A question about gasoline prices

[BitsyNaceyDog]

Here it's $2.20-something. I just got off the phone with my sister-in-law and she was telling me that she paid $1.90-something in Tennessee.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

It's around $2.45 here.

I wonder why prices are suddenly being lowered before November elections?

[Lady's Human]

Because there was just a major oil field found in US waters which sent the price of oil futures into the tank. ($20+ per barrel drop in about 2 weeks, mostly the day after the new field was announced)

[zippy-kat]

Proximity to a refinery doesn't always influence gas prices; we're paying approximately $2.79/gal (high grade) and we have several refineries near us (closest being about 9-10 miles).

I guess I'm the odd one out, I don't mind paying the "high" prices as oil is the economy out here. (I would debate that they're actually not that high, it seems to me we were long over due an increase.)

[krazyaboutkatz]

The lowest I've seen it around here has been $2.43 for regular and it's been going down each week. I sure hope it continues to get cheaper.

[areias]

Around here, I've seen it as low as 2.17, and up to about 2.35. I wish it would go under $2.00, at least!

[Cinder & Smoke]

Oh, Happie Daze!

Just wish it was Closer to Home!

Saw the big $1.99.9 sign on the way to the Husky Hike today!

I Asked the Muttz - "Didja SEE that?"

We turned left stedda right - pulled into the CITGO Station at I-76 and OH-14 -
town of Edinburg, OH.

Even the Pump read $1.99.9 - and there was a bit of a "crowd".
Managed to *squeeze* in about 10 gallons ... wish I had a couple of portable tanks
along at that price!

Everywhere else - closer to and farther from Cleveland - the lowest price I
saw anywhere else all day was $2.05.9.

Remember when $0.99 seemed like Highway Robbery!??