WHAT IN THE FUCK HAPPENED TO GAS PRICES Options

[Mommy]

In Port Wentworth, GA, here is a 3 day time line of gas prices:

2 days ago: $3.83
Yesterday: $3.69 (went DOWN)
This morning: $3.79
This afternoon: $3.97
Now: $4.39

Oh and it's not like it's just like that at the gas station by our house. We went to the island and to Savannah this evening. We filled up in Savannah. The pump read $4.39, and it pumped at $4.49/gal. It cost us $68.01 to fill up a CAR. Jesus fucking Christ. Seriously, anyone who votes for Obama can kiss our economy goodbye.

[dauss]

I hope your not serious, because the reason of the price increase:
Hurricane Ike.

[James]

You should've demanded a refund on the $.10 per gallon. Advertise one price and sell for another is not an ok thing to do.

[impala454]

Yeah Houston accounts for something like 30% of the nation's gasoline supply, and all of the refineries are going to be down for at least a few days.

[Mommy]

I hope your not serious, because the reason of the price increase:
Hurricane Ike.

Well no shit, Sherlock. My point is it went up $.80 at the pump in one day. That's unheard of. I don't recall it doing that when Katrina hit. Additionally, the trickle down isn't going to happen right away. I mean, yes they closed refineries, but I imagine it would take 5-7 days to feel the effects of that all the way in GEORGIA. That's my point. We don't live in Texas.

By the way, there is a very big difference between the words "your" and "you're"

[Mommy]

You should've demanded a refund on the $.10 per gallon. Advertise one price and sell for another is not an ok thing to do.

A wopping $1.50 savings when there is a line of cars waiting to hoard gas before the supposed impending spike to $5.00. No thanks. Not worth it. By the way, we weren't hoarding gas. We were running on empty.

[James]

A wopping $1.50 savings when there is a line of cars waiting to hoard gas before the supposed impending spike to $5.00. No thanks. Not worth it. By the way, we weren't hoarding gas. We were running on empty.

It's not about the money, it's about the principle. All those lines of cars is all the more reason that they'll give you your money back even faster.

[dauss]

Well no shit, Sherlock. My point is it went up $.80 at the pump in one day. That's unheard of. I don't recall it doing that when Katrina hit. Additionally, the trickle down isn't going to happen right away. I mean, yes they closed refineries, but I imagine it would take 5-7 days to feel the effects of that all the way in GEORGIA. That's my point. We don't live in Texas.

By the way, there is a very big difference between the words "your" and "you're"

Wow, someone is upset. I guess my grammar skills suck when I'm drunk. By the way, your imagination is wrong.

Yesterday was an odd day. Since the US economy is in the shitter, and the rest of the world is doing so poorly, the demand is oil is still waning. Houston and the surrounding cities are where a majority of the refining capacity in the US is located. Hurricane Ike has forced refineries to shut down over 19% of the nation's refining capacity.
So, oil prices dropped(even dipping below that psychological $100/barrel mark during the day), while wholesale gasoline prices jumped. By the end of Thursday wholesale prices of gasoline topped $5/gallon.

Another thing that is happening is price gouging. Irrational people making a run on gas while shitting their pants has caused owners to price gouge to make some profits while the amount damage of Ike has done to refineries is unknown. The prices you mentioned hasn't been that bad compared to other states.


Gas Price Gouging Hits Hurricane States

[Mommy]

I guess that was my point all along.... that price gouging was going on. I know the situation in the gulf with the oil refineries, but like I said, it's always a trickle effect. It takes time for the prices to spike. 10 cents one day, 5 cents the next. Not over a dollar in a day in some places. Florida had gas prices of $3.89 when we drove through there 2 weeks ago. Now it's $6, and I guarantee that all happened midday. The news stations here said the change in price happened overnight. BULLSHIT. My husband put some gas in yesterday morning, and he got it at $3.79/gal. He was in a hurry to get to work, though, so he didn't fill up. He checked prices at 4:00 in the afternoon as he drove home, and it was 20 cents higher. An hour later it was 60 cents higher than that.

And you say some states are worse and then you post a picture of $4.50 in Kentucky... umm that's the same price it is here.

[James]

I filled up for $3.50 yesterday evening:)

[Oasis]

And you say some states are worse and then you post a picture of $4.50 in Kentucky... umm that's the same price it is here.

It's one picture, idiot.

[pysex]

1. Hurricane Ike. It shut down offshore rigs, refineries in houston, and supply lines. When you cut the nation off from a huge chunk of its life source, you're going to get a hike in prices.


2. Price gouging. Merchants will raise prices when they know certain items will be in high demand. In Houston, water and basic necessities sky rocketed in price so business could take advantage of the greater need (even though those items weren't in limited supply).


Hurricane Katrina didn't really effect the supply of oil from Texas so there wasn't an impact on that portion of the market. If you remember though, watermelons were hit pretty hard because from what I understand a lot of watermelons are grown in Louisiana.


I made sure to fill up last night when the price was at $3.59.

[Mommy]

It's one picture, idiot.

I'm glad you can count.

[Mommy]

If you all would read the news, you will find that prices in Texas only went up 3-5 cents a gallon. It's places like Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, and other states in the southeast that are seeing the sudden hike. Do none of you understand trickle down economics? The federal government is looking into price gouging in our area. The price should have risen less than 7 cents because of the hurricane. The other 70+ cents is gouging.

[The Fanatic]

Fuck the deep south