[commonguymd]

I have a feeling that there is a concerted effort to keep gas prices above 2.50. Talking to a good friend that owns several stations that do service, his remark was that he could care less about service because the gas business is a good one right now. At one point, 50 cent a gallon locally. The allotments were short term, but the prices rose and everyone is sitting back waiting for the next guy to lower prices - meanwhile the distributor price has never gone completely back.

Anyway, I never saw these spikes before - and it seems like all of a sudden prices are out of control. Didn't see it during previous hurricanes, didn't see it during one war, two wars, three wars.......

[akdonn]

It's an interesting dynamic for Alaskans; the higher the price per barrel, the more in our Permanent Fund even though it costs more for transportation.

The original legislative intent of the Permanent Fund was to pay for state government. Then they decided to give everybody individual payouts and to hell with state government! We don't even have a state income tax.

That means when we pay federal income tax we don't get to deduct our state tax. It's all still going to the same place it always went to for Alaska--anywhere but here. (That's an overstatement, of course...)

[Cobra64]

Didn't see it during previous hurricanes, didn't see it during one war, two wars, three wars.......

Probably becasue some are clueless in the realm of supply chain distribution logistics, economics, and marketing.