Is it going to be freefall Monday? Oil is down $3.18 to $83.70 already this morning.

Well go **** yourself then.

Is this the way to start your Monday Bugs? :p

Well now, we can't have that.

when was the last time it was this low? and what was the gas price then?

So this is a result of our now shitty credit rating, is that correct? That's one thing I had heard that might be causing this. Un-intended benefit of a shitty credit rating?

February 2011.

Gas was ~$3.10/gallon.

Yea I know, it needs to fall more.

Sort of. Today's drop is the result of the downgrade, but it's more to do with the overall state of our economy and the potential of a more significant drop in our demand for crude as a result.

I would think that the downgrade would weaken the dollar more, which should lead to an increase in crude pricing, but i haven't looked at the dollar today yet.

Gas in northern Missouri over the weekend: $3.52
Gas in eastern Iowa over the weekend: $3.53
Gas in Naperville, Illinois: $3.89

And Naperville is far cheaper than many surrounding areas, especially anything in Crook-I mean Cook, County and specifically Chicago.

We are getting raped up here, and all the ****s who run our various local governments keep saying is that they're broke. 4321

Yeah, but you get that great California weather, close to the beach and ocean, and...

Oh, wait.

Crude now $81.51, down $5.37 (-6.18%)

Where do you think the bottom is?

I have no idea. This has almost nothing to do with the fundamentals. But, I'll take a wild guess: $60.00

So, except for the fact that we should see some lower prices at the pump, this seems like not such a good thing...A drastic change in prices like that usually means something a bit more sinister on the horizon, no?