Grr, oil and gas prices

**smokey the elder** · 10-31-2007, 03:23 PM

I think the oil companies are manipulating the market just in time for the heating season. Why is the

refinery usage only 85% of capacity?! Don't even get me started on crude! GD&*%$^& speculators!!! I hope they get dot-commed out of existence.

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**lizbud** · 10-31-2007, 05:06 PM

Originally Posted by smokey the elder

I think the oil companies are manipulating the market just in time for the heating season. Why is the

refinery usage only 85% of capacity?! Don't even get me started on crude! GD&*%$^& speculators!!! I hope they get dot-commed out of existence.

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Why aren't we rich, huh.

How much do you pay per gallon of gas
where you live? Mine was $2.50 about 3 weeks ago & now it's back up
to $3.00 & sure to go higher. Oil was 100.00 per barrel last week.

**JenBKR** · 11-01-2007, 07:21 AM

Originally Posted by lizbud

Why aren't we rich, huh.

How much do you pay per gallon of gas
where you live? Mine was $2.50 about 3 weeks ago & now it's back up
to $3.00 & sure to go higher. Oil was 100.00 per barrel last week.

About the same happened here. Shocking to see how fast the price can go up. I think it's about $2.95 here most places now.

**Queen of Poop** · 11-01-2007, 09:08 AM

I too decry the high prices. Especially when I live in the oil rich province of Canada. Our Canadian government adds a whack of taxes to the price that are just outrageous. However, I work at an oil/gas company and I know the costs to get the darn stuff out of the ground. It certainly isn't cheap. So it's a no win for me.

**moosmom** · 11-01-2007, 10:08 AM

I just got gas this morning and almost fell over how much it is again. $2.91 a gallon!!!!

Makes me soooo mad!

**Grace** · 11-01-2007, 10:34 AM

Here, in SE Michigan, it is currently $3.09. I was in Rhode Island 3 weeks ago, and nearly fell over. Gas prices there are 20¢ cheaper than here!!

Michigan is first or second in the country as far as taxes on gas.

**CathyBogart** · 11-03-2007, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by moosmom

I just got gas this morning and almost fell over how much it is again. $2.91 a gallon!!!!

Makes me soooo mad!

$3.23 is the best I could find.

Solution: RIDE! 60+ MPG

**RICHARD** · 11-03-2007, 08:16 PM

Originally Posted by moosmom

I just got gas this morning and almost fell over

I got gas this morning too!...

I took some Pepto.....I geel better now.

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So you all do not feel badly....At work we rented a 12 foot stake bed.....to fill it up when we turn it in it's six dollars a gallon at the rental yard!

The company pays for it!

**Glacier** · 11-01-2007, 03:40 PM

It's a matter of perspective too....I'd be dancing for joy and filling up every jerry can I could find for 3 bucks a gallon. I've been paying over 5 bucks a gallon for the last year.(1.26 a litre here). Go a little north of me and gas is 7.50 a gallon. (1.53 a litre)!