Sean Comey
Sean Comey
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It's a pattern. Prices go up, consumers get angry, politicians investigate, nothing changes.
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This is just the beginning. People tend to drive more as the weather warms up, and the resulting increase in consumption triggers higher fuel costs.
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It's been brutal. We saw an unprecedented increase in the cost of gasoline, pushing past the $3 per gallon level, but we are starting to see prices creeping back down again.
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It's only inexpensive compared to an all-time, record-high price.
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I've heard some alarmist predictions, but the industry is still taking stock of the damage caused by the storm and how long it will take to repair the infrastructure.
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They're making as much money selling you a cup of coffee and doughnut as they do a tank of gasoline. They stay in business selling soda pop, cigarettes and lottery tickets.
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It costs more to make and it protects your air quality.
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If you put a meter on your dashboard that showed you how much it was costing you per mile, I think most people would be shocked.
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If you're on the wrong end of a disagreement of road rage, it can be frightening. It's about swallowing your pride. Often, if you don't engage an aggressive driver, the situation will diffuse.
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It's not like the government is going to come in and set price controls. (Fuel) is a commodity that's governed by the free market. Gasoline is like anything else; (corporations) will charge what people are willing to pay.
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It's a very loaded term. The actual definition is determined by state governments, who define what taking 'unfair advantage' of a crisis is. Attorneys General monitor these situations closely.
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It's standard reasoning. When you have a commodity that's increased dramatically (in price), then it would attract the criminal element.
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Typically, our prices are higher. But the effects of the hurricane were much more extreme in other parts of the country. So as bad as it was here, it was worse there.