Posted on 09/14/2005 11:01:34 AM PDT by ssantomaur
Fellow Freepers,
Let's put some downward pressure on gas prices using market forces. At the very least you'll get the cheapest gas in your neighborhood.
http://www.gasbuddy.com/
It looks like this site is maintained by people posting the prices they see.
While we're at it let's boycott them for a day.. yeah that's it.. I'm sure it will work! /sar
Actually, I think buying your gas at the cheapest place on your side of town is a great way to apply market pressure.
Your sarcasm was somewhat misplaced.
The "let's not buy gas for a day" stuff is nonsense.
This actually uses the laws of supply and demand.
May not work but hey...
Almost tied!
Those "rise like a rocket, drop like a feather" prices would go down a lot quicker if more people used this site.
A well intentioned idea - in theory. Geographically though, I'd have to drive about 20 miles one way though city traffic to save $.10/gal. That means on a 10 gallon fill up in my car that gets about 30 MPG I'll be spending about $4 to save $1. And giving up at least an hour of my life for the privilege. As hard as that is to pass up, I'll just stick to filling up locally, thanks.
I was on the road yesterday and I saw gasoline prices ranging from a low of $2.60 to a high of $2.84 per gallon. This was along a stretch of about 230 miles
The "Let's boycott for a day" is not a solution sice you will need to get gas teh next day.
If Gas Station A needs to purchase more inventory because more people shop there, while Gas Station be now is purchasing less due to higher prices, Gas Station B lower their price to increase sales.
It's called Competition.
In rural areas this may not be helpful, but in cities it can be significant. In Brooklyn where I'm from I saw a 30 cent price difference for me while taking a different route to the highway, maybe .2 miles longer out of my way.
Thanks... bookmarked!
Prices hovering arounf 2.55 in my area. Economy starting to wake up. I was troubled to see my area die in a week from high prices. I've already lost two accounts based on backlash of high energy prices.
I am concerned the US government will not allow new refineries, or ANWR/Florida/California drilling and Utah extraction. Seems the short-term futures market is also concerned with refined products absent from the market. Time to put pressure on congress for our national survival. http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/commodities/energyprices.html
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