Tanked up on $1.979 Gas !!!

[mfor4x4]

I wish gasoline was that cheep here. I'm paying $0.859 per liter or $3.26 per gallon!!! When gas was at it's most expensive here we were paying $5.53 a gallon!!!

[DifferentPointofView]

the lowest I've seen it in town here is 1.60 if you pay in cash.

The truck stops had It at 1.52 I think, and with what it is now, I think its gonna be near 1.40 something at the truck stops cause it just went down 10 more cents tonite.

Its so low because no one can afford to buy it. We're in a period of deflation, where the dollar is strong but no cash is going around, so although stuff is cheap no one has money to buy the cheap stuff. The lower oil goes, the worse our economy is. gas is too expensive no matter what if you have no job

According to my computer, oil is 43.67 a barrel... down 3.12 a barrel from yesterday... not good. but good... but not really good... You get the idea.

[wagonman76]

The lower oil goes, the worse our economy is.

My thoughts are that the skyrocketing of oil is what killed the economy in the first place. Now theyre bringing oil back down but its too late. Its gonna take some time to recover. Its like bringing a fire truck after the house is already burned to the ground.

[trikkonceptz]

Go figure, here in Broward County Fl, where I can flick a cigarette butt and ignite the refinery, gas is still $1.89. More expensive than alot of people in states much further away. I'll never understand that ...

[DifferentPointofView]

Originally Posted by wagonman76

My thoughts are that the skyrocketing of oil is what killed the economy in the first place. Now theyre bringing oil back down but its too late. Its gonna take some time to recover. Its like bringing a fire truck after the house is already burned to the ground.

Yea, the high prices killed the economy, and the low ones are the result. Its not that they're bringing it back down, its because no one can afford it, and the demand for it is way down. people are driving less, buying gas less, because they need it to pay for the regular bills. no one is going out to eat, no one is going out with the family to have fun. everyone is staying at home and worrying what will happen next month.

We've been studying it in a class of mine. generally low oil prices don't mean our economy is bad, but right now it might as well be a guage telling us how close we are getting to a straight up depression.

I hope it stays down as our economy gets better. But thats something we'll just have to dream for.

[DifferentPointofView]

Originally Posted by trikkonceptz

Go figure, here in Broward County Fl, where I can flick a cigarette butt and ignite the refinery, gas is still $1.89. More expensive than alot of people in states much further away. I'll never understand that ...

I think it may be linked to ethanol production? gas seems to be cheaper around the Midwest (MO) than more eastward past OHIO. but then again I could be wrong.

[i_am_socket]

I filled up on the first for $1.699/gallon. It would have been $1.629/gallon cash, but I didn't have any.

First time in a looooooong time I filled up for under $20.