Paid $3.79 per gallon recently for premium Shell gasoline in California and it's not even Summer yet. Summer gas prices are going to be outrageous. With the usual increase in demand and the "routine" downtime for refineries (funny how the downtime always seems to happen at peak demand) I am guessing gasoline prices will be above $4.00 per gallon for premium, at least in California.
Sucks.
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Ouch! That's insane. I filled up today at $2.89 for Premium here at Hess. Hope it won't get that high.
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I saw a station in San Diego this afternoon that had premium for $4.00... ouch
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Paid $3.79 per gallon recently for premium Shell gasoline in California and it's not even Summer yet. Summer gas prices are going to be outrageous. With the usual increase in demand and the "routine" downtime for refineries (funny how the downtime always seems to happen at peak demand) I am guessing gasoline prices will be above $4.00 per gallon for premium, at least in California.
Sucks.
Someone mentioned awhile ago on the internet that if everyone would boycott a major oil company like Shell for a day or two and not buy their gas that they would lose millions of dollars and would be forced to lower their prices. They didn't say not to buy gas but just don't buy from one major oil company. Maybe now is the time to try it with the prices on the constant rise. cheers vern
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This is why I rented a compact car for our trip to California next month. The midsize SUV was $60 cheaper for a week, but I did the math and realized the extra tank or two of gas would outweigh the initial cost savings. (I will miss that V6 though)
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Someone mentioned awhile ago on the internet that if everyone would boycott a major oil company like Shell for a day or two and not buy their gas that they would lose millions of dollars and would be forced to lower their prices. They didn't say not to buy gas but just don't buy from one major oil company. Maybe now is the time to try it with the prices on the constant rise. cheers vern
Actually, maybe now is the time to realize that demand is on the verge of exceeding supply - permanently. Oil is fairly price inelastic: a 25% increase in price, for example, is not going to result in a 25% decrease in consumption.
Today's prices are just the tip of the iceberg. I don't really care about gas prices themselves - I pay over $6/USD per gallon when I'm in Europe - but I do care about the fact that people are far too short-sighted and ignorant to see beyond the numbers on their charge bill and into the much deeper problem that's just about upon us. Regardless of the reality of existing supplies (known or unknown), the absolute dependence that the entire industrial world has upon cheap oil is an enormous cause for concern.
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