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To: SoFloFreeper

The price of gas here had finally inched its way down to $2.99 a few weeks ago. The next day it was at $3.29 at every single station around me. It has since gone up by ten cents or more at a time, occasionally retreating by one or two cents at a time. It is currently at $3.79. And historically, with Crude below $100, the price at the pump should be in the $3 to $3.10 range.

With demand continuing to shrink with even China’s economy shrinking, and us in one of the biggest oil booms in history, something is just not right here.


2 posted on 08/13/2012 6:09:37 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: cuban leaf

I am stunned by the blatant bias in the report.


3 posted on 08/13/2012 6:36:09 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: cuban leaf

God answers prayer in mysterious ways.

We have been praying fervently for 3 1/2 years to rid us of Obama. A sudden surge in gas prices may just be one of His ways of answering us.


4 posted on 08/13/2012 6:36:56 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: cuban leaf

I am stunned by the blatant bias in the report.


5 posted on 08/13/2012 6:37:05 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: cuban leaf

With demand continuing to shrink with even China’s economy shrinking, and us in one of the biggest oil booms in history, something is just not right here.


I’m not saying that the following comment of mine is totally correct, but it might have a bearing on what we see happening.

It has been observed many times that when government exhorts the population into conserving, food, water or energy because there isn’t enough of the commodity available and the people respond by doing just that. That industry or government then says that because not enough is being consumed that they MUST raise the price to make up shortfalls in their expected income stream.

This time the decrease is because the number of people who were driving back and forth to work has decreased radically, therefore the amount of gasoline being consumed has decreased also. This also goes for Vacation travel and I believe but am not entirely sure about, the number of trucks being needed to transport non-essential consumer products has also decreased.

A consumer can’t purchase what he doesn’t have money for once the credit cards are maxed out and they have to repay them back at exorbitant rates.


6 posted on 08/13/2012 6:37:47 AM PDT by The Working Man
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