Originally posted by: dmcowen674
3-6-07
Alaska $4.75
New York $3.69
California $3.50
Canada rationing Diesel Fuel
The "Drive for Five" has arrived
As usual you are twisting and distorting the actual truth to hook people into reading your dribble!!
Supply & Demand my Ass
Why would a Gas Industry spokesman reveal the Bush administration is manipulated prices?
3-2-2007
Gas Industry spokesman says Wall Street Firms manipulating Gas Prices for extra profit after election
Expert: Wall Street Fuels Higher Gas Prices
Drivers are once again feeling the pain at the pump.
The increased profits are rolling out of the gas stations and through the oil companies to the big-money people on Wall Street.
?I?m talking about Goldman Sachs, those kinds of people, the big brokerage firms,? Dan Bowers, of Mon Valley Petroleum, said. ?They come in and do a lot of buying.
They can manipulate a market and that?s exactly what they?re doing.?
For example, Bowers says they can buy ?a billion dollars worth of gasoline at whatever cost it is today and they sell that for seven cents again tomorrow.
They can make hundreds of thousands of dollars in a day.?
Those in the gas industry believe investment firms are trading gas again on the markets because last summer, the Bush Administration pressured them to get out so prices could fall before the election.
But now that the elections are over, the pressure is off and the firms are back.
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1-22-2007 Gas prices jump over 30 cents on oil rising back $2 to $53.
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I don't think LPG is an option for the U.S. since we have to import in.
Haliburton and the Oil Thugs have been building high capcity LPG terminals off the coast of New Orleans for the last two year. Not sure if they are ready yet and if they can survive a Hurricane. If they can't, then just waste of money.
8-14-2006
Australia offers incentives to run cars on LPG
Australians on Monday were offered cash rebates to convert their vehicles to run on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) rather than petrol in a government move to reduce the country's dependence on Middle East oil.
Prime Minister John Howard unveiled a A$1.6 billion ($1.2 billion) program over eight years to help combat high world oil prices, but said there was no way to escape rising prices.
"This is a difficult time for Australians faced with high petrol prices," Howard told parliament.
He said world oil prices had risen by about 17 percent in the past year and the price of petrol at pumps had followed suit, causing voter anger at the rising cost of filling up the family car.
Under the new program, the government will give a A$1,000 rebate to people who buy new LPG-powered cars for personal use, and a A$2,000 rebate to people who convert their cars to use LPG.
"Australia is exporting LPG. We have ample supplies of it. What we wanted to do is increase consumption of LPG and increase Australia's self-sufficiency," he told Australian television.
Australia's main motoring body, the NRMA, said the measures would make it viable for people to convert their cars to LPG.
Spokesman Alan Evans said motorists who drive 15,000 km (9,300 miles) to 20,000 km a year would save A$30 to A$40 a week on their fuel bill. But he said Australia had shortages of people qualified to install LPG units in cars.
"This is something you cannot have your backyard mechanic do," he told reporters
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Bahahahaha High Gas prices and a Captive audience = Higher Taxes baby
Enjoy
7-25-2006
Americans can indeed be forced from their cars at the right price.
Gasoline prices at near-record highs are fueling a big increase in the number of riders on buses and trains.
The boost in ridership has many of the country's transit systems looking to make improvements, with ballot initiatives asking voters for permission to raise local taxes for public transit or to continue taxes that were scheduled to end.
Salt Lake City, where ridership is up 43 percent versus a year ago, is asking the public this fall for $900 million to add 30 miles of tracks to the city's light rail system in a project that is expected to cost $1.2 billion.
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7-24-2006
Gas prices move past $3 to all-time high
Enjoy
7-13-2006
Gas climbs towards $4 on start of WWIII
4-25-2006 Bush suspends Environmental rules and halts Oil Reserve purchases till Fall.
GasBuddy.com - Check latest Gas station prices in your area or across the Country
4-21-2006 It is really obvious that the Oil Barons watch this thread.
I've been saying show me the stations out of gas and ta daaaaaaaaa, today stations runs out of gas all over the U.S. overnight.
Of course despite the fact that there is a crap load of Oil available and no refineries down.
The Ethanol situation is a complete fabrication by the Bushies.
Congratulations
Today they are blaming the truckers.
I hope truckers don't take this laying down.
Let's see how wussy American truckers are or do they have a set of balls against the Bush Regime.
4-21-2006
US fuel crunch worsens
Virginia - Dozens of gasoline stations from Virginia to Massachusetts ran short of fuel on Friday as
suppliers struggled with a transition to a new anti-smog gasoline blend using
corn-based ethanol as an additive.
The disruptions, caused in part by a lack of trucks to move ethanol to supply terminals
There you have it in black & white.
The Oil Barons and the Government blaming truckers.
Truckers are you wusses or will you stand up to this blasphemy???
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4-20-2006 $4 plus Gas hits both East & West Coast
New York ($4.14)
California ($4.14)
Colorado ($3.98)
Original Gas Thread link - over 1 1/2 years old
4-20-2006 New and Improved Gas thread
This thread is mainly dedicated the Gas Price and station amount of Gas part of the equation although the price of Oil has a large part of the swing of the prices.
The part that was really wrong was that the proportion of the Gas increase did not quite match the part of the Oil increase.
That however has been changing during the recent run up.
Despite Oil inventories at record levels of 8 year highs and no refineries actually offline due to major issues like a fire, natural disaster etc and no gas stations running out of gas, prices have been jumping anywhere from 20 cents to 50 cents per day.
Oil rises 82 cents per barrel, gas has been jumping 50 cents even though it does not cost 50 cents more per barrel to produce said gallon of gas.
As much as SUPPLY and DEMAND pundits try to justify their ill gotten position everything clearly shows it is a manipulated and bogus Market by the Oil Barons and Politicians, nothing to do with SUPPLY and DEMAND, nothing.
8-2005 Gas hits $9 gal in Atlanta, Katrina blamed.