Local gasoline prices jump 9 cents a gallon »
Posted by: STONERS 10 months agoGasoline prices at some Great Falls convenience stores soared an additional 9 cents per gallon within a 24 hour period Wednesday, leaving some drivers looking to their feet for help.
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zaph2210 months ago
I have an even better one Stoners. A few days ago I stopped to fill up, the station I stopped at was 2.95 a gallon, as I walked to the pump I noticed a station across the (very busy) street about half a block south of where I was, gas there was 2.76. So I decided to go there, I pulled out, going north since there was too much traffic to make a left, so I figured I'd just go around the block to get back to the cheaper station.. by the time I had gone around the block the price down the street had changed from 2.76 to 2.95, just like the station I had just left, and as I said, that in the time it took me drive around the block.
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mark-stevens10 months ago
Still cheaper than Starbucks coffee, or Stevens haircare products.
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mark-stevens10 months ago
Bin Laden(according to the CIA) has ben trying to contol the price of oil for the last twenty years... so who's winnig this war??
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ACTeeple10 months ago
I just paid $3.28/gallon for REGULAR at one of the cheaper gas stations in San Diego. I think it's time to get a moped.
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ADAGUY10 months ago
David, do you really think that the general public is that stupid? When you blame this on everyone but the Bush administration, does it ever occur to you that the gop controlled the house, senate, whitehouse and supreme court for the first 6 years of Bush's presidency?
If the dems are causing the high prices, please tell me why it was so cheap during the Clinton administration?
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bill293610 months ago
What I find so interesting about the anti-drilling forces when it comes to Anwar is that the Canadian government is pump money to support the anti anwar drilling forces. But just east of anwar is CANADA and guess what they are doing? DRILLING for oil. And if you know anything about oilfields, it is that the fields don't know about boundaries. So the oil on the US side of the border is being pumped out on the Canadian side. So the Canadians are working to block the drilling of Anwar, so they can steal the oil by pumping it out their side.
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NelsonR10 months ago
Reindeer are more important to me than the fat cat elite in America despoiling Anwar. Even with that oil it is not even a dent into consumption. Personally I would feel better seeing the Bush Administration and other Republicans, bankers, wall street crooks etc. on bikes. I would smile with glee.
In conclusion, not a valid argument.
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saintetienne10 months ago
"Reindeer are more important to me than the fat cat elite in America despoiling Anwar. Even with that oil it is not even a dent into consumption. Personally I would feel better seeing the Bush Administration and other Republicans, bankers, wall street crooks etc. on bikes. I would smile with glee."
....NelsonR said, as he roared off in his SUV, spewing exhaust fumes into the atmosphere.
Because like most Libs, he points his finger at "the Bush Administration and other Republicans", "bankers", "wall street crooks" and the "fat cat elite" with regards to their preoccupation with oil. Yet when it comes time to walk, ride a bike, carpool, use public transportation or curb HIS consumption of oil in any way..... (crickets)
Let everyone else do it, right NelsonR? As long as you vote Democrat and tell everyone how much you hate Bush, you don't have to actually do a damn thing yourself to try to make a difference, right?
Got it.
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mark-stevens10 months ago
Are all of the Execs at the oil companies that are showing billions of dollars in profits going to vote for Clinton??
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uncle-dave10 months ago
It's the commodities market that's driving the price of oil. Traders are buying and selling contracts on future prices of a commodity that they never physically take delivery of. They make the big bucks and we foot the bill.
This administration has done it's part to drive up the price of oil by buying large amounts of oil for the strategic oil reserves, this is another factor for the higher prices.
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Xaos10 months ago
You are right on the targert Uncle Dave. This all began in earnest with the signing of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000. It has gotten worse ever since. What happened to the electricity market in California from 2000 and 2001 was just a dress rehearsal for what is happening now. All the energy markets are artificially inflated now due to price manipulation and over speculation. And the truth of what has been going on is just starting to trickle out. And as far as our president goes, it does seem like he has been almost trying to help things along. Look back to last January when oil was still in the $50.00 to $60.00 a barrel range. That is when Bush decided to expand the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Immediately, oil prices started back up again. Anyone who does not believe me, check it out for yourself, all this information is well documented. Just look for the Oil futures price spike that corresponds to the expansion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve earlier this year.
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Teech10 months ago
And the Shah was charging us what...about 3 bucks a barrel or something?
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uncle-dave10 months ago
Here is the exact guote you were looking for DH and the context in which it was used.
"Petroleum is a noble material, much too valuable to burn... We envision producing, as soon as possible, 23 000 megawatts of electricity using nuclear plants." Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
"President Gerald Ford signed a directive in 1976 offering Tehran the chance to buy and operate a U.S.-built reprocessing facility for extracting plutonium from nuclear reactor fuel. The deal was for a complete 'nuclear fuel cycle'." At the time, Richard Cheney was the White House Chief of Staff, and Donald Rumsfeld was the Secretary of Defense. The Ford strategy paper said the "introduction of nuclear power will both provide for the growing needs of Iran's economy and free remaining oil reserves for export or conversion to petrochemicals."
I guess this was the beginning of Iran's nuclear ambitions.
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STONERS10 months ago
BLAH- BLAH-BLAH--THIS JUST IN: MY STALKER HAS FOUND ME AGAIN.. ( C-slicker) IN CASE YOU HADN'T NOTICED - NO NEWS HERE!!!! See you on the next one. Keep it up- enough REPORTS and they can deal with you...Get your thrills while you can.. ;];];] What are you like 10 years old or what-- IT SHOWS!!!
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bill293610 months ago
Alway remember that OccidentAL Gore wanted the price higher in his book 'Earth in the Balance'.
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ginlendud10 months ago
I live in Mid-Michigan... yesterday we had our gas prices jump from $3.08 a gallon at 7:00 a.m. to $3.29 a gallon by noon... 21cents in 5 hours... very frustrating...
Len
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vor10 months ago
I saw Jim Cramer last night on MSNBC. He is the wild finacial guy that is usually on CNBC. He is hardly a liberal but the guy is da-n smart about financial issues. He says that if we don't go to nuclear or some other major power source quickly that because of the rise of the Far East and Third World economies, he believes if we continue to rely on petroleum that within 5 years we will be paying somewhere between $10-15 a gallon because of supply and demand. And that is without a blowup in the Middle East or an attack on Iran. Think about how that would affect your wallet. Especially if you have a long commute. Would that collapse the American economy? Would certainly create some significant strain.
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RickyDawkins10 months ago
This is what Republicans want. I don't know exactly why, but they like paying a lot for gas. Maybe it makes them feel important?
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mark-stevens10 months ago
STOP BUYING OIL... that money paid for 9/11, Iran's nuclear program, Al Queda's bullets and rifles... every barrel helps those that want us dead.
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