Gas spiked another 25 cents a gallon today.

[B Calm]

$3.45.9 a gallon in Northern Indiana.

[seabeyond]

1. i bought at 3.19 today. generally we are as high as most in the nation

will be really happy if i see i got under the increase, seeing how 3.19 was already bothersome

[B Calm]

3. You are lucky, look at the price tomorrow. The 15th is tomorrow, I

wonder how many people will not buy gas...

[durtee librul]

18. Well, let's see, all us poor people usually

get paid on the first and 15th right? Makes sense to me, jack up the prices for payday and rape some more of us.

[wildbilln864]

2. I got it for $2.68 here yesterday...

Haven't paid attention to the price today though.

[Jim Warren]

6. That's the cheapest in the country right now. nt

[IDemo]

8. Yes, but remember that was $2.68 in May 13, 2007 dollars

[Submariner]

4. Republican regular gas about $3.15/gal around New England

I miss the Democratic $1.46/gal under Clinton.

[B Calm]

5. I remember republicans screaming at Clinton when it got that high.

Clinton has no energy plan... Clinton closed down refineries, blah blah blah...

[Deja Q]

10. I wonder where those folks are at right now.

[B Calm]

19. Some are making excuses for the republican energy plan, and

the rest are feeling too stupid to comment..

[kath]

21. yes, they screamed bloody murder when it went to around $1.50, and it was all Clinton's fault.

[B Calm]

31. I actually heard right wingers say, watch the price of gas drop!

Now that we got rid of Clinton and now have a Texas Oil Man as president.

[TheFarseer]

24. Are you kidding?

We were getting fricking robbed! What we needed to do was jawbone those Arabs and show them who's boss, maybe with a war. Things are much better now that prices adjusted for inflation are lower than in 1981 or something and we have freedom.

do I even need to put :sarcasm:

[Subdivisions]

7. Folks, we're in BIG TROUBLE!

If world oil production has peaked and http://www.theoildrum.com/node/2470">Saudi Arabia cannot increase production, it's all over.

Period.

[Deja Q]

11. Close to it, perhaps. At the point or past it? Mmmmm, not yet.

We still have time.

[Subdivisions]

12. If this in not an indicator that we are past it, then

Oh. My. God. when we are!

[Vinnie From Indy]

13. Or, it could just be good old fashioned thievery by Big Oil

[Deja Q]

9. Dang. $3.25 in MN - I thought it was due to fishing opener;

as on Friday it was $3.29 and on the previous day only $2.99, and the day before $2.89.

[lynnertic]

14. in N. california $3.47

$3.71 for premium

[Jim Warren]

15. $2.85 Westrn Mass.....but there are tricks

Yesterday: Some Stop&Shop Markets sell gas..w/their card -.05=$2.80
-.10/10 cents off coupon=$2.70...paid for with Discover Gas Card-5%(.13)
=end price of $2.57gal. Bit of scrounging but worth it, money is tight.

[B Calm]

16. Our IGA gives you pennies off gas at a local gas station

when you purchase so many dollars of groceries..

[tridim]

17. Isn't congress holding hearings this week regarding gas prices?

This could be a preemptive artificial spike before Congress exposes the whole scam.

[durtee librul]

20. Oh pulleez..

They will just issue another non-binding resolution to 'look into it' and we will still all be paying thru our noses.

[Telly Savalas]

22. Perhaps it's time to stop urban sprawl and make our towns and cities livable places

where we aren't so dependent on cars.

Oil is a finite resource. Even if the companies were selling it at cost, the price is only going to rise over the course of the next few decades. We need to start fixing things now if we're going to adapt.

[NightWatcher]

23. BOHICA

bend over here it comes again.

As long as we buy it, they will sell it to us for all that they can. I'm not advocating "pump and runs", but as long as we bend over, they'll continue to cram it up our bums.

[opihimoimoi]

25. $3.68 in Hawaii...dats on Oahu.....Molokai is almost $4.00 if not over

[Art_from_Ark]

30. Congratualtions, Molokai!

You have finally surpassed prices in the Tokyo Metro Area! :toast:

[opihimoimoi]

36. A rather dubious distinction...lol

[unkachuck]

26. do you know why....

....gasoline is so high?....because the oil companies have seen the 'green'....

....have you noticed how all these polluting fossil-fuel corporate giants have all gone 'green' lately?....they're nature-loving tree-hugging environmentalist now; usurping the 'green' ideals....they've fond religion, they've seen the light....they're using their obscene profits to buy public love cloaked in 'green'....

....'green' isn't their enemy any longer, now that there's 'green' to be made manipulating 'green' economics and politics....$3.459, $4.459, $5.459, $6.459 doesn't really matter as long as it's 'green'....you just can't be 'mean' to the 'green' and remain in American politics for very long....

....dig deep folks, the Cavalry ain't coming....

[moondust]

27. Hmmm. I also wonder

if rising gas prices are somehow tied to widespread opposition to the war and Bushco's disastrous approval ratings. Opposition to Bush and Cheney would seem to imply opposition to their policies that favor their old buddies in Big Oil. Maybe we're being punished...

[radfringe]

28. bumped from $2.89 to $2.95 northeast PA

Wilkes-barre/Scranton area. was $2.89 yesterday morning, by 3:30pm when I left work it was up to $2.95

http://inflationdata.com/inflation/Inflation_Rate/Historical_Oil_Prices_Table.asp

http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_retail_price_chart.aspx

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/txt/ptb1107.html
Table 11.7  Crude Oil Prices by Selected Type, 1970-2006  (Nominal Dollars per Barrel)

just using average for Saudi Arabian Light-34° API for purposes of this post, other "flavors" are listed on the chart. Presidents are listed by year they officially took office, prces are per barrel

Carter 1977 - 12.09

Reagan 1981 - 32.00

Poppy Bush 1989 - 13.15

Clinton 1985 - 29.00

Dubya 2001 - 20.30

2006 - 50.86

[radfringe]

29. few more graphs/links

http://zfacts.com/p/35.html





http://zfacts.com/p/196.html




http://www.citizen.org/cmep/energy_enviro_nuclear/articles.cfm?ID=13912


Skyrocketing Gasoline Prices and Record Oil Company Profits: No Coincidence

Since George Bush became President in 2001, the top five oil companies in the United States have recorded profits of $342.4 billion through the first quarter of 2006:

ExxonMobil: $118.2 billion
Shell: $82.3 billion
BP: $67.8 billion
ChevronTexaco: $43.1 billion
ConocoPhillips: $31.1 billion

Oil Profits vs Gas Prices
http://www.swivel.com/graphs/show/13317043

[salin]

32. When I drove home last evening I saw 3.17 in Indy

am I going to get an ugly shock when I go to work this morning? Or was this a regional jump? Only will be able to tell in an hour or so.

Prices here have been bumping up and down daily for the past three weeks.

[B Calm]

33. It's $3.29.9 in Covington, Indiana and going up.

[salin]

34. feels like a crap shoot when it is time to fill up

per which day, which station, etc. Thankfully I am in a Prius and use half the gas I used to - and am more able to play the "wait game" per filling up.

I have to say, there is less uniformity in prices of late in circle city. Almost like the bouncing is so frequent that the specific collusion (we all raise to x price at the same time) is a little less coordinated; though the big collusion (the range of the jump up) is certainly still in working force.

[B Calm]

35. $3.50 a gallon today in Northern indiana