West Coast Spike In Gas Prices Tied To Refineries

[Andy823]

6. I live in Washington state

Prices at the pump went up, up, up when oil started climbing, sometimes twice in one week. Now that oil prices have gone down, the price in my area has only gone down one time and it stayed there until now when the prices went up 10 cents a gallon! I also know that Memorial day is coming up and every year the prices for gas have gone up "before" memorial day for one reason or another.

While there may be some legitimate reasons for what is happening, I also think that big oil companies know how to manipulate prices for their own gains. Refineries were shut down back east keeping prices higher, and up till this excuse here, they were saying it was the "higher" cost of delivery that was keeping prices up higher than the national average.

For some reason I just don't trust the greedy SOB's who can pretty much do as they please when it comes to fuel prices!