Date:         Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:27:58 -0800
Reply-To:     michael hann <hann.michael@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         michael hann <hann.michael@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Gas prices
Comments: To: Rob <becida@comcast.net>
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how many dinosaurs had to die in iraq, iran, saudi arabi for there to be
this huge oil lake underground?


On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 4:18 PM, michael hann <hann.michael@gmail.com>wrote:

> i understand the aspects of speculation etc, but i dont get why a gas
> station "can" not would change their price daily. other than greed, here
> some stations change their price multiple times a day and that infuriates
> me and others around. here in my city we pay close to 75 cents a gallon in
> taxes and at right now across the street it is $4.359 for 87 octane. arco
> is roughly 15 cents cheaper on average depending on location and other gas
> stations in the vicenity. i live in a city that has oil wells running
> constantly, a pipeline/mini refinery on the shore and oil derricks/rigs on
> the coast in shallow water within my view, and i still have to pay higher
> than national average for a gallon of gas. sorry for ranting but if your
> paying less than 4 bucks consider yourself happy and lucky. have a great
> weekend im going on vacation where surely i will be pissed of by prices up
> in big bear. another day another dollar wasted.
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Ever read George Crile's 2003 book "Charlie Wilson's War"?  A good story
>> and a lot of information on the side, some of it to do with Iran, not
>> flattering but what the heck. Not a speck of Vanagon in it. (Better than
>> the movie).
>>
>> I've been reading that it's the speculators driving up the cost of gas
>> (yes war fears from the mid-east will increase the speculation) at a time
>> when there is a glut of gasoline here in the US.
>> http://www.alaskadispatch.com/**article/would-reducing-us-**
>> fuel-exports-stop-gas-prices-**spiking<http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/would-reducing-us-fuel-exports-stop-gas-prices-spiking>
>> If you put "oil stored in tankers today" in the search block of
>> http://www.news.google.com/ you can find more questions to ask.
>> Do you know anyone who has an oil well & gets a royalty? Ask them what
>> their crude is worth to the buyers, last I heard they didn't get the price
>> 'they' are guessing it will be in 3 months <g>, we are just paying that
>> price.
>>
>> The 'why' is only important in the hopes we can get the rise to stop, the
>> fact that it has been going up every day (for a week??)  has to be dealt
>> with. I just put $42.82 in my VW bus... the world has changed since 1973
>> when I swore that if it went above 50 cents I was going to stop driving ..
>> or was it 75 cents? Maybe a dollar ... Today I'm happy not to see a hand
>> lettered "No Gas" sign & have enough cash to buy the gas to fill my tank.
>>
>> Oh well, back to what ever it was I'm doing today besides the twin
>> grandsons 10th birthday.
>>
>> Rob
>> becida@comcast.net
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> At  2/24/2012 02:46 PM, Tom Hargrave wrote:
>>
>>> My comment was heading the same way but some believe they are a peaceful
>>> country and I stopped short.
>>>
>>> Thanks, Tom Hargrave
>>> www.stir-plate.com
>>> www.towercooler.com
>>> www.kegkits.com
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Chris S. [mailto:szpejankowski@gmail.**com<szpejankowski@gmail.com>
>>> ]
>>> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 4:42 PM
>>> To: Tom Hargrave
>>> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>> Subject: Re: Gas prices
>>>
>>> I'm afraid if Iran does something incredibly stupid the prices will
>>> skyrocket. Radioactive oil can't be sold, correct?
>>>
>>> Time to clench buttocks tightly.
>>>
>>> Chris.
>>>
>>> Wysłane z iPhone'a
>>>
>>> Dnia Feb 24, 2012 o godz. 16:48 Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
>>> napisał(a):
>>>
>>> > I'm afraid it will continue to climb until IRAN quiets down or does
>>> > something incredibly stupid.
>>> >
>>>
>>
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