Members cobrahead1030 Posted August 31, 2005 Members Share Posted August 31, 2005 we jumped from $2.50 to $3 since yesterday morning...expected to be at $4 by the weekend how are things looking in you guys' areas? i work for papa john's, we're the most successful pizza chain in the upstate by far, and the way things are going we're gonna be outta business by the end of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OverDriven Posted August 31, 2005 Members Share Posted August 31, 2005 Originally posted by cobrahead1030 i work for papa john's, we're the most successful pizza chain in the upstate by far, and the way things are going we're gonna be outta business by the end of the year. Lol...no, you won't be out of business. This is a very temporary spike due to the shutting down of oil rigs in the gulf. -Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dicky sofa Posted August 31, 2005 Members Share Posted August 31, 2005 Kill all the GAS Station owners... They are not paying for more expensive gas yet... :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StevieRaveOn Posted August 31, 2005 Members Share Posted August 31, 2005 Originally posted by OverDriven Lol...no, you won't be out of business. This is a very temporary spike due to the shutting down of oil rigs in the gulf.-Joe I think Exxon-Mobil BR is back up, Baytown should have never closed if I can make a guess, BP in Houston/wherever should be good.... It's mainly those rigs in the LA gulf, Highway 1 for transportation, and getting power to the booster pumps to get the offshore oil up to the salt domes. Who knows what they're going for first... I know they're focusing on search and rescue until they get a ton of people down here I'm guessing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members joolzriff Posted August 31, 2005 Members Share Posted August 31, 2005 i'm not a native but i live here in the midwest and every one drives an over sized car/truck,and 9/10 u will see only one person in the oversized car/truck.... i say americans should be buying fuel economical motors instead of gas hog toys. makes sense cos most people here just drive around town or to work and on top of that i never ever hardly see anything in the back of a truck like a dodge dually and that makes no sense driving that cock extension around @ 15 miles to the gallon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aeonrevolution Posted August 31, 2005 Members Share Posted August 31, 2005 Here it was down to $2.39 99/100 from $2.58 99/100. Now its up to $2.69 99/100 Also doesnt that piss you off how they add on lots of .99 {censored}? Just add that .01 cent god damnit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rgt320 Posted August 31, 2005 Members Share Posted August 31, 2005 By me, the regular went from $2.79 to $2.99, since yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jlb32 Posted August 31, 2005 Members Share Posted August 31, 2005 Paying $3.00 here and looking for it to go up fast. They say it is a temporary spike but the prices here started going up the day of the hurricane just because of speculation. I just wonder if it will go down as fast as it is rising. Here the price seems to jump instantly when the barrel price goes up or something else happens but when the barrel price goes down it usually takes several days until you see it at the pump. Looks like record profits for the oil companies again this quarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Taco2004 Posted August 31, 2005 Members Share Posted August 31, 2005 Regular Unleaded is about $2.79 There is a gas station about 3 miles from my house that said they will keep their prices around $2.49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cobrahead1030 Posted September 1, 2005 Author Members Share Posted September 1, 2005 ugh...half the gas stations in town are closed because they're out!!! the only ones still opening only have premium, and you can't get it for a penny less than $3.30 we're supposed to be seeing $4 in the next few days, and hopefully within a few more days it will go down again we've got a few hundred drivers in our franchise who can't afford to show up for work right now...things are lookin to get UGLY quick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul J. Edwards Posted September 1, 2005 Members Share Posted September 1, 2005 The US should end the tax on gas which will bring the price way down and stop the insane gas lines that are starting to show up. Price caps and {censored} the oil companies that have been making record breaking profits. Bush and his oil co's suck big time!!! Then pull out of the Iraq quagmire and use the troops to help our people here in the south who have been raved by the hurricane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members :cool: Posted September 1, 2005 Members Share Posted September 1, 2005 used to be 1.18 a few years ago here... Now ive seen regular unleaded as high as 3.25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cylon Posted September 1, 2005 Members Share Posted September 1, 2005 Paul J. Edwards go back to the D U and air america commie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members potaetoes Posted September 1, 2005 Members Share Posted September 1, 2005 addiction sucks, don't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarman967 Posted September 1, 2005 Members Share Posted September 1, 2005 Originally posted by OverDriven Lol...no, you won't be out of business. This is a very temporary spike due to the shutting down of oil rigs in the gulf.-Joe Bull{censored}, those rigs down there are about 2% of the gas our country operates on, this shouldn't even be a blip on the radar screen yet it jumps up over 50 cents a gallon. There all crooks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrelusive Posted September 1, 2005 Members Share Posted September 1, 2005 we went from $2.52 to $3.48 in the last 24 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarman967 Posted September 1, 2005 Members Share Posted September 1, 2005 Originally posted by Paul J. Edwards The US should end the tax on gas which will bring the price way down and stop the insane gas lines that are starting to show up.Price caps and {censored} the oil companies that have been making record breaking profits.Bush and his oil co's suck big time!!!Then pull out of the Iraq quagmire and use the troops to help our people here in the south who have been raved by the hurricane. You are on the money my friend. This administration just smells too funny for my taste. It's funny watching all the brainless people pathetically defend them. Ever wonder why the gas has been conviently over 2$ a gallon since this war started in iraq. Katrina hits and Then this jackass bush releases the crude oil to look like a hero when that's not gonna help the situation any.He should of threatened to release the reserves a long time ago to drive the prices down like Clinton did during his time but he didn't. Makes you wonder why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarman967 Posted September 1, 2005 Members Share Posted September 1, 2005 Originally posted by joolzriff i'm not a native but i live here in the midwest and every one drives an over sized car/truck,and 9/10 u will see only one person in the oversized car/truck.... i say americans should be buying fuel economical motors instead of gas hog toys. makes sense cos most people here just drive around town or to work and on top of that i never ever hardly see anything in the back of a truck like a dodge dually and that makes no sense driving that cock extension around @ 15 miles to the gallon. Your absolutely right but your blaming the wrong people. Blame the car MFG's and blame the crooks who rip us off on oil before you blame americans for wasting gas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members potaetoes Posted September 1, 2005 Members Share Posted September 1, 2005 Originally posted by guitarman967 Bull{censored}, those rigs down there are about 2% of the gas our country operates on, this shouldn't even be a blip on the radar screen yet it jumps up over 50 cents a gallon. There all crooks. uh... higher. 11% of the national refining capacity is currently shut down because of the storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarman967 Posted September 1, 2005 Members Share Posted September 1, 2005 Originally posted by potaetoes uh... higher. 11% of the national refining capacity is currently shut down because of the storm. My mother in law works with this stuff, She told me it's 2% if anything and most of them look fine. There was like 2 of them that even had damage. Who knows, even on the high side at 11% shows that people are overreacting to this with price hikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 46&2 Posted September 1, 2005 Members Share Posted September 1, 2005 I'm tellin' y'all... the devastation in Fourchon, LA will keep those prices up for a long time to come. It is NOT insignificant: 18% is big. And it's not just gasoline prices that are going to stay high. Natural gas is used for a LOT of things. This sucks big. Has anybody seen recent reports on just how hard it was hit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarman967 Posted September 1, 2005 Members Share Posted September 1, 2005 Originally posted by 46&2 I'm tellin' y'all... the devastation in Fourchon, LA will keep those prices up for a long time to come. It is NOT insignificant: 18% is big. And it's not just gasoline prices that are going to stay high. Natural gas is used for a LOT of things. This sucks big. Has anybody seen recent reports on just how hard it was hit? What now it's 18%. It'll be 25% by tommorrow then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 46&2 Posted September 1, 2005 Members Share Posted September 1, 2005 Originally posted by guitarman967 What now it's 18%. It'll be 25% by tommorrow then. Look, I hate Dub-{censored}in-ya and Co with a got-dammed {censored}in' passion. However, it's fokin' stupid to roll your eyes at facts. Prove my info wrong and be an adult about it. 18% is really old news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members potaetoes Posted September 1, 2005 Members Share Posted September 1, 2005 Originally posted by guitarman967 My mother in law works with this stuff, She told me it's 2% if anything and most of them look fine. There was like 2 of them that even had damage. Who knows, even on the high side at 11% shows that people are overreacting to this with price hikes. she told you they "look fine" ? gee, that's some valuable insider information. i'll probably see her on CNN in a few minutes, among their other "experts"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members potaetoes Posted September 1, 2005 Members Share Posted September 1, 2005 Originally posted by guitarman967 My mother in law works with this stuff, She told me it's 2% if anything and most of them look fine. There was like 2 of them that even had damage. Who knows, even on the high side at 11% shows that people are overreacting to this with price hikes. and people aren't overreacting - the futures market is reacting exactly as expected. speculation is about prices in the future, not the present. when anything poses to hamper production of a commodity, especially when it's unpredictable exactly what will happen, futures prices generally jump much higher than whatever the "problem" would directly dictate. it's not a direct relation between the gulf situation and the price of oil futures. it's speculative. that's the nature of the futures markets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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