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I paid $3.71 for regular gas (Shell) in Tennessee on Sunday or Monday and I just took a look at this article with a photo of a sign in Miami showing gas at $4.71 for regular there.
Why such a huge difference and why do you pay more for gas in a big city? Is it city taxes? Still, a dollar more than I pay? I don't live in a rural town but I don't live in a big city, either.
Have you seen the high price of gas impacting the prices of other things where you live? Is travel and tourism within the US going to take a big hit this summer where you live? Is President Obama going down in November for it? (Not asking if it's justified or not, just if you think the public will blame him when they vote.)
I paid $3.71 for regular gas (Shell) in Tennessee on Sunday or Monday and I just took a look at this article with a photo of a sign in Miami showing gas at $4.71 for regular there.
Why such a huge difference and why do you pay more for gas in a big city? Is it city taxes? Still, a dollar more than I pay? I don't live in a rural town but I don't live in a big city, either.
Have you seen the high price of gas impacting the prices of other things where you live? Is travel and tourism within the US going to take a big hit this summer where you live? Is President Obama going down in November for it? (Not asking if it's justified or not, just if you think the public will blame him when they vote.)
State and local taxes, variations in overhead per location and competition in a given market can all account for price differences.
I do think it will have a big impact on this election. Production of electric cars is like putting the cart before the horse. If we really want to be able to reduce our demand on oil, we need to invest in expansive transit systems then we can push short range vehicles.
Whether or not the President controls gas prices is irrelevant. Perception is everything. If people think he does then he does and if prices keep up like this, expect it to be a talking point throughout the campaigns.
Sorry about that. But I still would like to know this from the original post:
"Have you seen the high price of gas impacting the prices of other things where you live? Is travel and tourism within the US going to take a big hit this summer where you live? Is President Obama going down in November for it? (Not asking if it's justified or not, just if you think the public will blame him when they vote.) "
I do think it will have a big impact on this election. Production of electric cars is like putting the cart before the horse. If we really want to be able to reduce our demand on oil, we need to invest in expansive transit systems then we can push short range vehicles.
Whether or not the President controls gas prices is irrelevant. Perception is everything. If people think he does then he does and if prices keep up like this, expect it to be a talking point throughout the campaigns.
There are a lot of motorcycles and scooters in places with sky high fuel cost.
$4.71 is an outlier station with some odd reason for charging far more than average. I know of 1 in Summit NJ and 2 near Disney World that do the same thing.
gasbuddy.com
The average in Miami seems to be the highest in the state and hovers around $4.
I paid $3.71 for regular gas (Shell) in Tennessee on Sunday or Monday and I just took a look at this article with a photo of a sign in Miami showing gas at $4.71 for regular there.
Why such a huge difference and why do you pay more for gas in a big city? Is it city taxes? Still, a dollar more than I pay? I don't live in a rural town but I don't live in a big city, either.
Have you seen the high price of gas impacting the prices of other things where you live? Is travel and tourism within the US going to take a big hit this summer where you live? Is President Obama going down in November for it? (Not asking if it's justified or not, just if you think the public will blame him when they vote.)
I also paid $3.71 for Mid-grade 2 days ago here in the South. As I am posting this, ABC GMA just flashed on TV screen....Food prices to go up this month for the 3rd straight month. - That's ALL from the rise in Gas prices.
But, who can tell what some fools will do at the polls? Look what they did in '08.
The petroleum companies have the data collection and processing power to understand the economic capacity of each ZIP Code. They use this information to set prices at a level that will maximize profit without decreasing sales volume. They take note of the availability of alternate transportation means in their calculations. This information is available to all the companies through illegal collusion or just redundant processing so they all set their prices with a very small percentage of each other.
The results are obvious just by looking at prices. High wage places like SF or NYC have very high prices. Less wealthy places like backwoods Alabama have lower prices. Tourist traps like neat Disney world in FL have exceptional prices because they are selling to strangers and not the locals that know where to get cheaper gas.
The administration has nothing to do with gasoline pricing because it does not have the power to set the prices. It cannot even influence prices because the private petroleum system would just as well be rid of this president and put a captive businessman on the throne of American crony capitalism.
there is definitely quite a price differential around the country. $3.71 sounds pretty good to me.
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