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Gasoline prices still rising as crude rallies
Houston Chronicle ^ | Feb 8, 2021 | Fuel Fix staff

Posted on 02/08/2021 8:22:04 AM PST by AAABEST

"The foundation of the rise is the fact that the coronavirus situation continues to improve, pushing global oil demand higher as production continues to lag, pushing U.S. gas prices higher," said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy. "Until OPEC intercedes and raises oil production in the months ahead, motorists should continue to expect rising gas prices."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gas; oil; prices; rising
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To: AAABEST
Thanks to Biden, we all live in Duloc now...

Welcome to Duloc, such a perfect town

Here we have some rules, let us lay them down

Don't make waves, stay in line

And we'll get along fine

Duloc is a perfect place

Keep your feet off the grass

Shine your shoes...

Duloc is, Duloc is

Duloc is a perfect place

41 posted on 02/08/2021 9:57:54 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: silverleaf

Trump was best POTUS ever but that was not good enough for the American people. Sheesh (shake head in disbelief)


42 posted on 02/08/2021 10:00:23 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: a fool in paradise

The new “hot profession” in the Green New Deal/electric car age with will be tow truck operator/driver.

They could afford big generators for their home base—meanwhile the third world h&^%hole (with intermittent electricity) that they serve will have cars that need _lots_ of towing!


43 posted on 02/08/2021 10:00:23 AM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: mylife

>>Prices will go much higher, possibly back to Obama levels<<

Yep...causing inflation to rise for working Americans. Everything manufactured, delivered by way of oil will rise. American families will enjoy less disposable income because of it.

Hope all those never Trumpers are pround of themselves.


44 posted on 02/08/2021 10:03:02 AM PST by servantboy777
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To: AAABEST
A couple years ago they told us there was such a glut of oil it threatened the oil market. What became of that narrative?

Add to this the fact because of covid people are driving less. The glut of oil should have increased and yet the oil market hasn't collapsed.

What's really going on?

45 posted on 02/08/2021 10:07:26 AM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: 353FMG

>>Make America Dependent Again, MADA<<

I’m gonna steal this from ya. Gotta use it.


46 posted on 02/08/2021 10:07:33 AM PST by servantboy777
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To: AAABEST

This summer the Dem Biden voters should be thrilled as gas rises to 4 dollars per gallon.


47 posted on 02/08/2021 10:09:19 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: AAABEST; All
This is the Biden regime starting to prep the American public for the "new normal" of high energy prices, just like during Obama's administration.

When the very first thing you do upon taking office is to cut American energy (fossil fuels) production, what does everyone expect?

Blaming it on the corona virus "pandemic" is lame.

The Left wants gas prices as high as they can possibly get them to discourage people from driving their internal combustion engine cars. The cost of everything will go up because everything uses oil to be manufactured or operate, including all of the diesel trucks that deliver goods and materials to the retail markets.

They want people to switch to electric cars even though the power for them will rise as well from generating the electricity to charge the batteries through natural gas or coal, the very fossil fuels they want to eliminate.

The only real surprise here is that I didn't see Trump's name mentioned as the reason for the gas prices rising. They're falling off their game by not blaming him somehow.

48 posted on 02/08/2021 10:22:46 AM PST by HotHunt
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To: AAABEST

Bought gas yesterday. Nineteen cents/gal higher than a few weeks ago.
Thanks DS xiden.
(The D is for dip...S——)


49 posted on 02/08/2021 10:39:31 AM PST by Vinnie
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To: AAABEST

Now up 69 cents a gallon (where I ususally go) since the installation of Chomo Joe. 9 cents just last night.


50 posted on 02/08/2021 10:59:15 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: Pining_4_TX

And when the Chomo Biden policies push gas back up to $4.50 a gallon the democrats will haul in the oil company executives and ask why the prices are so high. And we’ll here about “windfall profits” and “price gouging.”


51 posted on 02/08/2021 11:01:13 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: a fool in paradise

I was driving though the blackouts of Northern California during that bad fire season. There were ditched electric cars every few miles. Luckily I have a great big diesel tank and managed to get through from San Fransicko to Oregon when there was finally a gas station with power. Cars were stuck all over the place and there must have been a mile long line of cars at the one little gas station that had a generator. It was very windy, and very sunny. So obviously there should have been plenty of solar and windmill electricity, right???


52 posted on 02/08/2021 11:08:50 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: mylife

Last march our market dropped to 30 a ton.

Clawed its way up to 165..

Just found out today is 125.


53 posted on 02/08/2021 12:35:09 PM PST by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house.... But the fact checkers said the story was false!)
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To: AAABEST

Gasoline isn’t alone for price increases. Last week I shopped for a gas water heater. I checked again this morning to purchase the one I selected. It’s price went from $609 to $651 in one week.


54 posted on 02/08/2021 12:47:37 PM PST by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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To: cableguymn

Honestly, Trumps trade deals put a temporary crimp in scrap values too.


55 posted on 02/08/2021 1:14:32 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: cableguymn

Honestly, Trumps trade deals put a temporary crimp in scrap values too.


56 posted on 02/08/2021 1:14:39 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: libertylover

Stopping drilling and exploration on Federal Lands to keep the supply line moving could also be a factor, but what do I know, it’s not like I’m Joementia Biden the OPEC Trade Representative.


57 posted on 02/08/2021 1:18:25 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (Don't blame me, I Voted for the guy who actually Won the 2020 Presidential Election...)
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To: servantboy777

It’s yours. Put it on a cap and send it to Biden.


58 posted on 02/08/2021 1:29:14 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: Organic Panic

Oh my goodness, I forgot about all that crap. That is exactly what will happen. It will be evil “big oil” causing the price increase, and people will buy that lie.


59 posted on 02/08/2021 2:32:11 PM PST by Pining_4_TX (‘You can drive out Nature with a pitchfork, but she keeps on coming back.’ – Horace)
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To: AAABEST

The oil that would have come to the USA down the pipeline will now head to the west coast and to China. No doubt why biden cancelled it.

Note to myself on prices to remind myself:

Dec. 2020, average prices for Seattle area:

gasoline: $2.647/ gallon
electricity: 11.4 cents per kWh
natural gas: $1.137 per therm

I bought gas yesterday at the cheapest place around and it was $2.78.


60 posted on 02/08/2021 2:40:33 PM PST by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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