Hey Senator Rick Scott!

[Norbert]

Before you have a panic attack about gas prices being 70 cents rising since last November, jog your suspect memory back to two years. Gas prices in the Midwest was $2.75, on the Week of April 21st. That is within a dime of what it is today and not only that, it was on its way to $3.00 a gallon. If you could take a few minutes away from kissing your messiah's MAGA ass you probably could have researched this.

I'll say it again. Gas prices rise in the Spring primarily because refineries partially shut down for maintenance before the Summer driving season. But unfortunately that doesn't fit the Right Wing Extremist's narrative.

http://www.thegasgame.com/2019/04/21/easter-candy-today-fill-up-tomorrow/

[packman]

1. Remember how the Repukes predicted $6 + gas prices

if Obama became president?

[peppertree]

4. I remember $5 a gallon under George WMD Bush

And amid the 2008 recession, no less.

[DENVERPOPS]

9. Hell,

I remember when diesel was 12 cents a gallon, and gas was 19 cents a gallon.

I saw a "red diesel" check point set up by the State Patrol a few months back........does everyone know about that?????????

[gab13by13]

2. The higher fossil fuels go up,

the better renewable energy looks.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. There is a Refinery 50 miles to the North of me...

Just outside of Coates off Hwy 52. Switching to gas to meet the summer or winter driving seasons. Which affect prices regardless.

[BobTheSubgenius]

5. Sorry if I seem snarky about this, but most Canadians don't have a lot of sympathy at $2.75.

In US dollars and US gallons, our local price is currently $4.48.

Everything is VERY handy to our house, so my wife and I drive VERY little. Even so, a $50 bill goes so fast, you might as well set fire to it.

[mwooldri]

7. Why my employers say "top up your tanks before entering Canada".

They'd rather pay US prices for diesel than Canadian ones. But not much choice when the best and shortest route between Detroit and Montreal is along the 401 in Ontario.

I'm English so no sympathy from me either in terms of high "gas" prices. About $6.70 in US dollars per US gallon in London UK right now.

If one really wants low low gas prices move to Venezuela. It's practically free - if you can get it.

[BobTheSubgenius]

12. I remember watching 60 Minutes during the OPEC embargo.

At that time, there were reports of $7 a gallon in the UK and some parts of Europe. Israel was super-expensive.

[monkeyman1]

6. the cue ball not to smart !!

[Fla Dem]

8. Excellent remarks. Please send this in an email to him, I doubt he reads DU.

[calimary]

10. Thank you!

NOTHING that even hints at reality will fit the Far Wrong’s cockeyed worldview.

[CaptainTruth]

11. 20% of US refining capacity was shut down by the Texas freeze.

Billions of barrels A DAY of oil refining capacity went offline when Texas froze, literally 20% of our country's entire capacity. As a result, gas prices went up. There are still billions of barrels of oil sitting in tankers in the Gulf waiting to be refined into gasoline.

And whose fault was that? Who failed to winterize Texas' energy infrastructure?

REPUBLICANS

This is another golden opportunity for Democratic messaging! I see people blaming Biden for higher gas prices... so you're saying it was Biden's responsibility to winterize Texas' oil infrastructure? You don't like the higher gas prices? Well, let's talk about why they're higher.

Again, another golden messaging opportunity that allows us to clarify who is responsible for the decisions that lead to the problem, AND stress the importance of robust infrastructure! We don't get many opportunities like that & it would be a damn shame to let it slip away.

[Blue Owl]

13. Hey Bat Boy eat some more guano

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