Gas prices

TQ29m · 8/3/12, 9:11 AM

From the desk of an old "salt". We happen to be held hostage, by the "mega" companies that can control BOTH supply and demand, and no one seems to have the gonads to step them up to the plate, and answer any questions about their inner workings. Here in Indiana, we have 2 oil refineries, one located at the SW tip of the state, that refines their OWN oil, pumped outa the ground right close to all of us, that is CountryMark, as it is known today, and the other, located in the NW tip of the state, refines BP, or a foreign oil, and they seem to be, the one that has the most breakdowns, so we are now controlled by not only gas/oil, bit the other power companies, being electric and natural gas, and water companies are getting their share also. When someone can control both supply, and indirectly demand, we don't have much of a chance of "standing them in the corner"! Bob

racer-x · 8/3/12, 9:42 AM

Here is the real answer.. CHANGE THE NEWS MEDIA,,CHANGE THE WORLD!!

Nothing effects every person in this great nation more then the price of gas.. How much talk have you heard about it in the mainstream news lately?

Flatrightrear · 8/3/12, 2:56 PM

Good article on gas prices and why they are what they are in the Wall St. Journal today on page A13.

ronmil · 8/3/12, 3:09 PM

Supposedly three refineries located in Indiana and Illinois are having problems and that has led to the price increase.

Dez1013 · 8/3/12, 5:20 PM

Some exec probably needs a fourth private jet for his daughter....

8/3/12, 5:41 PM

Finally something we all agree on, high gas prices suck.

The loyalist of dogs is the hotdog, it feeds the hand that bites it.

duel · 8/4/12, 12:27 AM

EPA 25,000 strong? we need a new boss.....wake up!

ronmil · 8/4/12, 12:51 AM

Gas is $3.89 in Evansville, but $3.59 at Pilot/Flying J/Loves at US41 & Warrenton Rd. just south of Haubstadt.

racenut69 · 8/4/12, 7:10 AM

Gas has Ethanol,Ethanol is made from corn,the corn crop is dead so the price is headed to $4.00 a gallon or more...By the end of the year,we will have to decide between food or fuel. The commercials about sponsoring a poor child overseas will have an American child's face on them,soon!..***!

racefan20 · 8/4/12, 10:10 AM

Just got it for 3.67 at Plainfield exit on I-70

8/3/12, 9:11 AM	#31 Re: Gas prices
TQ29m Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 6,262	From the desk of an old "salt". We happen to be held hostage, by the "mega" companies that can control BOTH supply and demand, and no one seems to have the gonads to step them up to the plate, and answer any questions about their inner workings. Here in Indiana, we have 2 oil refineries, one located at the SW tip of the state, that refines their OWN oil, pumped outa the ground right close to all of us, that is CountryMark, as it is known today, and the other, located in the NW tip of the state, refines BP, or a foreign oil, and they seem to be, the one that has the most breakdowns, so we are now controlled by not only gas/oil, bit the other power companies, being electric and natural gas, and water companies are getting their share also. When someone can control both supply, and indirectly demand, we don't have much of a chance of "standing them in the corner"! Bob __________________ "Being old, isn't half as much fun, as getting there"! Ole Robert I! _________________________________________________ Last edited by TQ29m; 8/3/12 at 9:12 AM.

8/3/12, 3:09 PM	#34 Re: Gas prices
ronmil Senior Member Race Count Last Year: 48 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 18,527	Supposedly three refineries located in Indiana and Illinois are having problems and that has led to the price increase. __________________ Ron Miller

8/3/12, 5:41 PM	#36 Re: Gas prices
backitin Posts: n/a	Finally something we all agree on, high gas prices suck. The loyalist of dogs is the hotdog, it feeds the hand that bites it. _________________________________________________ Last edited by backitin; 8/3/12 at 5:45 PM.

8/4/12, 12:51 AM	#38 Re: Gas prices
ronmil Senior Member Race Count Last Year: 48 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 18,527	Gas is $3.89 in Evansville, but $3.59 at Pilot/Flying J/Loves at US41 & Warrenton Rd. just south of Haubstadt. __________________ Ron Miller

8/4/12, 7:10 AM	#39 Re: Gas prices
racenut69 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 7,392	Gas has Ethanol,Ethanol is made from corn,the corn crop is dead so the price is headed to $4.00 a gallon or more...By the end of the year,we will have to decide between food or fuel. The commercials about sponsoring a poor child overseas will have an American child's face on them,soon!..***! __________________ There is always room for one more in the corner! I'm disguised as a responsible adult!... Michael Carter....

8/3/12, 2:56 PM	#33 Re: Gas prices
Flatrightrear Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,385	Good article on gas prices and why they are what they are in the Wall St. Journal today on page A13.

8/3/12, 5:20 PM	#35 Re: Gas prices
Dez1013 Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 30	Some exec probably needs a fourth private jet for his daughter....

8/4/12, 10:10 AM	#40 Re: Gas prices
racefan20 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,102	Just got it for 3.67 at Plainfield exit on I-70 __________________ John Hoover “To whom little is not enough, nothing is enough.” Epicurus