Birther cartoon

Suranis · **Joined:** Sat Nov 20, 2010 8:04 am **Posts:** 5246

Thats why only god fearen men from the south's trailer parks who live on social security do it.

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Sugar Magnolia · **Posted:** Sat May 12, 2012 7:12 am

Estiveo wrote:

"Strategic Comma Reserve." :shock:

I noticed that the price of gas at my local Chevron went up 12 cents a gallon since yesterday so now I has to hoard gas, Iraqi Dinars AND commas? :-k

Maybe I should make a list. Who knew that preparing for a post-apocolyptic dystopia could be so labor intensive?

And ours is 22 cents lower than it was less than a week ago. I paid $3.31 yesterday!

esseff44 · **Posted:** Sat May 12, 2012 1:51 pm

I heard a news report on the price of gas going up because of the special blend required to meet the state laws. Elsewhere, the price is supposed to keep going down.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 1OGV43.DTL

Estiveo · **Posted:** Sun May 13, 2012 1:10 am

I saw a report that our gas price hike on the Left Coast was due to some refinery shutdowns for "maintenance," hence a drop in supply. Just before the summer vacation season? A couple weeks before Memorial Day Weekend?

Well. Isn't that convenient? :-k

It be a puzzler how that could happen, fer sure.

I suspect that Chevron (Shell, BP, Valero, et al) has a profit margin demanding some maintenance or sumpin' before the next quarterly report.

I have yet,,, however,, to see any market manipulation,,,, in the global comma supply. But I'm keepin' an eye,,, on Orly.

TollandRCR · **Posted:** Sun May 13, 2012 11:28 am

This problem has been around for quite a while and has long been used to justify higher gasoline prices in some parts of the country. This GAO report speaks to the matter as of 2004: "GASOLINE MARKETS: Special Gasoline Blends Reduce Emissions and Improve Air Quality, but Complicate Supply and Contribute to Higher Prices"

kimba · **Joined:** Tue Sep 08, 2009 3:24 pm **Posts:** 6630

Offtopic :

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hence a drop in supply

Don't believe it. If a refinery is going down for planned maintenance, they've been building supply for months in anticipation of the downtime. A few weeks ago, there was a story in the news about crude oil tankers being turned away from a west coast refinery because raw materials and finished goods storage was full. Refineries might be down because they're backed up and taking advantage to do some extra maintenance. I wouldn't be surprised if the Calif. formulations weren't raising prices though. The price of gas right here in River City has gone down 45 cents a gallon in the last month. We're at 3.55 with some spikes on weekends.

raicha · **Posted:** Mon May 14, 2012 9:42 am

Gas prices are a good topic for another thread. [-X

PatGund · **Posted:** Tue May 15, 2012 7:04 pm

Estiveo wrote:

I saw a report that our gas price hike on the Left Coast was due to some refinery shutdowns for "maintenance," hence a drop in supply. Just before the summer vacation season? A couple weeks before Memorial Day Weekend?

Well. Isn't that convenient? :-k

It be a puzzler how that could happen, fer sure.

I suspect that Chevron (Shell, BP, Valero, et al) has a profit margin demanding some maintenance or sumpin' before the next quarterly report.

I have yet,,, however,, to see any market manipulation,,,, in the global comma supply. But I'm keepin' an eye,,, on Orly.

And to be fair, there was a refinery fire up here in Washington state.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/ ... 3T20120514