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MineralMan

(146,331 posts)
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 03:13 PM Aug 2017

Fill Your Gas Tanks Today!

Gas prices will be going up sharply, if they haven't already. Houston is about to get shut down and that's going to affect gasoline prices throughout the country, even in places where their gasoline comes from somewhere else. That's how gas prices work. If there's a shortage anywhere, prices go up everywhere.

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Fill Your Gas Tanks Today! (Original Post) MineralMan Aug 2017 OP
Off to do just that jpak Aug 2017 #1
I did mine yesterday. Both cars and the mower gas can. MineralMan Aug 2017 #2
Filled up yesterday evening. VOX Aug 2017 #3
High gas prices are a hardship, but they're good for the environnment. Squinch Aug 2017 #4
Absolutely. dalton99a Aug 2017 #5
Or dust off your bicycle. nt Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #6
At 72, my bicycle is long gone. MineralMan Aug 2017 #8
At 72 I use my bicycle daily. It's main main transportation. Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #12
Thank you Achilleaze Aug 2017 #7
The West Coast market is generally insulated/divorced from the rest of the nation Brother Buzz Aug 2017 #9
I waited in line for 10-15 minutes at Costco Sedona Aug 2017 #10
I just pumped up at BJ's.. HipChick Aug 2017 #11

MineralMan

(146,331 posts)
2. I did mine yesterday. Both cars and the mower gas can.
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 03:16 PM
Aug 2017

We don't drive all that much, so those fillups will last a couple of weeks at least. With my supermarket loyalty card, it was $1.89.9 per gallon. That's going to look like a bargain next week.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
3. Filled up yesterday evening.
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 03:17 PM
Aug 2017

Unaware of the potential price hike. But your quite correct -- any disruption in the fuel delivery chain results in a hike at the pumps. Don't drive much, should be okay for a month or so.

But thanks for the heads-up!

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
12. At 72 I use my bicycle daily. It's main main transportation.
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 08:01 PM
Aug 2017

Disclaimer: I did install an electric motor and a battery pack on it.

Brother Buzz

(36,464 posts)
9. The West Coast market is generally insulated/divorced from the rest of the nation
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 04:18 PM
Aug 2017

But our gas prices are already the highest in the nation.

Sedona

(3,769 posts)
10. I waited in line for 10-15 minutes at Costco
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 06:14 PM
Aug 2017

With 12 pumps going in North Atlanta suburbs (Sandy Springs) $2.20 reg unleaded

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