CarAndDriver

I noticed the same increase at the pump too. Coincidence, I think not.

DrDiaboloco

You may THINK not, but it IS. Until you can explain to me how the Republicans are somehow responsible for lowering gasoline prices before the election, using sources unrelated to the kind of websites that think the US didn't land on the moon, I will continue to be supremely skeptical that Dubya and Co. can have any material effect on world oil prices.

I guess it's crazy to notice that more often than not oil (and gasoline) prices drop after the peak summer season, continue to decline through November, and then pick back up as the weather starts to get colder... Even in NON-election years. I gather I also shouldn't ask why the Republicans allowed the price of oil to get so high in the first place, knowing full well how the public would remember the $3/gal stuff only a few months after those peaks, when they headed to the voting booth.

Oh, I forgot, George had to line the pockets of his buddies as long as he could and then lower prices to keep his OTHER buddies in office, right? I guess that was a bad strategy, seeing as how the Republicans lost so badly last week. Those silly Republicans!

C'mon, use a little bit of critical thinking here.

ken-x8

Is it normal for gas prices to go down by almost a third in the fall?

Didn't know about the ram's bladder thing. Now I know what they're diluting the gas with. As long as it prevents earthquakes, though, I guess it's OK.

Ken

DrDiaboloco

Was it normal for the price of gasoline to increase by more than a third in the spring? That's what happened between mid-February and early May? That's what happened in MY neck of the woods.

Things have been topsy-turvy in the price-o'-gasoline world for the last year and a half. To attribute this to a political party, or even laying ALL the blame on the oil companies, completely ignores the world market for the stuff. For instance, do you think that the Republicans control OPEC?

Raptor75

Of course it is interesting to note here in Chicago that after watching prices drop for the last couple of monthly one week after the elections they are up by 10 cents.

ken-x8

Au contraire.

Where I live (DC burbs, Virginia side) gas prices have held steady or dropped a few cents since the election. I presume that's to let all the former congressmen and their staffs get a final affordable fill-up for their drive back home.

My gas mileage still seems to be OK, so it looks like they're not doing the ram pee dilution around here - yet.

Ken

Torchmonkey

Damb it...I voted Republican and my gas mileage went down 1.8. I should have known better.

Hyperborea

How about the multi-generational family links between the House of Saud and the House of Bush? Just one of many connections is the bin-Laden family seeing that W's company Arbusto didn't end up bust. Without that infusion of capital (and when Arbusto merged with Harken Energy) W would have never succeeded at anything in life - or at least not yet.

DrDiaboloco

Ah, yes, a picture of Bush with a Saudi prince. That seals it.

I especially like the cute "House of Bush" comment. How silly of me.

If I may echo ken rx-8's post... For my area, the lowest price for gasoline in the last month was actually THREE WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION. Gas had been increasing in price up to, and through, the date of the election... The Indiana average for a gallon of regular is basically the same today as it was on 11/3 (4 days before the election) and on 10/26 (11 days before the election) and is actually five cents cheaper than it was the day after the election (the peak price for the last 30 days). That's one cent more than it was on election day.

Locally, of course, your price may vary. I guess Dubya and his cronies haven't fixed the prices in my state because it typically votes Republican.

Nationally, according to a graph I just read, the price of unleaded has risen 3 cents since election day. I'd think that the houses of Saud and Bush could do a LOT better than that to get back at the populace that threw the majority in the direction of their enemies.

yiksing

HAHAHAHAAAAA

mac11

iTrader: (1)

Do you realize the amount of money $.03/gallon generates?


Why could it possibly have been linked to the republican party? Because big business( *gasp* oil companies) love republicans in power that have let the regulatory bodies go lax on their standards and other measures that have resulted in record profits. Democrats, in general, tax and regulate more and don't pander quite as much to big business. I heard the speculation on every broadcast from cnn to nbc that "lower gas prices could be an off the books campaign contribution to the incumbant party". Yes i said MAY. I am not sure that this is what is happening, there are market forces at play and I have read articles on both sides. I still think its funny that right around election time gas prices start going back up. It may or may not be true but it just makes you think about just how corrupt and evil our government really is.

zoom44

oooh lookie here- politics, illogical unfounded conspiracy theories and mpg all in one thread. hooray. thread closed