Posted on 06/13/2022 9:35:53 AM PDT by Ebenezer
[Puerto Rico] Gasoline Retailers Association President Esdras Vélez stated that, in order to mitigate the impact of the high cost of fuel on people's pockets, sales at gasoline stations have decreased by 20%.
"At this time, consumption has been decreasing drastically [as shown by] general sales. What we are talking about is that stations are selling about 20% less than what would be sold during normal periods," Vélez reported to El Vocero [newspaper].
He indicated that, for three months now, gasoline retailers have begun to pay over 50% more in the price of regular gasoline, which, coupled with the volatile situation regarding the price of crude [oil], [has caused] profits generated by gas stations to keep decreasing daily.
For his part, Carlos Crespo, Chairman of the Gasoline Stations Committee of the Retailers United Center, pointed out that consumers are no longer filling their vehicles' gas tanks and that most pay up to $15 only every time they visit a gas station.
The dims will be so happy to hear this. To them it means a 20% increase in Tesla ownership.
Yeah but they had gone up 300% over 2020 prices ... like my TN gas prices ...
so that 20% didnt bring the price back down to anything to cheer about ...
Not if you use it in lawn equipment or outboard motors... The damage it does to such engines is far more expensive in the long run! BTW, AvGas for piston aircraft does not contain ethanol either due to a number of issues. You "Can", however, use ethanol laced gas in a limited number of lower powered aircraft with the "Blessing" of a special certification recognized by the FAA.
Only at the pump. Tax dollars bought down the price before it got there.
Gas was really cheap during the Trump years of enthusiastic drilling. However our vast stockpile at Cushing, OK became totally filled and then tankers all became filled, then drillers shut down or stopped pumping, because there was no more space for storage. Then oil barrel prices soared and more reduced drilling and pumping stops. Then Russia attacked Ukraine and the market became even more disrupted. I have the impression that gas producers are in no hurry to increase production since they can now blame it on Biden and perhaps get a more drill friendly Republican set of legislators.
The 2 pro Russia, anti Ukraine commenters I have seen at this post are eager to push the “Biden caused high gas prices” agenda because at Ukraine news posts they push the pro Putin agenda. So far as the Keystone pipeline is concerned it was planned to carry foreign produced oil of the absolutely dirtiest and most toxic kind across several of our rivers and streams. Anyone remember the Kalamazoo River oil pipeline spill? A 2 1/2 foot wide pipeline cracked and spilled oil for 24 hours. Last I read cleanup had cost over a $billion. So we should risk that kind of destruction of our western rivers for the dirtiest foreign oil out there?
https://www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/6_billion_great_lakes_question_will_enbridge_pay_if_line_5_ruptures [Michigan public considers far higher spill costs for a new Enbridge pipeline across Mackinack Strait than the estimated $1.2billion for Kalamazoo River disaster.]
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2020/12/10-years-after-oil-spill-kalamazoo-river-michigan/ [How people were affected by pipeline defects and inspections (still not state regulated).]
https://www.epa.gov/enbridge-spill-michigan/enbridge-spill-response-timeline [The final official report,]
I tried to include you in the pings for my Comment #25, but your “name” would not be approved. I tried using lower case els and upper case ohs, and capital eyes, but no combination worked. I first had entered 3, one, R. one, zero. What is the correct “spelling”?
Meh. Just because a drunk driver causes a fatal accident at a four way stop in the middle of nowhere doesn’t mean we should put in a traffic light. 😁
Squirrels.
31R1 capital O, as in Oscar.
I could be misremembering but I thought the wanted to go under the river but the tribes demands were $$$.
That’s insane!
Fond memories of Ft. Buchanan — I attended Antilles Elementary School there in the early 1970s.
Saludos!
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