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With the Holidays coming up, do you foresee the gas prices rising?
Prices won't rise unless oil does, saudi arabia already cut production and the result was a two day bounce, I expect gas at maybe $1.80 around the holidays. It will of course rise next year as summer approaches.
No gas will not rise... The commodities traders ran it as high as they could as long as they could and the bubble burst... Even when gas was going up demand was down...The traders found out they could Manipulate the prices any way they wanted and they ran with it until the backlash became so bad they couldn't.. Gas is already $2.09 here and will drop to around $1.75 here soon... we have some of the cheapest gas taxes in the Nation and once our supply is back to normal it will keep dropping...
Will gas every get back to $1.25-$1.50 probably Not... and it shouldn't.. Gas prices did not keep up with Inflation since it dropped after the Carter Fiasco and we were spoiled by underpaying for our gas. Blame the Feds for the High prices in Gas... $.82 a gallon is Taxes that eventually land in the Feds pockets... you didn't see them trying to not take their cut when gas was so high did Ya?
another problem is there are over 40 different blends of Gas sold in the US.. Hell the 45 Country Atlanta Metro area, Gainesville Metro Area, and Athens Metro Area has its own blend that can't be sold anywhere else... Just like Wyoming and other rural areas, Fla, Cali, etc... It costs money to refine oil into gas so many different ways... They need to make it uniform all over the country and blend the same type of gas at our refineries and prices would drop like a rock. There is no excuse in having different blends for different regions... Make it to California Emissions Standards and be done with it... Switching Blends costs money....
Hell I can drive 15 minutes North into The Cleveland/Helen area and get gas .15 Cheaper a gallon sometimes because they don't have to use the Low Sulfur blend that we have to here... it is fucking stupid....
By Staff UNDATED – A gallon of gas will cost you 61 cents less than it did a week ago in Georgia. The average price of regular unleaded is $2.29 per gallon in the state; that’s down from $2.90 last week, according to a AAA survey. The national average is $2.25.
“Once again, the Federal Government has reported supply and demand numbers favorable to consumers; gasoline supply is up and consumer demand is weak,” said Gregg Laskoski with AAA Auto Club South.
In north Georgia, you can find gas well below the national and state averages. According to GasBuddy.com, gas can be found as cheap as $1.84 in Buford, as low as $1.89 in Gainesville and Cumming, and $1.94 in Oakwood.
Last month, Georgians were paying $3.58 on average.
By MIKE MORRIS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Metro Atlanta’s average price for regular gas dipped below $2 a gallon Wednesday — the first time it’s been that low in almost two years, according to a Web site that monitors prices.
Gasbuddy.com, said Atlanta drivers are paying an average of $1.98 a gallon, down a couple of pennies from Tuesday’s average. • Find the cheapest gas in your neighborhood
The lowest price reported by the Web site was $1.79 at two northside Kroger stores, with gas going for under $1.90 a gallon at more than a dozen stations across metro Atlanta.
Atlanta’s average price is 21 cents below the national average reported by gasbuddy.com.
Gas prices have steadily declined since peaking above $4 a gallon in mid-September, after Gulf Coast refineries were hit by the one-two punch of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
A year ago, the average price across metro Atlanta was $3.10 a gallon.
The rapid decline tracks the recent collapse in crude oil prices, which slipped below $59 a barrel Wednesday as investors grappled with the prospect that global growth next year will slow more than originally feared, cutting demand for gasoline and other crude products.
Oil prices have fallen about 60 percent in four months, plunging from a record $147.27 in mid-July.
