Gas prices sure are coming down in a hurry

[CatWoman]

aren't they?

I thought $3 gas was here to stay!!!

Must not have polled well.

Bush in trouble+high gas prices + :think:

[Dawgs]

1. Not as fast as they went up...

:wtf:

[papau]

14. Still 34% higher than a year ago :-(

:-(

[MadisonProgressive]

2. You just jinxed us!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

3. It's due to the Fitzmas Season

One more of the many joys of the holiday. :)

[rocktivity]

9. Merry Fitz-mas and Treason's Greetings!

Gas is $2.49 where I am.

:bounce:
rocknation

[MuseRider]

4. Unless you are buying diesel,

that price is killing me. $3.46, a full dollar more than the highest priced regular. No signs of it coming down at all.

[CatWoman]

5. here, in the past few days

it went from $3 to $2.54.

[RebelOne]

6. It's averaging $2.57 up here in Woodstock, GA.

[CatWoman]

10. and Ed Schultz just reported $2.19 in his area

:hi:

[CottonBear]

22. $2.78 in Oconee County, GA.

I'l have to check the Racetrac station on the way home. The cheapest gas near where I work is usually there.

[MuseRider]

20. Well then,

perhaps the midwest will catch up (down?) pretty soon because I can't even fill my tank anymore. Most of the pumps shut off at $75.00 and it takes way more than that to fill my truck at this price.

[jobycom]

7. At that price, you can buy biodiesel many places. nt

[MuseRider]

19. I can only get it here

if I put in a large tank and have it filled monthly. I am looking into that. It is very odd to me, many very small towns around me have several locations where you can just go fill up. I'm still getting info.

[ThomWV]

33. I Paid $2.90 Last Week - Down From $3.06

The commercial fueler I buy my diesel from was down to $2.90 last week but I haven't seen the price in the last several days.

People will freeze to death this winter. Old folks on fixed incomes in the northeast who heat with oil faced with the choice of food or heat will die.

[MadHound]

8. Don't worry, they'll be going back up soon

Everybody is breathing a sigh of relief, "Oh thank god, gas is only 2.29/gallon(even though it was only 1.59/gal a year ago). And then in about a month, just in time for holiday travel, it will start to creep up. It will creep even further after the holidays, as "the demand for heating oil is driving up petroleum prices"(that and the fact that Big Oil is exporting gas, heating oil, propane and other petroleum products to beat the bell), and all of the sheep will continue to go baaaa. Then it will be the summer driving season all over, a couple of hurricanes, and this time next year we'll all be breathing a sigh of relief when gas prices dip below $5.00/gal.

Conditioning, that is all that is going on, conditioning the public to perpectually higher energy costs. Meanwhile, Big Oil will continue to rake in record profits. And the sheep will still be going baaaaa.

[Teaser]

11. It's seasonal. It's the autumn lull.

The summer driving season is over, but the winter heating usage hasn't begun to climb yet.

[MissB]

12. $2.39 today.

Cheaper, but still $1 more a gallon then when Bush took office.

[calico1]

16. Exactly.

I filled up at BJ's Wholesale Club which is a few towns away but I happened to be in the area. It was $2.49 club price. Everywhere else in my area it has dropped to about $2.59 in the cheapest gas station. Better than a month or so ago but the thing is that when the price is over $3 for a while then it goes under, people see it as good or cheap. They seem to forget how much less it was 5 years ago. I reminded some people at work its still not cheap. We are still paying way more than when * took office.

[CatWoman]

17. and we have another hurricane for them to blame the

next increase on.

[Not Me]

13. Still $2.70 in Orlando

nt

[Catshrink]

23. I paid $2.71 in the Phoenix area this morning.

[second edition]

15. Yeah, at the same time oil company profits are at an all time high.

[Ready4Change]

18. Funny, I thought our refineries were devestated?

2-3 hurricanes had oil companies screaming of how devestated their refineries were. Screaming of how, no matter how much oil the ME produces, our limited refinery ability would force prices up, up, up!

And yet here they are, going down, down, down?

Gee, I wonder why?

(Hints: Bushslowpollnumbers,pendingPlameindictments,
Delaybeingbooked,hugedeficits,erodingbase,
republicansplit,Fiskintrouble,peoplepissedovercronyism...)

[tx_dem41]

21. Yes, it had to be about BFEE and nothing about summer seasonal..

demand and suspension of production due to hurricanes. :eyes:

Some of you have a much higher opinion of the power of this Administration than I do. Keep worshiping, though. More power to you!

[CatWoman]

26. you're tripping so hard

I hope your shoes are tied.

[grateful581]

24. bush must of talked to his boyfriend in Saudi Arabia

Said that he is in trouble and needs a temporary gas price reduction.

[meow2u3]

25. That's because heating oil prices are practically doubling in the NE

Bush had to find a way to screw over the blue states and gloat while Blue America freezes to death. What an evil monster!

[PatriotGames]

27. You got that right. Gas is "cheap" around here! LOL

Must be his low poll results. Wait, he doesn't pay attention to polls.

ROFL :rofl:

[CatWoman]

28. I'm not trying to infer that gas is "cheap" anywhere

:shrug:

[PatriotGames]

31. I understand that. Just saying "cheaper" than before his polls...

started sliding. :)

[SoCalDem]

29. $3.39 for unleaded regular on Friday

:grr:

[GRLMGC]

30. Not in Santa Barbara

I heard that gas prices were going down around the rest of the country but prices here are still super lame

[bigwillq]

32. I paid $2.55 in CT

I wish it were lower but it's better than $3.

[Raksha]

34. I think it's because it's the start of Christmas shopping season...

...and whoever pulls the strings in this area wants to lull the public into a false sense of security so they will spend more money. I don't think it's gonna work, though. I expect to see a lot of small businesses (and maybe bigger ones?) go under when the season is over and they didn't make anything close to what they hoped for. Consumer confidence is one thing you just can't spin into existence. People will see this for exactly what it is: a temporary reprieve they are grateful for while it lasts.

[joe_sixpack]

35. I hope it comes down too, but

the high prices were causing some good things to happen. People were driving less. SUV sales went down and purchases of fuel efficient vehicles are on the rise. More public transportation being used. I know I was thinking more of ways to conserve and so were a lot of people I know. I was also hoping the high prices might stimulate interest in alternative sources of enery that were'nt as damaging to the environment. I don't think everything about the price rise was bad. Europe's managed well with high gas prices for quite a while.

[meisje]

36. Not really