# Stupid question on gas prices

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**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [May 14, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stupid-question-on-gas-prices/197454 "2008-05-14T21:20:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![xlogic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/59ef9b/32.png) [@xlogic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xlogic)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stupid-question-on-gas-prices/197454/12 "2008-05-15T18:46:11Z")

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> [@What TV shows do you watch?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-tv-shows-do-you-watch/36357/45):
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> But you know the number one thing that affects pump price, right?
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> YOU, me, and every other person that continues to pay the prices without reducing your driving habits and styles (seen as gas usage). It’s all simple econonmics, supply and demand, as long there is a demand, and you have the supply, you can charge whatever you want.

It would take a serious strike like us going the way of the china man and riding bicycles everywhere to put a mean dent in the gas prices…hell even if everyone switched to motorcycles and mopeds we probably wouldn’t see a substantial change in gas prices

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