Our Gas Is Down Again - 2.299 - amazing

[leftyladyfrommo]

It is dropping every nite now. I hate to fill up because I know it will be lower by morning.

I don't think it will help the election, tho.

[Pharaoh]

1. It is amazing

What an election can do for gas prices!

[enigma000]

23. There's an election tomorrow? n/t

[saltpoint]

2. But it's oddly timed, isn't it, with the latest Bush PR offensive...

[ClintonTyree]

3. Still around $2.96 here........

of course I'm in New York State, we have one of the highest fuel taxes in the country. You "red staters" get all the breaks. ;)

[theanarch]

10. not really...

...$2.28 in South Jersey, and our fuel taxes are pretty much in the middle of the pack...

[JerseygirlCT]

15. $2.99 here and we do have high gas taxes

which is ok by me, actually.

[kysrsoze]

24. We're still $3.25 in the blue city of Chicago for regular. I don't

mind paying it, but it pisses me off that in so many other places in the country, it's in the low $2 range. We have high gas taxes, but not THAT high. Something tells me the disparity is intentional.

[BootinUp]

4. Gasoline inventories must be up

significantly. But I haven't had a chance to read any recent news on this.

[ClintonTyree]

12. They say there's a "glut" now.

Lower than expected usage during the summer months, more refineries back on-line down south. Gee, it just happens to coincide with election time too. Amazing, isn't it? ;)

[BootinUp]

14. Very possible

that a "real" economic slowdown is taking hold. Stay tuned.

[Diane R]

5. Still $3.15 in Spokane Washington n/t

[leftyladyfrommo]

8. Are you in Spokane? That is where I am from.

And my family is all still there.

[never_get_over_it]

6. I'm just wondering

if there is any correlation of gas prices dropping and close congressional elections. Although I haven't checked lately - our gas prices are down but not really drastically - and I'm in a VERY RED area....hmmm just makes me wonder

[dsc]

16. I don't have a competative race

within hundreds of miles and our prices fell, though not as much as the OP's.

[never_get_over_it]

20. I'll have to go look and see where are prices are

The highest I think it ever got here was 2.99 a while ago was at 2.79 for a long time....but not sure where it is now....

[dsc]

21. We were right at $3

and now are below $2.55. It could be a steeper drop to be sure but it is substantial.

[never_get_over_it]

32. Just checked 2.65

and I think it has been that for a while week or so - so the prices are not dropping that much here...

[catmandu57]

7. They're eating into the record profits

that they've reaped for the past couple of years, that was the plan all along.

[LostinVA]

9. Still $2.70 central VA -- I just filled up this morning

That was gas. My diesel was $2.85.

[tammywammy]

18. Diesel is about the same here in DFW

LostinVA, are you using a fuel additive? I put in Diesel Kleen last week when I filled up and I can already tell it's increased my mileage. Plus the engine is shifting much smoother now, not that it was rough before, but it's smoother.

The Diesel Kleen is only $5 or $6 for a 32 oz bottle, and I put in about 6 oz I think (it was a guesstimate).

The price of diesel isn't bothering me so much, since I'm going 2-3 weeks before fill ups. The best purchase I've made. The GM of the dealership I work at was trying to get me to trade in my Beetle last week. :) I turned him down. If hell froze over and I really thought or needed to get rid of the Beetle, I'd ebay it first. We had an 06 Beetle TDI traded in a couple of weeks ago (they needed something bigger and went with the 2.5L Jetta), and they ended up selling it to a guy in CA for $24,500 (around that, before TT&L).

[LostinVA]

34. I didn't know the Diesel Kleen "worked" with premium diesel

How much would you say your mileage went up?

[TahitiNut]

11. $2.38 here in northwest Detroit area ... down $0.70 in one month!

The GOUGING and manipulation is fucking appalling!

http://www.detroitgasprices.com/retail_price_chart.aspx

[meow2u3]

13. Big Oil is manipulating gas prices

There are only two reasons for the price of gas falling so precipitously: election year politics and the price of heating oil going through the roof.

[zanne]

17. Just in time for November.

I read an article recently (I wish I remembered where) that said gas prices are going to take quite a dip this fall. Surprise.

[drmondo]

19. Is this too cynical?

On September 5th, the day after Labour day and the unofficial start of the 2006 election campaign, Chevron announces a major discovery of oil in the |Gulf of Mexico. This can represent a 50% boost in US reserves.

Am I being too cynical when I think that these numbers will be revised downward after the election??

[Blue_Tires]

25. not at all

and welcome to the site

[kysrsoze]

Probably not cynical enough. That oil won't be around until 2012

It's also not a proven find. They have to go through 7,000 feet of water and 20K feet below the sand to get at it - if it's as big as they say. It's a big find in the US, but doesn't make all that huge a dent when compared to our consumption. I think they estimated it to potentially increase US production by close to 50% (if true), but we only make 11% of what we use. The rest is imported. We need to go electric and fast.

[kysrsoze]

26. Dup post

[RB TexLa]

22. For the first time in a while, I'm not looking forward to my next few

royalty checks.

[The Straight Story]

27. $2.15 columbus, ohio (nt)

[Pharaoh]

28. 2.69 in Madison

down from 3.19 just 2 weeks ago...........

That's a major drop,

Yes it's the midterms everybody!

[OzarkDem]

29. Low prices only in GOP competitive areas

Ohio, Michigan, Missouri and others. Everyone else is stuck paying higher prices.

Even here in Ohio, the prices are lowest in NE Ohio, higher in other parts of the state.

Wonder why the news media doesn't report on that?

[kaygore]

31. That has been my take on this. We should check out this theory

using DU.

Want to do it??? Or should I? It is your idea.

See my post about Virginia Beach gas prices and two hotly contested races.

[never_get_over_it]

33. Well I actually suggested this in post number 6

Maybe we should start a new thread and do a specific survey? I'm beginning to think there is definitely a correlation - if we find one maybe we could contact someone like Keith Olberman or someobody who might actually take us seriously.....

[kaygore]

30. $2.25-$2.35 low in Virginia Beach, VA--we have 2 hotly contested

races:

Thelma Drake (Bushbot) vs. Phil Kellam--Kellam ahead by about 8 points at last count

George Felix (Macaca) Allen (idiot and bigot) vs. Jim Webb--Webb ahead by about 1 point