Thread: Gas tops $3.90 nationwide

President Obama announced earlier this week that the Justice Department will form a task force to investigate possible manipulation of the oil and gas markets.

Nothing like a good Congressional task force to waste a few $B more. Don't you just know they'll get the problem solved once and for all now. I wonder if the Congress will bring some oil execs to cap hill for another dog & pony show.

Originally Posted by GearsMcGilf

Nothing like a good Congressional task force to waste a few $B more. Don't you just know they'll get the problem solved once and for all now. I wonder if the Congress will bring some oil execs to cap hill for another dog & pony show.

Just remember, when gas prices went up under Bush's administration, it was his fault. But now that it's happening under Obama's administration, it's not his fault.

Originally Posted by DOMS

Just remember, when gas prices went up under Bush's administration, it was his fault. But now that it's happening under Obama's administration, it's not his fault.

I don't remember anybody blaming him for gas prices...



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Originally Posted by Evil Eagle

I don't remember anybody blaming him for gas prices...

You - don't - say...

Originally Posted by Evil Eagle

I don't remember anybody blaming him for gas prices...



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Oh yeah they blammed bush and now they will blame Barry and like I said if this doesnt change alot by election time gas prices,the economy,jobs what ever Barry is finished. And its almost $4.50 here

It was Bush and all his bog oil buddies. Now it's Qaddafi's fault. Truth is, it's OPEC and the speculators. At the same time, I doubt Obama seriously wants prices to come down at all. Quite the opposite. It's mind boggling to look back at all the issues he was given a pass on during the campaign. He could have promised to pardon Charles Manson and liberals were so drunk on the Obama kool-aid they wouldn't have blinked.

Originally Posted by GearsMcGilf

Truth is, it's OPEC and the speculators. At the same time,

This is correct. However, when your presidents are starting wars in the Middle East, it gives power to the speculators, which raises gas prices.

Originally Posted by GearsMcGilf

Nothing like a good Congressional task force to waste a few $B more.

The task force will investigate, then decide they need to form a committee. The committee will then meet and have discussions, perhaps forming sub-committees. There will be proposals and motions, and it will all be done with the best interest of the American People in mind. In the end, they will decide that action may or may not need to be taken to address said issue.

Originally Posted by GearsMcGilf

It was Bush and all his bog oil buddies. Now it's Qaddafi's fault. Truth is, it's OPEC and the speculators. At the same time, I doubt Obama seriously wants prices to come down at all. Quite the opposite. It's mind boggling to look back at all the issues he was given a pass on during the campaign. He could have promised to pardon Charles Manson and liberals were so drunk on the Obama kool-aid they wouldn't have blinked.

Just like the GOP was for Cap & Trade until the Democrats were for it...then all of a sudden it was bad..

The Political History of Cap and Trade | Science & Nature | Smithsonian Magazine

Originally Posted by LIFTHEAVY

I pay 4 a gallon for permium for my 2010 camaro. Lol gas prices suck right now

just remember when speeding that gas is costing more like $5-7 a gallon

Originally Posted by Curt James

Gas tops $3.90 nationwide

I started a thread predicting Brent Crude hitting $150-200 a few months ago.

The current gas prices were long ago predicted.

Why are people complaining in the US?

Gas prices in the US are CHEAP, even at $6 per gallon.


And also, The President has NOTHING to do with international Brent Crude prices, nor the WTI prices.

Stop Whinging.

Want gas prices to come down? Any time gas goes above say $2/gallon nobody goes to work that day. Across the country. They'll notice when you hit them in the pocket book. What's going to happen? The whole country will get fired? Ha! When you hit them where it hurts they'll take notice and actually do something CONSTRUCTIVE.

But it will never happen because this country is so against standing united we're easily beaten by anything. We bicker at each other like siblings with brain damage all the while the world is happening around us and we are oblivious to it.

$4.25 around here. I'd welcome $3.90 right now.

Ive been using E85, I take a 20% hit in gas mileage, but I can get it for 3.05 and gas is 4.17 here. When gas spikes is the only time it is actually worth it to buy it.

Originally Posted by Big Smoothy

Gas prices in the US are CHEAP, even at $6 per gallon.

(snip)

Stop Whinging.

I hope gas prices in your neighborhood go to $22 per gallon, Smoothy!

And we're not whhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnngggiiiiiiiiing!

Originally Posted by hoyle21

Ive been using E85, I take a 20% hit in gas mileage, but I can get it for 3.05 and gas is 4.17 here. When gas spikes is the only time it is actually worth it to buy it.

I'm terrible at math.

If you pay 3.05 versus 4.17 does that offset your 20% dip in mileage?

That's like $1 versus $1.20, right?

Does that work out to $3.66 per gallon equivalent for the same mileage.



I hate math.

remember, we have beens spoiled, compared to other industrialized nations we still pay the least. When my husband was in the military stationed in germany they were paying the equivalent of 8 dollars a gallon ( over a decade ago)

Now that china and india are becoming addicted to oil and china has surpassed us in purchasing it ( thanks to capitalism winning out over communism), free market principles deem that higher prices are necessary as there is more demand for a limited supply of resources. We need to wean our addiction as quickly as possible, as an ex chemist, i can tell you we use billions of gallons of oil just to make those stupid plastic bags you trash at the grocery store, fat asses need to ride their bikes , carpool, etc. I ride my bike the 32 mile round trip ride to work 2 days a week ( i invested 75 dollars on good front and back lights) and drive my honda civic ( 8 yrs old and fully paid for ) the rest so I spend only 80 dollars a month ( up from 50 two months ago though). If you paid for your SUV already, don't invest 15 grand getting a new honda civic, but if you are looking for a new car ( your suv is toast) , hell, get that economy car. ( forget priuses, honda civic hybrids will help you recover your investment quicker)

Originally Posted by Curt James

I'm terrible at math.

If you pay 3.05 versus 4.17 does that offset your 20% dip in mileage?

That's like $1 versus $1.20, right?

Does that work out to $3.66 per gallon equivalent for the same mileage.



I hate math.

Originally Posted by Zaphod

Want gas prices to come down? Any time gas goes above say $2/gallon nobody goes to work that day. Across the country. They'll notice when you hit them in the pocket book. What's going to happen? The whole country will get fired? Ha! When you hit them where it hurts they'll take notice and actually do something CONSTRUCTIVE.

But it will never happen because this country is so against standing united we're easily beaten by anything. We bicker at each other like siblings with brain damage all the while the world is happening around us and we are oblivious to it.

The question is what would that something "constructive" turn out to be?

Your boss probably has nothing to do with gas prices. I know my boss doesn't. So if we all just don't show for work... how long until your boss calls and asks what's up?

And then who tells the "gas people" that we didn't show up?

I'm betting the boss would hire a new employee and Shell and all the other gas folks would focus on China as eager consumers.



Let's all bicycle to work for a year and then see what the pump prices look like.



Of course that's a 26-mile hike for me. And it rains a lot. Plus winter would sucks. And... Okay, so I don't have a 100% solution either.

Originally Posted by bandaidwoman

remember, we have beens spoiled, compared to other industrialized nations we still pay the least. When my husband was in the military stationed in germany they were paying the equivalent of 8 dollars a gallon ( over a decade ago)

Now that china and india are becoming addicted to oil and china has surpassed us in purchasing it ( thanks to capitalism winning out over communism), free market principles deem that higher prices are necessary as there is more demand for a limited supply of resources. We need to wean our addiction as quickly as possible, as an ex chemist, i can tell you we use billions of gallons of oil just to make those stupid plastic bags you trash at the grocery store, fat asses need to ride their bikes , carpool, etc. I ride my bike the 32 mile round trip ride to work 2 days a week ( i invested 75 dollars on good front and back lights) and drive my honda civic ( 8 yrs old and fully paid for ) the rest so I spend only 80 dollars a month ( up from 50 two months ago though). If you paid for your SUV already, don't invest 15 grand getting a new honda civic, but if you are looking for a new car ( your suv is toast) , hell, get that economy car. ( forget priuses, honda civic hybrids will help you recover your investment quicker)

Funny how the big push was "save a tree use a plastic bag", wait just a fucking moment, we can plant more trees. You can't make more oil.

Always the year of election they jack up the prices and right before election begins prices drop!

Originally Posted by Zaphod

But it will never happen because this country is so against standing united we're easily beaten by anything. We bicker at each other like siblings with brain damage all the while the world is happening around us and we are oblivious to it.

internal strife will be the downfall of the US. China, Japan, Germany, etc. do not have political party's built on racial divides that dictate policy in their countries that divide them. conservatives on the far right are so busy trying to keep minorities down by attacking unions, cutting social services etc. they haven't even noticed that Asian men now have the highest median incomes in the US.

I agree

Never thought of the plastic bags thing. What, a moratorium on plastic bags? I have purchased at least one of those fabric ones but never use it. D'OH!

Ugly lazy American is ugly and lazy.

Fu**en canadian prices are rediculouse too man were paying a $1.55/per liter....you know how much that is in gallons FIVE DOLLERS AND EIGHTY THREE CENTS PER GALLON imagine that one

Originally Posted by MathewD

Fu**en canadian prices are rediculouse too man were paying a $1.55/per liter....you know how much that is in gallons FIVE DOLLERS AND EIGHTY THREE CENTS PER GALLON imagine that one

Yeah, but that's still only 2 dollars American.




(I know that isnt the case anymore, and it makes me feel old to be able remember when it was.)

...my rx7 gets 8mpg and it runs on half premium half 116 race gas..I've been riding my bike because it cost me 650 just to start the car and drive around the block when the weather is cold..

Originally Posted by GearsMcGilf

It was Bush and all his bog oil buddies. Now it's Qaddafi's fault. Truth is, it's OPEC and the speculators. At the same time, I doubt Obama seriously wants prices to come down at all. Quite the opposite.

the GOP (Pauly Ryan budget, etc.) wants to cut funding to the CFTC and SEC basically defunding Dodd-Frank financial-regulatory legislation, as if the derivatives trading market isn't already under-regulated. I guess no lesson learned from the mortgage meltdown in 2007 caused by the very same people...