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Drale

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1. People around me have been complaining about 5.00 a gallon prices but

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun May 4, 2014, 03:05 PM

May 2014

I keep telling them its not going to happen. It might flux a little up and down but for now its going to stick right around 4 dollars a gallon here in Chicago because that is the price that the Oil Companies have found out that they make unreasonable profits, and while people might complain there's no outright rebellion about it.

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Gas prices have likely peaked. Don't expect drop because the U.S. is exporting petroleum products. [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2014 OP

People around me have been complaining about 5.00 a gallon prices but Drale May 2014 #1

Remember the gas prices after Katrina under Bush JaneyVee May 2014 #2

3 trillion Marblehead May 2014 #3

Good, high prices are driving innovation mindwalker_i May 2014 #4

Apparently slightly refined crude can be exported. BadgerKid May 2014 #5