Author Topic: Paid $3.09 for gas this morning (Read 39942 times)

Ex 49'er · « **Reply #90 on:** March 02, 2011, 08:18:52 PM »

Took a big jump today: $4.05.

bobg · « **Reply #91 on:** March 02, 2011, 09:56:19 PM »

To early for me to be out. Don't know what the price is today. Yesterday the morning news said to expect a big jump in price effective this morning.

Conan The Librarian · « **Reply #92 on:** March 03, 2011, 04:15:21 AM »

3.59.

3.98 diesel

Sourdough · « **Reply #93 on:** March 03, 2011, 04:37:52 AM »

Conan: Not hardly. We need to ship out all the illegial aliens and put Obama at the front of the line.

Conan The Librarian · « **Reply #94 on:** March 03, 2011, 09:12:57 AM »

That's what I figured. Very reassuring! Let us know when you see sunlight again up there.

Ex 49'er · « **Reply #95 on:** March 03, 2011, 11:10:13 AM »

Took another small hop at noon: $4.09.

Ron 1 · « **Reply #96 on:** March 04, 2011, 12:24:45 AM »

come back $3.09 come back

well $3.09 is gone and it is now $3.55

rw

bobg · « **Reply #97 on:** March 04, 2011, 03:27:08 AM »

$3.55 at the 3 local stations this morning.

no guns here · « **Reply #98 on:** March 04, 2011, 07:48:37 AM »

$3.35 at the Valero on just off base in San Antonio at lunch today.

NGH

scootrd · « **Reply #99 on:** March 04, 2011, 04:50:10 PM »

and unbelievably we are still subsidizing the big oil companies (you know the guys that made trillions in profits last year).

with our tax dollars to the tune of 40 billion a year. Where is the logic here.

Ex 49'er · « **Reply #100 on:** March 04, 2011, 07:13:39 PM »

I read a newspaper article today that said that gas will probably go up at least another 32 cents before the price levels off. I don't believe it. I think it'll keep climbing until it reaches beyond the moon and halfway to the sun.

yellowtail3 · « **Reply #101 on:** March 04, 2011, 07:25:23 PM »

nearly four bucks here in southern California

billy_56081 · « **Reply #102 on:** March 04, 2011, 07:31:18 PM »

3.09 would be a bargain. On a brighter side my silver is over 35 an ounce. On the darker side, the parasites have devalued the dollar. AMERICA IS DOOMED. Dried beans, bleach, bullets and faith are the only things that will save you. Shoot straight and have no mercy on your enemy.

scootrd · « **Reply #103 on:** March 06, 2011, 06:37:58 AM »

and again still scratching my head ,
Put on the table last week was a proposal not to continue the 40 billion dollars a year That tax payers pay in subsidies to big oil and it was struck down in DC , Why ?

I thought they were looking for ways to cut spending? Where's the logic here? ..seems like a no brainer. Unless Big oil lobbyists have bought and paid for politicians to keep the subsidies alive. Apparently they are not really serious about cutting spending in DC. Makes no sense to keep these subsidies flowing to the most profitable companies in the world.
anyone smell quid pro quo kickback!!

scootrd · « **Reply #104 on:** March 06, 2011, 06:41:25 AM »

House Republicans voted yesterday to protect corporate welfare for big oil companies while cutting to the bone programs average Americans depend on. While the U.S. House of Representatives was working on a stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown, House Democrats offered a motion that would have taken away tax subsidies from the five largest oil companies, saving tens of billions of taxpayer dollars. The motion was defeated with every Republican voting against it.

Two weeks ago a similar vote that would have saved $53 billion in taxpayer funds, taking it away from the biggest oil companies, was also defeated basically along party lines.

The former CEO of Shell Oil, John Hoffmeister, recently said, "Big Oil doesn't need subsidies in the face of sustained high oil prices." (so why the vote to keep them alive)The largest oil companies, between 2005 and 2009, have made a combined 485 billion dollars in profits. That's almost half a Trillion dollars.

House Republicans said yes to keep the subsidies going to the big companies making huge profits.

Who wants to reduce the deficit? Who wants to save taxpayer dollars?
Think about that the next time you fill up your car. You're paying a lot more than just the price at the pump.

Sourdough · « **Reply #105 on:** March 06, 2011, 07:00:16 AM »

$4.049 for Reguler here in North Pole. $4.199 for Diesel Fuel.

Buckskin · « **Reply #106 on:** March 06, 2011, 02:32:48 PM »

Ohhh boy,
There goes the topic with Scooter's politics... Just don't anyone mention the word union....
Hey Scooter, maybe start a thread in the politic forum where it belongs....

scootrd · « **Reply #107 on:** March 06, 2011, 02:39:08 PM »

This has just as much to do with the price of GAS,
It just makes me scratch my head - we give them tax payer subsidies yet our gas keeps rising??

powderman · « **Reply #108 on:** March 06, 2011, 03:36:20 PM »

Pretty well $3.50 most places around here, believe higher in Lou. I'll check Tues when I go to Radcliff, they are always higher. Why aren't the dems screaming at the obamination about this like they did Bush?? Uhhhh, I fergot, he's their messiah. POWDERMAN.

scootrd · « **Reply #109 on:** March 06, 2011, 04:27:59 PM »

Quote from: powderman on March 06, 2011, 03:36:20 PM

Pretty well $3.50 most places around here, believe higher in Lou. I'll check Tues when I go to Radcliff, they are always higher. Why aren't the dems screaming at the obamination about this like they did Bush?? Uhhhh, I fergot, he's their messiah. POWDERMAN.

because unfortunately Powderman , I don't think it matters what administration or majority is in office they have all been corrupted on both sides of the isle by lobbyists and corporate interests. - JMHO

1marty · « **Reply #110 on:** March 06, 2011, 05:02:46 PM »

I live in NY near the NJ boarded. NY is $3.65 and 1/2 mile away in NJ its $3.28-guess where i fill up.

bobg · « **Reply #111 on:** March 07, 2011, 08:01:50 AM »

$4.19 here this morning. 64 cent jump in less than a week.

. Wonder if that is why i have only put 30 miles on my car in the last week.

Cabin4 · « **Reply #112 on:** March 07, 2011, 01:42:18 PM »

Looks like the Obama administration has figured out what it's publicly disclosed energy stratagy may be or at least what part of it may be: Release the strategic oil reserves.

You gotta laugh at these idiots.

scootrd · « **Reply #113 on:** March 07, 2011, 04:51:53 PM »

Why would a release of some of the energy reserves be idiotic in your opinion? if that in fact is what is being contemplated. I haven't kept up with this part of the news. But if I recall correctly , Bush Senior tapped the reserves in '91 and Bush Junior in '05.

Cabin4 · « **Reply #114 on:** March 07, 2011, 05:51:58 PM »

Quote from: scootrd on March 07, 2011, 04:51:53 PM

Why would a release of some of the energy reserves be idiotic in your opinion? if that in fact is what is being contemplated. I haven't kept up with this part of the news. But if I recall correctly , Bush Senior tapped the reserves in '91 and Bush Junior in '05.

Yes previous presidents have as well. Releasing the reserves is not a strategy. It’s simply a one-time shot of oil into the US market. The Obama admin has no real energy strategy or a back stop to combat a real shortage in oil supply. There has not been any reduction in the world’s oil supply. The price is being driven up by the "speculation" that there may be a supply issue in the future due to the ME unrest. Airlines, ocean shipping lines and transportation companies of all kind are driving the price up because they are scared of the lack of real sustainable supply strategy. They are negotiating with the oil companies to lock in long term price contracts. Since the oil companies are scared due to the lack of their hands tied by this administration and lack of strategy, they are going to ask for top dollar now. They fear a supply shortage is possible in the future which will result in lost sales/lower revenue.

We are not drilling on our own soil at that is ridiculous. There is no strategy to tap into our own resources. We are not building nuke plants, refineries or upgrading our electrical grid. No strategy.

billy_56081 · « **Reply #115 on:** March 07, 2011, 06:00:01 PM »

It is pretty much normal procedure, the liberal parasites want to steal from those who have saved and planned ahead because they have not.

Cabin4 · « **Reply #116 on:** March 07, 2011, 06:15:15 PM »

Quote from: billy_56081 on March 07, 2011, 06:00:01 PM

liberal parasites

That description is starting to really resonate for me.

Conan The Librarian · « **Reply #117 on:** March 08, 2011, 01:05:31 AM »

Regarding the strategic reserves, there is no shortage of fuel, there is a seasonal glut of it. The price increases are based on expected future prices because of fears of middle east instability. $3.60

Cabin4 · « **Reply #118 on:** March 08, 2011, 05:51:20 AM »

Quote from: Conan The Librarian on March 08, 2011, 01:05:31 AM

Regarding the strategic reserves, there is no shortage of fuel, there is a seasonal glut of it. The price increases are based on expected future prices because of fears of middle east instability. $3.60

Agree. As i said in post 114, there is no supply issue. However, if the US had a real energy strategy that reduced our need for imported oil, that would rest much of the fears and speculation, thus reducing the price.

no guns here · « **Reply #119 on:** March 08, 2011, 06:14:59 AM »

a note... there are 20 nuc plants licensing apps on the books in the US. Several have been approved and if all goes well the plants will be on-line by 2020.

I would much rather see an emphsis on more energy effecient construction, a major emphasis on solar and wind power. Nuke power just makes too much waste that never goes away.

We'll be reliant on oil for transportation for many, many years. We don't HAVE to be reliant on oil for power production at all.

NGH