Instead of calling us idiots, please explain why gas prices don't go down as quickly as they go up.
As I pointed out in my previous post, as soon as you stock up anticipating a price increase, the price increases that much more quickly. Instead of selling your extra jerry cans of fuel when the price is about to decrease, you burn it.
Certainly. Only a poor businessman will sell a gallon of gas for less than the consumer is willing to pay for it. Therefore, you keep the price as high as the consumer is willing to buy it for, even when your cost goes down. When sales drop off, you lower the price. It's the constant adjustment caused by the laws of supply and demand.