True to shabby political form the prices here went up close to a dime the day after the elections...
Vuggin' of course!
Just a dime? I think ours jumped more than that! Bet the oil companies panicked after losing both sides of Congress. Better milk those customers while you can!
Costco's clinging to $2.43 like grim death, everywhere else has spiked north of $2.50 or so.
The whole west coast is still getting hammered because of the Alaskan Pipeline repairs.
It could still be several months. The more they look the more they find to repair.
Trucking in reserves from the surplus areas is too costly so 90+ percent is coming in on tankers from foreign sources.
I think I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so............
The whole west coast is still getting hammered because of the Alaskan Pipeline repairs.
It could still be several months. The more they look the more they find to repair.
Trucking in reserves from the surplus areas is too costly so 90+ percent is coming in on tankers from foreign sources.
It is a longer route for the boats. The pipeline really did supply a lot to the region.
The tankers that made the runs from Alaska have to go more than double the distance
to get the crude.
I think I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so............
It is a longer route for the boats. The pipeline really did supply a lot to the region.
The tankers that made the runs from Alaska have to go more than double the distance
to get the crude.
Now think outside the box.... How can it cost more to ship/truck oil to Spokane from Alaska than to ship/truck oil to feckin Kansas from Iraq??
If what you are saying meant squat our gas would have been butt ass cheap until the pipeline broke. Its all bullshit. 100% bullshit. It is nothing but and excuse to maintain higher prices here, where public opinion/politics has demanded a slight drop elsewhere.
There is three times the refining capacity in the gulf then on the west coast. The Atlantic crossing is shorter than the Pacific crossing where they go an extra 1800
miles after going through the Suez Canal to get to the Pacific.
Extra transportation is going to cost more.
I am not defenging the oil companies, but the simple logistics of where it has to go and where it is coming from do have an impact on the price. The stuff Kansas is getting takes half the time to get here and once refined is more easily distributed
from the central location of the Gulf.
I think I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so............
There is three times the refining capacity in the gulf then on the west coast. The Atlantic crossing is shorter than the Pacific crossing where they go an extra 1800
miles after going through the Suez Canal to get to the Pacific.
Extra transportation is going to cost more.
I am not defending the oil companies, but the simple logistics of where it has to go and where it is coming from do have an impact on the price. The stuff Kansas is getting takes half the time to get here and once refined is more easily distributed
from the central location of the Gulf.
I think I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so............
Re: Gas prices today?
I understand what you mean... unfortunately for me, I spend $42 filling up the Honda!!! Still over $2.50/gallon for reguler here!! 
