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Norbert

(7,694 posts) Mon Mar 2, 2026, 03:50 PM 4 hrs ago

Pain.at the pump coming to a gas station near you

Crude oil up around $5.50 or 8%. It will get worse if the Strait of Hormuz isn't opened up soon.

I wonder how sh!t for brains and the drunk war secretary will pin this on Biden.

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Pain.at the pump coming to a gas station near you (Original Post) Norbert 4 hrs ago OP

Hillary's emails? Obama's tan suit? SheltieLover 4 hrs ago #1

poupon mustard? arugula? sprinkleeninow 3 hrs ago #5

Any one of the above. SheltieLover 3 hrs ago #6

Apparently, natural gas is also affected. 20% of the world supply is shipped through there. Vinca 4 hrs ago #2

Maybe for the Greg_In_SF 4 hrs ago #3

The oil price is global. Klarkashton 4 hrs ago #4

Indeed Greg_In_SF 3 hrs ago #7

Went Up 15 Cents Overnight Here ProfessorGAC 3 hrs ago #8

I am surprised too! Greg_In_SF 2 hrs ago #9

There have been times in my life when the price of gas is negligible... hunter 1 hr ago #10

SheltieLover

(79,413 posts)

1. Hillary's emails? Obama's tan suit?

Reply to Norbert (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 03:53 PM

4 hrs ago

sprinkleeninow

(22,281 posts)

5. poupon mustard? arugula?

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 03:59 PM

3 hrs ago

🫂 🫶

SheltieLover

(79,413 posts)

6. Any one of the above.

Reply to sprinkleeninow (Reply #5)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 04:00 PM

3 hrs ago

Vinca

(53,725 posts)

2. Apparently, natural gas is also affected. 20% of the world supply is shipped through there.

Reply to Norbert (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 03:53 PM

4 hrs ago

Greg_In_SF

(1,190 posts)

3. Maybe for the

Reply to Norbert (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 03:53 PM

4 hrs ago

countries that buy a lot of oil from the middle east. Thankfully, we do not.

Klarkashton

(5,140 posts)

4. The oil price is global.

Reply to Greg_In_SF (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 03:56 PM

4 hrs ago

Greg_In_SF

(1,190 posts)

7. Indeed

Reply to Klarkashton (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 04:06 PM

3 hrs ago

but we will see how things go over the next couple of weeks. I'm not particularly worried about it. In fact, my gas has gone down $0.07 per gallon since Saturday. And, as always, switching away from Winter blends has an affect...even though it really shouldn't.

Many said we would have $100 oil today. Brent crude is $78 and WTI crude is $71 today.

ProfessorGAC

(76,433 posts)

8. Went Up 15 Cents Overnight Here

Reply to Greg_In_SF (Reply #7)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 04:38 PM

3 hrs ago

Surprised to hear gas went down near you.
It was holding steady at $2.899 for a few weeks. Was $3.049 this morning.
And, it went up a dime to get to $2.899.
So, we haven't seen a price drop in a couple months.

Greg_In_SF

(1,190 posts)

9. I am surprised too!

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #8)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 04:58 PM

2 hrs ago

I check the same station every day. Wonder what it will be tomorrow.

hunter

(40,590 posts)

10. There have been times in my life when the price of gas is negligible...

Reply to Norbert (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 06:20 PM

1 hr ago

... and times when it has been unaffordable.

For a few years when I was a young man I could fill the tank of my little Toyota for less than an hour's wages.

I greatly abused that privilege, driving all over the Western United States and the Northern border regions of Mexico.

The price of gas doesn't matter to me now but I'm not driving more. I figure I've burned more than my fair share.

In a better world we'd be rebuilding our cities, turning them into attractive affordable places where car ownership was unnecessary and most people wouldn't have to worry about the price of gasoline.

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