Are fuel prices really getting out of hand as all the News Reports are saying, or is it just being exagerrated?
2007-11-26 07:25:25 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Let's put it this way...gas prices here can jump up by as much as 40 cents per gallon on any given day if something terrible happens to supply (or even just a threat of it). And it will only go down by maybe up to 10 cents per gallon at any one time, IF you're lucky. So the price of gas in the US goes up more often than down. There have been times when my hometown had the lowest average gas prices in the nation one week and the highest average in the nation the next. Btw, I've witnessed all of the above examples within just the last six months.
Oh and I've got SunOil, BP, Marathon, and I think Shell refineries all within a half hour of my house. So you'd think that the prices would be cheaper due to dramatically decreased distribution charges right? Nope. The gas they produce here is shipped to other parts of the country, and the gas produced there comes here. Idiotic right? I know this because I interviewed with SunOil a while back and specifically asked them.
2007-11-26 07:35:39 · answer #1 · answered by Toledo Engineer 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh YESSSSSS! .... I have to pay through the nose for diesel fuel for the truck, up to 350 gals. at a time. With the prices constantly going up I have to pass the higher fuel cost on to the shipper or go out of business. In southern California I just payed 3.989 a gal. May as well call it 4 bucks a gallon.
2007-11-26 15:35:47 · answer #2 · answered by Gonealot R 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not outrageous, since we still pay less than half what most of the rest of the world pays. Yes, our $ per unit is the same or higher, but guess what? The units are different. Liters are almost 4 to a gallon, so take that into consideration when you calculate how outrageous gas prices are.
2007-11-26 15:30:52 · answer #3 · answered by vyperjeedai 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, the prices are steadily getting out of hand. And it's not just gasoline for the cars, it's fuel oil for the winter heating season, and it's also impacting grocery store prices since the trucking companies are having to charge more to cover their gas costs. It's really starting to impact alot of areas.
2007-11-26 15:29:35 · answer #4 · answered by makeloans2 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The prices are definitely going up at the pump. The news media fails, however, to mention that gas stations are still paying a low price by the barrel. They are making a huge profit at our expense.
2007-11-26 15:33:03 · answer #5 · answered by Ashley Nicole 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
nope, i feel that they're really getting out of hand. especially if you live in a big city, because you have to drive from the northernmost side of town to the southernmost if you live in the suburbs. I live in las vegas. right now, the lowest gas prices are at 3.19 dollars per gallon. That's a lot of money for the cheapest gas money can buy.
2007-11-26 15:29:20 · answer #6 · answered by shrutifruity88 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Gas prices are ridiculous all over the US, but I live in a town in the countryside, and it is slightly cheaper here than it is near major cities.
2007-11-26 15:33:06 · answer #7 · answered by Dr. Ray Langston 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As compared to the rest of the world, things are not bad but it HAS gone up tremendously in the last few months. We're at about $3.15 gallon for regular gas. I know that's really cheap as compared to Europe.
2007-11-26 15:29:08 · answer #8 · answered by Sunshine 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's nothing that watching your money can't fix. It's really not that huge of issue right now, though if it keeps up it might become an issue in 2-3 years.
2007-11-26 15:34:29 · answer #9 · answered by Mako 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We feel as if we're working for free - since the cost to get to work almost equals what we're getting paid!
$3.15 in Ohio, last time I looked.
2007-11-26 15:31:03 · answer #10 · answered by nytebreid 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋