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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-10 10:58 AM
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Seven weeks ago gas by me was $2.35 a gallon for regular, today it's $2.79
is this the continuing theft of America?
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WillParkinson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-10 10:59 AM
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1. It's $2.95 in Milwaukee...
And that's a hefty jump here, too.
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BadgerKid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-10 11:01 AM
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2. Wintertime & pre-holiday hikes.
At other times, I've seen 25- and 30-cent jumps every now and then. It would take 2-3 weeks to fall back down to where it was to begin with.
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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-10 11:02 AM
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3. $3.39 in northern california....
Edited on Fri Nov-12-10 11:03 AM by mike_c
I laughed the other day to see a news report saying that gas prices had exceeded an average of $2.50 somewhere in the country. We haven't seen gasoline at those prices in YEARS.
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-10 11:04 AM
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4. It happens every year around Thanksgiving.
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catbyte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-10 11:06 AM
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5. Gas jumped $.30 four days after the election
from $2.78 to $3.10 for regular in Grand Rapids, MI. They're blaming a refinery fire in Chicago, but gas is still $3.07. I think it's a big THANK YOU to the GOP.

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Andy823 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-10 11:06 AM
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6. Over $3.00 in my area.
It was up to $3.29 for labor day, and stayed that way till after hunting season in October. Now it's come down to $3.21! Diesel was up to $3.65 until after hunting season, now it's down to $3.49! I can go 60 miles from here to a larger town and it was $3.09 at the end of October.

Once again republicans are in charge of one house in congress and can keep any new regulations from going forward, so the speculators are trying to make a killing, not only with oil, but other commodities lie food! This what we get when we can't regulate these assholes!
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Lance_Boyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-10 11:07 AM
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7. Diesel's jumped 15 cents in the past week in Central NC.
I had thought last month's jump from $2.90 to $3.00 was the "heating oil bump" but it turns out I was mistaken.

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notesdev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-10 11:10 AM
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8. Thank you Ben Bernanke
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-10 11:12 AM
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9. Please explain the process by which rising oil/fuel costs can be considered
to be a continuing theft of America.


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NoNothing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-10 11:12 AM
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10. That's still 130,000,000 joules of energy
For about the same price as bottled water, with 0 joules. Seems like a good deal to me.
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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-10 11:12 AM
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11. Cheapest gas I can find is $3.03
In Northern California
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Xenotime Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-10 11:14 AM
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12. Blame Bush. Notice everytime he sticks his head out of his hole gas prices go up.
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-10 11:19 AM
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13. It's up here in the Twin Cities, too.
Thank goodness my wife and I don't drive much.
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bluedigger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-10 11:24 AM
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14. That's very interesting!
I'd like to try that, too!

Could you explain how you capture, refine, and market it, and what inputs you find most effective for maintaining steady production?

:shrug:
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madville Donating Member (743 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-10 11:27 AM
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15. The dollar is on a downhill slide
When the dollar gets weaker it takes more to buy a barrel of oil, It's as cheap as it ever will be right now, kinda scary.
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-10 11:57 AM
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16. also a barrel oil is about 90 bucks
What's your point?
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ProgressiveProfessor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-10 12:33 PM
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17. I can not recall the last time I saw it below $3.00, and right now is $3.40 or so here in So Cal
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PADemD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-10 12:35 PM
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18. I paid $2.86 this week in PA; last week $2.81.
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Dreamer Tatum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-10 12:36 PM
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19. It's the tanking dollar. nt
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