South Jersey Gas Prices? UP 26 cents in 8 Days!

[GalleryGod]

:mad: If there was EVer a Time to Tap the Strategic Oil Reserve...oh, what the f*ck am I thinking:wtf: the Big Dick and Shrub McASSwipe are in Charge!

:eyes: Ne-ver minnnnnnnnnnnnnd!

[Democrats unite]

1. In S.W. Florida...

On Monday gas was $1.51 a gallon, Today it is $1.69 a gallon.

[GalleryGod]

9. Exactly! WTF is going-on!

This has got to be the fastest spurt since the 70's!

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

2. how did you like that tax cut?

now you'll be paying it to Bush's #2 (after Enron) contributor, Exxon-Mobil.

[Catshrink]

3. Welcome to our world

We saw the same thing happen in Phoenix two weeks ago. Two weeks ago I paid 1.49; Thursday I paid 2.05. Our pipeline from Tucson broke. What happened in Jersey?

[bearded_cat]

7. I heard the pipeline was from El Paso

I know people in the Phoenix area, and man what a hassle it's been. They say it won't last too much longer though.

[Catshrink]

13. The repairs failed and they need to build a bypass

it "may be" ready by Sunday. We can only hope.

[GalleryGod]

10. A Halliburton Hurricane! WE're always the LAST to rise

Because we've got so many refineries in South Jersey and South Philly...but this is the :silly: price spurt of all time! At least since the 1970's.

[Atlant]

11. Profit opportunities taken.

What happened in Jersey?

Profit opportunities taken.

(Same situation and same relative price rise here in NH.)

Atlant

[Bandit]

4. And in Juneau Alaska prices dropped three cents in last week

:shrug: I guess next barge we get will be hell.

[Pepperbelly]

5. When they started gouging us during Clinton's term and the Big Dog ...

started a DOJ investigation into their shameful price-fixing and gouging, does anyone else recollect how quickly the prices went back down? I sure do.

Maybe Bonehead and his pirates will launch an investigation, huh? Except this one would be to see how this is Clinton's fault. Emmanuel Goldstein arise!

[bearded_cat]

6. My hunch is

that the oil companies and their brethren are raking in the dough so they will have hundreds of millions to contribute to the reSelection campaign when it gets rolling. I seem to remember a jump in gas prices in 2001. They repaid themselves after the Selection. The bitch about it is, you and I are the ones bankrolling this pack of thieves and liars every time we fill up the tank. I find myself on the trusty bicycle more often than ever these days.

[Unforgiven]

15. Precisely!

Stealing elections is what it's all about, and that costs money no matter how you slice it.

[shockandawed]

8. Now you are starting to think like they want you to

Bush wants people to think about this. Couple of points on this.

1. Anyone suprised at gas prices going up under a Oil Cartel President should be smacking their forehead and kicking themselves for being so foolish. Of course he would allow this. It is why he was annointed president.

2. Strategic oil reserves are for real crises, not price fluctuations.

3. Adjusted for inflation, gas is drastically cheaper now than it was in the 70's. The problem is that it should be more expensive by way of excise taxes. This would fatten government coffers, force people to drive less, make people think about living near their fucking jobs, and make people think about renewable and clean energy sources. It would also lessen demand to a point that agressive imperialistic foreign invasions would not be necessary to quench our thirst.

4. IF you tap the reserves, we will have to replace the barrels removed. This means that the government (read you) will have to buy oil from Bush's friends to replace the strategic reserves that were taken out. Given the fact that Bush continues to fuck with the Middle East and destabilizing it, it is a certainty that gas prices will continue to rise. This means that you will enrich bush's cronies and reward their negative behavior that has driven prices up, because we will have to buy the oil on the open market at the higher prices caused by the continued destabilization. In fact, Bush was just criticized for doing just this, topping off the nations reserves when oil prices were at a recent high.

5. If you tap the reserves in a significant way in a shortsighted attempt to reduce prices, you only increase our vulnerability to an OPEC production cut that could cripple our economy, or some other real crisis like a war or some other supply problem, like a terror attack on a key supply bottleneck or production facility. OPEC might very well grab us by the balls if given the opportunity in orger to exert some influence and payback regarding the imperialistic occupation of countries throughout the region.

[RebelOne]

12. Same here in north Georgia

Last week it was $1.45 for regular. Today I paid $1.55. We are being ripped off. Thought that since the Bush cartel stole Iraq's oil, our prices wouldn't increase.

[ShaneGR]

14. Up in Ohio too

From mid 1.40's to high 1.50's in about four days.

[Deja Q]

16. 40 cents in MN

Went from $1.56 to $1.83 in roughly the same period.

[julka]

17. it's SO obvious

just think if we'd put one scintilla of the DOD money since 1973 into alternate energy sources......

would we care any more about Iraq than we did about Rwanda/Congo/Liberia?

energy policy effects the world economy/ecology infinitely more than ANY other factor.

the reason it hasn't been dealt with is obvious. just for starters, read Liberty Under Seige and see what the DEMOCRATIC controlled legislature did to Carter's timid approach to energy policy back then to see why we're where we are now, from CAFE standards to funding of alternate energy approaches.

and, as far as gas prices go: I went to New Jersey/New York last Thursday. paid 1.55 for gas at local station. got it for 1.41 at a station in NJ three days later. a day after that it was 1.49 at that station. today, the station I paid 1.55 in chicago subs was ONE EIGHTY FIVE!!!! and that was on the low end......most are above 1.90.

and people are still just swallowing.

I'm buying gas by the gallon til this blows over.....if it does.......pisses me off more than I can say

the candidate that stresses energy policy above all else is mine.

Nancy Skinner started out that way here......dunno what she's said lately, but it's too obvious for words, isn't it?