12-15-2014, 06:48 PM
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^YES! That's how that works.
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12-15-2014, 08:03 PM
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$2.299 2.5 miles from home. Wrong again gubbmnt. Heard it was $1.89 today at some gas war in OK. Less than 7 cents a mile in Sinatra and a little over 3 on the bike, if it ever warms up again.
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How does one data point prove them wrong about an average?
I filled up for $2.709/gallon and that is one of the better prices around. Two blocks away, a station was at $3.399/gallon. Amazingly, there were people there filling up anyways!
Average price where my parents live (Alaska) is $3.30/gallon still. While you expect prices to be high in remote areas, they both produce oil and refine it in the state... |
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12-15-2014, 08:10 PM
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We will have to wait until about this time next year to see how good their prediction was.
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12-15-2014, 08:41 PM
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How does one data point prove them wrong about an average?
I filled up for $2.709/gallon and that is one of the better prices around. Two blocks away, a station was at $3.399/gallon. Amazingly, there were people there filling up anyways!
Average price where my parents live (Alaska) is $3.30/gallon still. While you expect prices to be high in remote areas, they both produce oil and refine it in the state...
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It's weird how Alaska doesn't have as low gas prices as Oklahoma, since they obviously produce more gas than us. $3.30 is much higher than the $1.99 I paid today. Whatever the government says about the national average of 2015, you can just subtract $0.30-0.45 from that to see what I will be paying for gas 
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12-15-2014, 09:55 PM
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Oh, the gub'ment prognosticating again.
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12-16-2014, 09:27 AM
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How many refineries are there in Alaska? They've got to import gas just like they do everything else.
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12-16-2014, 09:52 AM
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This is the year to buy a very efficient used vehicle. They're cheaper now. This is the year to sell your guzzler. It'll fetch a better price now.
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12-16-2014, 11:47 AM
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This is the year to buy oil rigs.
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12-18-2014, 04:12 AM
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I filled up with clear premium in Cedar Flat on the 15th: $4.299/gallon.
The stuff with corn in it was ~$3/gallon.
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12-18-2014, 05:03 AM
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[url=http://kstp.com/article/stories/S3647593.shtml?cat=1]I have my doubts. Everyone in the supply chain has gotten used to getting higher prices and despite the whining most consumers have gotten used to paying them.
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Gas prices have dropped significantly, even here in Europe.
So the "incentive" to economise and seek alternatives has gone - again.
With the economic downturn, new fuel sources, and the US importing ever less, crude has dropped in price.
Suppliers ain't increasing prices as they'd force themselves out of the market.
There's crude aplenty - for now.
If the next US president doesn't start a new war with some major oil-producing country - pick your choice - gas will stay low until the economy really pics up again.
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