have gas prices fallen in your area?

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 6:55 pm

Indy wrote:Who'd want to buy a gas guzzler from a company on the brink of bankruptcy anyhow?

There are foreign made gas guzzlers lol

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 8:54 pm

YARDofSTUF wrote:There are foreign made gas guzzlers lol

Like mine

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 12:24 am

(CNN) — The price for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline ticked upward by 0.4 cents Saturday to a national average of $1.660, breaking an 86-day streak of decreases, the American Automobile Association said.

During the consecutive days of decreases, prices fell $2.199, or 57 percent, the association said.

The current national average is 59.6 percent off the record price of $4.114, which AAA reported last July 17. Gasoline was last near the current national average price on February 23, 2004, when the national average was $1.66.

I wonder what drove it up like that.. lets hope it goes back the other way.

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 12:57 am

Sava700 wrote:I wonder what drove it up like that.. lets hope it goes back the other way.

It always goes up around the holidays. Any holidays.

You're aware that Opec is going to cut production?

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:34 am

downhill wrote:It always goes up around the holidays. Any holidays.

You're aware that Opec is going to cut production?

Yeah I heard a while back they were which is something we should put some political pressure against if possible. The purpose of them cutting is to stabilize the price which is fine cause its almost good where its at but we shouldn't allow it to go back up over 2$/gallon.

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:42 am

Like we could stop it.

The Saudi's would like to stablize the price at 75 dollars a barrel. The rest of Opec would like it a lot more than that.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:49 am

downhill wrote:Like we could stop it.

The Saudi's would like to stablize the price at 75 dollars a barrel. The rest of Opec would like it a lot more than that.

Some political pressure in the right ways would help it stay low with certain countries..not to mention the usage is still way low and dropping even if the price is low which helps. We still need to find ways to get away from oil which is what OPEC doesn't want..which is kinda stupid on their part to raise the prices cause then it forces people to go back and look at the alternatives.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:53 am

Sava700 wrote:which is kinda stupid on their part to raise the prices cause then it forces people to go back and look at the alternatives.

Or they figure, alternatives are coming out soon anyway, better get as much for it as they can now, before the alternatives hit.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:56 am

YARDofSTUF wrote:Or they figure, alternatives are coming out soon anyway, better get as much for it as they can now, before the alternatives hit.

yeah which kinda makes it a stupid act to drop production when usage is already down. Driving prices back up will not help usage amounts thats for sure... From what I've read even if OPEC drops production 2million barrels a day the usage will be still low and the price will likely fall a little more. Russia may not cut production either which will help the markets drive prices lower at least we hope.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:57 am

Usage amounts can only drop so far if the fuel is needed.

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 12:54 pm

Sava700 wrote:Some political pressure in the right ways would help it stay low with certain countries..not to mention the usage is still way low and dropping even if the price is low which helps. We still need to find ways to get away from oil which is what OPEC doesn't want..which is kinda stupid on their part to raise the prices cause then it forces people to go back and look at the alternatives.

Political pressure on who? Iran?

Sixty Minutes has a great interview and series on Saudi oil. You should catch it.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 2:06 pm

downhill wrote:Political pressure on who? Iran?

Sixty Minutes has a great interview and series on Saudi oil. You should catch it.

Political pressure on any OPEC country...doesn't have to be just Iran.

And no thanks I think I have a good idea of whats going on.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 2:16 pm

With gas prices higher in many other countries around the world, putting any kind of meaningful pressure would not only be useless, but it would make us look like bullies, and that could come back to bite us in the long run.

Bastid · Post by **Bastid** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:43 pm

QT=$1.38 Tulsa

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:46 pm

Just used up a Chevron gift card for $25 someone gave me last year.

Got about 12.5 gallons at $1.95.

Bastid · Post by **Bastid** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:41 pm

uh-oh... hang on tight...

QT Tulsa= $1.49 up 11 cents over night.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 2:13 pm

prices staying steady here..still 1.59$ which was up 3 cents over what it was a few days ago

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 7:30 pm

Sava700 wrote:Political pressure on any OPEC country...doesn't have to be just Iran.

And no thanks I think I have a good idea of whats going on.

Other than the Sauds...tell me exactly how we are going to put political pressure on anyone with abundant amounts of oil?

BMED · Post by **BMED** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:53 pm

downhill wrote:Other than the Sauds...tell me exactly how we are going to put political pressure on anyone with abundant amounts of oil?

He would love to tell you, but then he would have to kill you...not worth it in my opinion!

Everybody needs to keep their pants on and wait out this eight year storm, it's just about over!

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:58 am

BMED wrote:He would love to tell you, but then he would have to kill you...not worth it in my opinion!

Everybody needs to keep their pants on and wait out this eight year storm, it's just about over!

lol if I gave my opinion on what I really think he will argue it no matter what so yeah..its not worth the effort. But either way prices are ok where they are and we need to do what we can to keep them that way till the economy is repaired.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:13 am

here we go

OPEC Expected To Drastically Cut Oil Flow

[INDENT]Saudi Arabia, OPEC's de-facto leader, said Wednesday the group will slash a record 2 million barrels from its daily production as of Jan. 1 in order to boost global oil prices. Russia and other countries also said they would remove hundreds of thousands of additional barrels from the market.

Saudi oil minister Ali Naimi said there was an OPEC consensus ahead of a formal agreement later in the day for the cut.

An official decision to cut 2 million barrels from output all at once would be a first for the organization. OPEC had cut that amount from its output four years ago, but that was done in two stages.

But there is a question as to whether a production cut will have the desired effect.

[/INDENT]

Nice little fact about them not thinking straight about the worlds economy issues and how this will NOT help matters..

"OPEC is cutting production in a slowing global economy and they are really out of step with the rest of the globe, which is really trying to inspire economic growth,"

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/ ... topStories

Gixxer · Post by **Gixxer** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:27 am

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:34 am

Gixxer wrote:1.60

yep..here we go. What a lame decision to drop oil production.

Unholy · Post by **Unholy** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 2:31 pm

1.99 here now

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 2:51 pm

Its gone up a whole cent here.

Gixxer · Post by **Gixxer** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 2:53 pm

YARDofSTUF wrote:Its gone up a whole cent here.

for now

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 2:55 pm

Gixxer wrote:for now

You could say that to every price listed here.

Gixxer · Post by **Gixxer** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 3:24 pm

YARDofSTUF wrote:You could say that to every price listed here.

true

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 9:53 am

They went up slightly here 1.65... I read yesterday there were starting to fall again on a national level.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:24 pm

Down to 1.40$ this morning... I would expect to see 1.20's in a week to get in line with the prices 40miles south of here.

Gixxer · Post by **Gixxer** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:17 pm

1.80 and 1.99 in a couple places.

SLK · Post by **SLK** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:56 pm

Gixxer wrote:1.80 and 1.99 in a couple places.

$1.70 here in Pittsburgh and staying consistent.

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:10 pm

$1.45 is the lowest in Mass. around local area.

Bastid · Post by **Bastid** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:04 pm

$1.59-

blebs · Post by **blebs** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:16 pm

$1.989 here and there is no reason for it. I'm just about fed up with this constant gouging from the oil companies.

Gixxer · Post by **Gixxer** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:35 am

1.99 everywhere here now.

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:27 pm

$2.13

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:41 pm

Yeah WTF? is going on.... now prices here are 20 cent higher at 1.69$ I saw one place 1.59$ but I consider that water gas... but whats causing it to go back up?? Oil prices haven't been climbing...only thing I can think of is those retards over seas fighting in or near Gaza are causing our prices way the hell over here.

Gixxer · Post by **Gixxer** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:00 am

Sava700 wrote:Yeah WTF? is going on.... now prices here are 20 cent higher at 1.69$ I saw one place 1.59$ but I consider that water gas... but whats causing it to go back up?? Oil prices haven't been climbing...only thing I can think of is those retards over seas fighting in or near Gaza are causing our prices way the hell over here.

i would imagine the russian oil spat has something to do with hit.

blebs · Post by **blebs** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 3:16 pm

Seriously, explain this to me. When oil was $144 a barrel, gas was $3.999 a gallon. Now, it's not even $50 a barrel and it's $2 a gallon?

Don't go giving me the BS reasoning of because the supply has been cut. I ain't buyin that crap no more.