Donger, I don't know where that chart came from, but it doesn't reflect what gas prices did in the midwest. I drive an average of 5000 miles every month for work, so I buy a lot of gas and have a good idea of what I've had to pay. I haven't seen prices anywhere close to the $2.97 that you show in 2018. I don't think that I ever saw above $2.50.

Could you expand that out to say...oh 2008? I'm pretty sure he was referencing years prior to 2017.

That's because it's the national average. Here it is for KC:

https://charts.gasbuddy.com/ch.gasch...t=US%20%24%2FG

I'm assuming that's the US average, which means while it was $2.50 here it was $3.50 in California, leading to a $2.97 "average".

As far as it goes:

https://charts.gasbuddy.com/ch.gasch...t=US%20%24%2FG

If you want more, go here:

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/Le...te_nus_dpg&f=w

Anyway, he claimed it went down in 2017 and stayed there. It didn't, as shown.

That will suffice. Thanks.

You're welcome. And if anyone wants to discuss how politics and political policy affects gasoline/crude pricing, we have DC for that. And I'd be happy to engage in it.

Last night Mrs. B sent me out for pizza. I noticed all the gas stations had jumped their price for unleaded from $2.22 to $2.49. So I went on the "straggler station hunt." You know, that one station who's employees are lazy and don't change the price till a few hours behind every one else? I have one such station close to my house, but it's the loser burnout creepy gas station. The credit card reader on the pump has been vandalized so you have to go inside to pay. When I went in, I was the only one wearing a mask. Clerk had her mask under her chin. The guy in line ahead of me was in pajama pants, arguing about how the vape thing he bought there the day before "Damn neer set mah trailer on fiah...." He wanted to bitch at Hadji, the owner. "Hadji won't be in till tomorrow sometime. He sets his own hours." Finally got to the front and bought $20 to top off my tank. This morning they were at $2.49 just like everybody else. But I saved $2. It's the principle of the thing...

ROFL

I'd gladly pay $20 more just to avoid that.

Yeah but you gotta get rolling papers and Twisted Tea somewhere...

Not all of us are independently wealthy.

I hope you sanitized properly and immediately took a shower once you got home.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...es-since-1990/

Look at this and choke on your ignorance, you ill-informed jackass.

What were gas prices like 600 years ago when God created the heavens and the earth?

Why would you want to wash away the smell of that incense?

That's why I wrote "I'd"

Can I borrow $20 for some gas?

Go **** yourself, Bugeater.

Dammit. He got me again. I am way off my game.

Heh, yeah the whole place smells like curry powder and pine sol...

They say being a mod can take years off your life. Slowing down..

Hell, you'll probably be setting your font to max size so you can read the screen in a few months

I wont buy gas from Hadji or Apoo. You gotta know the gas is watered

I tried playing the gas game too. I do feel like I have won more than I have lost.

Guys, just use Gas Buddy. It's a great app and there's no more hunting for the lowest gas prices.

Wish mom would have had that in 1982

Some places I will not go to. Not a fan of Holiday and its watered down fountain pops and room temp bottles.

$2.75. Seems to have stabilized from the issues in Texas.

Up to $2.75 here, odd because we're usually below the national average.

That's a shame...

Uh-huh. Or maybe just how you planned it....

Do I look like a guy with a plan?

2.69

Yes it is

Now Suck my c*ck Donger!

Gas here in Cali is $3.85 for regular.

I'd rather not, and what a strange request.

$2.29 in SWMO

1/4 ounce of pot is up to 80 bucks.
Thanks Donger.

Is this the thread that tmax63 got banned from?

I'm just here for the comments.

You can grow your own gas.

20 euro is 20 euro

I'll tell you all the best thing that I've found for saving money on gas. It's the Conoco/Philps66/76 gas station app. Pay using the app and they take 15¢ per gallon off right at the pump. If you set it up to use their credit card as payment through the app, it's another 10¢ off at the pump. And it can check for every station in the area and give you the price at each station. I use it a lot. If you figure that I drove 60k miles last year and got 30 mpg, I used roughly 2000 fallings of gas and saved approximately $500.

You should see the goggles he wears now.

https://media4.giphy.com/media/a6AY7qYesgUYo/giphy.gif

Weird having a Tesla, just never think about it...

National average is now $2.87

Way to go Biden!!!!! :clap:

Gasoline has stabilized, and even dropped a little. Now back at $2.87.

Sweet, sounds like a good time to buy that V12 Canyonero!

This won't mean anything to those outside the mid-Atlantic area, but the last few weeks have been a little weird. As a rule, Wawa has been the price leader anywhere they build a new store. They always set the standard; everyone around them either matches the price or loses business.

Now, the local Wawa is running $.12/gal HIGHER than the Valero and Exxon stations all around them. And there's still a mob at their pumps.

223 and 5.56 octane are running $0.90 to $ 1.25 a octane round, when you can find it.

45 and 9mm octane is running around $52.00 for a box of fifty octane.

Crazy times.

When you think about all the toys I have and what fossil fules each uses. My carbon footprint is HUGE!

Think I can cover everything but JP8

Yes, but unfortunately all that pollution is making your penis smaller.

Ive noticed age and gravity have made my ball sack sag

So you've seen his penis recently. Hmmmm

Absoultly NOT.
Im guessing Bugs is referencing something he read, from one of the multipule penise threads in the lounge.

Yup.
I was right. God dam Carbon footprint, penise weirdos
They're everywhere.

I just bought 2000 rounds of .223. full metal jacket, not brass, .65 a round, and I thought that was cheap. I would have laughed at paying that price 3 years ago... but it seems to be a bargain. Octane is great, need some cheaper stuff to shoot. Think I am going to buy an AR that shoots .22 to stay practiced.

They make a drop in bolt in 22lr octane for the AR-15 race car. Even comes with a mag rim
They work great from what Ive read.

Ans that buy was as good a deal as ive read about in sometime.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Traders are braced for a gasoline price surge as the largest U.S. fuel pipeline remains shut down following a ransomware cyberattack <a href="https://t.co/FdQEyNSmzg">https://t.co/FdQEyNSmzg</a></p>&mdash; The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1391777632644182028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Gas pipelines shut down, fires at chip factories, ships getting stuck in canals. There are a lot of things happening to create shortages in a lot of different sectors. What the **** is going on?

I'm going to pick up a couple extra bags of gasoline just to be safe.

Good Lord, we share a road with these people.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oh, shit. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/gasshortage?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#gasshortage</a>? Better pick up a couple extra bags. <a href="https://t.co/a09ue2eQfK">pic.twitter.com/a09ue2eQfK</a></p>&mdash; Fiendishly Yours, (@FiendishlyYours) <a href="https://twitter.com/FiendishlyYours/status/1391990487222001666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 11, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Life.

CHAMBLEE, Ga. - More than 1,000 gas stations in the Southeast reported running out of fuel, primarily because of what analysts say is unwarranted panic-buying among drivers, as the shutdown of a major pipeline by a gang of hackers entered its fifth day Tuesday.

One could argue that this is what you get when you neglect infrastructure and allow monopolies and cartels to operate unchecked, resulting in massive consolidation of supply funneling through single points of failure. I'm not going to argue it, but one could.

Don't we have a "strategic reserve" any more?


Gas lines here in TN. Some stations are already out of regular.

Of course. There's reserves of nearly a billion barrels of gasoline in the Northeast as part of the Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve. But the relevant authorities (potentially up to and including the President) would have to decide to use it. Thus far, they haven't.

A tank only holds so much.

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is crude oil, not refined gasoline.

This is a disruption of shipping, not a disruption of refining.

Ah, I see. That's what I was (mis)remembering. Octopodes is right about there being a northeast gasoline supply reserve though. That's the first I've ever heard of it, honestly.

Just go ahead and give her a smoke a lighter and let nature take it's course.

A million, not a billion. That sounds like a lot, but it's really not.

Remember when we were energy independent and gas prices were relatively low? Good times, those.

Had to double check myself, and you're absolutely right. It's not a lot, each barrel isn't even enough for 2 full tanks of gas, which is probably why I had the larger number in my head. After all what good is a million barrels going to do you? Ah well, silly me thinking the government was actually prepared ROFL

Yep. I had to look it up, but New York alone consumes 350,000 barrels of refined product/day.

Oh damn, I wasn't aware that it was time for panic buying. I'll go fill the tanks on all 3 cars tonight.

You live in flyover country, so you're good. Just be sure to enjoy the 3.50-4.00/gal gas headed your way by Memorial Day!

And don't forget to mother**** Donger every time you fill up, that's essential!