Do you think gas prices will shoot up after this election?

[Blue_Roses]

Everytime I pass our local "station" I can feel it coming. How long do you think it will take to get the prices back to three dollars a gallon?

My bet is by Christmas if not before.

[rzemanfl]

1. Does a bear... Is the Pope...? n/t

[ariellyn]

2. Yes. They are on the way up now I believe because people are not fooled

by the manipulation of gas prices any longer. I have talked to four or five non-politically involved people who have mentioned that gas prices are being changed to influence elections. People know.

[Greyhound]

3. Sounds about right, they do seem to love sticking to us at X-mas.

OTOH, we keep taking it and asking for more.

[ariellyn]

6. Last XMAS prices were down. Started shooting up after XMAS. n/t

[Andreas Baader]

4. Gas Prices

They'll start heading back up within a week or two, in all likelihood.

shrub and his neocon buddies at halibutron are too stupid and greedy to go without their incredible profits for too long.

[newyawker99]

26. Hi Andreas Baader!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[catmandu57]

27. Welcome to DU Andreas

Shoot up not right away, I believe they'll start a steady rise and next spring we'll be back to three bucks a gallon with more this summer.

[valerief]

5. What in heaven's name would stop them from shooting up prices? nt

[seabeyond]

7. yup.... gonna fill up tomorrow n/t

[Bluerthanblue]

8. yep, and heating oil, which never went down much- will skyrocket-

which is pretty odd, since gasoline is more refined than diesel-...

My bet is Thanksgiving-
but I'd love to lose the bet-

[Nabia2004]

21. the fact the war machine runs on diesel is part of it

Two weeks ago in the Seattle area heating oil was the lowest it had been in 10 months, 2.33 a gallon. However, compared to gas it was late to drop in price.

[spanone]

9. Does Tony Snow Lie?

[FormerDem06]

10. Not unless the supply situation changes....

Or OPEC's 1 million barrel a day production cut takes affect. I think the lack of hurricanes brought the prices down to be honest this time. Although there could honestly be some shadiness involved.

[CC]

15. Nothing will have to change though

all they have to do is say they fear __________ will affect supplies and prices will rise. When they shot up this summer one of the main supposed reasons was fear of hurricanes hitting the Gulf waters. You would think hurricanes never hit the Gulf of Mexico before a couple years ago with their sudden price raising fear of them.

[pooja]

11. Did anyone see where ford and Gmc gained in the last quarter

because of the insentives and lower gas prices... I say the will linger about 2.35 until after X-mas and then they will bust the 3.00 mark.

[Botany]

12. I think so

[mtnsnake]

13. If I had tons of money, it would be going into oil stocks on Wednesday

[treestar]

14. Yes

There are few enough in control of this for a conspiracy theory to work.

[sandrakae]

16. ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY!!

[Bluzmann57]

17. Yes.

And since it's getting colder outside, the cost of heating our houses will be going up as well. And this coming from a guy who usually discounts conspiracy theories.

[Bryan Buchan]

18. Of course...

concurrent with the price of heating oil, natural gas, electricity, propane, etc.

[sarge43]

19. They'll creep up.

If we have a Dem controlled congress come January, then they'll rocket up.

"See, see! We told ya those Dems would screw you over."

Water's wet and bears dump in the woods.

[in_cog_ni_to]

20. YES and the GOOD thing IS

EVERYONE knows it.

[Zorra]

22. It's a given. n/t

[Beelzebud]

23. Unfortunately, yes.

[Upfront]

24. Going up now!

Hell yes.

[INdemo]

25. Wednesday up 25 cents and by Thanksgiving $3.00

[onenote]

29. wanna bet?

Do you honestly believe that to be true? Because I doubt you'd be willing to put your money where your mouth is.

[INdemo]

33. It will be close to $3.00 by Thanksgiving for the holiday travelers

What makes you think it wont be? Just curious? That would only be about 30cents per week..Hell it went up 20 cents overnight last week..

[onenote]

34. Nothing in the marketplace suggests it will go up that much

If the Saudi's cut supply, it will go up, but not that much, not that fast.

[INdemo]

36. Nothing in the market place justified the increase before

[GCP]

28. I'll be filling up Monday

Anyone in a cold region who uses oil heating would be wise to do the same, especially when you have 400 gallons to buy.

[nadinbrzezinski]

30. does the sun come up in the East

[Misskittycat]

31. Been going up for a week here in San Diego. n/t

[tinfoilinfor2005]

32. Yes.

And most of the fundies will believe their silly ass explanations, if they even bother to offer any. They really won't have any reason to impress fundies again until 2008, and by that time...well, new shiny objects will be developed to catch their attention.

[Buzz Clik]

35. Add $0.25 in the first month. Back to $3.00 by end of January.

And we'll be hearing the same shit about refinery capacity and the choking environmental restrictions.