Anybody else's gas prices just take a 30 cent jump?

[Pirate Smile]

Last night, the gas station I drove by was $2.99 - which seemed standard for my area.

Five minutes ago, I drove by a station in the same area - $3.29.

:wtf:

Was it the Coffeyville, KS refinery flood?

I'm in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

[Posteritatis]

1. Steady at about $4.25US/gal here for a few weeks. (nt)

[Rude Horner]

23. Wow. Where do you live?

[Posteritatis]

27. Nova Scotia. (nt)

[wordpix]

2. around 3.13 (cheapest) in CT for the past coupla wks.

[Warpy]

3. The dollar took a nearly .02 dump against the Euro today

and, although it's rallied very slightly, it shows every sign of continuing to slide.

Expect to pay more for everything. Period.

(I know .02 doesn't seem like much, but it's the biggest one day drop I've seen)

[CCBeck]

4. DAMN

I knew I should have filled up last night. I ment to but I decided to just wait until today. BTW I am also in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

[Pirate Smile]

6. Bummer. It was truly one of those double-take moments.

This was on the NE side of town - Blairs Ferry and C. Ave.

Nice to meet you, my fellow Cedar Rapidian. Welcome to DU.:hi:

You can always check out the Iowa forum for more local posts. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=152

[Dr.Phool]

5. It was 2.85 when I went to the bank this morning.

I'm going to fill up in about an hour. I wonder what it is now.

[shain from kane]

9. You may have to go to the bank again. For a loan. n/t

[Dr.Phool]

11. Ain't that the fucking truth.

[Purveyor]

7. Yep. Mid-michigan prices now at $3.39. Sunday's price $3.07 eom

[Pirate Smile]

8. OK. I figured it would at least be a regional thing, if not national.

Thanks for the info.

[Rude Horner]

10. 20 cents, overnight here in Madison, WI

I agree :wtf:

[spanone]

12. the gas companies, with complicity from cheney white house are playing consumers like a fine fiddle.

[CatholicEdHead]

13. Back up to $3.09

It was down to as low as $2.95 a few weeks ago.

[RaleighNCDUer]

14. Who says the companies are not manipulating the prices?

They have been explaining price hikes, for years, as being due to peak driving seasons.

Why, then, did pump prices DROP in the 4th week of June, just before the 4th of July, traditionally one of the three biggest driving days of the summer, and stay flat through the weeked following the 4th?

Maybe because the surge is working so we have to have good news through the holiday?

[triguy46]

15. Yep. Didn't know that Coffeyville was the nexus of oil pricing.

[Pirate Smile]

18. Well, I don't think it is but it every time there is a problem with a refinery

they jack up the prices so I wondered if that was the excuse.

[triguy46]

26. I should have put the sarcasm smilie there. I think they use whatever excuse they can think up. n/

[Dinger]

16. $.28 Jump Here (Northern Wisconsin) (nt)

[LittleClarkie]

17. 3.49 here, up from 3.19

Yep.

[catmandu57]

19. Coffeyville is a small regional refinery

How in the hell do they justify jacking prices in Iowa 500 miles north?

[Pirate Smile]

24. I don't know why the prices jumped. I was just asking the question.

It isn't like they need a good reason to increase the prices. Any excuse will do.

[SammyWinstonJack]

20. It's gone down 20 cent at the chevron station by my house.

$2.79 down from $2.99 and this was over the holiday. As of yesterday, it was still holding at that price. I haven't been out today though.

[texasclarkie]

21. A few days ago I heard somebody

on CNN say it is because once again the oil companies have cut refinery output. I think the guy said the refineries were at 86% capacity when they should be over 90% capacity. He said the price would go up this week. Pure price manipulation...

[greenbriar]

22. yup...

filled up at 3.05 cost me 45.00 and then 10 minutes later it went to 3.35

[Pirate Smile]

25. Bingo!

Are you in the midwest?

[rec_report]

28. Well, there *might* be a hurricane that *might* possibly destroy...

an oil refinery that *might* impact production. :eyes:

The actual reason for the spike, however, that the mainstream media will not mention: The corpora-terrorists at Exxon Mobil are price-gouging six ways from Sunday.

Cheers,
--Polar Bear