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Old 09-26-2011, 05:41 PM
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Any reason gas is going down?
Today in the Dayton Ohio area fuel was 3.21 (lowest I seen) and guys from work told me by Thanksgiving its supose to be down to $2.50!
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because less race car more highbrid
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Originally Posted by riceburner
because less race car more highbrid
Bingo lol

Well that would me a small part of it
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Basically people are driving less so demand is down. lower demand means lower prices.
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Dont know, don't care, just happy that it is
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Where'd you hear it was going down to $2.50?
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Where'd you hear it was going down to $2.50?
Guys at work told me thats what they were saying on the news. I find it hard to believe though.
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its down to 3.17 here, i hardly notice cause i run 93, but the girlfriend is all excited!
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Hmm, I guess we'll see when it happens.
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Change!
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dont ask questions just enjoy it while its cheap haha
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Originally Posted by BPacak
dont ask questions just enjoy it while its cheap haha
True that but "cheap"? Cheap is when I used to pay .85 cents a gallon.

They want us to think its "cheap" now that its down to $3.20ish
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I don't think I was alive when gas was that cheap
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Fear of a lackluster global economy and growth means less demand. Commodities/oil have been dropping, knock on wood. knowing the stock market speculation, they will probably read this and raise prices haha!

Yet I don't understand how we (our lovely goverent leaders) can still let oil companies rake in billions upon billions in profits.
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Originally Posted by Sunburst
True that but "cheap"? Cheap is when I used to pay .85 cents a gallon.

They want us to think its "cheap" now that its down to $3.20ish
You gotta love rocket/feather effect. Prices rocket up and feather down, never coming fully back down. Then when it comes back down some, they try and make us believe it's "cheap" as you said. Gotta love it
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Originally Posted by bmaynard06
Fear of a lackluster global economy and growth means less demand. Commodities/oil have been dropping, knock on wood. knowing the stock market speculation, they will probably read this and raise prices haha!

Yet I don't understand how we (our lovely goverent leaders) can still let oil companies rake in billions upon billions in profits.
Because there getting patted on the back along the way too.

Oh well, cant change that im just happy its dropping.
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it was 3.02 here on saturday, haha filled up all of cars lol
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Because you touch yourself at night

and if you know whats good for you, you'll continue to keep touching yourself.
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I have stoped looking at gas prices, I just put in a 20 when I hit 1/4. i think I paid 4.16 last night?
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because i just went E85 and now 87 is cheaper than E85 is in some areas lol
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i saw it here for 2.99/ gal for regular the other day
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Because the govt is subsidizing gas, so your paying for it you just don't know that you are.
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Because summer is over and that is the highest demand period for gas.
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Originally Posted by sLAsh
Because summer is over and that is the highest demand period for gas.
I would think more gas is used in winter.
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Gas hasn't gone down here not even one penny this month. But I live in the people's socialist republic of Seattle.

Gas is going down for everyone else because the futures market has a terrible outlook on the global economy and is bailing out on oil, and pretty much everything else.
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