# Gas prices- wtf?

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [October 22, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gas-prices-wtf/247796 "2009-10-22T18:39:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gas-prices-wtf/247796/13 "2009-10-22T19:15:17Z")

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> [@So you think Britney Spears is hot](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-you-think-britney-spears-is-hot/24679/42):
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> and yet the gas thats been sitting around went up. Amazing.
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> Possibly. They already tax the shit out of it here.

That’s because the price is reflecting the costs of producing the oil that’s sitting in the tank.

Everybody wants things for as little money as possible and the highest quality possible. :lol Nobody stops to think for a minute about the true costs of producing and marketing something…

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