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09-23-2006, 07:01 AM
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| Eccentricus Magnus   Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Charlotte, North Carolina Age: 50
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that's right . .$197.9 for regular in Trenton SC this weekend. Do we say WOO HOO. . . . .or Bout Time ! ! ! ? Personally, I appreciate not having to pay an extra $20/fillup, but hte cost of the gas does not reflect the cost per barrel of crude, which is still near $60/barrel. So for all that hype that gas prices were following the price of crude, when it was $20/barrel we should have been paying 70 cents a gallon, right?? And $40/barrel should be a mere 1.40 per gallon, right? Well, the prices came down, which I am glad for. Fill up. . the pain at the pump is now a lot less.
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09-23-2006, 07:34 AM
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| I'm Watching You!    Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Connecticut, USA Age: 28
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| Re: $197.9 for Regular
Still 2.80/gallon for regular up here... 
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09-23-2006, 07:58 AM
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| Eccentricus Magnus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Charlotte, North Carolina Age: 50
Posts: 3,468
| Re: $197.9 for Regular
With all the money you'd save on Gas I'm sure you could afford it now  In the Charlotte, NC area. . in the counties directly outside Mecklenburg county (Charlotte area) gas is in the $2.35-2.40 range. Inside the County proper, it's anywhere from $2.45-2.59. Imagnine driving 100 yards and paying 15 cents more per gallon. . it's just silly. Coming back from Trenton last night, I saw everywhere from $1.99 to 2.15 on the interstate, in SC, along I-77 and I-20.
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09-23-2006, 10:00 AM
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| Eccentricus Magnus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Charlotte, North Carolina Age: 50
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| Re: $197.9 for Regular
Add in that there is actually a mild worldwide oil glut, along with 3 new sizable oil pools found (2 right off shore), the massive storms in China that are reducing their usage of "light, sweet crude" at the moment, and the Gulf Coast refineries finally getting back up to 100% capacity. . . THEN factor in the number of both oil and gasoline futures contracts with high numbers that are being renewed at lower prices, and you get a steadily downward pressure on oil and gas prices across the entire country, and actually, around the world. The Futures and speculation market has, over the last 3 years, actually forced a false increase in the cost of oil, merely because of market fears and manipulation by members of OPEC to force the cost higher. Now that market is properly stabilizing much lower,mainly due to the fact that the market, and consumers, could not bear to hold the prices as high as they were, and the laws of supply and demand finally overcame the speculators influence. Soo. . elections be damned. . . if the Surveys touted by the DNC most major (liberal) media outlets were to be believed, the projected Fall election results would actually INCREASE the cost of a barrel of crude. These prices reflect a 6-8 week steady decline, brought about by market forces. . not political manipulations by the President (who has absolutely NO control over these things. . really . .he doesn't), and in spite of false and improper price increases in the past.
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09-23-2006, 11:15 AM
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| Eccentricus Magnus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Charlotte, North Carolina Age: 50
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| Re: $197.9 for Regular
 Does Australia import all of it's oil, or does it have domestic production?
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09-23-2006, 11:28 AM
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| Pro Crasherer  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Cambridge, England! Age: 19
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| Re: $197.9 for Regular
well in the UK it has dropped from £1.00 a litre (3.85l to the US gallon), so thats £3.85, or $7.29, to about 89p a l, which is equiv to $6.50 a US gallon! Uk for you, over 3/4 of that i think is tax
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