Gasoline Prices Surge To $2.33 Per Gallon

washington post ^ | Monday, July 11, 2005; A08 | associated press

[Flavius]

CAMARILLO, Calif., July 10 -- Gas prices have hit a record high of $2.33 a gallon, pushed up by the climbing cost of oil and strong demand in the midst of the summer vacation season, an industry analyst said Sunday.

Motorists could have more bad news on the way, with Hurricane Dennis affecting oil production in the Gulf of Mexico, which could send pump prices to even loftier levels.

[Flavius]

just

[Piquaboy]

The higher it goes the more the liberals and enviromentalist love it.

[sushiman]

Still a bargain compared to what the other G8 countries have to fork over ...

[John W]

Right.We can only aspire to be as screwed up as most of them are.

[Who dat?]

Closer to $2.60 as of yesterday.

[biblewonk]

I must be an environmentalist.

[sushiman]

" Right.We can only aspire to be as screwed up as most of them are."

The point was we AREN'T as screwed up as they are !

[ksen]

Still a bargain compared to what the other G8 countries have to fork over ...

Their prices are so high because they have much higher fuel taxes than we do.

[strange1]

WOW. $2.30, I wish it were that cheap.

[GRRRRR]

Ditto..NE Illinois has nothing cheeeper than 2.45 or so for reg'lar...

I think they are getting a bit GREEDY now...

G

[sushiman]

" Their prices are so high because they have much higher fuel taxes than we do. "

I know ...I live in Japan ...Over $ 4 a gallon .

[Buddy B]

In Moses Lake, WA on Sunday this:

A Shell station @ $2.49.9

Half a mile from it, Union 76 @ $2.38.9

11 Cents lower. Tis', true...

[Piquaboy]

What makes you say that? Do you not have a car or do you bike everywhere.

[Flavius]

[KevinDavis]

Green on the outside and red on the inside???

[Buddy B]

The term "gallon" is a misnomer when comparing it to some of the other countries.

The word "gallon" can represent a bigger quanity of fluid in their gallon than in the U.S. gallon.

I know, I served in the USAF in England in the 1950's.

Measurements are not the same "world-wide".

[SheLion]

Oil falls below $59 after hurricane ($58.74/bbl)

Gasoline Prices Surge To $2.33 Per Gallon

So what is it?  I'm confused.

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

Dennis gave them another excuse to bump up the prices. I am getting a little bent about the gas prices. It is seriously hindering my husband from buying me a Suburban....LOL.

[TYVets]

"A Shell station @ $2.49.9

Half a mile from it, Union 76 @ $2.38.9"

With a Shell Master Card a 5% discount for gasoline purchased at Shell,,,, equals 12.5 cents per gallon or a net cost of $2.374 per gallon on your monthly statement.

With a Union 76 - Conoco - Phillips Master Card a 3% discount equals 7.2 cents per gal, or a net cost of $2.317 on your monthly statement.

Still approximately a 6 cents per gallon savings at Union 76.

My old gasoline credits cards are a thing of the past as is paying cash for gasoline!

One thing about gasoline it is very capitalist, it goes up, down according to the markets, and the price can be seen from the street.

Springfield, Missouri area $2.199 Monday morning, before Master Card discounts.

[hermgem]

Lets remind the Post about inflicted wounds by liberals towards energy pricing.
Blocked, stopped oil drilling in Alaska for years and some more, inclusive missing out on billions of natural gas that comes along with oil drilling.
Prevent oil drilling on the offshore continental shelf.
Prevent refinery construction to force the U.S. into daily importing 11% of refined fuels from Mexico and Canada.
Allow environ protectors to specify custom gasolines on a regional basis, thereby increasing prices.
Mismanagement of forests to cause burning of 6 million acres in '04 and 7 in '03. We used to do this "abhorrent" procedure of clear cutting, thereby harvesting wood instead of burning, created meadows and at the same time fire barriers.
Prevent drilling for natural gas in federal forests.
Complaints about pricing of gasoline?
In case you voted for Democrats, which are shielding these tax exempt interest groups, you supported high gasoline prices and/or raging import deficits.
We were told that high prices cut driving, guess what? you got it. Just too bad others have to shoulder the loads.