Has anyones gas prices been going down a TON lately?

[325Projectz]

People that want higher gas prices are idiots... People that want higher prices gas prices to get H2s\Trucks\SUVs off the road are idiots too.

I use all kinds of gas I don't need to use, I'll bet everyone does. I have a wakeboarding boat, and when fully loaded, that thing drinks gas! You going to lecture me about going to the lake? About owning a boat?

[Vedubin01]

I personally wish gas would hit $4 and stay there. We'd get about half the trucks off the roads that way. More trains FTW! :up:

If your talking about 18 wheelers then that would only hurt you. 90% of all goods in the US travel on these trucks. You would see a 2 fold problem. Trucks would charge more per mile to cover the cost of gas. And if there is not enough trucks to pull product then you will see product paying more to get it to the stores. Thus you paying for demand higher than supply! There is a no win situation with gas.

[Lair]

Hell, I'm 42, a taxed-to-freakin'-death small business owner, and yet I abhor that ignorant, lying sack of poo! Dropped the ball on Katrina, Iraq, No Child Left Behind, education in general, student loans(gotta pay for Iraq, ya know!)...too many to mention...

Anyone stupid enough to say "the problem with the French is they've no word for entrepreneur" should not be in a position of power!

Ah, hell.....Dick & Don really call the shots anyway....Bush just rides the train and takes the pain.

The current "my god can beat up your god" anti-diversity platform the GOP seems to be on these days is genuinely shameful....

I personally wish gas would hit $4 and stay there. We'd get about half the trucks off the roads that way. More trains FTW! :up:

Whoever thought us old farts would be considered radicals?

Excerpt from Salon.com:

The Bush administration's ties to oil and gas are as deep as an offshore well. President George W. Bush's family has been running oil companies since 1950. Vice President Dick Cheney spent the late '90s as CEO of Halliburton, the world's largest oil services company. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice sat on the board of Chevron, which graced a tanker with her name. Commerce Secretary Donald Evans was the CEO of Tom Brown Inc. -- a natural gas company with fields in Texas, Colorado and Wyoming -- for more than a decade.

The links don't end with personnel. The bin Laden family and other members of Saudi Arabia's oil-wealthy elite have contributed mightily to several Bush family ventures, even as the American energy industry helped put Bush in office. Of the top 10 lifetime contributors to George W.'s war chests, six either come from the oil business or have ties to it, according the Center for Public Integrity.

"There's no denying that this is an oil administration," says Peter Eisner, managing director of the nonprofit, nonpartisan watchdog group that conducted the study of Bush's campaign finances. "You can't talk about the career of any George Bush -- father or son -- without talking about oil."

[Vedubin01]

< Voted For Bush.

Democrats = :weak:

AMEN!

[Jand3rson]

I personally wish gas would hit $4 and stay there. We'd get about half the trucks off the roads that way.

And SUV's. The man's got a good point. :D

[Old'n'Slow]

All those factors have a hell of a lot more to do with gas prices than Bush, but given the age of most members here its not a shocker that bush is a target.

Hell, I'm 42, a taxed-to-freakin'-death small business owner, and yet I abhor that ignorant, lying sack of poo! Dropped the ball on Katrina, Iraq, No Child Left Behind, education in general, student loans(gotta pay for Iraq, ya know!)...too many to mention...

Anyone stupid enough to say "the problem with the French is they've no word for entrepreneur" should not be in a position of power!

Ah, hell.....Dick & Don really call the shots anyway....Bush just rides the train and takes the pain.

The current "my god can beat up your god" anti-diversity platform the GOP seems to be on these days is genuinely shameful....

I personally wish gas would hit $4 and stay there. We'd get about half the trucks off the roads that way. More trains FTW! :up:

He is chummy with them for another reason. He doesnt control them, they control him. Its about lobbying and money. They honestly wouldnt risk a damn cent to save Bush's ass, the only ass they are worried about are their own. They still have to answer to THIER bosses (CEOs asnwer to directors and directors answer to common stock owners), many of which arent even americans.

Ive seen this shit, been to the meetings. My dad is a VP for another evil empire and they throw gobs of money making politicians do what THEY want. As for oil, nothing has changed in policy in the past few weeks and I garun-fucking-tee the industry wouldnt throw away their profits just to save the career of some politician they couldnt give a damn about. They just want to make sure they can buy out the next one coming in.

Its all about the economy. Your industry is the same, they charge more for drugs here (not because of our govt) because they CAN. They pay off their R&D here and then marginalize their profits worldwide. Selling the same drug for 10c profit on Africa just means they have 10c they didnt before, it doesnt mean they can afford to sell it to everyone for 10c profit.

Fascism at its finest.

[Ryan Stewart]

If bush was chummy with all the top execs of the orange juice growers, maybe. Maybe Jeb is the one to talk to about that.

He is chummy with them for another reason. He doesnt control them, they control him. Its about lobbying and money. They honestly wouldnt risk a damn cent to save Bush's ass, the only ass they are worried about are their own. They still have to answer to THIER bosses (CEOs asnwer to directors and directors answer to common stock owners), many of which arent even americans.

Ive seen this shit, been to the meetings. My dad is a VP for another evil empire and they throw gobs of money making politicians do what THEY want. As for oil, nothing has changed in policy in the past few weeks and I garun-fucking-tee the industry wouldnt throw away their profits just to save the career of some politician they couldnt give a damn about. They just want to make sure they can buy out the next one coming in.

Its all about the economy. Your industry is the same, they charge more for drugs here (not because of our govt) because they CAN. They pay off their R&D here and then marginalize their profits worldwide. Selling the same drug for 10c profit on Africa just means they have 10c they didnt before, it doesnt mean they can afford to sell it to everyone for 10c profit.

You are a dumbass, dont ever talk about anything that matters. Im not saying this because of anything personal, I just thought you should know.

They have been getting record profits for a long time now, every quarter is a new record. As a business they have to respond to the market, and growth has slowed. Also, since you are an idiot, you wouldnt know that oil/petrol is traded just like other commodities. Do you blame Bush when the price of orange juice goes up too?

Also, as far as govt goes, your local and state governments are going to have a hell of a lot more to do with your gas prices than our President or anyone else that will be going to Washington next year.

Im a dumbass because I made a valid point? Seriously man just chill out, your tampon needs changing. Our president himself has owned or been a part of many oil companies. Do you honestly think that he is working to lower gas prices?

[PiercedE30]

there is a guy on one of the local forums here who posted his receipt for 0.29/gal gas. Turns out the gas station f'ed up and instead of 93 oct being 2.89 it turned out they made it 0.289. He filled up his civic for less than 3.00 bucks. Wish I had found out about this yesterday instead of today.....damn

[dirty30]

For the college know-it-all hippy it is.

best southpark episode ever

[browntown]

Do you blame Bush when the price of orange juice goes up too?

If bush was chummy with all the top execs of the orange juice growers, maybe. Maybe Jeb is the one to talk to about that.

Commodity or not, government has a large role in policy of oil, and when everyone at the top tiers of the government is best friends with the execs of oil companies, I think they at least have influence in the buying patterns and supply control of big oil.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for capitalist profit, I work for one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. If big oil isn't the evil empire, plenty of people will tell you my business is.

Personally I think gas is underpriced in the US, and it's probably a good idea to price it at parity with europe to discourage overuse. Unfortunately the trend in the US since WWII is for people to live in suburbs, putting them at a further distance from the big cities where their work is. I think more americans have a need to drive further in the course of the day. Of course some friends from England were in town recently, and they reminded me that the ford focus is the average size car, and that petrol is friggin expensive. They don't have to drive far at all, it's a tiny island, and commutes aren't like NY, DC, and LA suburbs. If you want to drive your hummer, that's fine, but you should be willing to pay a higher price to do it.

PEAK OIL FTW

[equate975]

Just filled up the m3 today. $31 for 13 gallons of 92 w00t :) 87 was 2.43 92 was 2.53

[ZinRot325i]

Nobody will ever believe that.

Example:
GAAAHHH!!! A hurricane hit New Orleans! It must be PRESIDENT BUSH!!!
He created the hurricane to put the poor and impoverished at a disadvantage!

It's actually far more likely that all the hot air generated by the liberals collided with the cold front originating in Hilary Clinton's vagina, creating a huge, destructive cyclone.

Using liberal-style logic, that could have generated the post-Katrina spike in gas-prices.

[Ryan Stewart]

You forget to mention their record profits last quarter.

This whole oil thing is strictly political. Notice how the pipeline in Alaska shut down and prices still manage to drop, I find that kind of odd. Oil companies gouge prices depending on the political climate. I can almost guarantee that once the elections are over in November prices will begin to rise again.

You are a dumbass, dont ever talk about anything that matters. Im not saying this because of anything personal, I just thought you should know.

They have been getting record profits for a long time now, every quarter is a new record. As a business they have to respond to the market, and growth has slowed. Also, since you are an idiot, you wouldnt know that oil/petrol is traded just like other commodities. Do you blame Bush when the price of orange juice goes up too?

Also, as far as govt goes, your local and state governments are going to have a hell of a lot more to do with your gas prices than our President or anyone else that will be going to Washington next year.