Most places around here are somewhere at or above $2.00 per gallon, but a few places are a few cents under.

Yep I saw 1.69 on the way to work this morning. Texas Rocks.

$1.87 in Lees Summit.. Drive 10 minutes and $2.09 in Raytown.

$1.95 in JoMo

$1.79 in the crossroads of south Texas.

Crude up 6.39% today to $45.96

Sorry.

$3.07 in Santa Monica. Livin' the dream.

I'm curious, does it bother you Californians when you see that you typically pay a ~$1.00 premium compared to national average?

$1.87 in Randolph by I-435 this afternoon.

It's strange in KC, there is a full .30 swing around various burbs, including both sides of the state line.

I've discussed this with you before.

2.17 up here in Kirksville today

You have, but this is different. Literally .15 swings from stations right down the road from each other. I will say that everywhere is trending down, but there is still disparity.

That isn't abnormal.

Literally everything is more expensive here, not just the gas. I don't like it but in the end it's the price of living in an unbelievably nice place so I can't complain too much.

Bob Dole saw a $0.21 difference today at stations within a mile of each other.

Was talking to one of the station owners a couple of weeks ago, and he claimed WalMart was selling for $0.01 less than his cost.Bob Dole doesn't believe that.

Crude down today 3.5% at $40.29. Gasoline at $2.18

$2.55 when I filled up yesterday.

$1.79 in Enid, OK

$1.87 in JOMO.

Crude is still hovering around the $40.00 mark, but gasoline continues to fall. It may go below $2.00/gallon average nationally.

It's at $2.03/gallon right now.

so, your kids are going to get a gallon of gas, instead of a lump of coal for Christmas this year?:D
sec

They'll get nothing and like it!

Interesting how when the price of gas went up the price of everything went up but when the price of gas goes down the price of everything else still goes up.

Well.... why lower prices if consumers are still willing to pay the higher price?

[QUOTE=Loneiguana;11921377]Well.... why lower prices if consumers are still willing to pay the higher price?[/QUOT]

Yeah everybody understands basic economics and greed.

That's a pretty broad generalization.

Yeah it is. I believe it's true in general though.

Do you have any data to support that generalization or is it just a gut feel?

I have money and I buy things with it. So far the things I buy haven't gone down in price although gas has. An example would be the dog food I buy for my brace of English Setters. A few years back when gas prices were going up the price of a bag of the dog food I buy went up $8.00 all at once. I was like WTF? The manufacturer said they hadn't raised their prices and the retailer said that they hadn't changed the mark up and in the end it was blamed on the freight and the price of gas. Well the price of gas has gone down but the cost of the dog food has not. I suppose it hasn't gone up again but I'm pretty sure it isn't going to go down. I guess that's real life data.

$1.65

Crude now below $40.00 at $38.70. It seems like sub $2.00/gallon gasoline isn't far off. Now at $2.02

$ 1.81 here for regular and $ 2.15 for diesel

Wow. $37.86, down over 5%

Gas was $1.63 last night. Insane.

Costco 1.76
Hyvee 1.79
May have to start premium in the truck

1.77

Paid $1.65 in Wichita last Friday.

I don't like the government adding any new taxes or fees but now would be a PERFECT time for a 5 year decreasing DEDICATED tax on gas to replenish the Transportation Trust Fund. There would be so much money available to fix our shitty infrastructure it would be silly. The only issue I worry about is the scoundrels in DC all sticking their slimy paws in there to steal money for their other pet projects and causes, just they did to the Social Security Trust fund with no money in it because they ass raped it.

Year 1: .25/gal
Year 2: .20/gal
Year 3: .15/gal
Year 4: .10/gal
Year 5: .05/gal

No thank you. If Obama could not fix things with his shovel ready projects, he does not deserve more tax money to burn.

Gas taxes hit the middle class harder than anyone--they use the most gas.

Brent Crude dropped to below $40/bbl this morning. First time it;s been below $40 since 2009. Some Analysts believe crude could get to $20 in 2016. I think they are off on that, but I don't think it's out of the question that crude could dip just below $30 for a short period. WTI is trading at ~ $37

I think we are looking at $25 a barrel in 2016.
Gas $1.61 this a.m.

My state took advantage of the lower prices to push through yet another big increase in the gas tax. I believe we are the highest in the nation now.

Not that the roads are any better for it. :shake:

No.

They probably just decided to raise the tax for general purposes as opposed to a dedicated tax. That's what most of the political scum love to do.

The amount of roads that have been repaved here in Northern Virginia is nothing short of astronomical. I think it's at least 3-4 BILLION dollars worth.

They are repaving everything. :clap:

Yeah, they always present gas tax increases as "for the roads" but nothing really happens. I am having to drive to Seattle fairly often now and I-90 over the pass into Seattle is embarrassing awful. :shake:

$37.51 closing. That should do it.

and donger weeps.

Not at all. It's like my Christmas gift to the little people.

Little people?

.

LMAO

The gas tax is the most equitable tax on the books, and it hasn't been raised since the 90s. Nor was it indexed to inflation. The highway trust fund is one of the few things that Congress doesn't routinely raid as every Member in every state gets a piece of the pie as it is. There are earmarked projects and shit in there, sure, but on the whole getting a highway bill done is a HUGE deal. And using the gas tax to pay for it is absolutely fair. Don't want to pay the tax? Take public transportation. Raising the gasoline tax and indexing it to inflation is straight up paying for your shit without adding to the deficit or using accounting tricks to move money around to create the appearance that a bill has the adequate revenue streams to pay for it.

Americans have it in their head that cheap gasoline is their birthright. The same assholes who bitch about $3.00/gal gasoline are the same assholes that stand in line to get a $5.00 venti mocha****achino every goddamn morning.

LMAO

:clap::clap::clap::clap::clap:

Why are people laughing at that?

I did the math once on the gasoline tax revenue generated annually and the cost of the creation of the entire interstate system. It was fun.

$3 dollars for gasoline? Where do you live?

I've been paying in excess of $4 dollars (often, closer to the five) for at least the past 5 years. Only recently has it dipped below $3 dollars and it's awesome.

Your calculation leaves out inflation.

No, it didn't.

Yes, it did.

Yep, the Highway Trust Fund goes entirely to its specific purpose, infrastructure maintenance, and can't be spent on anything else. For many years now, the gas tax revenue that goes into the fund have been well short of the actual needed highway spending and that spending has had to come from other tax sources.

It's long past time to raise the gas tax and improve our roads.

We consume 134.5 billion gallons of gasoline each year. The federal tax on a gallon of gasoline is $0.184/gallon. That's $24.7 billion in taxes each year, and I didn't include taxes on diesel.

The ENTIRE interstate system was built with $425 billion (2006 dollars).

Rather than trying to index to inflation I think they should set it at a percent of pump prices. Either way, having it set at a hard value (I think it is like 18 cents per gallon) is not effective.

$3/gal seems to generally the tipping point for bitching for most folks.

If my 5 year declining tax hike was implemented, it would raise $100 billion ADDITIONAL dollars for roads and bridges. That's a nice chunk of change for just infrastructure.

Maybe where you live. Where I live it's seen as awesome.

Try paying $4.59 a gallon for about five years.

Sounds like you have a lot in common with this woman......:eek:

Woman 'raped 43,200' times speaks out about Mexico's human trafficking rings

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a6730436.html

If ~8% of what it took to build the ENTIRE interstate system is taken in tax revenue EVERY YEAR (and it is), I would argue that we don't have a tax revenue problem as it pertains to maintaining our roads and bridges.

LMAO

We have enough, the problem is how we spend it.

WTI closed at $36.76 a barrel today. Gasoline will likely go sub-$2.00 tomorrow.

How low will it go? $30, $28, $25, $20

I wouldn't be shocked if gas touches $1.25 a gallon or possibly as low as $1.00

If oil hits $20-25 a barrel, BUY ALL THE MAJOR OIL STOCKS YOU CAN AFFORD!

I don't see sub-$30.00.

Maybe $1.50 or $1.75 on gasoline.

Filled up for 1.87 today. Probably the lowest I've paid in Florida since 2008.

Enjoy it while you can. According to our fleet manager who watches the market very closely, it's the middle east with their infinitely deep cash reserves that are flooding the market to get the price down to unprofitable levels to force their competition out of business.

lol. wtf?

Either you were barely out of gas or you have the smallest gas tank like, ever.

Moped. He's in Florida....

That, or he just filled up an electric golf cart.