# Gas prices? **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 12, 2008, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gas-prices/199572 "2008-09-12T13:11:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Blackbelt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blackbelt/32/5998_2.png) [@Blackbelt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blackbelt)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 4:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gas-prices/199572/21 "2008-09-16T04:23:04Z")
> [@FS: California Sport Goped (sold)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-california-sport-goped-sold/37869/17): > > Not sure where at in fl that is but its against the law in fl. to jack the prices up for no reason. 3 stations are already being fined like 25k for jacking up the regular price to $4.66 that are close to me… That’s a bullshit policy! Why should the fucking government get all that money? Fuck the government, if you are caught gouging, then you should be required to LOWER your price by the same amount that you RAISED it and for the same time period. So if those crooks added $1 a gallon for 2 days, then they would be required to cut the price $1 a gallon under where they were for the same period of 2 days. Wonder how much business they would get if they had to sell gas for 2 days at $2.66…hehehhe…bet they would be petty busy. Wonder how many stations would pull that kind of shit then…LOL ---
**Author:** ![hayabusa03rx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/90ced4/32.png) [@hayabusa03rx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/hayabusa03rx)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gas-prices/199572/22 "2008-09-16T06:22:08Z")
After doing some research they companies aren’t fined 25k but 1k for every person that complains about the gouge and if found guilty has to pay. Also there were only 10 oil rigs shut down/destroyed out of almost 200 in the gulf so that really isn’t going to effect the price of gas. ---
**Author:** ![8Grand](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/8grand/32/5940_2.png) [@8Grand](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/8Grand)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gas-prices/199572/23 "2008-09-16T09:55:20Z")
> [@traydogg6969"](#): > > oil dropped 7 dollars a barrel today which brings oil prices down to 95 bucks a barrel.hopefully we will be seeing that at the pump soon We wont, its not that simple. It will need to stay that low for a while or just keep declining on average. We probably wont see fuel under 3 dollars a gallon for a long time, if ever. ---
**Author:** ![flyinglow57](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/flyinglow57/32/5978_2.png) [@flyinglow57](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/flyinglow57)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gas-prices/199572/24 "2008-09-16T17:55:26Z")
> [@Fall Picture Thread 2007](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fall-picture-thread-2007/36195/47): > > Wonder how much business they would get if they had to sell gas for 2 days at $2.66…hehehhe…bet they would be petty busy. um… sheetz in pl. hills gets filled like 3 times a day… so i bet they just stop ordering fuel during that 2 days that they are suppose to keep it 1 buc under… and oh no… no more gass for that amount. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gas-prices/199572/25 "2008-09-16T20:00:42Z")
also they have investors buying it for months in advanced. big trucking companies do the same thing. gambling on the future. Theres a technical name for it ---
**Author:** ![Bravada\_442](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bravada_442/32/5982_2.png) [@Bravada\_442](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bravada_442)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gas-prices/199572/26 "2008-09-16T21:09:45Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/37686/6): > > also they have investors buying it for months in advanced. big trucking companies do the same thing. gambling on the future. > > Theres a technical name for it It’s called the Futures Market ---
**Author:** ![JettaDriverX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f4b2a3/32.png) [@JettaDriverX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JettaDriverX)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gas-prices/199572/27 "2008-09-17T18:18:13Z")
Why is it that gas stayed reletively the same throughout the 80’s and 90’s even though we had hurricanes then? It seems since Katrina, they have an excuse that hurricanes will cause gas prices to go up. I left here Friday and gas was $3.79 for premium and that afternoon when I got to Columbus, gas was $4.19 for premium. It was $3.45 only 2 days earlier. Why? It was the same gas. Fuck foreign oil. ---
**Author:** ![Blackbelt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blackbelt/32/5998_2.png) [@Blackbelt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blackbelt)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gas-prices/199572/28 "2008-09-18T12:19:57Z")
> [@FS:Escort Passport 8500 radar detector](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-escort-passport-8500-radar-detector/37881/11): > > um… sheetz in pl. hills gets filled like 3 times a day… so i bet they just stop ordering fuel during that 2 days that they are suppose to keep it 1 buc under… and oh no… no more gass for that amount. Not if the iron fist of government mandated they stay open. They could be jailed for contempt if they didnt comply. hyabusa03rx checked into the fine as he said, and it’s $1K per person that complains. Then i think the person who got gouged should get $900, and let the government have $100 to pay for their paperwork. That sounds fair to me…LOL ---
**Author:** ![hayabusa03rx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/90ced4/32.png) [@hayabusa03rx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/hayabusa03rx)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gas-prices/199572/29 "2008-09-18T14:23:33Z")
Total refineries destroyed is up to 25, but still not that many when there are plenty more out there. Price for premium is still $3.89 at the same gas station. Hopefully it’ll drop on monday. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gas-prices/199572.md?page=1)