Gas Prices

[IceHogsFan]

Watching the prices climb at the pump and the discussion of $5 a gallonthis summer.



Is everything being done to keep prices lower? Or are we just at the mercy of the markets?

 

[roshinaya]

I thought government intervention is bad and free markets are good.

 

[R K]

One way or the other I'm sure it's Obama's fault.

 

[IceHogsFan]

One way or the other I'm sure it's Obama's fault.

The question is, who's fault is it and can it be or is it being addressed?

 

[R K]

The question is, who's fault is it and can it be or is it being addressed?

I would think but then it would involve government intervention and you aren't for that. You know exactly why and where it is coming from. It's called free enterprise. They are betting on futures. Now if the Pres decided to release the SOS that might help some but it would only be temporary.

 

[BigPete]

It has almost nothing to do with supply and demand right now. It is simply; the price is high because the price for light sweet crude is high on THE COMMODITIES MARKET which is an internationally influenced free trade market.



You want ridiculously cheap gasoline? Drastically reduce demand by moving to more fuel efficient cars and semis in America. Build better public transportation in large cities like St. Louis, encourage more rail travel than air travel, here's an extreme idea - discourage gasoline lawn mowers and weedwackers.

 

[supraman]

It has almost nothing to do with supply and demand right now. It is simply; the price is high because the price for light sweet crude is high on THE COMMODITIES MARKET which is an internationally influenced free trade market.



You want ridiculously cheap gasoline? Drastically reduce demand by moving to more fuel efficient cars and semis in America. Build better public transportation in large cities like St. Louis, encourage more rail travel than air travel, here's an extreme idea - discourage gasoline lawn mowers and weedwackers.

hippy

 

[Tater]

It has almost nothing to do with supply and demand right now. It is simply; the price is high because the price for light sweet crude is high on THE COMMODITIES MARKET which is an internationally influenced free trade market.



You want ridiculously cheap gasoline? Drastically reduce demand by moving to more fuel efficient cars and semis in America. Build better public transportation in large cities like St. Louis, encourage more rail travel than air travel, here's an extreme idea - discourage gasoline lawn mowers and weedwackers.

If it has nothing to do with supply and demand, how would reducing demand help?

 

[winos5]

If it has nothing to do with supply and demand, how would reducing demand help?

Well it's worked so well for Europe....

 

[supraman]

Actually Brazil uses sugar to make ethanol and it worked kick ass for them for gas prices

 

[Rex]

Well it's worked so well for Europe....

doesn't it? England pays $10 a gallon.

 

[LordKOTL]

Then again, England and the rest of europe have good enough transit systems to get from point A to B in a reasonable amount of time (the countries are also smaller), and usually people don't need to drive all over creation as part of their lives.

 

[R K]

If it has nothing to do with supply and demand, how would reducing demand help?

They then wouldn't bet on the futures, thus reducing the cost.



Just sayin.

 

[BigPete]

If it has nothing to do with supply and demand, how would reducing demand help?

Do you want a world where no one ever gets shot with a handgun? Then outlaw handguns.





See what I was doing there?????

 

[BigPete]

They then wouldn't bet on the futures, thus reducing the cost.



Just sayin.

Thank you Ron, that was a much less pedantic and rhetorical answer than I gave in either post.



People that ***** about gasoline prices need to LEARN how pricing of gasoline works from pulling it out of the ground all the way to putting it into your car's tank. It's no big fucking mystery if you just spend ten seconds googling it.

 

[R K]

The OP knew quite well why the gas price was where it was. And exactly what's causing it to rise.



Now there are other factors such as summer blend, vs winter blend and such, unrest in the middle east, ect ect, but all those factor into Wall Street, betting or investing in the Future price, thus making it rise as they always do.



Those same investors, are both making money on their doings and also paying the same high prices they are causing and effecting the same economy many of them live in. Ironic, stupid, or just pathetic, pick your poison.

 

[jakobeast]

Drilling for more oil ain't gonna help. You know why? Cause the refiners have old refineries that break down a lot. even though there are newer ones, they aren't state of the art.



However,



The are at refining capacity right now anyway, and the U.S. is exporting more oil then ever, The Keystone pipeline wasn't gonna help, as it would just make the U.S. export more.



The companies don't make money on the oil if it is less then 75 a barrel, so there is no interest in getting down to that level anyway.



Alternatives, be it electric, wind, natural gas, solar, algae, ****, devise a way to harness my farts to run my car, I don't fucking care. We can't, we shouldn't rely on oil exclusively.

 

[supraman]

Let;s make a car that runs on nuck fans

 

[bubbleheadchief]

Let;s make a car that runs on nuck fans

All cars run on nuck fans if they cross the street in front of you

 

[howcho]

Venezuela Caracas $0.12



That did not copy/paste so well. But basically its 12 cents a gallon in Venezuela.