I don't mean to be insensitive...

Tsuguri · 09-1-2005, 10:24 AM

...But why do gas stations take EVERY little thing they can find as a reason to hike their prices? The hurricane in New Orleans. Tragic? Yes. Catastrophic? Most likely. But why does something that happened to a place 800 miles away that is in no way related to our oil procuration cause gas prices to jump between FORTY AND SIXTY CENTS? The day before I heard about the hurricane, the lowest prices I could find for regular were around $2.70 a gallon. The highest I had seen was $2.94. The VERY NEXT DAY, the previously lowest priced gas station was listed as $3.31 a gallon. And that was a freaking Speedway. I drive a minivan (shutup), an my wages are already skimming the bottom to pay for my gas money. The lowest I can find now is a Shell station at $2.97. When Shell is the lowest priced gas station around, you know something's wrong.

Don't get me wrong, my heart and sympathy goes out the families and people that lost so much in this most recent natural disaster, nor am I trying to devalue their suffering. But the money grubbers who run these gas stations can take a nice long suck on my scrotum for all I care. [/rant]

**Tasselfoot** · 09-1-2005, 10:33 AM

Tsuguri... I suggest you search CNN.com for some economic answers to your questions.

The short of it regarding the hurricane is this: All of our gulf oil spots were shut down, thereby negating us of a large amount of our US produced oil for a few days. Combine that with the fact that the NYMEX, the New York Mercantile Exchange (where Crude Oil is traded, which sets the price for buying oil and thereby sets the price for gas stations, somewhat) reacted to the hurricane AND the gulf oil production very poorly, with oil prices going from around 67 up to 72 or so in a day or two. Then Bush announced that we'd be tapping into our Oil Reserve, and that lowered the NYMEX Oil price back to 68 or so... but, while the hike in prices is easy for gas stations to do, as they need to meet their costs/margins, they can be slow to lower them back down as well, for obvious reasons.

But, that is a short on why the prices shot up based on Katrina. Hope that helps somewhat.

Tsuguri · 09-1-2005, 10:35 AM

Well that certainly does shove a sock in my mouth. My only excuse can be that I have dial up, and loading ANY news related website takes a good 10 to 15 minutes, so I may not be informed as I could be. Regardless though, these prices are killing me. >_<

Skikamukazi · 09-1-2005, 11:21 AM

That is A horrible excuse. The gas prices get jacked up everywhere be...cause things like that effect everywhere... If that makes any sense.

Tps222 · 09-1-2005, 11:44 AM

I heard it's like $6 down where the hurricane hit. I think its like 3.60 here in NY.

**stretchypanda** · 09-1-2005, 11:50 AM

According to Good Morning America, gas in Atlanta was almost $6 and the governor of Georgia was threatening station owners with prosecution.

**Tasselfoot** · 09-1-2005, 11:55 AM

As of yesterday, prices in both the burbs and in the city of Philly were under $3 for 87. Around 2.92-2.96. I think I'm going to have to fill my tank again today too, or at least early tomorrow... Driving 50 miles a day to and from the city sucks.

Tokzic · 09-1-2005, 11:59 AM

Solution: Get an electric car.

evilbutterfly · 09-1-2005, 12:07 PM

I don't have a car, and the bus is free, so I don't have to worry about gas.

**Reach** · 09-1-2005, 12:52 PM

$1.30 here a litre, so, pretty expensive. Seriously wtf is up with you people still using imperial.

Yea so you can all stop whining. That's $4.92 a gallon here. GG

**Tasselfoot** · 09-1-2005, 01:00 PM

Reach... $1.30 CANADIAN? or USD? Cause 4.92 USD vs Canadian is a BIG difference.

**Reach** · 09-1-2005, 01:37 PM

Not really.

$4.15 USD then. I still have to fork out 4.92 dollars a gallon. Put stocks aside, that cash is still coming out of my pocket.

**Tasselfoot** · 09-1-2005, 01:39 PM

Not gonna argue that its still alot, but 4.15 vs 4.92 is a big difference.

esupin · 09-1-2005, 01:40 PM

I hear that scooters are all the rage(No, they're not called mopeds. Those are different).

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...lines-business

nforcer06164 · 09-1-2005, 02:14 PM

I saw $3.35 at Speedway on my way to school today. What's really disgusting is that I heard a woman was on her way to work yesterday, and saw gas at a certain station was $2.68 a gallon. She figured she'd go there after work. Well, the day ended, and she went to said station... BOOM. Up 61 cents to $3.29 a gallon. Disgusting. Chicago area, by the way.

Tps222 · 09-1-2005, 02:15 PM

Hmm, 3.20 5 hours ago, 3.65 now. Good thing I can't drive for 3 years.

jcj64200031 · 09-1-2005, 02:33 PM

This makes me happy that everything i go to in my town is a bike ride away. I can drive, but i would rather save my money.

scorpio1690 · 09-1-2005, 02:36 PM

It's like..96 cents a litre here, I don't know how much that is for gallons cause I'm canadian, sometimes it's still down to 85 or even 79, but rarely.

**Tasselfoot** · 09-1-2005, 02:52 PM

nForcer: Chicago is one of the worst places as far as gas rates in the country. I'd imagine NYC is terrible... as is LA.

New Jersey probably has the lowest rates in the country. AND they have laws against self-serve pumping.

**Rebirth0** · 09-1-2005, 03:02 PM

$2.97 right now. It went down two cents in 7 hours XD

It's still high, even though not as high as everyone else's gas prices. I can only imagine what gas will cost in a year.

09-1-2005, 10:24 AM	#1
Tsuguri FFR Player Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Do the Bender dance! Hoo! Hah! Come on baby now Hoo! Hah! Come on, yeah! Posts: 108	I don't mean to be insensitive... ...But why do gas stations take EVERY little thing they can find as a reason to hike their prices? The hurricane in New Orleans. Tragic? Yes. Catastrophic? Most likely. But why does something that happened to a place 800 miles away that is in no way related to our oil procuration cause gas prices to jump between FORTY AND SIXTY CENTS? The day before I heard about the hurricane, the lowest prices I could find for regular were around $2.70 a gallon. The highest I had seen was $2.94. The VERY NEXT DAY, the previously lowest priced gas station was listed as $3.31 a gallon. And that was a freaking Speedway. I drive a minivan (shutup), an my wages are already skimming the bottom to pay for my gas money. The lowest I can find now is a Shell station at $2.97. When Shell is the lowest priced gas station around, you know something's wrong. Don't get me wrong, my heart and sympathy goes out the families and people that lost so much in this most recent natural disaster, nor am I trying to devalue their suffering. But the money grubbers who run these gas stations can take a nice long suck on my scrotum for all I care. [/rant]

09-1-2005, 10:33 AM	#2
Tasselfoot Retired BOSS Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Widget Heaven Age: 42 Posts: 25,185	RE: I don Tsuguri... I suggest you search CNN.com for some economic answers to your questions. The short of it regarding the hurricane is this: All of our gulf oil spots were shut down, thereby negating us of a large amount of our US produced oil for a few days. Combine that with the fact that the NYMEX, the New York Mercantile Exchange (where Crude Oil is traded, which sets the price for buying oil and thereby sets the price for gas stations, somewhat) reacted to the hurricane AND the gulf oil production very poorly, with oil prices going from around 67 up to 72 or so in a day or two. Then Bush announced that we'd be tapping into our Oil Reserve, and that lowered the NYMEX Oil price back to 68 or so... but, while the hike in prices is easy for gas stations to do, as they need to meet their costs/margins, they can be slow to lower them back down as well, for obvious reasons. But, that is a short on why the prices shot up based on Katrina. Hope that helps somewhat. __________________ RIP

09-1-2005, 10:35 AM	#3
Tsuguri FFR Player Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Do the Bender dance! Hoo! Hah! Come on baby now Hoo! Hah! Come on, yeah! Posts: 108	RE: I don Well that certainly does shove a sock in my mouth. My only excuse can be that I have dial up, and loading ANY news related website takes a good 10 to 15 minutes, so I may not be informed as I could be. Regardless though, these prices are killing me. >_<

09-1-2005, 11:21 AM	#4
Skikamukazi FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Fairfax, VA Age: 36 Posts: 1,394	RE: I don That is A horrible excuse. The gas prices get jacked up everywhere be...cause things like that effect everywhere... If that makes any sense. __________________

09-1-2005, 11:44 AM	#5
Tps222 FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Age: 35 Posts: 6,168	RE: I don I heard it's like $6 down where the hurricane hit. I think its like 3.60 here in NY.

09-1-2005, 11:50 AM	#6
stretchypanda shock me shock me Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Texas Age: 41 Posts: 4,123	RE: I don According to Good Morning America, gas in Atlanta was almost $6 and the governor of Georgia was threatening station owners with prosecution.

09-1-2005, 11:55 AM	#7
Tasselfoot Retired BOSS Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Widget Heaven Age: 42 Posts: 25,185	RE: I don As of yesterday, prices in both the burbs and in the city of Philly were under $3 for 87. Around 2.92-2.96. I think I'm going to have to fill my tank again today too, or at least early tomorrow... Driving 50 miles a day to and from the city sucks. __________________ RIP

09-1-2005, 11:59 AM	#8
Tokzic FFR Player Join Date: May 2005 Location: TGB Age: 36 Posts: 6,878	RE: I don Solution: Get an electric car. __________________ ~very popular guitar streamer~ Last edited by Tokzic: Today at 11:59 PM. Reason: wait what

09-1-2005, 12:07 PM	#9
evilbutterfly FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Small town, TN Age: 39 Posts: 5,784	RE: I don I don't have a car, and the bus is free, so I don't have to worry about gas. __________________ So I've gone completely slack-ass and haven't done any work on creating games. =( In less-depressing news, I got a job for an online business (which sells non-electronic games, of all things!) which has taught me a lot about marketing online and all that jazz. So now I'm on Twitter @NoahWright. And I write the blog for their website. Plus I do cool programming in-house that you'll never see. =O

09-1-2005, 12:52 PM	#10
Reach FFR Simfile Author Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Age: 39 Posts: 7,471	RE: I don $1.30 here a litre, so, pretty expensive. Seriously wtf is up with you people still using imperial. Yea so you can all stop whining. That's $4.92 a gallon here. GG __________________

09-1-2005, 01:00 PM	#11
Tasselfoot Retired BOSS Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Widget Heaven Age: 42 Posts: 25,185	RE: I don Reach... $1.30 CANADIAN? or USD? Cause 4.92 USD vs Canadian is a BIG difference. __________________ RIP

09-1-2005, 01:37 PM	#12
Reach FFR Simfile Author Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Age: 39 Posts: 7,471	RE: I don Not really. $4.15 USD then. I still have to fork out 4.92 dollars a gallon. Put stocks aside, that cash is still coming out of my pocket. __________________

09-1-2005, 01:39 PM	#13
Tasselfoot Retired BOSS Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Widget Heaven Age: 42 Posts: 25,185	RE: I don Not gonna argue that its still alot, but 4.15 vs 4.92 is a big difference. __________________ RIP

09-1-2005, 01:40 PM	#14
esupin FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Alphabet City, Manhattan Age: 37 Posts: 1,756	RE: I don I hear that scooters are all the rage(No, they're not called mopeds. Those are different). http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...lines-business __________________ http://www.youtube.com/esupin

09-1-2005, 02:15 PM	#16
Tps222 FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Age: 35 Posts: 6,168	RE: I don Hmm, 3.20 5 hours ago, 3.65 now. Good thing I can't drive for 3 years.

09-1-2005, 02:33 PM	#17
jcj64200031 FFR Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 46	RE: I don This makes me happy that everything i go to in my town is a bike ride away. I can drive, but i would rather save my money. __________________ has watched madness depredation 74 times

09-1-2005, 02:36 PM	#18
scorpio1690 FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: canada eh? Age: 35 Posts: 4,817	RE: I don It's like..96 cents a litre here, I don't know how much that is for gallons cause I'm canadian, sometimes it's still down to 85 or even 79, but rarely.

09-1-2005, 02:52 PM	#19
Tasselfoot Retired BOSS Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Widget Heaven Age: 42 Posts: 25,185	RE: I don nForcer: Chicago is one of the worst places as far as gas rates in the country. I'd imagine NYC is terrible... as is LA. New Jersey probably has the lowest rates in the country. AND they have laws against self-serve pumping. __________________ RIP

09-1-2005, 03:02 PM	#20
Rebirth0 FFR Originalbro Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Age: 35 Posts: 8,751	RE: I don $2.97 right now. It went down two cents in 7 hours XD It's still high, even though not as high as everyone else's gas prices. I can only imagine what gas will cost in a year.

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