Guess Which State Pays $6.03 per Gallon in Gas Prices?
- Posted on May 4, 2011 at 8:58pm by
Emily Esfahani Smith
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If you’re looking for a scenic beach spot to spend your summers in, but are worried about about high gas prices, then stay away from Hana, Hawaii.
The Daily Beast reports on the city that may well have the highest gas price in the U.S.:
Think your last fill-up was bad? Just be glad you don’t live in Hana, Hawaii. Residents and visitors to the tiny but scenic town have passed a milestone, reaching $6.03 per gallon. And Furnace Creek Resort in California’s Death Valley is just a little over a quarter behind, at $5.75 per gallon. Notwithstanding the sudden shift of attention to the death of Osama bin Laden, gas prices are becoming a major political issue that could shape the landscape ahead of the 2012 presidential election. Across the country, consumers are increasingly focused on the price of filling up the tank.
What is it with beautiful locales and high gas prices? The LA Times lists another scenic route to avoid if you’re looking to keep your gas bill down:
You also might skip the scenic drive along Highway 190 in Death Valley, which will lead you to the Furnace Creek Resort, where regular was selling for $5.75 a gallon Tuesday.
“It’s a resort. They charge what they want,” said Raymond, a fellow who declined to give his last name and said he answers the phone at the Furnace Creek Chevron now and then. “Don’t come here for the gasoline.”
Guess those of us paying between $3-$4 a gallon shouldn’t complain.
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Comments (100)
Nicole from CA
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 11:10pmEnergy prices are necessarily skyrocketing…and thank you to the Fed too.
Report Post »mauijonny
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:51pmHowzit, SEARCH. Where you at? I’m in Kihei. Anyways, I was gonna say abt the same thing (I actually sent an email directly to Glenn abt 1 1/2 weeks ago showing the Hana gas price – it was $6.08). I’d also like to add that we are an almost exclusively Dem state (and always have been). Our Gov. has been associated w/Socialists and we’re heavily unionized. We pay not only a state income tax, but a General Excize Tax, as well – on EVERYTHING, including FOOD. We’re generally about 15th in monies spent/student, but consistently remain at 49th in education. We’re 1st in childhood poverty. We also have a terrible homeless problem, our roads are crappy, almost every state or county construction project has to be torn down and rebuilt because of crappy construction. The list goes on (including what SEARCH said about so many folks working multiple jobs – that’s because employers only have to pay – yes HAVE – to pay health insurance for anyone who works 20+ hours/wk, so they hire multiple folks to work 19 hrs/wk and folks get multiple jobs to get the hours). 50 years of progressive Dem rule, and this is it, this is all – this is what you all have to look forward to, PLUS a lot of you have crappy weather, to boot! lol. So, all you out there who think Obama‘s way’s the right way, try come live in HI for awhile (most peeps don’t last more than 2 years before some family member on the mainland has to bail them out and send them a ticket home).
Report Post »CaptainSpaulding
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:45pmHow’s that “Hope and Change” working out for you in the Aloha state?
Report Post »konakoka
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 7:35amDo you think that everyone here is a liberal? Don’t be an ass. I live here and put up with it daily. Do you think stupid comments like yours are going to help. Our state is so small it had a negligible effect on the national election as well, whether it voted Democrat or Republican it does not ever make a difference unfortunately. So how do I like the hopey changey thing, I don’t, I even have that very bumper sticker on my car but you directing that comment at a little state such as Hawaii does not show any class and as a fellow conservative I question your intelligence?
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:33pmWith the price of gas going through the roof, why hasn’t some enterprising company begun to install natural gas filling stations, maybe along commuter routes? It should be relatively simple to install a natural gas conversion kit for autos, with a small tank, good for perhaps 100 miles of driving. Such a conversion could use natural gas as an ALTERNATE fuel, permitting the motorist go back to gasoline when the natural gas runs out. I‘d be happy to ’fill-up’ even daily, if it were convenient enough, to save a substantial amount on the cost of gasoline! It would be really neat if you could install a small compressor at home and ‘fill-up’ overnight from your natural gas line! Just pop a hose into the back of your car and let it fill-up silently overnight (might take 30 minutes)! The tax people could require an odometer enrollment if they are worried about being left out! This would roll out quicker than electric vehicles and use the cheapest, most pleniful and cleanest combustion fuel available. And every gasoline engine in use could be converted to a dual-fuel system–you don’t have to buy a new car!!!
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 11:02pmon the overnight show Coast-to-Coast with George Noory there was a gent a few years back that talked about propane/natural gas conversion kits. He had stated that an average american car could be converted for less than $500. He also talked about converting to a straight 80/20 alcohol/water conversion for the same cost.
Report Post »Oil_Robb
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 11:40pmyou think the EPA would allow that?….lolololol
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:24amIagree with Oily the E{A is in for the BIG energy push!!
Report Post »donottreadonme
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:19pmThe high prices there do serve the state’s population right, since they vote Democrat and are generally liberal in their politics.
Report Post »donottreadonme
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:15pmYou have to pay double shipping to get the fuel there. Once to get it to the USA mainland, then again to get to the islands. But it would be cheaper if the Federal Reserve had not been printing fiat money to buy our debt with.
Report Post »SEARCH4TRUTH
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:13pmHello,
To all of you who are mad at Hawaii, there are many of us here who are frustrated also. Please don’t lump us all in together, and throw us all to the wolves. There are many of us trying to wake up the liberal majority to their mistakes, and bad choices. It is difficult to fight decades of indoctrination.
I agree that these prices are all part of a plan, a bad plan. Most people here work 2 or 3 jobs just to put food on the table etc. Gas is just one of our problems.
We (Americans) need to stay strong in our fight for Truth and the Saving of the Republic. Unity and Truth Will Prevail.
Report Post »JohnnyJT South Philly
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:43pmObummer won’t be happy till gas is $10 Plus
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:55pmOn the “ hill” they pump on our dime, so they no care nothing for us peons, no sir nothing.
Report Post »ampatriot
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:42pmhow is that hope and change working for you now?
Report Post »Mary M. Tebbe
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:39pmOur gas is $4.29.9/gallon today. I don’t see many cars on the road anymore. The American people are being robbed blind, and nothing is being done about it. My husband was wondering if any of those tax monies will be filtering down to the schools, as he is facing cuts now of $675,000 to an already school budget that was slashed last year to the bare bones.
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:36pm9,056,000 barrels of oil per day produced in the U.S.A. avg in 2009. So why do they charge O.P.E.C prices? Avg oil production this year is above (slightly) the last 3 years. There’s plenty of fuel on the market its just that people need that 5th house. I passed a Lukoil (russian) gas station that was out of gas. Like in the 70s.
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:58pmPubicsheep,
Report Post »The marketis a wunnerful thing isn’t iot?! Oh, yeah, an then there’s technology. An of course lets no forget your little tree hugging friends at the EPA. Lawsuits, leases, permits and rehabing locations, copurtesy of the K Salazar. Don’t worry your little head about production, the cavalry is on the way to shut it down HARD!!
Oil_Robb
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 11:36pmIts all good….USA gets 40% of its crude from Canada and since Barry Ubama took office our dollar has gone up over 20%….. keep not drilling because we have the largest reseves in the world up here and are making a piss pot full of money
Report Post »caprica
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:36pm“In 1997, 400 African-American farmers sued the United States Department of Agriculture, alleging that they had been unfairly denied USDA loans due to racial discrimination during the period 1983 to 1997.”
The case was entitled “Pigford vs. Glickman” and in 1999, the black farmers won their case.
The government agreed to pay each of them as much as $50,000 to settle their claims.
But then on February 23, 2010, something shocking happened in relation to that original judgment: In total silence, the USDA agreed to release more funds to “Pigford”.
The amount was a staggering…… $1.25 billion. This was because the original number of plaintiffs – 400 black farmers had now swollen, in a class action suit, to include a total of 86,000 black farmers throughout America.
There was only one teensy problem:
The United States of America doesn’t have 86,000 black farmers!!!!
According to accurate and totally verifiable Official USDA 2007 Census census data, the total number of black farmers throughout America is only 39,697.
Hmmm….. by the Official USDA 1992 Census data the US had only 18,816 black farmers!!
Oops!!
Well, gosh – how on earth did 39,697 explode into the fraudulent 86,000 claims??
And how did $50,000 explode into $1.25 billion??
Well, folks, you’ll just have to ask the woman who not only spearheaded this case because of her position in 1997 at the “Rural Development Leadership Network”, but whose family received the highest single payout (approximately $13 million) from that action – Shirley Sherrod.
Oops again!!
Yes, folks it appears that Ms. Sherrod had just unwittingly exposed herself as the perpetrator of one of the biggest fraud claims in the history of the United States – -
a fraud enabled solely because she screamed racism at the government and cowed them into submission.
And it gets even more interesting…
Ms. Sherrod has also exposed the person who aided and abetted her in this race fraud.
As it turns out, the original judgment of “Pigford vs. Glickman” in 1999 only applied to a total of about 16,000 black farmers.
But….in 2008, a junior US Senator got a law passed to reopen the case and allow more black farmers to sue for funds.
The Senator was Barack Hussein Obama..
Because this law was passed in dead silence, and because the woman responsible for spearheading it was an obscure USDA official, American taxpayers did not realize that they had just been forced in the midst of a worldwide recession to pay out more than $1.25 billion to settle a race claim.
But Andy Breitbart knew. And on Monday, July 22, 2010, he cleverly laid a trap which Sherrod – - and Obama + his cronies – - stumbled headfirst into which has now resulted in the entire world discovering the existence of this corrupt financial judgment.
Report Post »As for Ms. Sherrod?? Well, she‘s discovering too late that her cry of ’racism’ to the media which was intended to throw the spotlight on Breitbart
ArmyGirl
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:33pmIf the Saudi’s want to cut us off then I say go right ahead, we need to tap into our own resources. And I don’t think it will damage the environment, we have scientists, engineers etc, we can process crude oil also, don’t they refine oil in the Middle East, don’t we think that we are smarter then them? does it effect the environment over there? And if it’s bad for the environment over there I guess thats ok because its way over there, right? (That question is for environmentalists) Since Obama gave a permit for Brazil to drill in the Gulf, then if we buy gas from them it should be like $50 Cents per Gallon!!!!!! It is Cass Sunstein’s fault we in the U.S. cannot drill here. It should be us drilling in the Gulf and selling it to Brazil!
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:29pmI think boycotting Hawaii because it continues to hide the truth and supports the lies surrounding the noman would be a real good thing for AMERICANS to do. Sorta like following the noman’s commands for people to avoid Las Vegas. Turn about fair kick in the maximum gluteus. (sp?)
Report Post »konakoka
Posted on May 6, 2011 at 7:20amWhat kind of attitude is that, you and I are part of the same country. I live here in Hawaii, I did not vote for Obama. We the people have nothing to do with hiding any truth/untruth from the nation. You promote hate and division within your own people. How do you think this nation will possibly stand against someone like obama when people like you are tearing it down and dividing us? We should be banding together against obama not calling for a boycott of a small little state like Hawaii that only survives because of tourism. Am I understanding you correctly? Crooked politicians exist everywhere, including Hawaii, but do not punish the people that live here. We are not all liberals either. Direct your anger and hate where it belongs please. We have a saying here, LIVE ALOHA. Do you know one of the reasons that Hawaii has the longest life expectancy of all the states? It is because we LIVE ALOHA
Report Post »vivrobbins
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:29pmGoing according to the plan, as far as Obama wants high gas prices. That was the campaign from the start. Energy skyrocketing, gas, power, oil, coal, he wants it all green. He wants us as poor as the desert dwellers. I heard him comment on Saudi, saying that it don’t matter much for them, they have $100k per capita, per year, so it won’t matter them. So I guess if you are rich he wouldn’t be able to squeeze until we are poor and repent of our evil ways of being a selfish, and driving gas eating dinosaurs. After all he said if we didn’t like the gas prices we could trade our cars in for a green car.
Report Post »I’ll be so glad when he is gone.
eat-more-bacon-USA
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:16pmA cheeseburger (and $6.03 per gallon gas) in paradise – Heaven on earth with an onion slice?
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:30pmBetter be a pickle and cold glass of beer with that order. lol
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:46pm@AMERICANSTREGA
Report Post »Better the brats and beer (Johnsonville and Coors-can’t do the lite)
AmericanStrega
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:15pmSo what are we suppose to do when gas prices get so high we can’t afford to drive to work, quit and go on welfare? Ohhhh, wait a minute. Now I get it.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:25pmObama will pay for your gas & mortgage , just ask Peggy :
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P36×8rTb3jI
AmericanStrega
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:31pmI don’t what that Obama Money Cheez. I’d rather walk the 26 miles, oneway, to work instead. ;)
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:02pmAmericanStrega
Report Post »I don’t what that Obama Money
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Oh take it, he has plenty of money in his stash :D
Obama ! Obama !
AmericanStrega
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:29pmNope. Sorry Cheez. Can’t do it. Uh-uh. No way. Nope. :)
Report Post »(Thanks for the response. You’re one of my favorites on The Blaze. Along with Kickagrandma, Showtime and Snow). Cheers!
Socialism_Is_The_New_Black
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 12:58am@cheezwhiz lmao wouldn’t you like a where are they now special of some of those clowns? I’d like to catch up on the Obma gonna pay my bills, the Obama stash women, and Julio Osegueda from Florida.
Report Post »Fogell
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:12pmNot Califournia?
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:18pmI lost the bet too!
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:52pmWhat’s funny is Chicago has the highest prices in the lower 55, I mean 48. ; ). !!!!!!!
Report Post »Oil_Robb
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 11:38pmI wonder how thats all working out for all those blacks that thought becase Barry Ubama won the election that they wouldnt have to pay for food or gas…..oh thats right in America 1-7 are on food stamps…..
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:11pmSeems all we heardin the pas was Bush’s oil buddies were getting rich. The lame stream media continues to add to the side of being bias,unfair and downright unreadable!
Report Post »SAYNOTOSOCIALISM
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:09pmSeeing how they have to import DIRT, I’m not surprised… my guess is the rest of us will be paying that very, very soon. All part of the master plan.
Report Post »bikermama
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:09pmWas wondering if those folks in Hawaii are proud they helped put their “favorite son” in office now. California too. Let all the liberal states gas skyrocket, serve them right. Maybe we could make that a law, if your state was responsible for this train wreck of an administration, then you pay, leave the rest of us (here in the south, who had sense enough to vote against him) alone and our gas prices.
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:26pm@bikermama
Report Post »Trouble is even if their stupid and their costs go up…we end having to bail their dumb behinds out. Best thing to do is get rid of this administration and drill baby drill!! Heck it costs a fortune to fill my bike, let alone my truck!!
http://www.AllenWestforPresident.us
bikermama
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 2:29am@ 8JRTS.. Yeah so true. We would end up bailing all their liberal butts out. The only thing that may be good about the gas prices going up is the idiots who voted him in, my wake up. (not all, just enough, I am a realist). And yes, the Goldwing sure is costing more these days too. My husband rides it to work daily now, instead of when he was in the mood, cheaper than the Explorer.
Report Post »nomercy63
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:06pmHows that Obama thing working for you Hawaii? You voted for him last election and during his last visit didn’t see any big protest.
Report Post »Rubicon
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 1:36amI live in Hawaii and share your same sentiment. I was born and raised here and many people in this state are a bunch of LIBS!!! It drives me crazy!
Report Post »bikermama
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:03pmGuess we should complain. Gas shouldn’t be no more then $2.50, period. What are they trying to make us feel better about what we pay, because at least its not bad. BS, is what I say. All of it is ridiculous. And at the rate we are going we will be paying $6.00 a gal, then I guess theirs will be $8.00 or $9.00.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:10pmbikermama
Report Post »Gas shouldn’t be no more then $2.50, period.
————–
You mean like when Bush was around ???
BubbaT
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:15pmAre you kidding me? Gas in America shouldn’t be more than 1.25. Exxon and all the other cabals are making record profits and we sit back and take it. BS!!!!!
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:27pm@cheeze Sorry, but $4.75 is what I remember it being with Bush.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:28pm@ buubat
actually, oil companies make only .02 per gallon of gas
the government makes almost 80 cents or better per gallon
NOW WHO IS MAKING BILLIONS????
Report Post »Mannax
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:36pmBubbat: Hate to tell you this but the Oil Companies only make a 6-8% profit margin. While it sucks, if you really want them to lower the cost of gas, we need to do these 5 simple steps.
1) Allow drilling in U.S. Territory and to have the EPA (FED) quit trying to stop it.
Report Post »2) Forbid speculation of oil unless the speculators take delivery of the oil they are speculating on. (They must take delivery of it, not just say that they can.) This will take speculation out of the market almost entirely.
3) Reduce the number of blends of gasoline in the U.S. to 8 instead of the nearly 100 required by various states. Two blends (one summer and one winter) for the northern climates, the mid-north, the mid-south and the southern climates. This will reduce the change over costs for refineries.
4) Allow new more effective refineries to be built. We haven’t had a new one since Carter was in office.
5) Stop the FED from printing so much damned money. The more they print, the less each dollar is worth. The less each dollar is worth, the more that those producing the oil want for the oil. Oil prices go up almost equal to the value of the dollar declining. (Mark the decline against gold, not other world currencies.)
cheezwhiz
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:45pm@ Exrepublisheep
Report Post »IIRC, it never went above $ 3.19 for super , in bay area, which is one of the most expensive.
But for most of 2008, it was $ 2.99 for super , and that was higher than 2007 prices .
In fact when prices started shooting up like crazy , there was panic :
( Notice the date)
http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-01-06/business/17470273_1_crude-oil-california-s-average-price-oil-futures-market
BetterDays
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:49pmOil producers make 2¢ a gallon, Federal tax per gallon is 60¢. Still oil producers reel huge quarterly profits, how? By selling a ton of gasoline? Where does this tax money go to, to fix roads only? 2009 budget was 72 billion for transportation department, no budget in 2010 because the Democrats were to busy buying at Needless Markup to bother to do a budget. That’s roughly 138 billion gallons of gas taxes worth, estimated. The national yearly consumption rate is @146 billion gallons per year, so were close on numbers, good. BUT the budget says 72 billion was allocated, not tax revenue, is that over and above the 92.4 billion they get from the gas tax? What are the expenditures?
Report Post »Seems to me that if we want good highways we should pay a tax, to the state to maintain the roads, instead of the FEd taxing us and in all their glorious efficiency passing it on to the States. Gee why don’t we just fire the 112,000 Federal employees who sit about in their polyester suits eating doughnuts on our dime? There’s a money saving opportunity if I ever saw one!
bikermama
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 2:21amno I mean as in all these morons in DC for the past 35 years, since the “oil shortages” of the 70′s should have done solved this problem. We should have opened every avenue of drilling and been building refineries. It is just plain stupid that we are relying on other nations for our energy needs, when we have plenty here. No matter what “bubble” we seem to get, it would not affect the economy nearly as much if we wouldn’t have spikes in energy. When gas goes over $4.00 a gallon this country will once again be brought to the brink of collapse. I for one absolutely can not afford it. It is already changing our spending and savings habits. And I for one was no fan of Bush. I am a libertarian.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:01pmGood for Hawaii!
Report Post »psycodad36
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:36pmif only they could learn how to run they’re cars on (green) lava.it would solve all the worlds problems.
Report Post »yes we should have lava subsidies.that will end global warming.(ha)
Showtime
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:01pmI don’t think anyone has to worry about me and driving to Hawaii.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:06pmNotwithstanding the sudden shift of attention to the death of Osama bin Laden, gas prices are becoming a major political issue that could shape the landscape ahead of the 2012 presidential election.
Report Post »————–
No way high gas prices will shape the landscape ahead of the 2012 elections.
We knew that Obama wanted gas prices to necessarily skyrocket in 2008, and yet 98% of African-Americans, 100% of illegals , and every democrat and most independents voted for him
crackerone
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:17pmComing to a state near you!
Report Post »thestimulusmonkey
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:18pmSoon we will all be paying that much per gallon. The best thing the GOP has going for it in 2012 is OPEC.
Report Post »Laid Back Taps
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:18pmYou know Im 25 Now But I Remember Growing Up When I was Younger And Seeing Gas Below a Buck When We Use To Travel Down South… $3-4 Ain’t a Gift
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:22pmHows that hopey changey going for you Hawaii? Curious where are all the libs who were pointing fingers at Bush & Cheney(not a fan of them just using them as an example) aiding their big oil buddies now?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:29pmConsidering the fact, as I understand of it, all gas and oil needs to be shipped into Hawaii, then it would be understandable for being high – not necessarily that high though. We are seeing one of the next major political debates as CHEEZEWHIZ mentions.
What it comes down to is which do people want the most, energy independance, or a socialist and progressive country that will turn into a nightmare of epic proportions.
We face so many major and tough challenges, the true leaders of the country will be those who are willing to face and make the tough choices happen. Or we will go into the night with a wimp at the helm of the ship.
One possibility to consider:
In late ‘11 or early ’12, Obama will decide to let permits for offshore drilling to ‘go forth and prosper’ and if he becomes the second term POTUS, promptly have them yanked. Perfect political move on his part.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:33pmYou should see all the folks at McDonalds drive thru, idling for da kine, Spam & eggs for breakfast.
Report Post »Mannax
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:37pmIf you really want them to lower the cost of gas, we need to do these 5 simple steps.
1) Allow drilling in U.S. Territory and to have the EPA (FED) quit trying to stop it.
Report Post »2) Forbid speculation of oil unless the speculators take delivery of the oil they are speculating on. (They must take delivery of it, not just say that they can.) This will take speculation out of the market almost entirely.
3) Reduce the number of blends of gasoline in the U.S. to 8 instead of the nearly 100 required by various states. Two blends (one summer and one winter) for the northern climates, the mid-north, the mid-south and the southern climates. This will reduce the change over costs for refineries.
4) Allow new more effective refineries to be built. We haven’t had a new one since Carter was in office.
5) Stop the FED from printing so much damned money. The more they print, the less each dollar is worth. The less each dollar is worth, the more that those producing the oil want for the oil. Oil prices go up almost equal to the value of the dollar declining. (Mark the decline against gold, not other world currencies.)
Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:54pmGas only costs 10 cents a gallon, what’s the problem. Don’t think so, check it out:
Report Post »http://www.usgoldcoinauctions.com/gold-coin-blog/2011/04/the-price-of-gas-is-only-10-cents-a-gallon-whats-the-problem/
banjarmon
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:01pm@ Mannax
Report Post »Well said….And as Sarah said….DRILL BABY DRILL
crackerone
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:02pmMe thinks they are working on a plan re our license plates. With all the vanity plates, odd and even won’t cut it this day and age. Maybe a new license plate czar will figure out who gets gas on what day or week!
Report Post »marine249
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:34pmLAID BACK TAPS
I can remenber when I was a kid.
We got gas for $0.07 when we had gas wars.
Report Post »Finch88
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 11:07pmLiving in Hawaii driving trips can’t be that far.
http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 11:08pmDon’t worry, most of the state has gas prices at only $4.50 or so. Certainly not driving any more than necessary, just going surfing and to the grocery store, luckily work at home.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 11:13pmOh by the way, Hana, where these prices are is on Maui miles away from anything, it’s a 3 + hour drive to get there on a narrow winding road with no other gas station for miles or hours away, so they can justify the price, I guess.
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 12:49amAmericans better get used to paying ten to 15 dollars a gallon for gas. Thats where we are headed.
Report Post »And it wont make a difference how they vote. We will have 20 dollar a gallon gas and 95% unemployment before people even begin to wake up.
Just turn on the ball game and grab another beer. Obama 2012.
avenger
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 6:00amdrill baby drill and drill some more….
Report Post »dustyluv
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 7:39amYES yes and they are already working on obamas reelection campaign… See they love this guy no matter what…
Report Post »maumau
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 8:24amor death valley
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