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Old 10-15-2021, 10:12 AM   #57
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It's actually great for the prices to go sky-high. That's the only time our state economy makes money and the government can pay all the bills. When the gas is cheap, it bleeds our state, since they have based most of the revenue on oil, not to mention they have given them significant tax cuts as well, so the revenue doesn't come in when gas prices are "normal". When it goes sky high though...it's great for the state.
That's cool, except all that extra money the state is making comes out of your pocket. Literally.
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Old 10-15-2021, 11:11 AM   #58
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The cost of EVERYTHING has been going up, not just gas. Do you guys not buy groceries?



The Costco I frequent is $3.69 for 93 octance, which is 0.20+ cheaper than the normal gas stations.
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Old 10-15-2021, 12:28 PM   #59
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The cost of EVERYTHING has been going up, not just gas. Do you guys not buy groceries?



The Costco I frequent is $3.69 for 93 octance, which is 0.20+ cheaper than the normal gas stations.
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4 USD for a loaf of bread here now.
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Old 10-15-2021, 01:20 PM   #60
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It's actually great for the prices to go sky-high. That's the only time our state economy makes money and the government can pay all the bills. When the gas is cheap, it bleeds our state, since they have based most of the revenue on oil, not to mention they have given them significant tax cuts as well, so the revenue doesn't come in when gas prices are "normal". When it goes sky high though...it's great for the state.
Hope this was pre-weekend sarcasm and you didn't actually mean it.
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Old 10-15-2021, 01:39 PM   #62
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looking at gasbuddy in my area is ranges from $3.64-$4.15 a gallon. The app doesn't have a way to filter for Top Tier gas so its all of the stations.
I remember being able to in the past. Not sure why that's not a feature anymore.
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Hope this was pre-weekend sarcasm and you didn't actually mean it.
No, our state economy is based on oil revenue.
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Old 10-15-2021, 03:15 PM   #64
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No, our state economy is based on oil revenue.
Yep, I would say that Alaska is a special case for this discussion.
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Old 10-15-2021, 04:35 PM   #65
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Yep, I would say that Alaska is a special case for this discussion.
And we bleed money when gas prices are down in the $2.xx
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Old 10-15-2021, 07:46 PM   #66
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No, our state economy is based on oil revenue.



So when your state is forced to go electric, you all will really be effed. Sad STATE of affairs.
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Around $5/gallon for 91 premium in SF Bay Area.
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I love it.... my stock is moving up.
This is the only upside to it all....

Paying $100+ every 3 days (or less) hurts.
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About 2.50 here in Delaware. Think about it……..
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Old 10-15-2021, 11:51 PM   #70
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So when your state is forced to go electric, you all will really be effed. Sad STATE of affairs.
What do you even mean? Sale of petrol is not stopping any time soon.
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