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Post#126 at 11-10-2005 08:58 PM by Andy '85 [at Texas joined Aug 2003 #posts 1,465]
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Down to $2.32 at the Chevron/Tetco. Seen prices up to three cents lower than the benchmark elsewhere in town.
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Post#127 at 11-12-2005 04:06 AM by [at joined #posts ]
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Three cuts in the past week and the Chevron now sells gas at $2 75 9/10

of course... the ending digits are now always 9s and 5s...







Post#128 at 11-16-2005 08:16 PM by Andy '85 [at Texas joined Aug 2003 #posts 1,465]
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Now at $2.21.

I wonder if the price would rise some when the Thanksgiving holiday rolls in where people will be doing a lot of traveleing . . .
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Post#129 at 11-17-2005 10:05 AM by Child of Socrates [at Cybrarian from America's Dairyland, 1961 cohort joined Sep 2001 #posts 14,092]
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It's ranging between $2.19 and $2.27 here, depending on the station.







Post#130 at 11-17-2005 11:09 AM by Earl and Mooch [at Delaware - we pave paradise and put up parking lots joined Sep 2002 #posts 2,106]
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Between $2.04 and $2.09 here.
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Post#131 at 12-06-2005 02:57 PM by Croakmore [at The hazardous reefs of Silentium joined Nov 2001 #posts 2,426]
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Where did the 88 cents go?

I have a favor to ask the heavyweight economists of this forum -- Mike Alexander, John Xenakis, etc. -- about where the gasoline money goes. Recent reports are saying that the difference between today's gas prices and those during the peak period is about 88 cents per gallon. Does anybody know how to break this 88 cents down into where it went? Whose pockets it went into? When I multiple 88 cents times all the gallons of gas purchased during the peak-cost period I would expect to see a whole lot of money ... a whole lot! I'd sure like to know who made off with the different pieces of the pie.

I would pay you in kind compliments for a simple pie chart that showed me where the money went. And if there is a slice of that pie that went into the pockets of American pocketbook predators I'd like to hang them out to dry.

Why hasn't this been done before. This pie chart should appear on the cover of the WSJ.

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Post#132 at 12-07-2005 01:28 AM by [at joined #posts ]
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2 49 9/10

Of course, when I was back in Maryland for a few days... prices ranged from 2 13 9/10 to 2 23 9/10 (which looked very cheap by California standards!)







Post#133 at 12-07-2005 02:46 AM by Roadbldr '59 [at Vancouver, Washington joined Jul 2001 #posts 8,281]
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Ours are now down to $2.09/2.19/2.29.
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Post#134 at 12-07-2005 06:11 PM by Andy '85 [at Texas joined Aug 2003 #posts 1,465]
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Between $2.03 and $2.09 for regular at most gas stations. Quite stable for the last week or so.
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Post#135 at 12-17-2005 03:07 PM by Roadbldr '59 [at Vancouver, Washington joined Jul 2001 #posts 8,281]
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Regular gas is now back below $2.00 per gallon in my neck of the woods too!

I'm still paying about $2.25 to fill the Beamer with premium, though.
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Post#136 at 12-17-2005 07:49 PM by Andy '85 [at Texas joined Aug 2003 #posts 1,465]
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It rose now, probably because it's winter. The benchmark station is at $2.19.
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Post#137 at 01-22-2006 08:34 PM by The Wonkette [at Arlington, VA 1956 joined Jul 2002 #posts 9,209]
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Gas in the DC area seems to be between $2.38 and 2.45 a gallon. It seems to go up by 5 cents each week; this has been going on since Thanksgiving, when it bottomed out at around $2.15.
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Post#138 at 01-22-2006 08:34 PM by The Wonkette [at Arlington, VA 1956 joined Jul 2002 #posts 9,209]
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Gas in the DC area seems to be between $2.38 and 2.45 a gallon. It seems to go up by 5 cents each week; this has been going on since Thanksgiving, when it bottomed out at around $2.15.
I want people to know that peace is possible even in this stupid day and age. Prem Rawat, June 8, 2008







Post#139 at 01-22-2006 09:38 PM by Andy '85 [at Texas joined Aug 2003 #posts 1,465]
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Lowest price I've seen is $2.30.
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That is to say, we know there are some things we do not know." - Donald Rumsfeld







Post#140 at 01-22-2006 09:38 PM by Andy '85 [at Texas joined Aug 2003 #posts 1,465]
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Lowest price I've seen is $2.30.
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"We also know there are known unknowns.
That is to say, we know there are some things we do not know." - Donald Rumsfeld







Post#141 at 01-23-2006 01:18 AM by Roadbldr '59 [at Vancouver, Washington joined Jul 2001 #posts 8,281]
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Our prices are still holding steady at $2.09/2.19/2.29.
"Better hurry. There's a storm coming. His storm!!!" :-O -Abigail Freemantle, "The Stand" by Stephen King







Post#142 at 01-23-2006 01:18 AM by Roadbldr '59 [at Vancouver, Washington joined Jul 2001 #posts 8,281]
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Our prices are still holding steady at $2.09/2.19/2.29.
"Better hurry. There's a storm coming. His storm!!!" :-O -Abigail Freemantle, "The Stand" by Stephen King







Post#143 at 01-23-2006 10:54 AM by catfishncod [at The People's Republic of Cambridge & Possum Town, MS joined Apr 2005 #posts 984]
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Prices I have observed in Massachusetts have been broadly similar to Wonkette's... current prices seemed to be around $2.25 in December, and are back up to $2.35-$2.40 again in January. Given these numbers, I would not be surprised to see $3 gas again come this summer.

As an aside, prices in Mississippi over Christmas were also in the $2.20-$2.30 range. I'm not sure how much of that is an effect of reduced Louisiana output and how much is price gouging from a local distribution oligarchy, but it's an interesting datum.
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Post#144 at 01-23-2006 10:54 AM by catfishncod [at The People's Republic of Cambridge & Possum Town, MS joined Apr 2005 #posts 984]
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Prices I have observed in Massachusetts have been broadly similar to Wonkette's... current prices seemed to be around $2.25 in December, and are back up to $2.35-$2.40 again in January. Given these numbers, I would not be surprised to see $3 gas again come this summer.

As an aside, prices in Mississippi over Christmas were also in the $2.20-$2.30 range. I'm not sure how much of that is an effect of reduced Louisiana output and how much is price gouging from a local distribution oligarchy, but it's an interesting datum.
'81, 30/70 X/Millie, trying to live in both Red and Blue America... "Catfish 'n Cod"







Post#145 at 01-23-2006 12:11 PM by Brian Beecher [at Downers Grove, IL joined Sep 2001 #posts 2,937]
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It will indeed be interesting to see what happens to gasoline prices come April and May, when we will be on the verge of the next summer. I have said many times that gas prices are likely to continue to rise as long as nothing is done to discourage driving. Seems as if we don't have the stomach for that one, for whatever reasons. I heard yesterday that the city of Rome has now experimented with car-free Sundays. I doubt if any US city would dare come on board with that one, or would we? And how come we have refused to do much if anything to reduce auto dependency?







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It will indeed be interesting to see what happens to gasoline prices come April and May, when we will be on the verge of the next summer. I have said many times that gas prices are likely to continue to rise as long as nothing is done to discourage driving. Seems as if we don't have the stomach for that one, for whatever reasons. I heard yesterday that the city of Rome has now experimented with car-free Sundays. I doubt if any US city would dare come on board with that one, or would we? And how come we have refused to do much if anything to reduce auto dependency?







Post#147 at 03-26-2006 09:32 PM by The Wonkette [at Arlington, VA 1956 joined Jul 2002 #posts 9,209]
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After getting down to about $2.25 last month, gas has been steadily rising in the DC area. It hit $2.50 last week, and in Montgomery County, I was seeing gas sell for $2.74.

How about elsewhere?
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Post#148 at 03-26-2006 09:59 PM by Andy '85 [at Texas joined Aug 2003 #posts 1,465]
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Hovering around $2.45 in Austin. Over.
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That is to say, we know there are some things we do not know." - Donald Rumsfeld







Post#149 at 03-27-2006 01:25 AM by Roadbldr '59 [at Vancouver, Washington joined Jul 2001 #posts 8,281]
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Quote Originally Posted by The Wonkette
After getting down to about $2.25 last month, gas has been steadily rising in the DC area. It hit $2.50 last week, and in Montgomery County, I was seeing gas sell for $2.74.

How about elsewhere?
Here too, Jen. This week the 76 station at Main and 39th sold gas for $2.47/2.57/2.67... up fifteen cents from this time last week.
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Post#150 at 03-27-2006 11:19 AM by Child of Socrates [at Cybrarian from America's Dairyland, 1961 cohort joined Sep 2001 #posts 14,092]
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It jumped to $2.65 here this morning.
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