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Old 03-30-2014, 5:54pm   #21
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3;73$ here
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i was told there would be no math.

and then you introduce pesos and metric.
When gas first went over 1.00 years ago, Shell stations started charging for liters for awhile because their pumps would not set at over 99.9 cents.

I actually found I could convince some people that their American car would not run on metric gas.
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Old 03-30-2014, 5:59pm   #23
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$3.32 for regular
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Old 03-30-2014, 5:59pm   #24
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3.58 for the cheap swill, and 3.97 for the good stuff.
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Old 03-30-2014, 6:15pm   #25
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It's still only worth about a dollar a gallon.

Over taxation and price manipulation by the speculators triple the price at the pump.

If the assholes in DC wanted to do something...anything, to help the economy and the hard working folks...they could rein in the noted excess "fat" attached to the price to the consumer.

I'm not holding breath
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When gas first went over 1.00 years ago, Shell stations started charging for liters for awhile because their pumps would not set at over 99.9 cents.

I actually found I could convince some people that their American car would not run on metric gas.
We had an issue around here when it first went over $3.00 a gallon. The pumps wouldn't go over $2.99 for some reason. They started pricing gallons on the signs, but the pumps were set at half-gallons. It got confusing.
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Old 03-30-2014, 6:25pm   #27
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There is really no reason for gasoline prices to be what they are, other than Americans have been duped into feeling good about $3.00/gal., when 12 years ago, or even fewer, gasoline was still under $2.00/gal.

Storms, politics, and greed, brought gasoline above $4.00/gal., and now we're complacent. America depends on affordable energy, which is not the direction we're heading
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3;73$ here
Nice gear ratio, bad gas price.
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Old 03-30-2014, 10:32pm   #29
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87 is 4 bucks a gallon here in SOCAL again. Almost 60 bucks to fill up the daily driver.


Bush's Fault
GTFO of SOCAL!

Look problem solved, even though it was Bush's fault.



(snide just filled up the Jeep at 3.459/gallon up here in Cow Hampshire)
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Old 03-31-2014, 10:09am   #30
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I paid $3.82 for premium this morning in Louisville, Ky. Got a 10 cents per gallon discount with my shopper's card, though.
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Old 03-31-2014, 10:12am   #31
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Passed the station first thing today: $3.29. Ten minutes later on the return trip: $3.43.
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Old 03-31-2014, 12:18pm   #32
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... Over taxation and price manipulation by the speculators triple the price at the pump. ...
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... when 12 years ago, or even fewer, gasoline was still under $2.00/gal.

Storms, politics, and greed, brought gasoline above $4.00/gal., ...
And do not forget that the U.S. exports hundreds of thousands of barrels of gasoline daily.
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Old 12-20-2015, 11:58am   #33
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There is really no reason for gasoline prices to be what they are, other than Americans have been duped into feeling good about $3.00/gal., when 12 years ago, or even fewer, gasoline was still under $2.00/gal.

Storms, politics, and greed, brought gasoline above $4.00/gal., and now we're complacent. America depends on affordable energy, which is not the direction we're heading
Funny to revisit this from a year ago with fuel now less than 1/2 the price it was. And why again? GREED
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Old 12-20-2015, 12:24pm   #34
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$2.14 today in the land of taxes... NYS
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Old 12-20-2015, 12:45pm   #35
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1.77 friday.
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Old 12-20-2015, 1:37pm   #36
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$1.89 here
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Old 12-20-2015, 1:40pm   #37
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$1.77 here
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Old 12-20-2015, 1:46pm   #38
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$1.85 here
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Old 12-20-2015, 1:47pm   #39
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$1.73 at cosco west of Chicago
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Old 12-20-2015, 2:20pm   #40
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You guys are paying half of a year ago price and we're paying two thirds??? WTF is up with that shit?

1.30/liter a year ago and now .90/liter. Grrrrrrrrr....
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