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44. Gas Buddy has $3.481 as the national average today

Wed Feb 15, 2012, 12:50 PM

Feb 2012

http://gasbuddy.com/

Here's their 24 month chart of average US prices. Note that between Feb and May 2011, the price went up by about $0.80/gallon. So if it does that this year, price per gallon would be about $4.30 / gallon by summer.

http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_retail_price_chart.aspx?time=24

Here are the "Weekly Retail Gasoline and Diesel Prices" from EIA. Note that diesel is already at $3.943 / gallon.

http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_gnd_dcus_nus_w.htm

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4 to 5 bucks for gas coming!? [View all] unionworks Feb 2012 OP

The ecomomy seems to be recovering so the 1% who own the oil companies are trying to kill it liberal N proud Feb 2012 #1

In this case its not so much a Democrat as it is a black man doing a white mans job madokie Feb 2012 #9

Yep, that is really getting under their skin liberal N proud Feb 2012 #50

Or maybe it's due to speculation based on threats made by Iran abowsh Feb 2012 #67

... SammyWinstonJack Feb 2012 #85

It's almost $3.80 here so I'd believe it. ejpoeta Feb 2012 #2

We just paid $80.00 to fill the tank dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #66

At some point it's as inevitable as the sunrise.. Fumesucker Feb 2012 #3

I remember 15 cents a gallon. CAPHAVOC Feb 2012 #10

I remember driving around with my dad as a kid Javaman Feb 2012 #20

I wonder what that would translate to in today's dollars E-Z-B Feb 2012 #48

A main reason why I am unemployed. When you have to decide on food and rent or gas to just look for sunwyn Feb 2012 #4

We have passed Peak Oil jimlup Feb 2012 #5

+1 Javaman Feb 2012 #21

That's no excuse for the supply manipulation uponit7771 Feb 2012 #40

Yes, that's what I see, too customerserviceguy Feb 2012 #6

And NJ has some of the lowest gas prices in the nation KamaAina Feb 2012 #61

Oh, yes, and full-serve to boot customerserviceguy Feb 2012 #70

Republican Stepdad always fills up in Jersey KamaAina Feb 2012 #72

BINGO! Right you are. nt Kahuna Feb 2012 #7

Actually, gas prices plummeted leading up to the election in 2008. Angleae Feb 2012 #8

you are correct unionworks Feb 2012 #14

Don't let facts get in the way abowsh Feb 2012 #69

Generally agreed except for the strategic oil reserve stuff taterguy Feb 2012 #11

+1 Javaman Feb 2012 #23

Price of oil (and therefore gasoline) isn't going up because of the election SmileyRose Feb 2012 #12

I have to wonder unionworks Feb 2012 #16

The crazies are merely a wealth keeping tool for the 1% SmileyRose Feb 2012 #73

Just another way libtodeath Feb 2012 #13

If gas goes to $5 per gallon, the Chinese will invade us... Bruce Wayne Feb 2012 #15

thanks unionworks Feb 2012 #18

Would that be so bad? Javaman Feb 2012 #25

The word for "Welcome" is AsahinaKimi Feb 2012 #56

Is there anything beer cant do? -Homer Simpson nt Javaman Feb 2012 #57

man girls with guns and boots my favorite. thanks. n/t. okieinpain Feb 2012 #28

I wonder why the girl in the middle is smiling, yet everyone else is stern looking. nt Selatius Feb 2012 #75

The question is why? Because we are making inroads into alternative fuels and relying less nanabugg Feb 2012 #17

I have the same theory unionworks Feb 2012 #19

I know that it sucks, but how long do you think cheap gas can last? cleanhippie Feb 2012 #22

Just sit there and kvetch about gas prices while they jack you around wood snake sadge Feb 2012 #24

and what do you say to the people that... Javaman Feb 2012 #26

THEIR jobs? Well... wood snake sadge Feb 2012 #27

you have nothing. Javaman Feb 2012 #31

What's life like on your planet? PVnRT Feb 2012 #58

yes because it's a buyer's market out there... I mean, employers are ejpoeta Feb 2012 #83

That's a world built on cheap oil: Ron Green Feb 2012 #32

That's all nice and good, but it doesn't answer my question... Javaman Feb 2012 #33

I'm afraid "outside the box" in this case means Ron Green Feb 2012 #36

Again, you don't answer the question... Javaman Feb 2012 #37

Your former suggestion is in the right direction, the latter one Ron Green Feb 2012 #38

I offer the second suggestion as a way to offset Javaman Feb 2012 #43

The housing industry is shifting to multiple dwelling units for rental FarCenter Feb 2012 #46

I'm aware of that, but at the same time, many cities who are experiencing growth... Javaman Feb 2012 #54

US cities will become more like European ones FarCenter Feb 2012 #59

You mean like it is now. Javaman Feb 2012 #60

I salute your efforts and your thoughtfulness Ron Green Feb 2012 #47

And that is the mission... Javaman Feb 2012 #53

How about people MOVING when where they live no longer is economically viable? yup its me Feb 2012 #64

so you are another who chooses to be rude. Javaman Feb 2012 #71

Affordable housing within city limits? That's the OPPOSITE of what (Dem!) City Administrations want. Leopolds Ghost Feb 2012 #74

City government is just as prone to being paid off as the US House or Senate. Selatius Feb 2012 #77

+1 nt Javaman Feb 2012 #78

This is definitely a problem in rural areas, including small towns Nikia Feb 2012 #80

I have been writing to my city councel about bringing back overhead electrified trollies. Javaman Feb 2012 #84

Yeah! And grow all of your food too! SammyWinstonJack Feb 2012 #86

Rush has been pushing this mantra I guess it's spilled over snooper2 Feb 2012 #29

I find it crazy that this is shocking. didn't gas get to 4.00 bucks okieinpain Feb 2012 #30

Here is a comment unionworks Feb 2012 #34

Heard a lady from Lundberg on NPR downplaying this possibility. yellowcanine Feb 2012 #35

What with all the war drums beating for Iran, I think it's possible. Jester Messiah Feb 2012 #39

In my small town unionworks Feb 2012 #41

You have to figure the Obama administration will do everything in its power to keep bullwinkle428 Feb 2012 #42

Gas Buddy has $3.481 as the national average today FarCenter Feb 2012 #44

Just wait till Iran gets attacked. L0oniX Feb 2012 #45

Sooner or later YES prices like that are coming. kenny blankenship Feb 2012 #49

you aren't really unionworks Feb 2012 #52

Yet the #1 selling vehicle in America is Ford F150 taught_me_patience Feb 2012 #51

I paid $3.91/Gallon last night is SE Connecticut. Throckmorton Feb 2012 #55

Been at $5US/gal in Nova Scotia for months now. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2012 #62

Ouch. And Canada is more sparsely populated than the US. pampango Feb 2012 #63

What does gas cost in China? unionworks Feb 2012 #65

The thing is only a minority of Chinese own cars. It's less of an issue to China as a whole. Selatius Feb 2012 #76

i keep reading that. big oil/gas is not happy about not getting their pipeline. spanone Feb 2012 #68

Welcome to California. Iggo Feb 2012 #79

Fuck Oil Speculators - Fuck them all jpak Feb 2012 #81

I wondered aloud unionworks Feb 2012 #82