What's Up With The Price Of Gas?
 

Source: Carpocalypse Now: What's Up With The Price Of Gas?

Working in the oil industry I can say it takes more than just one factor to go into what makes the gas price. The cost of a barrel of oil is a major piece, but only makes up a percent of the price at the pump. I once had a nice break down of the price at the pump and what contributed what percent, but it was an email from a few years ago.

the price per barrel went down but at the gas pumps....not much difference....dammit

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I'm sure taxes on gas are much higher than they were even 10-15 years ago. Most gas taxes are flat rates instead of percentages. That could explain some of this issue. But I agree that we have been desensitized to higher prices.

Gas is the main reason why we went into a recession but it seems no one in the government seems to care about that.

We don't care as a nation, because we were paying $4.00 a gallon. We now know what thats like , so we are appreciative of anything below $3.00 a gallon.

Sad but true.

In all honesty, they could jack the price up to $4.00 a gallon again and get it. Just like they did before. People bitched, but what can you do when OPEC holds the reigns...nothing.

****** up life...

robbing us without a weapon

I think they are smart.
They know we need the gas, so they can raise it up to whatever they want to.
Look at last summer, that **** was ridiculous.

I smell price gouging on this

My area's gas prices are slowly rising again!
MAN, why now?!
The weathers gettin betterrrrrrrr...
:<

So I saw this thread, and decided to resurrect it like a number of zombie threads returning recently.

Prices have really started climbing around here lately. Anybody else feeling the pinch at the pump?

Cost me $52 to fill the Z up the last time I was at the station. :mad:

Damn. That's a chunk.

And that was still for under $3 a gallon....just barely under $3 but still.....I think it was around $2.89.....but I did what I said I was gonna stop doing.....drive til there is only one little light on the dash! :shakes head:

I've heard a lot of people say that we're suppose to have another "Shortage" in November. Doesn't seem to wise to me in an economy like this.

I always thought we had a 20 gallon tank....seems its only 19....I put in 18.12 gallons....I was closer to empty than I thought!

I know its horrible on an engine but I wonder if anyone has run the engine dry yet on the Z?

NISSAN Z FORUM > Gas Tank Fillup

NISSAN Z FORUM > How far have you pushed your Z

I found those interesting

http://www.350z-tech.com/forums/styl...efault/doh.gif
http://www.350z-tech.com/forums/styl...ult/finger.gif

We need these here!

Doh indeed. Doh indeed.

Fixed it.....found another good one!

thats not good to do y0, i always fill around half.

also, in winter time..... as the tank empties, there is more air in the tank....right??
which can cause condensation and screw up ur day.....lol

so now its a habit of mine to fill at the half point.

Yeah, I had been going no lower than 1/4 tank but I went to Altered this past weekend and was already at 1/4 tank....didn't expect to loose 3 lights on the gauge in a 60 mile round trip, either. :icon14:

u got a heavy foot??

also, tanks never fill to full capacity.... fills to 80% usually.

What about those couple of times I kept squeezing the pump until it overflowed down the side of the car? I hit max capacity then! :icon17:

Could have been an air bubble shifting around the top, the pressure made it shift and helped shoot some gas out of the tank.

Very similar to the air bubble in "Das Boot"

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...beerfest_l.jpg

wait.....hold the phone......hold the mayo......hold the door open.....stop the presses......pause the game....hold the horses.....keep the windows open..... unplug the toaster..... open the microwave door.... let the pie cool off....
the bad mph is because of the dynos and billion mods u did recently. also, u do have a heavy foot with that cast on it

case solved

:bowrofl: Cast is off.....however, your other explainations could very well be the cause!

i'm a detective.....lol

* Crude oil -- 57%

o Finding the crude oil

o Getting the crude oil out of the ground

o Transporting the crude oil to the refinery

o Maintaining a reserve capacity of crude oil

o Profit

* Refining the crude oil into gasoline -- 18%

o Producing special blends of gasoline to meet local clean air government regulations

o Transporting the gasoline to the gas station

o Profit

* Selling the gasoline at a station -- 11%

o Operational costs

o Marketing costs

o Profit

* Taxes, federal and state -- 20%

source: Gas Prices
Notice that the government probably makes a whole lot more off a gallon of gas than the actual companies that goes to the trouble of finding.refining and marketing it.

^ I was wait ing for the **** ******* **** ****...Priceless.

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