you mean that category 2 hurricane??

....

9/12/2008 1:29:50 PM

^^ McNulty?

9/12/2008 1:30:06 PM

man im glad i bought a scooter

9/12/2008 1:30:09 PM

man I'm glad I drive a car that takes premium.

9/12/2008 1:30:37 PM

Incorrect. Even if the refineries go down, they are only responsible for 25% of the total refining capacity. And that's if ALL of them go down for an extended period. There is several days worth of fuel already in stock and in the pipelines. This should have a marginal effect on gas prices, but not creating a shortage.

It's everyone running out now and buying up all the gas that is raising demand and then creating a shortage. If everyone had a little bit of sense, the damage to supply would be much less and this whole thing wouldn't be so much of a problem.

Retard.

9/12/2008 1:31:43 PM

Yes, the category 2 hurricane.

^I bet you filled up tho.

[Edited on September 12, 2008 at 1:34 PM. Reason : +]

9/12/2008 1:31:44 PM

Quote :

"No, retard, it's the hurricane that creates the shortage."

No its the idiots in the EPA and other environmental nutjobs in the government that haven't let oil companies build any new refineries in over 28 years that has caused this problem

9/12/2008 1:33:51 PM

expect price gouging law to go in effect today... they can only charge $0.20 over their wholesale price....

http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/28285439.html

http://media.graytvinc.com/documents/price+gouging+compant+form.pdf

[Edited on September 12, 2008 at 1:36 PM. Reason : a]

9/12/2008 1:34:10 PM

They are declaring a state of emergency in Kentucky b/c people are fighting at the gas stations as prices continue to rise

http://www.whas11.com/topstories/stories/WHAS11_080912_topstories_gas_prices.6be2bd8e.html

9/12/2008 1:36:02 PM

haha. 3.99 at one store down on Wilmington street and 3.69 on the corner of tryon/Wilmington. Traffic is backed up from idiots trying to get gas there.

9/12/2008 1:36:48 PM

Regardless of the cause, if it is reported that gas will be much more expensive in the coming days, people will fill up. You can't fault them for that, it's common sense to want to get in before the price hike. The people that fill up now will not be at the pump for a while, so everyone else can get their $5 gas. I don't see how there will be any more gas consumed over the course of the next few weeks based on what day people filled up.

9/12/2008 1:37:00 PM

I have not filled up. Currently I have about 1/4 of a tank in a gas guzzling SUV. I will likely fill up on Monday, whatever the prices are.

^ It decreases the amount of fuel that is available over the term of the refinery/pipeline downtime. Thus makes it more difficult to find gas and making the price even higher over a longer period of time. Would you rather pay $3.50 a gallon now and $4.50 a gallon next week or $4.00 a gallon now and $5.50 next week? Because that's what's happening.

[Edited on September 12, 2008 at 1:39 PM. Reason : *]

9/12/2008 1:37:21 PM

On Lake Wheeler:
@ Carolina Pines = $4.09/regular
@ the Texaco = $3.89/regular
@ Tryon = $3.69/regular

Haven't been to Garner yet. OMG WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE WITHOUT GASOLINE FOR THE WEEKEND AAAHHHHH!!!

I blame supply and demand, like most of ye. *sigh* I need a scooter

[Edited on September 12, 2008 at 1:39 PM. Reason : .]

9/12/2008 1:38:36 PM

^^^well if people were smart they should have filled up 2 days ago, or yesterday. Otherwise they're getting what they deserve

*excludes people that drive so much that extra 1-2 days makes a difference.

[Edited on September 12, 2008 at 1:39 PM. Reason : ^]

9/12/2008 1:38:49 PM

i filled up yesterday.... but i needed to anyways, going to the beach today will need to get some gas down there at some point....

9/12/2008 1:39:35 PM

Hmmm...

On the left coast, gas went down .05 last night to this morning... It's at 3.79 now.

9/12/2008 1:39:43 PM

i just saw regular on western for like 4.99. WTF?!?!

9/12/2008 1:43:29 PM

boy my bike tires could use some air

9/12/2008 1:49:00 PM

i refuse to believe gas is 4.89 on western when its like 3.99 everywhere else. are you serious?!

wowsers

9/12/2008 1:51:25 PM

http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/12/markets/oil/index.htm?postversion=2008091213

oil trades for less than 100$ for the first time in 5 months

9/12/2008 2:01:26 PM

i refuse to believe that

9/12/2008 2:02:03 PM

yeah, thus this is nothing but fucking gouging

9/12/2008 2:03:13 PM

Quote :

"Oil should probably already be below $100," said Flynn. "The impact of Ike so far is basically stopping the free fall."

Quote :

"If Ike does not do was much damage as people fear, I think we could see the sell off accelerate and we could get back to the $80s," said Flynn. "Ike can be a game changer for this market."

9/12/2008 2:04:45 PM

I just drove down western and saw few at 4.89, the ones that werent were backed up onto western with lines.

9/12/2008 2:06:54 PM

raleighgasprices.com tells me that the Texaco in Zebulon is selling regular unleaded for $4.39/gal


GOOD

GOD!

9/12/2008 2:08:01 PM

i'd rather pay a premium price than have to sit in line at a cheaper gas station

9/12/2008 2:08:55 PM

Reading this thread has made me reluctant to even go 4 miles down the road to Lowes even though my motorcycle gets 65+ mpg. Thanks t-dub. I would likely just ride my bike there but sadly it isn't here yet. Ugh.

9/12/2008 2:09:10 PM

3.66 at the hess on trawick

9/12/2008 2:10:00 PM

I'm amazed that some stations have gone sky-high while others are still sitting low. I ate lunch at Char-Grill and the little Citgo next door was $3.71 for regular, and it was nearly empty (as usual for that station).

9/12/2008 2:15:57 PM

It's because it's Citgo and no one wants to support Hugo Chavez[/right wing talking point]

9/12/2008 2:17:23 PM

speaking of citgo @ trinity and edwards mill reg = $3.99

9/12/2008 2:36:40 PM

9/12/2008 2:41:39 PM

The full-service station in cameron village was, at 2pm, 3.71 and no lines.

Quote :

"I'm amazed that some stations have gone sky-high while others are still sitting low"

I'll speak for crown.

The depot from which they get their gas raised prices a dollar. Immediately, all stores were told to raise their prices accordingly. They're also required to email the DM whenever a delivery truck arrives. Of course, that email was sent to all stores before their supplier ran out of gas.

[Edited on September 12, 2008 at 2:44 PM. Reason : As far as crown, what's in the tanks and on the road is all they have]

[Edited on September 12, 2008 at 2:48 PM. Reason : 3 not 2]

9/12/2008 2:42:17 PM

paid 3.63 this morning in the University City area of Charlotte.

saw it for 4.29 on the way back to work from lunch in South Charlotte.

that is buuuuullshit.

^no way it was 2.71.

[Edited on September 12, 2008 at 2:46 PM. Reason : 2.71]

9/12/2008 2:45:01 PM

its not what they paid for the gas they have now, thats why some are still at the low price

its what they are going to have to pay for the NEW shipment

lots of private stations are telling the trucks to just leave them out of deliveries because tehy cant afford to pay for the truck to stop and the people in the town wont pay it either.

9/12/2008 2:46:04 PM

9/12/2008 2:47:51 PM

Quote :

"^no way it was 2.71."

You're right. I typo'ed
3.71

Quote :

"its not what they paid for the gas they have now, thats why some are still at the low price its what they are going to have to pay for the NEW shipment "

This was coming from a manager of one of the crown stores here. I think he knows more about how his company runs than you do. Just a suspicion I have.

9/12/2008 2:48:08 PM

well yea i dont doubt that some of the larger companies did a mandatory price raise just ti get some profits

but im saying thats the difference in some of these other low prices

9/12/2008 2:49:07 PM

9/12/2008 2:50:16 PM

Ha. I remember back when Katrina hit and those two piplines were down and gas shot up to a whopping $3.29 and everyone freaked the hell out. I would say those were the good 'ol days but even then it sucked.

9/12/2008 2:52:00 PM

crown at faircloth/gorman and hillsborough is $3.96 for regular...isn't there a law that says they can only up their price once every 24 hours? so it's stuck at that price?

either way, my saturn (32mpg city) is still 3/4 full and the scooter (100mpg) is still 4/5 full (i think...when you can only hold 1.3 gallons, it's hard to tell )

9/12/2008 3:05:33 PM

lemme get a ride on ur skooterz

9/12/2008 3:06:46 PM

Quote :

"crown at faircloth/gorman and hillsborough is $3.96 for regular...isn't there a law that says they can only up their price once every 24 hours? so it's stuck at that price? "

i dont think so, in nc

im going to jersey, where it's once a week

lawl

9/12/2008 3:08:07 PM

Quote :

"isn't there a law that says they can only up their price once every 24 hours? so it's stuck at that price? "

No.

That's the case in some states up north (I think jersey is one of them), but NC isn't.

I totally wouldn't have bought gas at all today, but my bf's car was on E, and I was under a quarter of a tank.
Thankfully, I only had to pay for one of those purchases. My dad bought 11gallons for my bf's car, and I bought 7.70 for mine

Shit...raceway has already done two $0.10 increases today. One right around 7am, and the other sometime between then and 1:30

[Edited on September 12, 2008 at 3:09 PM. Reason : lkfjd]

9/12/2008 3:09:06 PM

Haven't read this thread, so this may have been pointed out. But gas panic can be a self-fulfilling prophecy. When people go nuts and buy gas, prices go up because of the huge increase in demand.

9/12/2008 3:13:05 PM

deep thoughts by nerdchick

9/12/2008 3:14:56 PM

and that is why you should have topped off your tank yesterday.

Unfortunately, I'm going to burn through a tank over the weekend and probably two more during the course of next week.

9/12/2008 3:14:59 PM

aha deep thoughts

9/12/2008 3:15:58 PM

If only I had a Honda Super Cub. Then I'd be utterly oblivious to rises in gas prices I could live like a king

9/12/2008 3:17:28 PM

Quote :

"the scooter (100mpg) is still 4/5 full (i think...when you can only hold 1.3 gallons, it's hard to tell )"

haha, I'm pretty sure my gas gauge functions perfectly, but the needle varies by 1/2 tank depending on, well, just about anything. I usually just fill up at miles = (.8)*(100mpg) * (# of gallons I put in last time.)

[Edited on September 12, 2008 at 3:24 PM. Reason : a]

9/12/2008 3:17:28 PM