Comments on: Gas Prices Increase Before Independence Day

By: mike

mike — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 03:26:50 +0000

hi gas prices are good for America, you just don’t know. we were doing better with Texas oil guys in the white house. you know this is true, but you’d never admit it.

By: Charlie Mike

Charlie Mike — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 03:15:14 +0000

Did they really drop that much after Memorial Day weekend? Not really. They always find a reason to jack up the prices. If they can’t find one, they create one.

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 21:45:49 +0000

We get a large portion of our oil via pipelines and train from Canada. I do wonder if upsetting our biggest and largest trading partner for petty reasons might just affect gas prices and other products as well, The future will tell…

By: SW

SW — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 16:31:25 +0000

1) Supply and demand, sure they plan for it.

2) State/Federal taxes.

3) Not just refining capacities; but, different variations of fuels demanded by different areas.

By: bartender

bartender — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 15:11:21 +0000

so strange that prices will go down after a holiday and strange all pumps are a different price.why isnt tom thumb prices the same at every store? go across ala line and gas is always 20 to 50 cent cheaper,always in brewton.

By: Hoosier Daddy

Hoosier Daddy — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 14:09:40 +0000

@ Anne….not only did the attendant/mechanic provide the services you listed, he cleaned the windshield and swept the car out with a little whisk broom. But, alas, that was the reason the business was called a SERVICE station.

By: anne 1of2

anne 1of2 — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 14:08:39 +0000

Sadly, the oil companies stick it to the drivers any time they can make another billion.
We all know the USA sits on a goldmine of oil but we have to buy elsewhere to keep the wealthy, wealthy. $1.00 overnight if a hurricane comes this way and I have the photos of that.

By: just listening

just listening — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 13:43:21 +0000

“Anne” Yep those were the days. I remember gas at $.19 per gallon at my Dad’s service station. The one thing I do not understand is if we are oil free dependent on foreign oil and now producing enough oil here in the US that we can sell to other countries. Then why are our oil product prices so high (gasoline, diesel, motor and other necessary oils). Oil prices must be very cheap in China, as we get eggs here in thin Styrofoam carton and it almost takes a chainsaw to cut through the plastic to open a product that comes from China and some of the other countries. And so on. just saying

By: retired

retired — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 12:47:05 +0000

need to build some new refineries. we keep losing them and not replacing. start using our own oil and not selling it to other countries. then we buy from other countries??????

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 11:34:16 +0000

AMAZING isn’t it, how the gas prices Always seem to JUMP UP just before a holiday?
Makes me wonder if the BIG OIL companies actually Plan this happening?
Hummm, anyone else happen to notice this?

Yes, old as dust, thinking back to when Regular Leaded gas was $0.30 cents per gallon nearly everywhere or $0.25 if two stations had a “Gas War”.
AND, the attendant actually pumped the gas, checked oil, water, battery and tire pressures and took the money — we used US Currency back then — inside the station and brought back your change hoping for a tip.