Sean Comey
Sean Comey
aftermath expect prices rather
With what's going on with the aftermath of the hurricane, I would expect prices to go up rather than down in September.
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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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Prices are high -- the question is why? We have enough crude oil and gasoline to meet current demand, and yet the cost of fuel continues to cause budget concerns for many consumers.
price
By making price predictions, it can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. I don't want to be a part of the problem.
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Young, inexperienced drivers are much more likely to be in fatal crashes at this time of year.
normal
Normally, that happens. There's no normal right now.
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It's only inexpensive compared to an all-time, record-high price.
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It costs more to make and it protects your air quality.
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Crude oil is more expensive than it was after Hurricane Katrina. And we haven't had a natural disaster that is causing these high prices.
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Consumers are numb to these high prices. Some of this is what the market will bear. Part of the problem with higher prices is we set a new benchmark in our mind and $3 is the new record.
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Supply and demand are so related, if we all just save a couple gallons here and there it will have a dramatic effect on price.
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It's a pattern. Prices go up, consumers get angry, politicians investigate, nothing changes.
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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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Fuel consumption rises two percent every year in California; yet we haven't built a refinery in years and a number of them have even closed. But no one wants a refinery in their backyard.