Topic: Gas prices
started by: Self-Banished
Posted by Self-Banished on Jan. 04 2015,1:56 pm
How much is gas where you're at?I paid $1.76 at the Costco in Maple grove this morning
Posted by hairhertz on Jan. 04 2015,8:54 pm
$1.97 in Little Falls
Posted by Self-Banished on Jan. 05 2015,5:09 am
Oil falls to 51 and change this am
Posted by Botto 82 on Jan. 05 2015,6:31 am
Enjoy it while it lasts. I have little doubt this is just an indicator of the next big market crash... 
Posted by Self-Banished on Jan. 05 2015,6:40 am
^^yeah, you're most likely right, but it's nice for now.
Posted by MADDOG on Jan. 06 2015,11:23 am
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< Time’s Global Warmist Said Science Proved $2 Gas was Impossible, Michele Bachmann Proved Him Wrong >
Global Warmists use “science” the way that their ancestors used magic. Case in point, Bryan Walsh, Time’s current Foreign Editor, who was writing about the environment and the election in 2011.
Walsh claimed that the only way to lower gas prices would be to go into a (deeper?) recession and that increasing supply wouldn’t work. Instead he insisted that the only way to do it would be with more Priuses.
Like all Warmunists, Walsh was wrong. Shale and the Saudi energy dumping resulting from it (despite his predictions that OPEC would reduce production, it increased production) gas is coming down.
And Bachmann took to Twitter to celebrate.
Lefty sites are predictably mocking her while claiming that Obama deserves the credit, but Obama fought new energy all the way. The difference wasn’t made by energy efficient cars, but by increasing supply.
The progressives were wrong and they knew they were wrong.
Global Warmists use “science” the way that their ancestors used magic. Case in point, Bryan Walsh, Time’s current Foreign Editor, who was writing about the environment and the election in 2011.
Walsh claimed that the only way to lower gas prices would be to go into a (deeper?) recession and that increasing supply wouldn’t work. Instead he insisted that the only way to do it would be with more Priuses.
Like all Warmunists, Walsh was wrong. Shale and the Saudi energy dumping resulting from it (despite his predictions that OPEC would reduce production, it increased production) gas is coming down.
And Bachmann took to Twitter to celebrate.
Lefty sites are predictably mocking her while claiming that Obama deserves the credit, but Obama fought new energy all the way. The difference wasn’t made by energy efficient cars, but by increasing supply.
The progressives were wrong and they knew they were wrong.
Posted by Liberal on Jan. 06 2015,11:40 am
God, she's as dumb as you.< http://www.salon.com/2015...st_hits >
Posted by Liberal on Jan. 06 2015,12:19 pm
The right wing liar has a few mistakes in what Walsh actually said.QUOTE
Look, there are good economic arguments for increasing oil exploration at the U.S. that have nothing to do with gas prices. Every barrel of oil we can produce at home rather than importing reduces our trade deficit and supports valuable domestic jobs. (You may hate them, but the oil and gas industry provides some of the best-paying jobs in the country for those without a college degree.) But the oil market is a global one, and it will be rising demand from developing countries like China and India that will really change prices. The U.S. President, as the Atlantic‘s Alexis Madrigal writes, can’t control that. The only way we can try to reduce the price of gas effectively — or at least, shield Americans from the economic burden of high prices — is through more fuel-efficient cars, which would reduce demand. But Bachmann has opposed raising fuel-efficiency standards — and for that matter, energy-efficient lightbulbs. There’s nothing in her record or her statements to indicate that she would support the kind of policies that help break America’s dependency on expensive energy.
< http://science.time.com/2011...fantasy >
Posted by MADDOG on Jan. 07 2015,9:17 am
You just seem to have a problem with everyone being less intelligent than you? I post a little satire from an article that could have just as easily been from the Onion and all of a sudden everyone's a right wing liar.
I guess if my post was to stir some ire from the lefties that are still desperately clinging to Bambino as being a savior...
It worked!
Posted by Expatriate on Jan. 07 2015,11:05 am
^you should change your name from maddog to flip flop
Posted by Liberal on Jan. 07 2015,4:30 pm
Satire? What part was satire? Was it satirical because you posted rightwing lies like you do every other day?Wait, do you even know what satire means?
Posted by Self-Banished on Jan. 07 2015,4:50 pm
Satire is what the rug jockeys come in a kill you for
Posted by grassman on Jan. 08 2015,5:41 am
(Self-Banished @ Jan. 07 2015,4:50 pm)
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Satire is what the rug jockeys come in a kill you for
That makes about as much sense as ...tree took at from there be.
Posted by Self-Banished on Jan. 08 2015,6:11 am
(grassman @ Jan. 08 2015,5:41 am)
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(Self-Banished @ Jan. 07 2015,4:50 pm)
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Satire is what the rug jockeys come in a kill you for
That makes about as much sense as ...tree took at from there be.
Have we been consuming again?
A little ealy isn't it?
Posted by MADDOG on Jan. 08 2015,9:27 am
(Liberal @ Jan. 07 2015,4:30 pm)
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Satire? What part was satire? Was it satirical because you posted rightwing lies like you do every other day?
Wait, do you even know what satire means?
Wait, do you even know what satire means?
Satire- the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule
Didn't you find that article from frontpagemag.com humorous? Some warm monger claiming the only way to lower gas prices was a deep recession and that increasing supplies couldn't lower prices?
No, the biggest humor from that is your very own Michele standing next to that gas price sign.
Posted by grassman on Jan. 08 2015,11:25 am
(Self-Banished @ Jan. 08 2015,6:11 am)
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(grassman @ Jan. 08 2015,5:41 am)
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(Self-Banished @ Jan. 07 2015,4:50 pm)
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Satire is what the rug jockeys come in a kill you for
That makes about as much sense as ...tree took at from there be.
Have we been consuming again?
A little ealy isn't it?
Just in a good mood, try it some time!
Posted by Self-Banished on Jan. 08 2015,2:40 pm
(grassman @ Jan. 08 2015,11:25 am)
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(Self-Banished @ Jan. 08 2015,6:11 am)
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(grassman @ Jan. 08 2015,5:41 am)
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(Self-Banished @ Jan. 07 2015,4:50 pm)
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Satire is what the rug jockeys come in a kill you for
That makes about as much sense as ...tree took at from there be.
Have we been consuming again?
A little ealy isn't it?
Just in a good mood, try it some time!
I'm always in a good mood, doesn't't pay not to be.
I was thinking you'd been in the same frame of mind as the other night when you were laughing at a three year old post.
Posted by irisheyes on Jan. 09 2015,12:07 pm
Gas below two bucks, I didn't think I'd see that again. It was $1.92 last time I filled up.
Posted by Botto 82 on Jan. 09 2015,12:18 pm
(irisheyes @ Jan. 09 2015,12:07 pm)
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Gas below two bucks, I didn't think I'd see that again. It was $1.92 last time I filled up.
Yeah, and you know what followed, the last time this happened - a drastic market correction on Wall Street.
I'm not saying the two are directly related, but these things tend to run in cycles.
Posted by Self-Banished on Jan. 09 2015,1:34 pm
I saw $2.69 diesel today I share your worries Botto, but I'm also worried about Putin will do, he's kind of an all or nothing guy.
Posted by Botto 82 on Jan. 09 2015,3:27 pm
(Self-Banished @ Jan. 09 2015,1:34 pm)
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I saw $2.69 diesel today
I share your worries Botto, but I'm also worried about Putin will do, he's kind of an all or nothing guy.
I share your worries Botto, but I'm also worried about Putin will do, he's kind of an all or nothing guy.
Yeah. 2015 Russia is looking more and more like 1940 Japan.
Posted by grassman on Jan. 09 2015,4:01 pm
(Self-Banished @ Jan. 08 2015,2:40 pm)
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(grassman @ Jan. 08 2015,11:25 am)
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(Self-Banished @ Jan. 08 2015,6:11 am)
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(Self-Banished @ Jan. 07 2015,4:50 pm)
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Satire is what the rug jockeys come in a kill you for
That makes about as much sense as ...tree took at from there be.
Have we been consuming again?
A little ealy isn't it?
Just in a good mood, try it some time!
I'm always in a good mood, doesn't't pay not to be.
I was thinking you'd been in the same frame of mind as the other night when you were laughing at a three year old post.
I was in a good mood then as well. Don't you ever see something from the past that makes you bust a gut?
Posted by Liberal on Jan. 10 2015,5:07 pm
The politicos all want to take credit for low oil prices, but nobody asks why they couldn't have done this to give the poor, middle class, and small business owners a break on the outrageous gas prices before now.
Posted by Self-Banished on Jan. 10 2015,6:35 pm
So when does the other shoe drop.
Posted by Liberal on Jan. 10 2015,7:23 pm
When Putin/Russia is let back in the club oil has to go back up to keep him in power.Or maybe they didn't set limits because of American production increases. Maybe they wanted the price decrease to get the oil that is more expensive to extract and refine out of the market. I like this theory the most because they'd have to keep the market flooded for quite awhile for it to work.
Posted by grassman on Jan. 11 2015,6:50 am
See how people are conditioned. The price is where it always should have been,actually it is still a little high. I read that it may go all the way down to $20 a barrel.
Posted by Self-Banished on Jan. 11 2015,7:46 am
^^Yea there is a possibility of even lower oil prices, even from what I'm hearing into the 30's. 20's? Doubtful. But even in the 30's countries like Russia and Venezuela will have a meltdown, even more so now for Venezuela, they're in economic collapse. As mentioned in earlier posts, Putin is one dangerous animal, I don't see him sitting back much longer. Enjoy the prices while you can.
< http://www.bloomberg.com/news...er.html >
Posted by Marneman on Jan. 13 2015,1:44 am
I'm more worried about Congress and the state legislature talking about raising the gas tax!! I just want to know will they lower the tax back down when the price goes up!!Dumb Bastards
Posted by This is my real name on Jan. 13 2015,8:51 am
(Marneman @ Jan. 13 2015,1:44 am)
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I'm more worried about Congress and the state legislature talking about raising the gas tax!! I just want to know will they lower the tax back down when the price goes up!!
Dumb Bastards
Dumb Bastards
What? LOWER the gas tax when the prices go back up? That's not how it works.
Posted by Marneman on Jan. 27 2015,1:56 am
Again Dayton announced that he wants to raise the gas tax 6% and raise our license plate fees on top of that!!They say it's to help with road improvements! What are they spending all the money that their getting now on?
Idiots in St. Paul getting greedy while the price is low.
that's for you Dayton!!
Posted by Self-Banished on Jan. 27 2015,5:11 am
They're spending our transportation dollar on light rail.
Posted by grassman on Jan. 27 2015,5:45 am
I thought I seen on the news that they was going to raise it $.065 on wholesale which would mean about $.16 at the pump. How the heck does that work? 
Posted by Botto 82 on Jan. 27 2015,10:11 am
(Marneman @ Jan. 27 2015,1:56 am)
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What are they spending all the money that their getting now on?
Light rail.
Posted by Botto 82 on Jan. 27 2015,10:12 am
Sorry, SB. Posted that before I saw your response.
Posted by Self-Banished on Jan. 27 2015,11:38 am
(Botto 82 @ Jan. 27 2015,10:12 am)
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Sorry, SB. Posted that before I saw your response.
Oh no problem, maybe if it gets said enough libs will get the idea that the light rail the state is spending billions on benefits very few.
Posted by alcitizens on Jan. 27 2015,12:42 pm
Numerous benefits with train systemsRead More: < http://www.ushsr.com/benefits.html >
Top 10 Fastest Trains in the World
< View on YouTube >
"Cities that have high speed rail will be more competitive and better positioned to attract tourism, businesses, and high quality personnel."
Bring on High Speed Rail
Posted by Botto 82 on Jan. 27 2015,2:21 pm
Minneapolis - St. Paul HAD one of the best LRT systems in the country, until crooks dismantled it. Watch "Lost Twin Cities" sometime.
Posted by Liberal on Jan. 27 2015,4:33 pm
< http://www.minnpost.com/citysca...bargain >
Posted by Botto 82 on Jan. 27 2015,4:53 pm
Were the construction costs figured in, or is this just the operational cost once the system was built?
Posted by Liberal on Jan. 27 2015,5:06 pm
Rail is cheaper to build and maintain than roads. If you include the cost of building the rail then you would also have to figure in the cost of building roads.
Posted by Self-Banished on Jan. 27 2015,6:06 pm
Our roads already exist, Mega mal to Mps-not quite a billion
St.Paul to Mpls- 1 billion
The proposed routes of Eden Praire to Mpls and Cottage Grove to St.Paul are looking to be about 3billion tota, more when it extends to Rochester.
I'm not sure what the North Star cost but it's probably a good bet that the BN gets a good size chunk for use of their trackage.
One could probably put this all together to fix every road in
Minn.
I haven't heard anything of running tracks to po'dunk land.
Posted by Liberal on Jan. 27 2015,7:34 pm
Really all our roads already exist? Does the road fairy build and maintain them?
Posted by Self-Banished on Jan. 27 2015,8:19 pm
I run on them every dayLet's take the money from light rail to maintain them.
You don't think they exist? You need to quit driving across people's lawns.
Posted by Liberal on Jan. 27 2015,8:27 pm
I didn't say roads don't exist, try again. Remember top to bottom, left to right... a group of words together is called a sentence. Take Tylenol for any headaches... Midol for any cramps.
Posted by Rosalind_Swenson on Jan. 27 2015,11:05 pm
Americans pay far less than most other countries, but complain about the price more than most other countries.We should nationalize our resources like most countries have.
Posted by alcitizens on Jan. 28 2015,3:44 am
(Rosalind_Swenson @ Jan. 27 2015,11:05 pm)
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Americans pay far less than most other countries, but complain about the price more than most other countries.
We should nationalize our resources like most countries have.
We should nationalize our resources like most countries have.
How could you ever say such a thing?
Posted by Self-Banished on Jan. 28 2015,5:03 am
(Rosalind_Swenson @ Jan. 27 2015,11:05 pm)
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Americans pay far less than most other countries, but complain about the price more than most other countries.
We should nationalize our resources like most countries have.
We should nationalize our resources like most countries have.
Oh Roz...
Posted by Self-Banished on Jan. 28 2015,5:19 am
(Liberal @ Jan. 27 2015,8:27 pm)
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I didn't say roads don't exist, try again. Remember top to bottom, left to right... a group of words together is called a sentence. Take Tylenol for any headaches... Midol for any cramps.
Yes, I know what you mean but you did say the road fairy (from what I've heard Alky's the road fairy) I guess what gets me is that very few will benefit from these billions being spent on light rail. The maintenance, the land acquisition, the construction, etc services only those living in a small sector when our roads and bridges need repairs or replacing.
Up here the bus service still runs lines along side the exsisting rail lines, why? The trains are nothing more than image, keeping up with the Jones, being stylish.
Posted by alcitizens on Jan. 28 2015,8:08 am
The best states to live in are the ones that keep up with technology, the worst are those that are stuck in the 1950's or earlier..The World works the same way..
Posted by Self-Banished on Jan. 28 2015,9:48 am
^^yeah, California must be fantastic. Businesses moving out and the state has been on the verge of bankruptcy for how long now?
Posted by alcitizens on Jan. 28 2015,10:43 am
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^^yeah, California must be fantastic. Businesses moving out and the state has been on the verge of bankruptcy for how long now?
California’s economy has surpassed Russia and Italy to become the eighth-largest in the world
< http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...nto-g-8 >
Bring it on..
Posted by Self-Banished on Jan. 28 2015,11:44 am
(alcitizens @ Jan. 28 2015,10:43 am)
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^^yeah, California must be fantastic. Businesses moving out and the state has been on the verge of bankruptcy for how long now?
California’s economy has surpassed Russia and Italy to become the eighth-largest in the world
< http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...nto-g-8 >
Bring it on..
Russia's economy's in the toilet,
I think you need to evaluate you sources better😕
< http://www.businessinsider.com/china-o...2014-10 >
Posted by alcitizens on Jan. 28 2015,12:19 pm
(Self-Banished @ Jan. 28 2015,11:44 am)
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(alcitizens @ Jan. 28 2015,10:43 am)
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^^yeah, California must be fantastic. Businesses moving out and the state has been on the verge of bankruptcy for how long now?
California’s economy has surpassed Russia and Italy to become the eighth-largest in the world
< http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...nto-g-8 >
Bring it on..
Russia's economy's in the toilet,
I think you need to evaluate you sources better😕
< http://www.businessinsider.com/china-o...2014-10 >
California’s economy has STILL surpassed Russia and Italy to become the eighth-largest in the world
You're starting to get on my nerves again..
Posted by Self-Banished on Jan. 28 2015,12:50 pm
^^try that auto erotica thing again, you'll probably feel better.
Posted by alcitizens on Jan. 28 2015,1:21 pm
Since you've went off subject again, please share your erotica secrets in one post so the rest of us can get back on subject again..
Posted by Self-Banished on Jan. 28 2015,1:51 pm
(alcitizens @ Jan. 28 2015,1:21 pm)
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Since you've went off subject again, please share your erotica secrets in one post so the rest of us can get back on subject again..
You're the one that said I was getting on your nerves again, I was just trying to cheer you up.
Go on,
give it a try, look what it did for Harry Reid As far as California, considering Russia's situation now and the potential that California possesses, it's not really a big deal.
Posted by alcitizens on Jan. 28 2015,2:09 pm
Ya and the article I posted is from July which was before Russia got really hammered..How much oil does California produce?
Posted by Self-Banished on Jan. 28 2015,4:33 pm
(alcitizens @ Jan. 28 2015,2:09 pm)
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Ya and the article I posted is from July which was before Russia got really hammered..
How much oil does California produce?
How much oil does California produce?
Hardly worth mentioning, compared to their true potential.
Posted by irisheyes on Jan. 29 2015,8:29 am
(Self-Banished @ Jan. 28 2015,4:33 pm)
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Hardly worth mentioning, compared to their true potential.
Blue states tend to do better economically than red states. If you had your "potential" wish come true in California we never would have heard of Silicon Valley.
As for "businesses leaving", you're repeating what Republicans say about Minnesota. But when a state has a strong economy you're bound to have some sweatshops that go elsewhere.
Posted by Self-Banished on Jan. 29 2015,9:40 am
Over the last 5 years I've moved a lot of companies. For tax reasons, for employer requirements, some leaving to go to right to work states.
Posted by Self-Banished on Jan. 29 2015,10:35 am
Wow, $43.69 at 10:00am
Posted by irisheyes on Jan. 29 2015,4:52 pm
(Self-Banished @ Jan. 29 2015,9:40 am)
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Over the last 5 years I've moved a lot of companies. For tax reasons, for employer requirements, some leaving to go to right to work states.
Right, did you notice that the states they're moving to have a worse economy (Wisconsin or Iowa) and are leaving a state with a good economy (Minnesota)? Thanks for making my point.
I realize some people like sweatshops, but they're not good for employees or the state in general.
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some leaving to go to right to work states.
"Right to work" is a Republican slogan. Let's call it what it is, they've banned the right for unions to form. That's not good for the employees or the state in general either. Certainly good for a few folks in the corner office though, and those are the people who pay the Repub strategists to come up with catchy slogans.
Posted by Self-Banished on Jan. 29 2015,5:06 pm
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(Self-Banished @ Jan. 29 2015,9:40 am)
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Over the last 5 years I've moved a lot of companies. For tax reasons, for employer requirements, some leaving to go to right to work states.
Right, did you notice that the states they're moving to have a worse economy (Wisconsin or Iowa) and are leaving a state with a good economy (Minnesota)? Thanks for making my point.
I realize some people like sweatshops, but they're not good for employees or the state in general.
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some leaving to go to right to work states.
"Right to work" is a Republican slogan. Let's call it what it is, they've banned the right for unions to form. That's not good for the employees or the state in general either. Certainly good for a few folks in the corner office though, and those are the people who pay the Repub strategists to come up with catchy slogans.
Most of the in country moves were to North Carolina
The rest of them were overseas, India, Indonesia etc.
Right to work states a not anti Union, a worker simply has the right(like that word?) to accept or decline Union membership, as it should be. Now wether or not that union survives is up to them.
Posted by grassman on Dec. 25 2015,6:22 am
Drum roll please... WTI:$38.10 and Brent Crude:$37.89.That is the first, that I have seen our oil from the states higher than Brent, since I have been following the prices. Before, Brent was typically around $15 a barrel higher.
Posted by Self-Banished on Dec. 25 2015,6:29 am
^^ wow, I don't think I've ever seen that either or at least remember that. Diesel's $2.19, I paid $2.37 for non ox last week.
Posted by grassman on Feb. 06 2016,9:23 am
Market price on gas....$.99!!
Posted by Self-Banished on Feb. 06 2016,10:02 am
oil's going to go lower yet.Unless something stupid happens.
Back when we were paying $4..00 a gallon or so didn't Buster say that that was the sign of a robust economy
?
Posted by grassman on Feb. 10 2016,6:39 am
$.90 this morning. Now the refiners will (maintain) their refineries to raise the price.
Posted by Self-Banished on Feb. 10 2016,7:26 am
^^ no, they're selling off their winter stock before they crank up for the summer blend. Oil though was below $29 before I left the house this morning. There are noises going to sub $20.