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$4.00 a Gallon Gas This Summer? Here's How It Could Happen.
National Interest ^ | 3/15/2021 | Ethen Kim

Posted on 03/17/2021 6:14:01 AM PDT by Onthebrink

It contended that such an increase in prices at the pump could lead the national average to rise to $2.65 to $2.75 per gallon—the highest prices seen since 2019 and the highest seasonal prices in more than five years. More than forty states are already seeing gas prices higher than last year, with half seeing double-digit increases.

“The quicker the affected refineries are able to come back online, the better, and perhaps less painful for motorists than if they remain out of service for even longer,” Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, said in a statement, adding that the national average could surge to $3 per gallon closer to Memorial Day weekend as refineries eventually begin to switch over to EPA-mandated cleaner summer fuels.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: energy; gas; hydrocarbons; newmexico; oil; opec; texas; useconomy
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To: maro

“At $4 per gallon, the Dems lose control of the House and Senate in the mid-terms.”

How will gas prices cause them to lose control of the voting machines?


21 posted on 03/17/2021 6:35:16 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The Republican Party is dead. Long live the MAGA Party.)
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To: maro

LOL! One can hope. Seems like if your guy has 100 votes, instantly the other guy has 110.


22 posted on 03/17/2021 6:35:18 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: 1Old Pro

I’m calling gas BIDEN GAS. Trump said that gas will hit $5.00
per gal this summer. Better get locks for your cars.


23 posted on 03/17/2021 6:39:31 AM PDT by hapnHal
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To: Onthebrink

Of course it’s going to happen. dems in control have explicitly decided to kill the oil/gas/petroleum industry and to force us to depend on wimpy sunlight.

Plus they will add a few taxes to gasoline.


24 posted on 03/17/2021 6:42:08 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The nation is in the grips of incurable hysterical insanity, as usual.)
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To: Onthebrink

My brother said gas is now $4.49 a gallon in Nevada

We’re gonna need a co signer for groceries and gas, before long.


25 posted on 03/17/2021 6:43:53 AM PDT by SMARTY ( "Force always attracts men of low morality. " Albert Einstein)
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To: maxwellsmart_agent

I am seeing 10-15 cent increases at the pump every few days. Not content to doing 2 cents a day.


26 posted on 03/17/2021 6:47:27 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: SMARTY

Yep. As gas prices go up, so will groceries and goods.


27 posted on 03/17/2021 6:48:37 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: Onthebrink

$4.05 here in L.A. County at multiple stations yesterday.


28 posted on 03/17/2021 6:50:16 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: bk1000
Thank a Biden voter.

If you can find one.
29 posted on 03/17/2021 6:52:31 AM PDT by Old Yeller
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To: bk1000

They must be loving it...


30 posted on 03/17/2021 6:53:12 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Onthebrink

California already has $4 a gallon plus!


31 posted on 03/17/2021 6:54:31 AM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: Old Yeller

If you can find one————-

We just drove from south Florida to Dallas Texas. Did not see a single Biden sign. We did see plenty of Trump sings


32 posted on 03/17/2021 6:55:23 AM PDT by VastRWCon (Fake News")
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To: Onthebrink

Easy.

Democrats take control.


33 posted on 03/17/2021 6:56:35 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: eyeamok

Its all part of the plan.
Out with Gas cars.
In with Electric (battery) cars.
Then the power grid fails.


34 posted on 03/17/2021 7:00:35 AM PDT by Deo et patriae (Make America Great again! rantings.)
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To: artichokegrower

I’ve seen premium as high as $4.34 in the OC.


35 posted on 03/17/2021 7:02:57 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Onthebrink

Could?!? Bet on It being more than $4 a gallon


36 posted on 03/17/2021 7:05:55 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Onthebrink

It keeps rising and the media reports that the reason is people are driving more now since the vaccine is out. SMH.


37 posted on 03/17/2021 7:17:26 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: I want the USA back

“Of course it’s going to happen. dems in control have explicitly decided to kill the oil/gas/petroleum industry and to force us to depend on wimpy sunlight.”

Just like Obama, they will only kill the marginal producers.

The Big Boys will make out, by their stock now and fill up for free on the profits and dividends. I’ve done so for 40 years.


38 posted on 03/17/2021 7:21:58 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The Republican Party is dead. Long live the MAGA Party.)
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To: Onthebrink

In less than two months, Pig Face Bidet managed to get the price raised over a dollar.


39 posted on 03/17/2021 7:30:53 AM PDT by crz
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To: Onthebrink

I guessed 3 dollars by Memorial Day, four dollars by the 4th of July. Or maybe Labor Day if we’re lucky.


40 posted on 03/17/2021 7:37:32 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard (resist the narrative)
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