Gas Stations? Screw The Puplic?
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wareagle said:
Lol that looks that something coming soon to my neighborhood.
We they jump up at least another dime again today, getting ready for the holiday travel I suppose, they will prob. get one more increase in tomorrow afternoon, sitting at 3.29 to 3.49 here now.
wareagle said:
Yeah, tough life when you're family owns a billion dollar company. I guess if I was that rich I wouldn't care either. For the other 99.9% of us, it sucks.
saint said:
WTF Saint???? That was a fvcking low blow....There isnt a freaking thing we can do except pray for everyone down there. We can donate $$ and items to help the cause down there. There isnt going to be any let up in fuel prices until they build the whole entire infrastructure back...which will take months if not years. Does it suck that we have to pay more at the pump...Hell yes! WTF does me or my family have anything to do with that i have no idea. I wasnt saying that i dont care about these high prices or that it doesnt affect me because it does. I was saying that the hundreds of thousands that are without water, food, shelter, jobs, family and you are worried about high gas prices. fvck you :fingerc:
wareagle said:
The only thing I read in your post was: "attempting to give a damn...unable to give a damn", which was posted in a thread about the grossly high gas prices. I put 2+2 together, and assumed you meant you don't give a damn about the high prices.
Had that image been accompanied by you saying that "I was saying that the hundreds of thousands that are without water, food, shelter, jobs, family and you are worried about high gas prices" it would have made complete sense.
I thought it was out of character for you but without the explanation for that imageI jumped the gun. I apologize but from your post it is the most logical assumption of your intent. Once again you aren't like that but it just pissed me off to think that's what you meant when those prices hurt a lot of people.
The BP prices above have been a reality in UK for years--With refinerys down there should be forced cut back of gas usage which (should) cut price of oil.
On the bright side the resilience and strength of our economy is quite unbelievable.Good chance in spite of greatest catastrophe of all time and highest oil and gas prices of all time there is good chance market will end in the black for week.
global gas prices---
Nation City Price in USD Regular/Gallon
Netherlands Amsterdam $6.48
Norway Oslo $6.27
Italy Milan $5.96
Denmark Copenhagen $5.93
Belgium Brussels $5.91
Sweden Stockholm $5.80
United Kingdom London $5.79
Germany Frankfurt $5.57
France Paris $5.54
Portugal Lisbon $5.35
Hungary Budapest $4.94
Luxembourg $4.82
Croatia Zagreb $4.81
Ireland Dublin $4.78
Switzerland Geneva $4.74
Spain Madrid $4.55
Japan Tokyo $4.24
Czech Republic Prague $4.19
Romania Bucharest $4.09
Andorra $4.08
Estonia Tallinn $3.62
Bulgaria Sofia $3.52
Brazil Brasilia $3.12
Cuba Havana $3.03
Taiwan Taipei $2.84
Lebanon Beirut $2.63
South Africa Johannesburg $2.62
Nicaragua Managua $2.61
Panama Panama City $2.19
Russia Moscow $2.10
Puerto Rico San Juan $1.74
Saudi Arabia Riyadh $0.91
Kuwait Kuwait City $0.78
Egypt Cairo $0.65
Nigeria Lagos $0.38
Venezuela Caracas $0.12
On the bright side the resilience and strength of our economy is quite unbelievable.Good chance in spite of greatest catastrophe of all time and highest oil and gas prices of all time there is good chance market will end in the black for week.
global gas prices---
Nation City Price in USD Regular/Gallon
Netherlands Amsterdam $6.48
Norway Oslo $6.27
Italy Milan $5.96
Denmark Copenhagen $5.93
Belgium Brussels $5.91
Sweden Stockholm $5.80
United Kingdom London $5.79
Germany Frankfurt $5.57
France Paris $5.54
Portugal Lisbon $5.35
Hungary Budapest $4.94
Luxembourg $4.82
Croatia Zagreb $4.81
Ireland Dublin $4.78
Switzerland Geneva $4.74
Spain Madrid $4.55
Japan Tokyo $4.24
Czech Republic Prague $4.19
Romania Bucharest $4.09
Andorra $4.08
Estonia Tallinn $3.62
Bulgaria Sofia $3.52
Brazil Brasilia $3.12
Cuba Havana $3.03
Taiwan Taipei $2.84
Lebanon Beirut $2.63
South Africa Johannesburg $2.62
Nicaragua Managua $2.61
Panama Panama City $2.19
Russia Moscow $2.10
Puerto Rico San Juan $1.74
Saudi Arabia Riyadh $0.91
Kuwait Kuwait City $0.78
Egypt Cairo $0.65
Nigeria Lagos $0.38
Venezuela Caracas $0.12
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saint said:
i should have made myself more clear and i apologize for that, but i still dont see why you attacked me personally...sorry saint, no hard feelings
DTB that list of countries. You can add up all them and they don't add up to all the cars we have in our country. And none depend on the auto industry as much as we do for our economy. Iraq by the way is 10 cents a gallon. That place our men are dieing for.
How would you like to pay 2000 bucks for your driver license. You do in some of those European countries. They don't drive like we do thats why you don't here much out of them. And some charge over 2 bucks tax per gallon. So were not apples to apples.
How would you like to pay 2000 bucks for your driver license. You do in some of those European countries. They don't drive like we do thats why you don't here much out of them. And some charge over 2 bucks tax per gallon. So were not apples to apples.
Dogs That Bark-
You missed one.
IRAK 4 - 15 cents a gallon!
Subsidised by u no who.
The U.S. government is paying Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites)'s former firm Halliburton (NYSE:HAL - news) "enormous sums" -- $2.65 a gallon -- for gasoline imported into Iraq (news - web sites) from Kuwait, two lawmakers charged on Wednesday.
Democrats Rep. Henry Waxman of California and Rep. John Dingell of Michigan said this gross overpayment was made worse by the fact that the U.S. government was turning around and reselling the gasoline in Iraq for four to 15 cents a gallon.
You missed one.
IRAK 4 - 15 cents a gallon!
Subsidised by u no who.
The U.S. government is paying Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites)'s former firm Halliburton (NYSE:HAL - news) "enormous sums" -- $2.65 a gallon -- for gasoline imported into Iraq (news - web sites) from Kuwait, two lawmakers charged on Wednesday.
Democrats Rep. Henry Waxman of California and Rep. John Dingell of Michigan said this gross overpayment was made worse by the fact that the U.S. government was turning around and reselling the gasoline in Iraq for four to 15 cents a gallon.
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The people in the area of that gas station , and others like it, should not do business there ever again and watch them go belly up.
At what point does price suppress demand? At what price will you say to yourself, if Lance Armstrong can ride a bicycle 200 miles a day, why can't I ride 20-25 or walk to the mailbox.
If I wait in line a half hour to gas up at $4.00 a gallon and feel relieved pulling out of the station, I'm not there yet and BP knows it.
If I wait in line a half hour to gas up at $4.00 a gallon and feel relieved pulling out of the station, I'm not there yet and BP knows it.
a guy who plays on my softball team (who owns a gas station), says he only makes a few cents per gallon of gas sold at his station. He said he station only makes a profit for ppl coming in for oil changes, repairs, tires...etc. He also said that selling gas only brings in his clients. He said he has nothing to do with the gas increase. It is the supplier who charge and then through math he prices it so he only can make a few cents per gallon.
OK it's getting fukking ridiculous $4/gal is way too much to pay. Absolutely so fukkin ridiculous. I'm livid right now about the damn gas prices.....enough is enough!!!! I'm going to write some letters tomorrow that will go completely unnoticed. Anyway, if that sitting duck pres doesn't start to give a shit about it I'll start bad mouthing him to all of my friends. This coming from a republican, we should have been out of Iraq by now, I'm fed up with this fukkin bullshit.
kneifl
kneifl
In NC, on avg stations make 12c profit per gallon.
On why prices were jumping 30c or more in very short periods of time: North Carolina state law is that a station cannot sell gas for under the wholesale prices. As demand went up, stations went dry quickly. When the new trucks came in with fresh gas, it was at the higher wholesale prices of 3$. The reason why some stations jumped while others stayed low: for a short period of time a station charges the price it payed for the gas presently in its tanks. So some still had leftover of the cheaper wholesale price so they could sell it cheaper. Once they filled up with the higher priced gas they had to increase price.
Tack on 46c in state and fed taxes, and there is your 3.50 gas price.
Granted some stations may have tried to "steal" a couple of extra cents but not many.
It's not like the owners took advantage of the situation and raised prices 50c voluntarily just to rape customers.
I think people are misled about gas stations. They don't "choose" what to charge. They take the wholesale price they are given, they tack on the taxes and then whatever penny increase to make profit. Our refineries in the gulf are out of commision. Less gas available = higher wholesale prices = higher prices at the pumps.
The stations don't just choose to raise them
On why prices were jumping 30c or more in very short periods of time: North Carolina state law is that a station cannot sell gas for under the wholesale prices. As demand went up, stations went dry quickly. When the new trucks came in with fresh gas, it was at the higher wholesale prices of 3$. The reason why some stations jumped while others stayed low: for a short period of time a station charges the price it payed for the gas presently in its tanks. So some still had leftover of the cheaper wholesale price so they could sell it cheaper. Once they filled up with the higher priced gas they had to increase price.
Tack on 46c in state and fed taxes, and there is your 3.50 gas price.
Granted some stations may have tried to "steal" a couple of extra cents but not many.
It's not like the owners took advantage of the situation and raised prices 50c voluntarily just to rape customers.
I think people are misled about gas stations. They don't "choose" what to charge. They take the wholesale price they are given, they tack on the taxes and then whatever penny increase to make profit. Our refineries in the gulf are out of commision. Less gas available = higher wholesale prices = higher prices at the pumps.
The stations don't just choose to raise them
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Originally Posted by cisco
Dogs That Bark-
You missed one.
IRAK 4 - 15 cents a gallon!
Subsidised by u no who.
He didn't miss it by accident.
--I'm surprised at you Matt that you would even consider I would do the NYT/Micheal Moore half truth-partial quote tactics---link below for your viewing---
http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/
Originally Posted by cisco
Dogs That Bark-
You missed one.
IRAK 4 - 15 cents a gallon!
Subsidised by u no who.
He didn't miss it by accident.
--I'm surprised at you Matt that you would even consider I would do the NYT/Micheal Moore half truth-partial quote tactics---link below for your viewing---
http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/
