Gas Prices

  • bob schroden
    Cold Spring, MN
    Posts: 281
    February 17, 2009 at 2:26 am #1261642

    Crude oil has dropped to about $36 a barrel.

    Why does the price of gas just keep increasing?
    Greed?
    Price gouging?

    Geerdes
    Brandon, SD 57005
    Posts: 791
    February 17, 2009 at 2:38 am #749267

    Probably both. Watch the gas price keep increasing, especially as farmers start in the fields. I think it will be between 2.50-3.00 by summer. Still a great deal cheaper than the $4+ I paid on my way to last year’s two-week fishing trip to northern Minnesota last year. I’m hoping for no more than 2.50 so I can get by with $100 bill to fill my boat up.

    Richard V.
    Somewhere over the rainbow
    Posts: 2596
    February 17, 2009 at 2:43 am #749268

    Quote:

    Probably both. Watch the gas price keep increasing, especially as farmers start in the fields. I think it will be between 2.50-3.00 by summer. Still a great deal cheaper than the $4+ I paid on my way to last year’s two-week fishing trip to northern Minnesota last year. I’m hoping for no more than 2.50 so I can get by with $100 bill to fill my boat up.

    I sure hope you are wrong. That would really put a damper on my summer again.

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22456
    February 17, 2009 at 2:52 am #749270

    Quote:

    Crude oil has dropped to about $36 a barrel.

    Why does the price of gas just keep increasing?
    Greed?
    Price gouging?

    Exactly…because it can…. it’s back to the guys on the corner pushing each other….

    big G

    riveratt
    Central Wisconsin US-of-A
    Posts: 1464
    February 17, 2009 at 2:54 am #749271

    A half million people lost their jobs in the last 45 days and they feel it is ok to raise gas prices? With oil prices down and demand way down it is very obvious the price is manually controlled.

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22456
    February 17, 2009 at 3:11 am #749281

    They can come up with an article of excuses, whenever they want it seems…..

    big G

    The price of oil is down so therfore the price is up…. the price of oil is up, so therefore the price is up…. the demand is so high, so therfore the price is up…. the reserves are so full, so therfore the price is up…. the wind has changed direction, so therefore the price is up….

    blue-fleck
    Dresbach, MN
    Posts: 7872
    February 17, 2009 at 3:13 am #749282

    Don’t forget, hurricane season is right around the corner.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    February 17, 2009 at 3:16 am #749285

    So is the Sturgeon Excursion…prices always jump about 30 days before the unofficial start of the open water season.

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22456
    February 17, 2009 at 3:16 am #749286

    big G

    adam dungan
    Two Harbors
    Posts: 53
    February 17, 2009 at 3:17 am #749287

    Today when filling in Two Harbors I noticed that Diesel was 2.05/gal and unleaded regular was 1.95/gal. So diesel at least has come back in line with unleaded although it should still be cheaper.

    bosman
    DeSoto, WI
    Posts: 914
    February 17, 2009 at 3:34 am #749295

    Quote:

    They can come up with an article of excuses, whenever they want it seems…..

    big G

    The price of oil is down so therfore the price is up…. the price of oil is up, so therefore the price is up…. the demand is so high, so therfore the price is up…. the reserves are so full, so therfore the price is up…. the wind has changed direction, so therefore the price is up….

    Well said

    Richard V.
    Somewhere over the rainbow
    Posts: 2596
    February 17, 2009 at 4:08 am #749315

    Quote:

    This Article explains the gas situation to some extent.


    What a bunch of crap, looks like they can just name their price. My wife and I have started car pooling more regularly again. Pooling saves us 40-45 miles each day.

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    February 17, 2009 at 4:50 am #749331

    The oil companie’s (trillion of dollars of greed) are more responsible for bringing the country to its knees than anything….add that to the Wall Street Mafia and (Bail me out please) Bankers… we are just so much cannon fodder!
    The poor CEOs and their 25 Million$ bonuses….
    Makes a guy sick!

    Brian Robinson
    central Neb
    Posts: 3914
    February 17, 2009 at 8:50 am #749351

    Quote:

    Greed?
    Price gouging?

    YES.

    DaveB
    Inver Grove Heights MN
    Posts: 4469
    February 17, 2009 at 1:31 pm #749373

    It is because, these days, everyone is an economist.

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