Why do the gas prices go up so fast after the stocks close on up. but takes weeks to go back down?

Question

why do the gas prices go up so fast when they close the stocks vs if it go down at the stock market it takes weeks to go back down. I think they are just ripping us all off. They have us where they want us. We would be glad to be paying $2.50 a gal again. The gas companywe send us to a depression.

Answer 1

right now the price of gas is adjusting for inflation.  the us dollar is weak so it takes more dollars to buy overseas oil therefore costing us more at the pump.

only when supply exceeds demand do the prices go back down.

Answer 2

Because the oil companies make $40 billion a quarter. They can't continue to make that kind of money without raping the American public. Could you believe Exxon only making $10 billion a quarter again. Forget it. As long as we need oil, the oil companies will continue to rape us.