dean spirkoff Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 has anyone heard why, I'am still recovering from last time. All I can ask is why,,, <_< Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 (edited) ......it signals to the consumer that they should use less of it and signals to the producers that they should make more of it... .....and signals to to others ....give us/produce/ invent/make an alternate fuel too.. I really don't know..all I know is that BOY it is pricey !!! :D :P HOLMES{ who needs it so pays for it !} Edited March 20, 2010 by HOLMES Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Because they said so ... :D Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Roberts Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 First day of spring...the start of the driving season. It used to be Memorial Day was when gas started going up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mlicari Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 As Matt indicated, it's just supply, price, and demand at work. Basic market economics. More demand, higher price. Driving season is nearing, and the economy is beginning to pick up, meaning more demand for fuel. :D Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richter111 Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Because there are several new model kits being made, thus the price of gasoline goes up because Styrene is made from 87 Octane gasoline, and Stevens International gets a cut of the price from the importation of oil. DId I leave anything out? B) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Julien (UK) Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Here in the UK they blame the fact the pond has lost value against the dollar. Cant use that excuse in the US! Wholesale oilprices nearly halved last year but petrol keeps going up! If you think it bad we are now paying £1.20 or $1.80 a liter!! Julien Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Here in the UK they blame the fact the pond has lost value against the dollar. Cant use that excuse in the US!Wholesale oilprices nearly halved last year but petrol keeps going up! If you think it bad we are now paying £1.20 or $1.80 a liter!! Julien HA! Last saturday, at the local gasstation, it was 1.47 E per litre, which is $1.99. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Julien (UK) Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 HA!Last saturday, at the local gasstation, it was 1.47 E per litre, which is $1.99. Wow! somewhere worse than the UK, thats something. At least in the Netherlands you dont have ot drive to far, your only small! and theres no hills! :) Julien Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richter111 Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 It is right at $2.95 and 9/10 a gallon here in Superior Wisconsin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pickles Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 It goes up because the EPA make the gas companies switch formulas, or as they like to call it "summer blend", to keep in tune with the environment (and that supposedly costs more to do). What a bunch of hooey....my car runs no different all year round. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Raptor01 Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Pure greed again, if they made the speculators on Wall Street take delivery of the oil contracts they are bidding on, the price of oil would settle down. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Adam Baker Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 I got gas for 2.629 in South Carolina yesterday on my way to work for 87 octane. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 As Matt indicated, it's just supply, price, and demand at work. Basic market economics. More demand, higher price. Actual demand on the ground as of today has almost nothing to do with the price of gasoline at the pump tomorrow. The world is currently awash in crude oil. Last time I read anything about it about three weeks ago, there were something like 150 supertankers bobbing around on the ocean with cargos of crude oil that nobody was bidding on. The price is going up because the oil companies can make it go up, knowing full well that we'll pay whatever they ask. It's called corporate greed, pure and simple. Just look at their 2009 profit & loss statements. J Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PNW_Modeler Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 uh....gas always goes up this time of year. More people drive in the spring/summer....demand goes up, so do prices. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richter111 Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 That is the old logic, but to be honest, gas started going up here back in November, and never went back down. It was 2.75 a gallon back in Feb. I have to agree with Jennings on this one, greed pure and simple. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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