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Mrs Deej YaBB Administrator Offline My life is what I make it, and it's beautiful! Posts: 1348 Tornado Alley Gender:	Gas prices!! Oct 14^th, 2008 at 12:28am So I'm shocked... $2.58/gal. here down the street!! I'm not sure if I should go buy 1,000 gas tanks or just thank God!!! lol WOW!!! If it could just stay here...there's no reason it can't!! Americans could save millions!
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Racer1_NC CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline "Well, let's go see." Posts: 4417 Lewisville, NC Gender:	Re: Gas prices!! Reply #1 - Oct 14^th, 2008 at 12:44am Lowest I've seen around here is 3.39. It's not been that long ago that 2 bucks a gallon would have meant heart failure.....now it would be like hitting the lotto.
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BMoneeTheMoneeMan CH.com Alumnus Offline In remembrance of KingCazman. RIP Posts: 2674 Portland, OR	Re: Gas prices!! Reply #2 - Oct 14^th, 2008 at 1:00am Wow, that is cheap. Most places around here are down to 3.19 or 3.29. Just like Ed Schultz said: On the way up, $2.75 seemed worse than an enema. Now, $3.19 seems like a heck of a bargain. I'm a good sheeple.
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George CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Black-Billed Magpie Posts: 8126 Boise, Idaho USA Gender:	Re: Gas prices!! Reply #3 - Oct 14^th, 2008 at 1:32am Still $3.49 around here. But we're always the last place where the prices go down. Never seems to be any delay when they go up, though. Best, George
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Jackie CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Go For It!!! Posts: 5903 Goshen, IN Gender:	Re: Gas prices!! Reply #4 - Oct 14^th, 2008 at 6:09am Down to $2.85 here in northern Indiana....down from $3.65 in less than 2 weeks. This is as crazy as the Dow but on the better side. Jacks
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BarbaraD CH.com Alumnus Offline Hugs to ya Posts: 8333 Douglasville, TX Gender:	Re: Gas prices!! Reply #5 - Oct 14^th, 2008 at 6:29am 2.85 here yesterday. got a whole tank and was happy to get it.
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Brew Ex Member	Re: Gas prices!! Reply #6 - Oct 14^th, 2008 at 6:30am When you've got electrodes attached to your nads, and the juice has been running at 1,000 volts for awhile, it must feel good to have it turned down to 800. Lemme tell ya, it would still be better without the electrodes.
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Reply #8 - Oct 14^th, 2008 at 6:59am

I paid $2.94 up in Lancaster and yesterday everywhere turned over to $2.99 on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. It is dropping daily.

On a pesimistic note, NPR has been followig gas prices and saying the oil industry is considering cutting back production because this drop will contribute to a recession???? I don't get it cause I thought that's what we were told to do, cut back and the demand would be less causing prices to drop. I am confused!

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Reply #9 - Oct 14^th, 2008 at 8:10am

$2.90 in central WI yesterday.

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On a pesimistic note, NPR has been followig gas prices and saying the oil industry is considering cutting back production because this drop will contribute to a recession???? I don't get it cause I thought that's what we were told to do, cut back and the demand would be less causing prices to drop. I am confused!

Charlotte

We're already in a recession Charlotte and due to it, demand is going down, which means their supplies are going up, which means they'd have to cut back on production. (I hope I'm explaining this right).

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cash5542 wrote on Oct 14^th, 2008 at 6:59am:

On a pesimistic note, NPR has been followig gas prices and saying the oil industry is considering cutting back production because this drop will contribute to a recession????
Charlotte

I dont get it either. On the way up, they were saying expensive oil will send us into recession.
Who, aside from about a dozen companies, would suffer as a result of cheaper gas?

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Reply #11 - Oct 14^th, 2008 at 9:59am

5 years ago I filled my tank when I arrived in Omaha at $1.53 a gallon.

Last night in Asheville the price was $3.39 a gallon - but the boys that gave me my new ride filled me up for free Cheesy

The week of Ike when gas was hard to even FIND here, it was at 4.99 a gallon - at the only station in our little town that even HAD gas.
(I smell some charges and/or fines coming on that one....)

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Melissa CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't give up! Posts: 7238 Central WI, USA Gender:	Re: Gas prices!! Reply #12 - Oct 14^th, 2008 at 10:10am Ok, the question just zoomed over my head. That's what I get for trying to answer something before I've had my coffee. I have no clue as to what in God's name would "hurt" the oil companies due to a reduction in price of gas. Acutally, that's a mind game that hurts, so I'm gonna not speculate and just stay away from it.
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Reply #13 - Oct 14^th, 2008 at 10:33am

BMoneeTheMoneeMan wrote on Oct 14^th, 2008 at 9:52am:

I dont get it either. On the way up, they were saying expensive oil will send us into recession.
Who, aside from about a dozen companies, would suffer as a result of cheaper gas?

I guess it depends upon whose dozen companies you're talking about.

It's not just the price of crude. The supply and the prices are manipulated by reducing the amount of oil that goes through the refineries as well. The oil companies have done that for years. After all--why sell two gallons at $1.25 when you can sell one gallon at $3.00?

If the price of crude oil goes down too fast, watch for the idling of refineries here in the near future, resulting in a "shortage" that will keep prices high. Not that there's any collusion going on, you understand. Oh, heck no.

Gotta keep those prices up so the oil companies can maintain the lifestyles to which they've become accustomed... Roll Eyes

Somebody needs to figure out how to make fuel out of mud and dandelions. Nothing but some actual competition is going to change this little dance.

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Melissa CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't give up! Posts: 7238 Central WI, USA Gender:	Re: Gas prices!! Reply #14 - Oct 14^th, 2008 at 10:38am Well George, personally, I don't find that much difference between dandelion wine and petrol.
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Reply #15 - Oct 14^th, 2008 at 10:45am

Melissa wrote on Oct 14^th, 2008 at 10:38am:

Well George, personally, I don't find that much difference between dandelion wine and petrol. Tongue

You're probably the only other person I know who's actually tasted the stuff. When I was a kid, a few folks I knew in the midwest used to make and bottle it. Sounds all Ray Bradbury-ish and exotic, but the actual flavor put me in mind of a tomcat that had been fried overnight on an electric chair.

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Melissa CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't give up! Posts: 7238 Central WI, USA Gender:	Re: Gas prices!! Reply #16 - Oct 14^th, 2008 at 10:47am George wrote on Oct 14^th, 2008 at 10:45am: the actual flavor put me in mind of a tomcat that had been fried overnight on an electric chair. ROTFL!
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flipperlips CH.com Alumnus Offline Live, Laugh, Love Posts: 935 Mcallen, TX Gender:	Re: Gas prices!! Reply #17 - Oct 14^th, 2008 at 11:57am Gas here in Holland, MI yesterday was $2.98 per gallon. It has been dropping every day, so it may be lower today. Hugs, Jen
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Karla CH.com Alumnus Offline One of Many and Never Alone - Join OUCH Posts: 3837 x1\|Madison WI USA Gender:	Re: Gas prices!! Reply #18 - Oct 14^th, 2008 at 5:40pm if you go to gasbuddy.com you can see who is paying what around the country. If you go down to lowest level you can see your local gas stations (by zip code or map) marked with their prices posted so you can tell where to go to get the cheapest gas near you. Hope this makes someones day.
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Mrs Deej YaBB Administrator Offline My life is what I make it, and it's beautiful! Posts: 1348 Tornado Alley Gender:	Re: Gas prices!! Reply #19 - Oct 14^th, 2008 at 8:21pm $2.49
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Jonny Ex Member	Re: Gas prices!! Reply #20 - Oct 14^th, 2008 at 8:32pm flipperlips wrote on Oct 14^th, 2008 at 11:57am: Gas here in Holland, Holland? Do you have those really cool wood shoes?......LMAO! $2.95 here
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Redd CH.com Sponsor Offline Posts: 8457 Stevens Point USA Wisconsin Gender:	Re: Gas prices!! Reply #21 - Oct 14^th, 2008 at 8:33pm I put $20 in at 2.99 a gallon today. I still remember being able to fill a tank for less than 10 bucks. $20 today took me from just over 1/4 tank to 3/4 tank. Times they are a changin'.
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Charlie CH.com Alumnus Offline Happy to be here Posts: 18971 Jamestown, NY Gender:	Re: Gas prices!! Reply #22 - Oct 14^th, 2008 at 10:49pm No one expected demand to fall so much. I doubt that there will be a run on more SUVs though. Saw the movie "Serial" some time ago. In 1980 people were upset that gas was over $1 a gallon. Charlie
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Lenny CH.com Alumnus Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 642 Los Angeles,CA Gender:	Re: Gas prices!! Reply #23 - Oct 14^th, 2008 at 11:38pm 87 octane (yesterday) $3.39.....It has come down .20 since my last fill up this past friday.....I was in kentucky a few months ago and noticed that gas was appr. .80 cheaper than us (not fair).....
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Reply #24 - Oct 14^th, 2008 at 11:46pm

I'm paying $3.79 for diesel now and that's a damn bargain. Last week, the lowest I could get was $4.09. There's a web site I check for lowest prices, but it's always more expensive to drive to the cheaper station (distance/mpg*$/gal), but since I drive the Ford Planet Killer Edition Excursion with a 44 gallon tank, I have nearly 800 miles to travel before I have to pick a station. Still, filling up hurts, paid $140 yesterday.

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