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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 11:38 PM Original message |
Gasoline prices here in NJ are up to $2.75 Gallon .... what was the highest we got under W?? |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. Gasoline is $3.34 in Anchorage. |
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wysingm (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 11:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Northern California Gas Price |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. Here in WA (Seattle area) they're right below or right above $3/gal. I lived in |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 12:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Any idea why the increases ... ??? Loss of BP oil ... ???? |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 12:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. No - I never understand why/how the prices go up or down. I hear the explanations |
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the redcoat (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 12:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. There is no "real" explanation |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 01:18 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Agree with you completely .... |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 06:29 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. What's the source for 'MIC uses 80% of the oil'? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Don't recall ... likely something like Thom Hartmann ... |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. US military consumes 363,00 barrels per day, total consumption is 19 million BPD |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. As I said, I don't recall the source ... but it is something that I've heard or read |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. The U.S. military is the world's largest single consumer of oil. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. DOD uses 1.5 % of the oil consumed in the US |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 07:20 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. The U.S. military is the world's largest single consumer of oil . . . |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 07:31 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. What information in that report boosts the percentage of consumption from 1.5 to 80? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. MIC's picture of its own fuel consumption is "skewed" and "underereported" .... |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 08:04 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. So it's more than 1.5%, how does it get all the way to 80%? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 08:43 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Try reading the links ... |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:47 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Giving up because you can't back up your assertion? |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 09:11 AM Response to Reply #34 |
45. Truthy To POWER! |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Wow - I never thought about the jump back then as a justification for Iraq - that |
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countrydad58 (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. My Guess |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
54. Think you're correct .... here's new figure on 3rd Q profits for Exxon Mobil on "rising prices" -- ! |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. I remember 3 something I thought parts of the country saw 4 something. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think it went slightly over $4.00 here in Ohio. n/t |
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Roselma (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. It was at $4.01/gallon here in 2008. Here's a |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. It touched $3.99 in the northern Twin Cities suburbs, I remember n/t |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
7. Over $4 in South California under George W . . . |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. We saw around $4 per gallon during Bush's heinous reign ... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 01:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Do remember that the oil industry profits were obscene... Exxon $36 billion...!!! |
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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Did a bit of checking on oil company profits from gasoline. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 06:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Are you saying Exxon didn't make $36 Billion in one year? |
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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 09:04 AM Response to Reply #32 |
44. No what I am saying is that $36 billion was in large part due to |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. Whatever ExxonMobil makes is due to theft and destruction ..... |
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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Seems it not just crude prices that contributed to the 3rd qtr profit. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 11:55 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. We need to bring back anit-monopoly laws and "Windfall Profits" tax on oil industry ....!!! |
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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:12 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. 7.7% is not "windfall profits". |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. "Earnings rose 55 per cent over the year-earlier period to 7.4 billion dollars" --- |
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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Looking at the percent of increase by itself is completely meaningless. |
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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. I am no fan of the oil industry. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
15. The Dirty Secret Of This Recession |
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countrydad58 (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. You have nailled it! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 11:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
57. Also greatly enriched monopoly OIL industry -- a corrupt and criminal industry .... |
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njlib (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
16. I paid $2.69 on Monday |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 03:49 AM Response to Original message |
17. that's it? |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
18. I remember $4.59-$5.01 in 2008. |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
22. 5000 US dead, 100,000+ Iraqi dead |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. But the Mission was Accomplished. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
23. You're lucky - gas in Canada is around $4/Gal |
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countrydad58 (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 06:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Yes. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Yeah. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
35. Inflation adjusted Gasoline Prices |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
41. ~ $3.60 something in NC |
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CRK7376 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 10:00 AM Response to Reply #41 |
50. Where in NC? |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 10:14 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Highest under W* in Durham/Chapel Hill |
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July (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
42. Over $4.00 |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
46. I filled up yesterday $2.53 |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
47. It got up to $4 |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
48. 2.47 here, this morning. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
49. I filled up at $2.86/gallon here in Iowa yesterday. |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
52. The high was $4.08 on 7/7/2008 |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 12:02 AM Response to Reply #52 |
58. And Canada is supplying a good part of US oil, as I recall ..... |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
61. Wow, usually NJ gas prices are guarenteed to be 20 cents cheaper than here in Delaware |
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