Well I can promise that we have not seen the last of fuel costing us the big bucks, this will just be the beginning. I have seen how it has snowballed right to what we pay for food, my grocery bill has almost doubled. My water and lights have increase to compensate for the high fuel charges.
Sue- I understand that oil rigs were damaged and that will raise gas prices, but 30 cents over night?! It is a matter of demand- we all will dig into our pockets and pay the price. This is definately wrong for them to take advantage.
Isn't that only 25% of our oil source? Yes this is true but what we get from others still has to be refined. They can buy crude fuel for $14.00 a barrel but it takes longer to fefine that fuel.
They keep saying that it's a shortage of oil refinaries that is making the price so high. I think I heard there was only 13 working refinaries in the US now. When we had 26 six before. Now you have to multiply that by how many vehicles that are on the road and how much as a country we consume, not to mention no one whats refinaries in their communities for building new ones.
Now it's the destruction of oil rigs. This is going to be a big set back for us here in the states. Understand I don't like this anymore than the rest. I am not defending the what are government is doing to solve the situation. I wish I had all the answers. I just know that it will be much worse before it will ever get better...
And in the parts of the country that was hit with this devastating storm most of us can't even get gas !!!! To put in our cars or even in generators to at least battle the heat of running a fan. I understand everyones frustration, as I two am questioning what are government is doing to help the fuel problem and pricing.... By the time there is federal, state and then local taxing on gas-- remove all these taxes to help the consumers. I have to agree with when does our paychecks start reflecting the cost of living.....
