Wonder if they were out of the mid-grade too? If they weren't it was B.S.Kevin

 

Gas just jumped here.. 2.94 for reg

 

On 08-31 @ 3:00AM 2.59
On 08-31 @ 4:00PM 3.75

Both regular unleaded.

Some stations above 6.00 for premium.

Nuts

 

Was $2.89 at 8:00AM this morning at most stations here in Chicago, now it's $3.31.

One of the stations I saw was "out" of regular unleaded. Then again, if they stop selling regular unleaded, they will be able to empty the other tanks & get new shipments of the more expensive gas.

The shame of this is that this is all artificial. There is NO reason for the high prices or "shortage".

 

20 or so "missing" (sunken, likely) oil rigs, gas hubs, damaged refinery, infrastructure... all that expense gets passed on to the customer. I wouldn't say it's artificial, but neither would I say it's fair, although it is doing good if it forces people to think about over consumption.

 

Filled up 2 days ago with regular 87 oct. @ $3.09/gallon. That's here in Nebraska. Me thinks the 10% Ethanol blend was 2.99, and premium could only be purchased via a loan. Seriuosly, they had a loan officer at my Philip 66 all night

 

My buddy next door is a off shore oilie. Hes been doing it for 25 years in the gulf. Is a cajun from New Ibera. Wifes family up here in okie yankee land. He has family all along I-10,, south of it of course...lolololol. He missed his last turn around for a 10 day stay in the hospital. He will miss his next turn around due to illness. Hes a crane op. and rig refurb shift leadman. He says 2% of the gulf rigs are lost. And all the ones you see onshore and the massive mess you see in news reports about rigs is BS. Hes on the phone and on sat. link with his crews and its not near as bad as the lib. press is shucking it to be. The ones shown bent and beached,,, where bent and beached to start with and not in production. If the loses where as bad as they say.. The gulf would be one huge oil slick. The refinerys are hurt. BUT there counting total down in % wrong. Of the total capacity thats said down by the lib. socialist press is also counting what was down for maint. to begin with. Which is about half of what is stated. The GULF production came thru this in very good shape. Its above inside hopes.. There proud to have survived so good. And I would trust him over the press or anybodys elses take on this mess that they like to put there spin on. Its his bread butter. Folks are more worried over lies than he is the frecking truth.

As for N.O. its a bloody wreck. His family members have been coming in for the last 36 hours to oklahoma. half to New Ibera and half here. None are going back to N.O. there done with living in a bowl and putting up with the insanity from the black folks.. of which is seen in the unlawful actions most are doing and can conferm the police where losing the battle before the cane hit. But N.O. is getting all the press.

I have family in Miss. and Bama. My baby brother and his family are ok. and accepted the burded of living there and he built a water tight vault with fuel, gen, food and supplys. Hes leaving Miss. and coming home. Only folks that are unrule again are blacks that spend there checks at the casino's and didnt prepair. Cousin in Bama is done also. Same thing, folks blowing money and not accepting where they live and expecting a hand out.

I dont mean for this to be rasict post. But Im sure it will be taken as that. I hate this disaster. My family has been touched by it. Ive heard of folks dead from N.O. to the florida panhandel. but only N.O. is getting the Bush bashing press. Typical of our system. **** the truth lies full steam ahead.

Also all the oil released by the gov. and whats coming in is near useless. We dont have the refinery cap. to make gas at the demand. Theres no shortage of crude and never has been. Tulsa's refinerys and Ponca Citys refinerys are at full production and Houston is kicking ***. The shortage is a result of greedy oilie ceo's, stock holders, and the EPA.

As for the other problems folks whine about. I sure wish they would look at all the plastic in the hybrid cars and the puters that they spudder all there greenie stuff on or about. Really fuel is only a part of the whole problem. A pound of plasic cost more to make than a gallon of gas.

Sorry for my rant,, Im sure a digital beaning will be forth coming. and thats ok,,, just think abit... Ive seen alot of folks in a rut here and at the pump, at the bank in wal-mart. Most start with a solution and many dont know the cause. Atleast some here so look at the cause. But not as a whole. Its a shame

 

Uh, yeah, it is, or at least significant parts of it. What you feel about the ethno-political lines in this country or world is your opinion and I'll gladly and immediately say I disagree, but I'll never say you're wrong because that would be stooping to you-know-who's level.

What I will say is that it's off-topic, deliberately confrontational, and has no place here. If you cared so much about the people in N.O. as you claim, your compassion wouldn't be limited to one color.

 

Okay you guys. Do not continue on this path. Get back on topic.

 

I filled up on Sunday at $2.56. It's now to $3.19 which is just boggling my mind. This is in Dallas, Texas. Thankfully no shortages, but there have been plenty of irrational lines. I don't know why more people don't just stay up late one night and fill up after 10pm.