Gas Prices/stupid whuffos in Ga today

[shmali 0]

So between about 10 this morning and 5 this afternoon gas prices around my house have gone up about a dollar (2.79 ~ 3.79). What fascinates me is the cause. Everyone under the sun is petrified that their is a shortage coming because of the storm (Katrina), which has come/gone and hardly touched Georgia. But everyone is buying it like crazy. I drove by a gas station where i watched the attendant outside just move the numbers from premium to regular and increase the rest. Does anyone else think this is assine


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[skinnyshrek 0]

I just posted adam same happening down here in tallahassee 2.69 a gallon for diesel shittiest gas on the market and thats what they want a gallon fucking thieves Anyways, everyone down here is mad anyways

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do you realize that when you critisize people you dont know over the internet, you become part of a growing society of twats? ARE YOU ONE OF THEM?

[billvon 3,070]

Well:

a) Futures prices set gas prices, not 'real' prices. That means that if people think there will be a shortage, prices go up. That's a consequence of trading in futures.

b) In a capitalist society, the buyer determines the price more than the seller. If you refused to pay $3.79 a gallon (and everyone else did too) prices would immediately drop.

c) Same thing happened during the embargo in the 70's.

[TALONSKY 0]

From CNN web site:
http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/31/news/gas_prices/index.htm?cnn=yes
Kirk

[shmali 0]

It is just frustrating to watch and know what is going to happen. I wish we could boycott and nobody buy gas but the odds of that happening are slim to none. I wouldn't be surprised if prices hit $4/gal before the end of the day. Every radio station is telling people to stop buying and calm down but it only seems to push people more into the stations. It's causing backups/traffic jams in astounding proportions

Pineappe Death Juice, If you have to ask you'd rather not know!

[skinnyshrek 0]

dumbass georgians...lol probably georgia techies doing all the panicking now the bulldogs wouldnt do that

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do you realize that when you critisize people you dont know over the internet, you become part of a growing society of twats? ARE YOU ONE OF THEM?

[kelpdiver 2]

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b) In a capitalist society, the buyer determines the price more than the seller. If you refused to pay $3.79 a gallon (and everyone else did too) prices would immediately drop.

Bet it sucks to be a Dodge salesman this weekend.

[billvon 3,070]

>Bet it sucks to be a Dodge salesman this weekend.

Fortunately for them, the EPA is coming out with new CAFE rules that allow larger trucks to get worse gas mileage.

[kelpdiver 2]

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Fortunately for them, the EPA is coming out with new CAFE rules that allow larger trucks to get worse gas mileage.

they'll like that in a few months. But not this weekend.

[JeepDiver 0]

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Bet it sucks to be a Dodge salesman this weekend.

Not at all. Most people who buy trucks need trucks... to pull a boat and such.

What sucks is having to put 150 gallons of premium in my boat after running around offshore all day like I do.

[kelpdiver 2]

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Bet it sucks to be a Dodge salesman this weekend.

Not at all. Most people who buy trucks need trucks... to pull a boat and such.

Most? Doesn't look that way in this state. Wasn't true for me when I had one either.

And Dodge sells more than just trucks. But as a rule, their vehicles aren't very fuel efficient.

[MC208B 0]

Well, come to Hawaii where we will have price controls on fuel tomorrow and cheap gas! Er, um.....maybe not. Wholesale price control starts tomorrow and it is adjusted weekly to prices on the east coast, west coast and GASP! gulf coast!!! Gas has increased from $2.82 a gallon (mid grade) to $3.35 in the last 3 weeks. Will probably go much higher tomorrow

[Bowen 0]

One of my friends emailed me this:



Want gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent,

>united action.

>Phillip Hollsworth, offered this good idea:
>
>This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain day"
>campaign that was going around last April or May!
>
>The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't
>continue to "hurt" ourselves by refusing to buy gas. It was more of an
>inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them. BUT, whoever
>thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work.
>
>Please read it and join with us!
>
>By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super

>cheap. Me too! It is currently $2.75 for regular unleaded in my town.
>
>Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to
>think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50-$1.75, we need

>to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the
>marketplace.... not sellers.
>
>With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to

>take action. The only way we are going to see the price of gas come
>down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their
>gas!
>
>And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.
>
>How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas. But
>we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a
>price war
>
>
>Here's the idea:
>
>For the rest of this year, DON"T purchase ANY gasoline from the two
>biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not

>selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they
>reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit.
>
>But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon and

>Mobil gas buyers. It's really simple to do!! Now, don't whimp (sic) out

>on me at this point... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is
>to reach millions of people!!
>
>I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it
>to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)... and those 300 send it to at
>least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... and so on, by the time the
>message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached
>over THREE MILLION consumers!
>
>If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends
>each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes one
>level further, you guessed it..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!
>Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people and DON"T purchase
>ANY gasoline from EXXON and MOBIL. That's all.
>
>How long would all that take? If each of us sends this email out to ten

>more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could
>conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!! I'll bet you didn't
>think you and I had that much potential, did you! Acting together we
>can make a difference.
>
>If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on.
>
>
>PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND
>KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK

Retired Tunnel Instructor, Sky/Tunnel Coach

Former dealer for 2k Composites, Skysystems, Alti-2, Wings

[Eule 0]

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One of my friends emailed me this:

Won't work.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/nogas.asp
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/gasout.asp

Some other popular but useless things that will shortly get heavily promoted once again are magnets
that go around your fuel line and little propellers that go in your air intake.

If you really want to save money on gas, try this:

- Put some air in your tires! Around 80% of the cars in the United States are running underinflated tires.
Look in the glove box or door jamb for a sticker, or in the owner's manual, for what your tire pressures
should be. Note that the number molded into the side of your tire (generally 35, 44, or 50 PSI) is the
maximum the _tire_ can take, not necessarily what is good for your car. If you put all four tires up to
the maximum molded into the tire, at best you'll get a really rough ride and at worst you'll make your
car handle dangerously badly. The "chrome pen" tire gauges are not too accurate; most of the round
dial ones are better. The digital ones are great and aren't that expensive ($10). Don't forget to
check the spare, too.

- Remove all extra junk from your car. Some people even go so far as to get an AAA membership and
leave the spare and jack out, at least when driving in town. On a trip, have the spare with you.

- Get a tune-up. On many newer cars, this isn't much more than changing the filters, spark plugs,
and spark plug wires, but it can help. If your car has over about 75,000 miles, consider changing
the oxygen sensor - about $40 to $80 for the part, plus labor (or do it yourself). If your car has
grease fittings, put grease in them. Repack the wheel bearings if they're not sealed.

- Many people think that there is a light installed in the dash that says "check engine" and when it
comes on, it means "Your car is old" and the proper action is to keep driving. What this light is
trying to tell you is that something is broken in the fuel system or emission control system of
your engine. Depending on why it's on, fixing the problem that turned it on can improve your
gas mileage considerably. Some auto parts stores will scan the trouble codes for free (in hopes
of selling you a part).

There are some larger changes you can make, too, like driving less or carpooling, that are less popular
but will also save gas. When it's time to buy your next car, you get a chance to set your fuel costs for
the next several years. If you're a farmer or a plumber or something like that, you _need_ that 3/4 ton
truck to do your job. If you haul your boat to and from the lake once a year, buy a Malibu or Accord or
whatever and rent a truck the two times a year you need it. Test-drive a Prius or an Escape hybrid.

If your next car is a little farther out, we will hopefully see an influx of "real cars" that seat 4 or 5 people
yet get 40-50 mpg in about 2007 or 2008. These have a regular engine and aren't hybrids. They are
diesels. This is not your father's 1981 Chevrolet 350 diesel that smoked and rattled and broke the
crankshaft in half. This is a 4 cylinder turbodiesel that drives and accelerates like a gas-engined car and
doesn't rattle and smoke. The reason why these are a few years out is that it's going to take another
year or so for the legal sulfur content in US diesel fuel to drop enough to make these engines work -
the exhaust treatment they do to avoid smoke won't work with high-sulfur diesel. These cars are
already built and selling in Europe; they are basically waiting on the fuel to change to come to the
US. Further out, we may get diesel hybrids, which can get really insane fuel mileage (60-70 mpg) in
a "real car".

At least I can keep an eye on the oil supply when I'm at the DZ. If you buy gas in the 48 states,
there's a fairly good chance that the gas or the crude to make it was at some point next door to
or under the DZ I jump at.

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Eule

[namgrunt 0]

my 2004 ram 1500 with a hemi gets 18.7 mpg
thats with cruse cont. set on 2000rpm going 76mph

and I work for an oil co. and get my gas for free

yea ha


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[billvon 3,070]

>For the rest of this year, DON"T purchase ANY gasoline from the two
>biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL.

If everyone does that, then most people will be without gas, and the remaining people who can get gas from the remaining stations will pay $20 a gallon. Exxon and Mobil will probably just wait for people to realize that there's not a lot of extra gas. They might drop their prices a cent. Then when people come back they will raise them again.

The ONLY way to get gas prices down is to NOT USE AS MUCH GAS. It's really pretty simple. Supply and demand.

[teamjenn1 0]

and I work for an oil co. and get my gas for free

yea ha


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