Last time I got gas (Friday or Saturday) gas was 3.87 ... today it's 4.09??!!

What the hell happened?

It's Obma and his connections to the evil oil corp....oh wai...

Bush's fault.

Edit: "Cheapest" gas your going to find on Altamont Ave. Both are still under $4

there was a NASCAR race and they needed all the oil resources......

Fuel taxes are based on the price per gallon.

The same thing happened just before the 2008 election.
I would think (silly me) that the price would go down with Obama just having approved drilling in the Arctic.

Apparently the people who control the oil, would rather that Mitt Romney were the president.

Yeah, although it was Bush's fault when he was in, Obama has no control. That leaves us with the obvious conclusion that he is either incompetent, impotent or wants to break the backs of the middle class and destroy the economy (even more than he has). Take your pick. Or maybe a little of all.

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Apparently the people who control the oil, would rather that Mitt Romney were the president.

You can't be serious... You do realize that its the buyers that control the price, and speculation runs wild.
I said this during the Bush years and I am not going to change with Obama in office. The ONLY thing the people that "control" can do is limit supply, which they have not. There is plenty of supply.

Remember, because of the ridiculous ethanol mandate, the high corn prices because of the drought are playing a bigger part than people realize.

From today's TU:
The higher cost isn't totally unexpected.
Bombardiere and others forecast late last month that Hurricane Isaac might disrupt supplies as it
traveled through the Gulf of Mexico, and that's apparently what happened.
Tom Mailey, a spokesman for Stewart's Shops, pointed to Isaac as one factor in the price increase.
But there are others, too, he said.
"You had the explosion at the main refinery in Venezuela," Mailey said. The blast, which killed 42 people,
halted operations for nearly a week in late August.
The price spike comes as refineries switch from summer grade to winter grade gasoline, which can lead
to temporary constraints on supply as inventories are used up.
The wholesale price shot up dramatically late last week.

Bain Capital is why gas prices are so high and people are unemployed...That and the fact George W. Bush is an "oil man".  Oh yeah...And Halliburton.  Everybody knows this!

Duci's fault

no....an american diplomat was killed and there are american warships on the move....

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no....an american diplomat was killed and there are american warships on the move....

Now when Obama releases the oil reserves and the price drops to $2 a gallon, he will be a hero.

Even all the unemployed people will be able to afford gas.

Obama's October surprise.

Coming soon.

Oh, and I'm sure taking control of Iran's oil fields might help too.

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Bain Capital is why gas prices are so high and people are unemployed...That and the fact George W. Bush is an "oil man".  Oh yeah...And Halliburton.  Everybody knows this!

Cicero is to blame...he is master mind of a covert conspiracy to undermine gas prices and increase profit margins for the oil companies!!!

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CAPITAL REGION
$4 gas draws fresh anger
Variety of factors blamed for 14-cent increase in a week
BY MICHAEL GOOT Gazette Reporter

    Sandra Sharp of Niskayuna said she was a little shocked when she pulled into the Hess station in Glenville and saw that the price of regular unleaded gas was $4.07 a gallon.
    “I think it’s ridiculous, especially since we just read that they were coming down,” she said. “I just wish I knew what the real cause of the rise is. We’d probably be angered.”
    Tropical Storm Isaac, a refi nery explosion in Venezuela, a switch to a different blend of gasoline and oil speculators are all being blamed for a 14-cent increase in the price of gas during the last week. Gas jumped to an average of $4.07 per gallon in the Albany area, which is up from $3.93 the previous week and $3.81 the previous month, according to the website AlbanyGas-Prices.com. The cheapest gas was being sold for $3.89 a gallon at the Albany ShopRite and the most expensive gas was being sold at the Mobil on Route 30 in Amsterdam as of 5 p.m. Thursday, according to the website.
    Stewart’s Shops wholesale gasoline costs jumped 30 cents per gallon within the last month, according to spokesman Tom Mailey. That translated into an average 25-cent price increase for consumers.
    Mailey said Isaac and the oil refinery explosion in Venezuela, which shut production for a week, occurred at the same time when gas stations are switching from the cleaner summer blend of gasoline to the winter blend.
    “Supplies naturally run tight as you try to use up summer gas and move to winter gas,” he said.
    Higher gas prices could have an effect on sales but he hasn’t seen it yet. “If you’re spending more at the pump, you have less to spend on what you might normally spend inside of Stewart’s,” he said.
    Also any hiccup in the supply chain can raise prices, according to Dennis Kugler, owner of the Sunoco on Erie Boulevard. One of the biggest problems, Kugler said, is the Northeast doesn’t have enough oil refining capacity to meet demand. “Nobody wants a refinery in your backyard. They have prohibited oil companies from building these new mega-refineries that are effi cient and can process hundreds of thousands of gallons of crude,” he said.
    Kugler also blamed speculators for driving up the price of crude oil to nearly $100 a barrel. Much like the stock market, these investors buy oil futures and then sell at a higher price to make a profi t.
    “That trading has pushed the price up dramatically in the last 60 days,” he said.
    However, Kugler believes the price has peaked and will start to come down once the requirement to use the summertime gasoline ends this week.
    “That will lower the cost by about 10 to 15 cents per gallon. We should see a little relief in the next week or so,” he said.
    Kevin Berger of Rotterdam said it was unusual to see high prices this time of year because the price usually goes up around the Fourth of July and drops after Labor Day. But that didn’t happen this year. He wondered if there was some political
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maneuvering at work.
    “We’re in an election year,” he said.
    American Automobile Association spokesman Eric Stigberg noted that gas prices last peaked at $4.21 per gallon in July 2008.
    He also believes this price spike is temporary, although he cautioned that continued unrest in the Middle East could keep prices high.
    Stigberg said he doesn’t think high prices will cause people to cancel their fall driving plans. But they may stay closer to home, spend the night at a less expensive hotel or stay with friends and family and eat fast food instead of dining in a restaurant.
    People’s daily routines will change, according to Stigberg. They will hunt for the lowest-priced gas stations and consolidate trips. ......................>>>>....................>>>>...............http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r00103&AppName=1