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So gas prices are going up again (Original Post) samplegirl Oct 2022 OP
From now to Election Day. Cracklin Charlie Oct 2022 #1
Right on schedule! 50 Shades Of Blue Oct 2022 #2
Yup - one local station in western CT went up 30 cents/gal overnight MANative Oct 2022 #3
Florida is under 3 dollars because the state suspended the gas tax jimfields33 Oct 2022 #11
Our governor did the same thing. 25 cents - and I think I heard... MANative Oct 2022 #12
That is a great idea, definitely. jimfields33 Oct 2022 #15
I don't suppose that the current action by OPEC+ Otto_Harper Oct 2022 #4
I would *love* to live in a country where the price of gasoline LeftinOH Oct 2022 #5
$7.01/gallon yesterday CountAllVotes Oct 2022 #6
how in the world Tickle Oct 2022 #16
I don't go out much CountAllVotes Oct 2022 #19
Raised $1.00 overnight. Emile Oct 2022 #7
$2.97 for me at Murphy gas station. nt Brenda Oct 2022 #8
Isn't it "Winter blend" time of year RoverSuswade Oct 2022 #9
7.10 a gallon here. onecaliberal Oct 2022 #10
Damn! Elessar Zappa Oct 2022 #17
It dropped four cents today in southern CT... First Speaker Oct 2022 #13
I never saw this before gas is $3.27 at several stations doc03 Oct 2022 #14
KCMO. Our pricese are a little. Not too bad yet. nt leftyladyfrommo Oct 2022 #18
California is ahead of the curve Brother Buzz Oct 2022 #20
$3.13 fill up yesterday. Tommy Carcetti Oct 2022 #21
I paid more than ever yesterday. Mz Pip Oct 2022 #22

MANative

(4,112 posts)
3. Yup - one local station in western CT went up 30 cents/gal overnight
Wed Oct 5, 2022, 03:08 PM
Oct 2022

Most of the others had increases in the 5 cent range.

jimfields33

(15,923 posts)
11. Florida is under 3 dollars because the state suspended the gas tax
Wed Oct 5, 2022, 03:40 PM
Oct 2022

That’s the quickest way to lower gas prices. You’d think all governors would do this before the election.

MANative

(4,112 posts)
12. Our governor did the same thing. 25 cents - and I think I heard...
Wed Oct 5, 2022, 03:43 PM
Oct 2022

that they approved extending that cut to the end of the year. Smart, especially with the large budget surplus we have now in CT.

Otto_Harper

(509 posts)
4. I don't suppose that the current action by OPEC+
Wed Oct 5, 2022, 03:16 PM
Oct 2022

to restrict production, right in time for the US elections, has anything whatsoever to do with that.

LeftinOH

(5,357 posts)
5. I would *love* to live in a country where the price of gasoline
Wed Oct 5, 2022, 03:18 PM
Oct 2022

isn't a political issue. What puerile nonsense.

CountAllVotes

(20,877 posts)
6. $7.01/gallon yesterday
Wed Oct 5, 2022, 03:26 PM
Oct 2022

I bought $53.00 worth of gasoline.

My old Honda gets 22 mpg around town.

I do not drive much believe me!



Tickle

(2,534 posts)
16. how in the world
Wed Oct 5, 2022, 05:03 PM
Oct 2022

does one handle gas prices that high? I'm having a difficult time now and it $3.25. They say, (you know them) it's going up to $5.00 and if this happens it would break me.

CountAllVotes

(20,877 posts)
19. I don't go out much
Wed Oct 5, 2022, 05:27 PM
Oct 2022

I am disabled and can't go out much as I'm not well.

About once a week I go to the store locally (luckily there is a Grocery Outlet nearby) and there are other stores as well, like a Safeway and one very overpriced health food store.

There is an Indian casino that is about 10 miles away. They are literally buying customers at this point, sending people as much as $210+ a week.

I usually try to go on the day they do this which tends to be once a week.

Otherwise, I haven't been into the county seat to shop because it would cost me $15 to do it so I canceled my Costco membership being it wasn't viable any longer, esp. considering that my husband passed away in May. The amount of food being consumed is at least 2/3 less and other expenses are way down.

I spent a lot of time and gasoline driving him around to all of his necessary medical appointments for the last 13 years of his life. In the end he was having eye surgery every 2 months. It was very wearisome.

Luckily the place I go to for medical care and the dentist are all within a couple of miles of where I live.

If I had a job and had the commute I once had (it was 100 miles a day R/T for a part-time job that paid $8.64 an hour) it would not be worth doing in today's world at a higher wage.

I don't know how people with several cars and trucks manage! Lots of thefts going on everywhere it seems to me, or at least I hear about a lot of them. Nothing has happened to me personally but I don't really have anything much to steal.

I'm wondering how much higher it will go?



Mz Pip

(27,452 posts)
22. I paid more than ever yesterday.
Wed Oct 5, 2022, 05:49 PM
Oct 2022

$6.09 for 87 regular at Costco. Glad I have a hybrid but I really feel for people who commute daily.

Not the the GOP have any solutions.

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