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DJ13

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2. Summer driving season is over, prices should fall, how can the oil co.'s increase prices?

Reply to dkf (Original post)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 01:37 AM

Oct 2012

"A refinery closure, a contaminated pipeline and the state's strict pollution limits are all, in part, to blame, experts said."

Perfect!

We're getting fucked....... again.

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Gas shortage shutters Costco stations, prices skyrocket [View all] dkf Oct 2012 OP

Funny how this happens every four years, always in October n/t Scootaloo Oct 2012 #1

Maybe it's due to the switchover to winter mix? dkf Oct 2012 #5

Summer driving season is over, prices should fall, how can the oil co.'s increase prices? DJ13 Oct 2012 #2

Don't mention the refinery closure!!!! RandiFan1290 Oct 2012 #16

Total and complete bullshit... funny how mitt mentioned gas prices last nigjt, too..n/t AzSweet Oct 2012 #3

Noticed that too. 2ndAmForComputers Oct 2012 #17

"Can you spell 'collusion'?" upi402 Oct 2012 #4

"Gasoline inventories are the lowest in 10 years" Yeah, ya never need much gas in California!!! WTF! winstars Oct 2012 #6

If they think this makes consumers love capitalism all the more, they are very wrong. JDPriestly Oct 2012 #11

Gee, if only the state didn't care about how much pollution the refinery created. Incitatus Oct 2012 #7

+1 TRILLION. Zalatix Oct 2012 #19

Yeah I liked that part too Politicalboi Oct 2012 #26

I'm calling shenanigans on this - at the usual suspects ( *KOCH* )... Initech Oct 2012 #8

This is another reason why we have to GOTV and get those drill baby drill assholes out of the way of jillan Oct 2012 #9

Peak Oil. abumbyanyothername Oct 2012 #10

peak oil has nothing to do with a sudden spike in gas prices. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #14

It has everything to do with the ongoing long-term rise, however. Zalatix Oct 2012 #21

which is not the topic of the op, though. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #23

The oil companies are punishing California for supporting President Obama.... WCGreen Oct 2012 #12

11:00pm local NBC news just showed gas station somewhere here in SoCal with gas at $5.69, nice winstars Oct 2012 #13

I would say this probably has something to do with our economic blockade of iran & our attack HiPointDem Oct 2012 #15

So why is it localized to just California? hack89 Oct 2012 #18

Read this article, it explains without all the BS from above. Ikonoklast Oct 2012 #20

i don't think it is. i paid $4.18 yesterday, .18 higher than when i last bought gas 2 weeks ago. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #25

"Reagan Democrats" tama Oct 2012 #22

Corporations try to bully and punish us BarackTheVote Oct 2012 #24

A power outage shuts down a whole refinery for a week? KamaAina Oct 2012 #27

Couldn't the state create a plan for the transitions between summer and winter gas? KamaAina Oct 2012 #28

How about this: Endless Summer for gas. KamaAina Oct 2012 #29