Gas Prices!!!!!!!

[TBO/MN]

Was anounced day before yesterday that Minnesota will be part of the government investigation on gas prices, today prices dropped from $1.95 to $1.69. GO FIGURE!!! I wonder what the excuses will be for this move??????

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The Big One

[Weyes1]

Gas prices around my area dropped $0.12 but, for how long. Seems funny that the Conoco stations are selling cheaper gas than the other big names. They also showed lower profits than the other big names.
Gas hits $2.00 I will have to limit the fishing I do, due to the long distances I have to travel.
Weyes1 in Kansas

[larry g]

Maybe these rumors of anti trust investigations, and monopoly are starting to worry them.But thats OK, next year George will straightn this whole mess out!!!, maybe daddy will even sell his oil stocks.

[Jimmy]

GOOD I hope the government reams those monopolizing oil sob's. Here in Iowa gas is at about $1.82 give or take and its been going up for a while now. Theres no rason for it except price fixing. They should fine the oil produces the difference between what the price is now and what is was 6 months ago for every gallon of gas sold. Hit them in there pocket books.

[AquaMan]

I told you. Some politician is going to claim this for their victory. $100 bucks says that Wellstone is the first outa the gate and on the stump thumping his chest for "the people." Baaaah

This "investigation" from ground to pump will show that, in fact, a small few oil companies were gouging a little, but with the OPEC reduction and EPA requirements, they were all were justified in raising the fuel prices and will likely walk away with several billion in windfall profits from a story that the media played up. Remeber all the reports about $2.00 by summer? Heck, why would they not follow that story with an increase. Blah, blah, blah

It is the biggest pile of political BS I have ever seen. If oil were not so heavily controlled by the government, I would secumb to the increases due to inflation theroy, but oil is a goverment controlled commodity that wreaks of back room deals.

$1.40 - $1.60 will be the norm till it goes up to $1.80 next summer.

Good bye $.99/gal.

I feel for you farmers and the way you have been misguided and "played." Your corn prices are down and fuel costs are up. But one is needed to make the other and both are government controlled commodities with subsidies that are out of whack.

Grrrr. Sorry...later!

AquaMan~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[The Great Guide]

Aquaman you forgot to mention that our engines take a beating with the gasohol and we pay for the extra maintenance, repair and lower MPG. TGG

[night_eyes]

Prices here in Rochester are still $1.82..i wish we would see that decrease in price!!!

[Rick]

$1.82 a gallon? I wish. Up here in Ontario the gas price is around .75 a litre. Since there is roughly 4 litres to a gallon our price hovers around $3.00 a gallon. For those heading north to fish, keep it in mind.

[Stan]

Here in Michigan regular is $2.08---This is really getting ridiculous! Think I might "winterize" the 150 EFI and try to fit a trolling motor prop to an old weedwacker....!

[WINNERZ880]

The real reason? I heard today on the radio that someone let it slip out that the Clinton administration arranged for the oil producing companies to quietly lower output and drive prices up in order to provide more money to certain countries that owe the USA huge amounts in loan interest and principle. Mexico, Indonesia, and Russia were named. The plan is to pay off bad loans on the backs of the American taxpayer and gas ppurchasers. This was in March of this year that the story came out.

[Weyes1]

Right there is the problem. All those oil stocks are making George way too much money. You don't hear him complaining. George Jr. won't fix anything. Just make things worse for us in the middle to lower middle class.
Weyes1

[Tallmike]

The back room deal between OPEC and the Clinton administration is right on. Instead of taking oil from those countries which owe us money and which would only add to the glut which had existed last summer, they had to do it this way and the American consumer pays once again as has so often happened in the past. You think "Slumlord Al" from Tenn. (read Beltway) is going to give a hoot about us common consumers and our gasoline price problems? Only when his derriere is on the hot seat does it become important enough to do something to do "damage control" and not plumbing repair. Dubya is no great hero in my book either. But eight years of the laughingstock Clinton Administration is enough. Why see it continue through "Slumlord Al" for another four?

[Leo Kam]

Come on guys. You really believe all that disinformation that it's Clinton or "Slumlord Al" that keeps the gas prices high. Maybe the majority of you are too young to remember; but, back in '71 when Nixon took office, gas use to be 32.9 cents/gal. and there was no OPEC. The following year, the Shah of Iran asked permission from Kissinger(Nixon's Sec. of State) to raise the price of crude oil so that he could modernize his military. He got the go ahead, of course, because he would have to buy his arms from the U.S. Very profitable for big business and government coffers. Again, the little guy(us) was left holding the bag and shortly after this, the OPEC came into being and gas prices have been going up ever since. I wish I owned a few thousand shares of AMACO or Shell. I'd be happy to see these high prices. So, spread the blame on all the politicians and Fat Cats who do own stock.

["COMA"]

Here is my opinion on the gas price rates: I beleive the gas refinarys modernized and computerized all the refinarys to get them up to modern standards a few short years ago say 1996- 1999. And have now tallyed up the expensive bill for these upgrades and are passing the bill down the line to the consumer. I beleive the reason the midwest is seeing the highest rates is a backburner plan by greenspan to cool the midwests hot economy. Don't want to pave over to much crop land you know. Just my opinion on the matter. "COMA"