Actually, crude is back up to $97

Meh, I'll just delete it.

You mean the spike in MO? I don't know.

This thread really isn't the place to have that discussion. DC is. Would you please delete your post?

It would appear this thread has found a home where such disscussions are held~

Oh, it's in DC now.

LMAO

Oh well.

Time to drop the gloves :p

Nope.

That's a shame.

So after 6 years, this thread finally makes it to DC....ROFL


I was joking, good grief.

It appears to have moved again LMAO DC related post deleted~

Just checking. Thanks.

They seem to be consistently around or under $100, yet gas prices are going through the roof.

Also, there was a time when crude was in the $150 range, and gas prices were similar to what they are now.

Not sure what this reply is for~

Exactly....so WTF is the dealio yo?

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Greed, memorial weekend coming up...
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I was just jabbing at the guy who's post I deleted. If you look, you'll see I wrote the same thing as the reason for edit. :D

This thread now belongs in the media center.

Would you.....a gas pump?



Mods, please move to pictures forum....

.50 in one ****ing week. Seaturtles must have gang raped an underwater pipeline and knocked of some alge.

Mother**** you, Donger

Maybe, but I haven't seen any spike in price down south.

Seems to be a regional thing for you folks.

I thought some mod moved this to dc

No, they aren't, at least not with regard to the national average.

Crude hit $147 in July of 2008. Gasoline hit $4.11 at that time. We are at $3.67 now. So, as you can see, no, they aren't similar at all.

Who is "we"? Since the only person who buys gas for my car is me, that's actually an "I." And "I" don't really give a shit what the national average is, douche. I don't buy my gas in bumble**** Mississippi, so if it's selling down there for $2.00, that really has no bearing on my life. What matters to me is that it's $4.20 right now in my area, and even higher at other places locally.

Mostly due to the Socialist state you live in. :evil:

That's no shit. Funny thing is, if it's $4.20 here, it's probably closer to $5.00 in Chicago.

$4.29/gal in Omaha. Redamndiculous!!!

I think we've had this discussion before. The national average is the only relevant figure. I understand that you don't like that, but that doesn't change the fact that local spot prices are simply part of the overall picture.

Oh, and the price in Chicago one year ago was $4.16.

You should tell them you're only going to pay the national average. Donger said so.

Oh, and I did find out the reason for the spike in the Midwest: refinery maintenance and outages at the following locations...

Eldorado KS
Joliet IL
Whiting IN
Tulsa OK

That's nice. I'm sure none of it was intentional.

Of course it was intentional. They have to perform maintenance and they also have to switch from winter to summer blends, by law.

That's what I heard, but I was curious. It seems a bit ****ed to me that they decide to do some maintenance on their facilities, and then outages hit the rest of them. Oil is one of the shadiest businesses on the planet.

No it's not/Donger

The best time for them to do maintenance is during the switch from winter to summer blends. If you've ever performed maintenance on any equipment, you know that sometimes things happen during the maintenance that you weren't expecting, which can cause delays in getting the equipment up and running again.

This will probably end up with the refineries losing more money than they would if the refineries had no issues, by the way. The retailers are the ones raising prices, not the refineries.

So those guys who swear they only make a nickel a gallon, are now jumping it up to 50 cents and more?

Possibly, yes. As has been discussed, the price that you pay at the pump is the retailers' replacement price. They've already paid for what is in their tanks. They're basically looking at the present and what they think will happen with the refiners, and price accordingly. Sometimes they guess right and sometimes they guess wrong. It's not unusual for a retailer to actually sell gasoline for less than they paid for it. In the end, yes, it works out to about 5 to 10 cents per gallon profit. They make their real profit on the other stuff in the store.

They're essentially selling gasoline out of the good of their hearts? What swell people!

Not at all. They are in business to make a profit, just like every other other business.

That explains the regional thing I mentioned.

Regardless...it ****ing sucks...

Its ALWAYS something.....what REALLY SUCKS is when they get to cause the "something."

Bring back the 80's, $1.00 a gallon would suit me just fine.

Considering inflation, how do the 80's prices compare to todays?

The 80's? It was at or under a buck in the late 90's.
You'd think this would spurn some public transit projects but it doesn't seem to have done a lot.

$1.00 in the 1980s is the same as $2.82 today, apparently.

$4.17 today.

That's because public transportation sucks and no one wants to use it.

Because no one wants to live on top of each other in sardine cans.

Not to mention that it's an all or nothing deal when it comes to enough routes and timeliness. Having lived in Europe where it's a way of life, you can get anywhere, pretty quickly, very cost effectively. When I just entertained the idea here in KC, I found the assholes running the place wouldn't even bother to help me figure out the best way from Lee's Summit and back each day. Fail! Then, when I figured it out myself, I'd have to have a clock-punching 9-5 job for it to be effective. Well, no!

So, they need to quit looking at public transportation as a charity ride for certain cross-sections of KC, and just get it in everywhere. Slow growth just won't work.

And last, having little from the airport to the market/downtown/Crown/Plaza are killing the area for many conferences. Try those on for size first, and not buses.....real light-rail cars like DC has.

Short of that, **** them, I'll drive and have my corporate conferences elsewhere.

Crude down almost 2% today, closing at $93.16. Gasoline down to $3.65

Seriously considering purchasing a moped/scooter for travel around my town outside of work (work out of town)...anyone here go that route or own one? Just looking for a 49cc model that's reliable...

Refinery Issues, Summer Blend Send Gas Prices Soaring

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/06/...rices-soaring/

CHICAGO (CBS) – Chicago area gas prices jumped 25 cents at some stations in one day this week, thanks to a double-whammy of refinery problems and the switchover to summer blend gasoline.

WBBM Newsradio’s John Cody reports, with a gallon of regular unleaded now going for an average of $4.70 per gallon, Chicago’s gas prices are even higher than Hawaii’s.

Gas Buddy analyst Patrick DeHaan said BP and ExxonMobil have said maintenance being completed at Whiting and Joliet has restricted local gas supplies, just as refineries switch to the more expensive summer blends, and driving demand picks up for the holiday season.

“Unfortunately, it may get worse before it gets better, but in the next two weeks or so, we should see some relief, starting that is, in the next two weeks,” he said.

DeHaan said several stations raised their prices by a full quarter per gallon between opening and closing on Wednesday.

Daniel Vargas fills his vintage Camaro with premium. That grade carries a premium price, even in northwest Indiana, where gas is normally cheaper.

A gallon of premium was going for $4.89 at one Merrillville, Ind. gas staion.

“Northwest Indiana is not the place to get cheap gas. In fact, there’s no cheap gas and there hasn’t been for quite some time,” DeHaan says. “Tighter gasoline supply combined with these refinery outages creates a very tight situation for supply. And what happens? Econ 101 says prices go way up.”

Dang :eek:

and so 'it' begins.

"it" began here a couple of weeks ago....though the prices have dipped back down a bit.

I paid 3.94 in Scottsdale yesterday.

I told frazod not to make me angry.

lol

I was in Tennessee Tuesday and gas was like 3.18.

I LOL'd......rep to you

DAMN YOU

Seriously, though, it's nuts here. I noticed the prices going up over the weekend - it was $4.19 a gallon pretty much everywhere - I found a station that was selling gas for $3.87 and filled up - when I drove by later in the day they had raised their prices to match everybody else. Last time I looked, they'd gone up another 20 cents. And we're generally much cheaper than the city - it's gotta be getting close to $5.00 in Chicago.

Was there a nuclear war in the Middle East that I didn't hear about on the news?

No. What was discussed earlier is still affecting the Midwest.

Holy crap...i might seriously consider a Prius if i lived in Chicago area.

Well, crude has passed through the $100 barrier again, now trading at $101.49. Gasoline now at $3.49 (down from $3.64 one month ago), but that's going to change.

Sorry.

Cheap gas in Louisiana. 3.15

Paid 3.11 this morning filling up the Planetmobile.

Gas prices usually go up the day I decide to fill up and go down the day after. Bought gas on monday for 3.25 and its dropped to 3.19 since.

LMAO

This is easily corrected. Get an SUV and drive farther. That should even out the averages.

3.04 in JoMo this a.m.

LMAO

In other words you should warn everyone when you are about to fill up so that we know to wait for a couple of day.

Crude still climbing. Now at $105.35. Gasoline oddly level for the moment.

I saw gas @ 2.99 a few days ago in Tulsa.