Gas Prices

**swoll4589** · 03-23-2005, 08:02 PM

Ok these gas prices are getting fukkin crazy. Im paying $2.06 a gallon here i realize thats not as bad as some of you have to pay but still. Its gonna break people. Especially the trucking industry. Whats up the the dam federal government these days.

**MILPOLDAN1** · 03-23-2005, 08:03 PM

yeah i am about to invest in a bike.

**PiecinItUp** · 03-23-2005, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by MILPOLDAN1

yeah i am about to invest in a bike.

I second that

**MILPOLDAN1** · 03-23-2005, 08:07 PM

imagine living in cali, i think they pay over 3 dollars

**talltanman** · 03-23-2005, 08:09 PM

Don't worry.

It will only get worse now. Check out the "Wrong forum thread" I started.

**firstinmia** · 03-23-2005, 08:13 PM

Originally Posted by swoll4589

Ok these gas prices are getting fukkin crazy. Im paying $2.06 a gallon here i realize thats not as bad as some of you have to pay but still. Its gonna break people. Especially the trucking industry. Whats up the the dam federal government these days.

Dam Were u at cause im paying $2.15 for regular Super (93 octane ) its up to $2.45 to $ 2.55 im in MIAMI

**MILPOLDAN1** · 03-23-2005, 08:14 PM

i am paying 1.97 in GA

**swoll4589** · 03-23-2005, 08:16 PM

Texas

i think its at like 2.20 for 91 octane
87 octane is $2.06

i think its like $1.90 in houston

**Nutz56** · 03-23-2005, 08:17 PM

it's around 2.05 in colorado

**talltanman** · 03-23-2005, 08:19 PM

Originally Posted by swoll4589

Texas

i think its at like 2.20 for 91 octane
87 octane is $2.06

i think its like $1.90 in houston

Only going to get higher now. British Petroleum is responsible for 3% of the total gasoline production in the United States. The entire facility is not down, however I heard an estimate today that total production will be cut at least by half as direct result of the accident today.

talltanman

**SwoleCat** · 03-23-2005, 08:19 PM

It's like $2.50 here for supreme, and that's all I can use in my car.

~SC~

**The Massacre** · 03-23-2005, 08:22 PM

Gas is ridiculous. I spent $30 on my Honda and it wasn't even close to being full.

**swoll4589** · 03-23-2005, 08:23 PM

SC are you on the west coast?

**maxex** · 03-23-2005, 08:25 PM

sh1t, i better stop crying about my prices, i only pay 1.65 reg but it still cost me $68 to fill my tank and that only lasts me a week

**SwoleCat** · 03-23-2005, 08:25 PM

Yeah, this is in central California.

~SC~

**MILPOLDAN1** · 03-23-2005, 08:26 PM

Originally Posted by maxex

sh1t, i better stop crying about my prices, i only pay 1.65 reg but it still cost me $68 to fill my tank and that only lasts me a week

**** where are you

**maxex** · 03-23-2005, 08:26 PM

Originally Posted by MILPOLDAN1

**** where are you

south jersey

**maxex** · 03-23-2005, 08:28 PM

sj is always a lot cheaper than the majority of the country

**MILPOLDAN1** · 03-23-2005, 08:28 PM

Originally Posted by SwoleCat

Yeah, this is in central California.

~SC~

2.50 isn't that kinda cheap for cali, some pay higher there right.

**swoll4589** · 03-23-2005, 08:30 PM

i would be extremely happy if it would just get down to like $1.50 again. I remember the good days of the Clinton admin when it was like $0.85 a gallon. Ive heard from some people to never expect it below $1.50 again.

**SwoleCat** · 03-23-2005, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by MILPOLDAN1

2.50 isn't that kinda cheap for cali, some pay higher there right.

Good God I hope not.

I'd be stealing gas if it was any higher.

~SC~

**MILPOLDAN1** · 03-23-2005, 08:32 PM

kiss those days goodbye

**MILPOLDAN1** · 03-23-2005, 08:33 PM

Originally Posted by SwoleCat

Good God I hope not.

I'd be stealing gas if it was any higher.

~SC~

on the news the other day they showed some place in cali near 3.00

**maxex** · 03-23-2005, 08:35 PM

yea, i think th elowest it ever was hear was 0.72 a gallon, i was able to fill my tank with my lunch money, $10 wont even move the fukcing needle

**swoll4589** · 03-23-2005, 08:35 PM

The thing is as gas prices go up, Cheneys stock goes up to. Hes gonna be rich when he gets out of office cause the oil companys are gonna be freaking rolling and his stock will be reactivated.

Thats the trend in america now though. The super rich are getting richer at the expense of the poor.

**maxex** · 03-23-2005, 08:36 PM

Originally Posted by SwoleCat

Good God I hope not.

I'd be stealing gas if it was any higher.

~SC~

staeling gas is becoming extremely popular down here its the new epidemic

**Basilus** · 03-23-2005, 08:38 PM

RE: Milpoldan1

Thats probly like downtown LA or SF. Around the Sacramento area where I live its like $2.20 +/- .05

But yeah the gas prices suck. I need to get rid of my 4wdrive Dodge and get me a nice foriegn car heh. And Bush and his Oil rich friends including the Saudi's can kiss my ass.

**maxex** · 03-23-2005, 08:38 PM

alaska i think has the highest prices, the have to send us the oil to get refined then we have to ship it back to them, ya think they would have built a refinery by now

**SwoleCat** · 03-23-2005, 08:38 PM

Originally Posted by maxex

staeling gas is becoming extremely popular down here its the new epidemic

I will have to take notes on how to do this and learn the quick way to do it!

~SC~

**MILPOLDAN1** · 03-23-2005, 08:40 PM

I seen that gas prices still haven't reached the record high yet, that was in the mid 80's, thats what the guy said on fox news. He said so feel good about that.

**maxex** · 03-23-2005, 08:41 PM

there is no quick way, just buy the most exspensive siphon from kmart, oh wait i forgot they're all sold out

**swoll4589** · 03-23-2005, 08:42 PM

It takes something like 10 years to make a new refinery i think. And we havent built any new ones in 30 years i think. Not sure on either of those figures. Talltanman might know

**maxex** · 03-23-2005, 08:43 PM

Originally Posted by SwoleCat

I will have to take notes on how to do this and learn the quick way to do it!

~SC~

a garden hose is probaby the fastest if u dont mind the taste of gas but dont come around my truck, i dont give a sh1t how big ya are

**SwoleCat** · 03-23-2005, 08:44 PM

Originally Posted by maxex

a garden hose is probaby the fastest if u dont mind the taste of gas but dont come around my truck, i dont give a sh1t how big ya are

~SC~

**Iowa** · 03-23-2005, 08:45 PM

If it makes anyone feel better, I saw on the news the other day that gas is 14 cents/gal in Venezuela.

**maxex** · 03-23-2005, 08:48 PM

yea but who in venezuela makes 14 cents

**swoll4589** · 03-23-2005, 08:49 PM

Venezuelas really freaking oil rich. Alot of people dont know it but Venezuelas got a lot of oil. Now why cant we go down there feed some poor latin americans some cheap food in exchange for some oil rights. It would have to be a hell of alot cheaper then going into that war zone in the middle east. O wait.... were in the middle east to take over those so called inferior countrys and get there oil rights. Theres no such thing as sharing in Washington.

**talltanman** · 03-23-2005, 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by swoll4589

It takes something like 10 years to make a new refinery i think. And we havent built any new ones in 30 years i think. Not sure on either of those figures. Talltanman might know

1974 was the last time a new refinery was built in the United States. This is due to extreme restrictions placed on new refinery construction projects by the EPA. All existing refinerys were "grandfathered" in. They arer not bound by these same restrictions. We can thank that wonderful president "Carter" for that. (democrate). If not for these restrictions the old existing refinaries like the one that blew up today would no longer be in existence. They would be replaced by new cleaner running state of the art facilities. It is simply more cost efficient to "limp-a-long" these old dangerous refinaries as opposed to building new facilities.

However I don't want to get into an arguement how the democtats have made the environment worse while thinking they have improved it.

**talltanman** · 03-23-2005, 08:52 PM

Sorry I forgot to answer the first part of you question.
A new state of the art facility larger and more productive than any existing facility could be built in less than three years from the planning stage to the production stage.

**swoll4589** · 03-23-2005, 08:55 PM

We also have to keep in mind the exteremly fast growth rate of other countrys. China will eventually get wealthier and alot more of them will be driving instead of riding bikes. China accounts for 1/4 of the worlds population. The demand for oil is gonna be going up big time.