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Gas prices soar

RetRN — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 19:13:36 GMT

As temperatures soar.

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ciao_bella — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 19:23:29 GMT

Agreed! I filled up the gas tank at Costco this morning at $3.53 a gallon here in NJ.

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SusieQ_2 — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 19:23:40 GMT

I noticed it yesterday when I paid over $5 a gallon at a Chevron station. Fifty dollars for ALMOST 10 gallons of gas. What a deal!

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meallen616 — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 19:25:09 GMT

In New Jersey, I paid 3.69 a gallon for regular yesterday.

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millieshops — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 19:28:47 GMT

@RetRN Heat in many places plus high demand are parts of the problem. but so is worldwide turmoil.

Who's in control of what where?

Seems we can all feel the pain, but all I can do is control my own demand because I can find ways to drive fewer miles, but the actual cost is out of my control.

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CelticCrafter — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 19:34:47 GMT

@ciao_bella wrote:
Agreed! I filled up the gas tank at Costco this morning at $3.53 a gallon here in NJ.

@ciao_bella oh wow! We filled up Friday morning at the Hazlet station and it was "only" $3.39. It went up a lot over the weekend.

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haddon9 — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 19:43:28 GMT

I noticed this as well a few days ago when I went to fill up. It was $4.00 a gallon near me.

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GenXmuse — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 19:47:10 GMT

Yeah, definitely quite the jump!

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Mint2 — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 19:53:11 GMT

I saw a segment on the news this morning saying the high temperatures at the refineries limiting their productivity.

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Tinkrbl44 — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 19:57:35 GMT

Last week I learned that the "cheapest" station I'd been going to increased their price to $4.99. A couple weeks ago I grumbled because it was $4.79. Ridiculous when $4.79 suddenly looks like a bargain. Oh well.

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Nightowlz — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 20:01:31 GMT

What's their excuse now? Water is warmer this season so they are expecting bad Hurricane's so it will go up again.

I'm glad we don't use much.

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chrystaltree — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 20:24:39 GMT

It happens every year. They plan it that way.

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Snicks1 — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 20:31:55 GMT

Watch for the big oil companies posting their "record" profits for this quarter now.

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Kachina624 — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 20:59:34 GMT

Too hot to go anywhere anyway.

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Rockycoast — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 21:18:34 GMT

It is vacation time. Of course the CEO’s of the gas and fuel companies are going to raise prices. They do it because they can. Gotta get more profits going for their 3rd mansion.

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ScrapHappy — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 21:42:11 GMT

Just got gas today. $3..57/gallon here in GA. Jumped 20 cents in a week.

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SilleeMee — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 23:22:54 GMT

Oil refinery equipment is all outdoors and it's vulnerable to the high temperatures we've been having. Refineries have been shutting down b/c of that. Price goes up at the pump as supplies go down.

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Oldfaithful — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 00:14:35 GMT

@Mint2 they make an excuse for every increase.
We're just being slammed for any reason they make up. It's the heat, it's the cold, it's covid, it's hurricane season on and on. Labor day is coming, it's still summer travel season. They bump it up for anything they want and we'll keep paying. Government gets richer and we get poorer.

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Puzzle Piece — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 00:18:27 GMT

Try surviving in California.

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Zernia Rose — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 00:36:18 GMT

Earlier in the year, OPEC members agreed to cut oil production through 2024. That accounts for some of the increase.