be cheaper than unleaded! What happened?

Of course its no surprise that a southerner would give up beer. *sigh*

Welcome to the real world of getting screwed!:mad:

Diesel is from the bottom of the barrel and the cheepest to refine!

But, it is needed, so guesss what?????:mad:

A friend said his dad was in the oil business and if it wasnt for diesel, they would have just pourd it out into the ground.:o

But since it used to be cheaper and peeps started buying Diesel and we get deliverys it of course goes up!!!

We pay for it one way or the other!:mad:

That's how much it is in the central Connecticut area. I also paid $4.21 for regular this morning.

OUCH, god does that hurt!:(

I work in a...mmm...less affluent section of my county. I'm looking across the street and regular is $4.17. :(

It's still $3.69 here. I am not looking forward to going back to California prices. I'll die, I tell you, DIE.

As gas prices soar, thieves grow more brazen
 

My jaw just dropped lower and lower as I read this following news story. I had heard some of the stories but it seems not all of them.

"As gas prices soar, thieves grow more brazen

It’s not just drive-offs — crooks targeting individual cars with siphons, drills"

"Bobby Lee Julien, who’s driven a fuel tanker for 27 years, was near the end of his route. It was 3 a.m. when he pulled up at a stop sign off State Highway 225 in Houston.
It took only a few seconds for the masked man to rip open the passenger door, jump in and point a gun at Julien, 52.
“I begged him not to shoot me,” Julien said. “I feared for my life. The whole time he had a gun pointed at me.”.........
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24779216/

In a way, it's comical that it's come to this. But, in reality, it's terrifying.

No kidding... there have been a ton of people waking up to find their cars with a strange stick protruding from the bottoms of their cars --- turns out it is just another way thieves are making off with gas.... and those repairs are several hundred dollars if not in the thousands.

Me.....last week too:(

Heard a story on the news about a fuel tanker driver who sold off gallons and gallons of gas from his tanker to people for $2 a gallon til the gas stations he was selling to caught on that they weren't getting as many gallons as they were paying for...

I have come out to my car SEVERAL times to find my tank door open. :mad: It used to happen all the time at home and, now that I live on my own, it's still happening, but not as much.

And I see why: $3.69 to $3.86 IN ONE DAY. :mad::mad::mad:

:eek:

Ironically, I was wondering this morning if I should get a locking gas cap.

I was thinking the same thing... it won't stop all types of theft, but it may help the most basic. You can get them at Auto Zone or any other car parts place for about $12.

For those "experts" out there - why would gas prices jump 25 cents in three weeks' time? Or 10 cents in a day? Is there any logical reason for this??? What exactly is happening "today" that is doing this?