Gas Pains

 

1. still cheap Ron, where is that cheap roll on roll of ferry when you need it? i have given up looking at petrol prices, one thing i do know is i need it,just north west of salt lake city is the place to be with the 4 wheel drive right ron?

   Posted by bulldog       04/23/2006  at  12:08 PM  



2. i guess i’m lucky. my ‘95 tracer holds 10.5 gallons, i get 27mpg city driving, and it runs like a champ on the 87 octane, which in berks co pa was running around $2.70..

   but..  i wasn’t out since yesterday when the local news rag ran a big headline about gas shortages on the east coast and gas stations running out of fuel so it’s likely the retailers are charging $3.50 cash only by now - just like they were doing in the days after katrina..

   i can already hear the libs whining about the greedy oil companies.. “off with their heads!” .. yet it’s those same whiners who wouldn’t let them build the new refineries that would have prevented this shit in the first place

   short sighted fools.. just wait until their electric bills go up 70% in the next 2-3 years

   Posted by stinkfoot       04/23/2006  at  01:26 PM  



3. I’m a bit surprised by this map. Somehow I figured there would be a direct correlation between the pump prices and the volume of gas produced for all the different blends used around the country. I don’t even see a parallel between pump prices and state taxes charged. I don’t think transshipment factors into it either; I don’t see a strong relationship between price and distance from the nearest refinery (see page 2 of the Past, Present, Future document). It isn’t a red state/blue state thing either. Nor can population density be the root cause, (ie high demand) although it appears to be a factor. So what is causing the price differences?

   Posted by Drew458       04/23/2006  at  02:18 PM  



4. i would almost bet the states with the highest prices at the pumps, also levy the highest taxes on gasoline..

   just a guess..

   Posted by stinkfoot       04/23/2006  at  03:54 PM  



5. Good guess.  I don’t know what Idaho state gas tax is, but right now, I’m glad to be living in the green zone.  Still going to cost $75 to fill the truck, though.  Of course, for as little as I drive it, that will probably last me about 4 months.

   Posted by John C       04/23/2006  at  04:25 PM  



6. How about correlating this map to figures for median household income? 

   Sure glad I traded my monster Dodge Ram for a Mitsubishi Galant right before we invaded Iraq...I saw the writing on the wall and wasn’t about to start paying $60 or more at pumps!

   Posted by shinjinrui       04/23/2006  at  09:09 PM  



7. Cost me $45 to fill up the 2001 GMC Jimmy this morning (roughly 18 gal tank *I think*, $2.91/gal regular unleaded) here in the painfully blue state of Maine.

   Posted by Severa       04/23/2006  at  11:29 PM  



8. And I’m deep in ‘orange’

   phbbblth

   Posted by Draven       04/24/2006  at  05:55 AM  



9. ’nother note- gas is cheapest furthest for population centers, but its also cheapest (green) furthest from refineries. Almost like part of the prise hike is artifical- like the oil companies are all jonesing to make as much as Exxon did last year.

   Posted by Draven       04/24/2006  at  05:57 AM  



10. I feel your pain- I live in the welfare paradise of Connecticut which has some of the highest gas taxes in the land.

    Posted by gdonovan       04/24/2006  at  06:51 AM  



11. I’ve considered one of the VW TDI’s, but can’t fit all 5 of us into it.  I drive an ‘02 Impala most of the time.  About 22 in town, 32 on the road.  Pretty good for a fairly large car.  I find that Costco is the cheapest place to get gas; they are usually at least 10 cents cheaper per gallon, but lately more like 20 cents.  All of Boise knows it too.  The line was at least 20 cars deep last Friday…

    Posted by John C       04/24/2006  at  09:26 AM  



12. Last Friday, in the morning, I filled up at my local Citgo at $2.799 / gallon. Same day, in the afternoon, it skyrocketed up to $2.939 per gallon at the same station.

    That’s a 14 cents jump, five percent increase, in one day      

    Hey, Hugo Chavez, pendejo!

    Posted by Rat Patrol       04/24/2006  at  09:49 AM  



13. well, this map proves there is at least ONE way to turn blue states red....

    Posted by skymuse       04/24/2006  at  09:49 AM  



14. Just a note-

    there are refineries in CA, but CA uses a ‘speeeshul gasoline mix to reduce emissions’, so our gas is higher because the only supply we have is largely refined in-state.

    Of course, most of those refineries are here in L. A....

    Posted by Draven       04/24/2006  at  04:38 PM  



15. Speaking of “special mixes” to reduce emissions, the gasoline industry isn’t the only one applying this particular technique:

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060425/hl_nm/beans_dc

    Taking all the fun out of eatin’ beans…

    Posted by Rat Patrol       04/25/2006  at  02:48 PM  



16. Is there any correlation between this map and the Red state/Blue state map?

    Posted by Christopher       04/25/2006  at  08:45 PM  



17. Other than California, they don’t correlate from Orange / Green to Red / Blue.

    For the red/blue map, go here:

    http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/countymapredbluelarge

    Posted by Rat Patrol       04/26/2006  at  11:05 AM  



18. Whoops! my link got “amputated”

    Try this (by county)

    

    and even California doesn’t correlate all that well, either

    Posted by Rat Patrol       04/26/2006  at  11:10 AM  

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