Are we getting ripped of at the gas pump

Question

In case you have not been watching in the past 3 weeks gas prices have gone down 10% BUT oil has gone down 23%. Are you tired of being ripped of at the pump? (Do not tell me it is a supply chain issue because when oil goes up the price goes up within 24 hours!!!) We can thank our do nothing congress who is on a 4 week vacation for not addressing this issue. The downward prices basically stopped the day they left without a emergency energy resolution. Also spouting any political blind idological leftist or rightist spam is not the way to gain 10 points.

Answer 1

LOL,  new news to you?

Answer 2

Best thing to do in this situation we are in is to not drive as much.  Go to closer shopping malls, go to closer grocery stores.  Drive to closer destinations for vacations.  If we all did this all over the country and all over the world, demand for oil would be billions and billions of gallons less.  The arabs would see that and it would scare the living shat out of them.  Distributers all over the world would be cancelling their orders.  Opec would start pumping night and day to reverse the non-driving trend.

Answer 3

I'm not after 10 points, but aren't you spouting politic blind ideological spam?  Congress has very little to do with gas prices.  We live in a capitalistic society.  Our government should not be involved with a commercial enterprise except to administer taxes and enact safety legislations.  

It's alot more than a supply chain issue, but prices going up within 24 hours is a reaction to the market forces.  Gas is selling immediately at the price for which the market dictates, which is in relation to the commercial price per barrel.  It doesn't matter what they paid for it when it was bought, it matters what they have to pay for it now.

Cutting things like the gas tax and the like won't lower the prices as much as people think.  This is just another example of how people thrive in capitalism.  Sell a product no one can live without, and people will pay whatever price they have to for it.

It sucks on the purchasing end, but it's no different than any other good you choose to buy.  You pay the price the market demands for the good.

Answer 4

hehehehehe, since Uncle georges is in power, yea

Answer 5

If you feel you're getting ripped off at the gas pump, don't buy as much gas. While many of us need cars for some aspects of our lives, alternative transportation is a more viable replacement (especially in summer) for many of these aspects.