Nope they wont go down anytime soon. They will actually reach 10.00 a gal by the end of the year. Everyone needs to get a bike I guess
This royally sucks!!

If you're waiting for a war then look no further than Iraq. I'm not one that believes that 9/11 was a set-up, but I do think that it was used to it's maximum extent to position U.S. troops in the vicinity of the world's oil supply. That can't be any kind of a surprise can it?

Will prices go down? It's not likely that they will China, India, and the likes are waking up to oil and what it can do for their economy. They're not likely to give it up so even if we stop using it as much, they'll be there to pick up the slack. Prices will stay high and get higher.

Originally posted by rm8471
Where are you getting that it's almost $4.00/gallon? I'm genuinely curious.

It's still $2.70's to $2.80's here. I just paid $2.79/gallon, and I thought that was wretched.

As to "the $2 range," I guess anything from $2.00 to $2.99 qualifies, unfortunately.

I'm sure, in the not too distant future, we'll be over $3.00/gallon.

PS - I'm in South Carolina.

Wow!!
I was surprised that he stated that it was almost $4.00 a gallon too.
But thats because I also live in NY and pay OVER $4.00 a gallon.
My car requires super, so I have to shell out about $.30 more a gallon on average compared to regular, but even so I see the regular creeping very close to $4.00 where I live.
I put a half a tank for about $40.00 once a week and everytime I go to fill up the price is another dime or quarter more per gallon.

Well, I`m no hater so I wish you don`t get to see the same prices we are seeing here in NY in SC.

Maybe I`ll rent a tanker and take a ride down 95 and bring some $2.79 a gallon gas back to NY.
I wonder if I could legally do that.
I do have a CDL class B with tank endorsements as well as hazmat.

Anyone know if that would be legal, assuming that price for gas in SC is correct?

I think you all saw Bush try to go negotiate lower oil prices with the Saudi's.. They basically said no way we like your American Dollars in big piles in our basement.

I think the big question is - will gas prices go down before or after electric cars take over?

Originally posted by dbates
If you're waiting for a war then look no further than Iraq. I'm not one that believes that 9/11 was a set-up, but I do think that it was used to it's maximum extent to position U.S. troops in the vicinity of the world's oil supply..

The biggest problem I have with this statement is the fact that the worlds largest oil supply lies in Alaska.

Why would we need to place massive numbers of troops in the ME just for oil?


Is it all part of the show?

No!

I know , i know. No oneliners but above says all about the question being asked.

Best regards.

Loke.

Why are we blaming the oil companies for this?? Their profit margin is around 10% which isn't absurd. Why is nobody going crazy over the fact that they are sending THREE TIMES their profits to the government for taxes? Maybe if Uncle Sam didn't take away 75% of every dollar they made then the prices wouldn't be so high...ya think?

For the record, Exxon Mobil is making about 8 cents profit per gallon of gas sold, that's net. The federal government is making 24 cents profit per gallon by directly taxing Exxon Mobil on profits. They're making another 18.4 cents per gallon on gas tax. In Pennsylvania, the state takes 31.1 cents per gallon too.

Do the math.
Exxon - 8 cents per gallon
The US Government - 42.8 cents per gallon
State of PA - 31.1 cents per gallon

Who are the crooks again?!?!?

I believe the high gas prices are largly due to the war in Iraq. They spend more money than any person in this country with their tanks and hummers and every vehicle they employ in the service. War is nothing more then something to make money with the blood of soldiers and innocents alike. The more they spend there, the more we have to spend here. If there is a shortage, where are the "No gas here" signs. In the 1970's when there was a shortage/embargo, many stations actually ran out. Today the average person drives more, there are more people and many more cars on the road. Why do the gas shipments keep coming in if there is a supply shortage?

To me it makes no sense.

I am a dishwasher, I have been for almost ten years. When people run out of knives and forks, there is no question, you either wash more, or you get lots of complaints. But one will always happen. The point is, not one single place I have seen anywhere, has run out of gas anywhere. The supply has not changed and the demand has no place to go but down, most people can't afford these prices, but the shipments keep coming right on schedule. Does this not strike anybody else as odd, at all.

The war on terror is a perfect reason to keep fuel prices high. Instead of going to war to "Protect our way of life" We went to war to destroy it, and we were all told after 9/11 to go shopping, spend our money and completely ignore the facts of the matter, the government, Democrats and Republicans alike talk a big game, but in the end they are the different sides of the same coin of tyrannical oppression against us all.

I ask people, when will you stand up for yourselves. The economy of fear is killing us all slowly, you keep the mind weak and scared. We are all broke, we all suffer equally each time we put gas in our cars, we can change and adapt all we like but no matter how much we do, it won't change the people with the power over us all. How far will they push us, how much will we take.

For example. Way, way back in the colonial times, does anybody remember why the people got so upset. It was because the British taxed everything and forced people to pay. Taxation without representation was one of the key issues. Independence was the result of that. The country is shattered, the founding laws are almost erased with fine print and endless words that, in short, can make you the bad guy for any reason.

Gas prices are an important issue, but largely a selfish one. They are designed to make people think "Why me." and not "How can I fix this for the good of the people." I believe the only way to make oil prices go down is not going to be found in personal change, but in the over all will of the people. Instead of complaining and discussing economics and wasting time like that, start organizations, get like minded people together and stand up against the prices.

It does not say I the person...it says We the people. Together we can do anything, change anything and fix our country. But to do that we have to wake up, there are no easy ways about this. We cannot trust our "Elected" leaders to save us. We must save ourselves, there is no other way to fix this problem. We have to find our free will and stop thinking of the current situation as "Temporary" There is no more time to be wasted. The Enviroment is fine, the Terrorists...if there ever were any to begin with is debated...are beaten.

America has a policy not to enforce the laws it already has, but to add new ones constantly to every aspect of our lives. They do the same thing with situations. If something isnt broken, fix it until it is. In short.

The change in gas prices will not start with "You" It will begin with the collective "Us" This is our country, lets take it back from the people who have stolen our very freedoms right from under us.

The right to life, liberty and the persuit of happiness...I would persue happiness, but the gas costs too much. Save yourself, save each other.

-Zodiac

Im sorry but hearing all you Americans crying about the price of GAS makes me laugh,try living in the UK where the price of a Gallon is about $10

[edit on 22-5-2008 by kpatrickm]