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ATTN: Americans: Bend over!
0bsessions:
What I mean is that they really don't know shit beyond what the media probably told us a week ago. Most situations with gas prices are a matter of trends and outside factors. Anyone paying attention to the global economy and world events can probably get a general idea of what they'll probably be paying for gas in a week.
That said, anybody who knows shit about shit probably knew gas was not going to go up by a full buck and a quarter overnight right now. I remember when people were saying the same BS when Katrina hit. Gas was supposed to hit $5 a gallon by the end of the month and $7 a gallon by spring. Three full years later and we didn't actually hit the $5 barrier except in the most expensive of regions, and it pretty much shot right back down immediately when oil companies realized that that shit don't fly. The funniest thing? That was just inflation and poor economic handling and had shit all to do with hurricanes. It was because big oil got greedy.
If I want to know what gas is going to cost next week, I'd sooner ask Tommy or Bryan.
Jackie Blue:
Sorry to burst your bubble but gas is indeed $5/gallon here this morning, and most gas stations are actually out of gas.
0bsessions:
Source? Because I am calling bullshit on that.
Looking around the internet, the closest I'm finding to back up your claims is a blog post saying several Louisiana area gas stations were claiming as much as a $1.50 jump by Friday and it has been widely debunked as about a twenty cent blip at worst due to the hurricanes. Average gas prices across the nation, including in Louisiana and Texas, are still holding firm under $4 a gallon by everything my google-fu can turn up.
Only two states are averaging over $4 a gallon today, and those are Alaska and Hawaii, both of which are a result of having a typically higher than average price.
How about you back up this rather ludicrous claim?
Edit: All relevant data was yanked unceremoniously from gasbuddy.com and corresponding links with some extra help from google.
valley_parade:
The highest I saw in Western Mass this morning was $3.59.
That said, once you get closer to NoHo/Springfield, it's usually about 15 cents lower than Berkshire county.
Jackie Blue:
Source? A close friend of mine who just called me.
Trying to Google the price of gas in a couple towns over the past couple of hours strikes me as kind of difficult, though I did find a station close to here that someone has already reported on as having $5/gallon.
My research is turning up around $4/gallon. But the closest station to me, which I just called, had gone up to $4.95/gallon and is currently out of gas entirely.
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