Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Good news for gas prices.

Good news on a couple news sites, gas prices may fall 50, what could be any better?? That was before the venzula news this A M but still think it will fall. Hope before summer driving season for everyone!! Then the gouging bastads can choke on it !!

I heard a different report that said gas prices would rise for the summer, as usual. But not as high as last year. They really aren't bad where they are now.

The good news is that a gallon of gas cost $.36 in 1970 when the minimum wage was about $1.60 and now at $2.39 it isn't far off pace of minimum wage for 2017. The only real difference is, you can't find anyone to work for minimum wage today, you need to bump it about $2.50/hour to even get anyone to look.

Look for higher permanent state taxes on fuel. TN just tacked on .06 on gas and .10 on diesel.

At 2.35 a gallon I dont know how anyone can say they are gouging. Gas right now is very underpriced. It is truly a deal. I can run 32 mi. on a .235 gallon of gas. Cheap. I can run my 25 horse outboard all day on 5 bucks. What more could someone want. It is dirty , dangerous, and most likely hazardous to you health. Then get it out of the ground, pipe it through protesting morons, refine , transport , store and sell it retail at a gas station 24/7 for $2.35 a gallon some complain it is too high? I wish it would go to 4 bucks a gallon so I could sell some of my oil stocks. If I keep guying what is cheap, the only thing I will have is oil in my portfolio. Also, there is not a glut in Asia or Europe, they use 75 % ? of the worlds oil. USA hs a glut so we think the whole world has a glut. Not so, and when stupid investors figure it out we won't see the selloffs on oil every time some dingbat on CNN sais we have a glut.

Yep....big oil ain't near as greedy as the gubment.

Not for the lack of trying though.

Lucky you! My 225 HP 2-cycle on a 22' Glass boat gets 2 mpg when the ocean is flat calm. The price I pay-to-play. If it stays at $3.00/gal up here I'll be happy.

If I had a boat like that Muskwgman, I would be happy to pay 3 bucks a gallon, lucky you !! And good for you !

Always higher by Memorial Day.

When I borrowed my late dad's Buick to ride around at night I said "Give me two dollars worth." and at $0.179 it would fill the tank and they cleaned the windshield!

Yes, there were a helluva lot of things we used to be able to do that we cant any more.

mohick, can you list maybe two things common to all men that make you happy in your life. I'd love to see the list.

Being an angry, unintelligible prick and smoking the crack pipe.

EDIT: Oh, you said COMMON TO ALL MEN. My bad.

Gas prices went from $2.36 o $2.44 in the last couple days.
Guess the oil companies checked their bank statements and decided they were not making enough!

If oil is $50.00 a barrel-- why in hell are we paying $2.44 per gallon???

The answer is simple--- price gouging!

Guns, powder, and reloading supplies are down big time too.

LOL..!! Another highly educated expert who has a full grasp of the oil business.

Yeah no gouging?? The bastads admitted that it only costs them 15 $ a barrel to get it out of the ground thats a he!! of a lot of profit even at 50$ bl let alone when it was 100$ companies profits in the billions well screw em let the little guy have a chance for once!!!!!!!!! and thanks TBREW401 glad to see someone else here has some sense!!!

The government makes more off a gallon of motor fuel than the oil companies.

That's where your gouging is at.

Mike

Yeah, we need the government to take over the oil business.

They already make more on fuel taxes than the oil companies do in profits.

If you want an example of state owned oil, drive down to Mexico and fill up. You might be surprised.

Mo... Whoever told you that it only costs $15 a barrel to produce oil, lied to you.

It varies by area and structure, but I'm not aware of any that are that low cost. Not even close.

These threads are always comical.