Gas Prices Increasing? (Central, Burns: purchases, taxes, to live)

[fntintn]

thursday night, at the kroger in cookeville, the lines were long to get gas at $3.51 - one man was filling 5 gallon tanks to put in the back of his pickup. we filled up at sams (no lines) for 3.53

friday, they were anywhere from 3.99 to 4.19 at about 7 pm. then, around 9:30, we saw one (i think it was the pilot on jefferson) for 4.49! i do not know what they are this morning - i am scared to think about it . just in time for my hubby to go out of town for a business trip

[RS-1080]

Winchester Tennessee.

Regular at one place says 5.29 gal.



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[Bones]

Originally Posted by Bones

According to GasBuddy this morning, Pilot was $4.49.....

Now it's up to $4.99.....

[ptin2010]

I have a question that may be stupid but I do not know the answer. I currently live in PA and our gas prices have not changed in the past few days ($3.51/gallon). My parents live in TN and they drove up to visit yesterday and they said that gas stations were running out of gas and that the lines were huge for the places that did have gas. Can someone explain to me why the gas in the south which is closer to the refineries is higher than it is here? Do we get our gas from a different refinery? Honestly I do not know the answer.

[Beretta]

Originally Posted by ptin2010

I have a question that may be stupid but I do not know the answer. I currently live in PA and our gas prices have not changed in the past few days ($3.51/gallon). My parents live in TN and they drove up to visit yesterday and they said that gas stations were running out of gas and that the lines were huge for the places that did have gas. Can someone explain to me why the gas in the south which is closer to the refineries is higher than it is here? Do we get our gas from a different refinery? Honestly I do not know the answer.

We get our gas from the Colonial Pipeline. I believe that PA gets theirs from a different one. Colonial Pipeline Company See also Colonial Pipeline - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and do a google search for numerous articles. Here's a couple of other links: Refined Products Pipelines
Adventures in Energy

[Bones]

There are also oil refineries up and down the Delaware River....

[LauraC]

Originally Posted by Eastender67

There's a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, headed toward Houston and 20-25% or the U.S. gasoline refining capacity (EIGHT refineries on the upper Gulf Coast) is shut down and will possibly be damaged when hurricane Ike makes landfall later Friday night/early Saturday morning. Even if not damaged it will take several days to power up as you don't just switch these plants on like light switches.

I really, really, really, really recommend that people go out today and stock up on food. Not kidding. Food prices are going to go through the roof because of gasoline prices due to those offshore rigs going offline for the storm. The big trucks that deliver the food to the stores are going to pay extremely high prices for for fuel and that cost is going to be passed on to you with your grocery purchases.

[knoxgarden]

I did that last week, just because I had run low on everything. This has been one of the few times I'm ahead of the price increases.
I've gotten in the habit of buying local at farmers markets. I can get all the fresh food I need (bread, meats, eggs, veggies, honey, apples, cheese, etc.) except for milk, yogurt and lettuce.
We're fortunate in Knoxville that we still have small farms close to the city.
http://www.picktnproducts.org/

[joee]

The prices are determined by supply and demand, inventory levels , futures market and competitors prices, not to mention were the supply originates from, are the stations going to be nailed for price gouging probably not, I say let them all run out of gas then let’s see what our wonderful leaders do, he mentions nothing about opening the reserves on this storm does he, yup if we get our fuel from the gulf were in for a very interesting time.

This will help explain how the wholesale market works for fuel:

http://www.senate.gov/~gov_affairs/0...t/sectionv.pdf

[hiknapster]

Thank you Laura C, and others. I hadn't thought of that. I'll go back out and buy food because I am extremely low.

I just drove by Citgo, and don't you know that it is now $4.99, just like everyone else.

Then we stop at McDonald's and they are charging 30 cents for lettuce, tomatoes and sauce. What?

I just got my electric, water and sewer bill and it went up $50.00, even though it may have gone down. It says I have a "projected" bill. What the heck does that mean?

Thanks for letting me whine. I really think this is nuts!