Gas prices down, MI average $3.82

Thankfully we found it for $3.77 this weekend.
But now that Consumers is reaming us all, what does it matter. While it may look like a break in one area of an expense for people here in this state, it proves not to be true at all.
BP&M all we want, we're all bent over the same ol barrel.

With the price going down I can afford to spill alittle when I fill up.

It will go lower when the market sees we are serious about drilling here...

Batch37 Pain Is Good wrote:

It will go lower when the market sees we are serious about drilling here...

Needs to drop $2.00 a gallon for a real dif..

Batch37 Pain Is Good wrote:

It will go lower when the market sees we are serious about drilling here...

Even if the politicians ever come together on a plan to drill here it won't stop the price of oil from going up. It'll take at least 10-15 years, if we started the plan today before we'd see any of the benefits. Oil will keep going up regardless.

RAB wrote:

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Even if the politicians ever come together on a plan to drill here it won't stop the price of oil from going up. It'll take at least 10-15 years, if we started the plan today before we'd see any of the benefits. Oil will keep going up regardless.

Regardless? That's like the word never. If someone invented artificial gas? We can fly to the moon and back so why is this so hard?

Forget the SUV's... my lease is up on my Jeep and I got a Camry!

RAB wrote:

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Even if the politicians ever come together on a plan to drill here it won't stop the price of oil from going up. It'll take at least 10-15 years, if we started the plan today before we'd see any of the benefits. Oil will keep going up regardless.

Not true, We can get to the Dakotas deposits within a year. The Rockys are loaded as is Alaska. Off Shore may take a little longer. But it still needs to be done.

I think we should start making fuel out of politicians. It's renewable, and would make me feel like they were really making a practical difference in my life. I hope they get good gas mileage.

I just got gas at 2:00 at the Family Fare in Zeeland. I paid 3.84 for regular. At 4:00 I went back there to fill up the gas can for the lawn mower. The pump now said $3.75 for regular and $3.84 for mid-grade. Being 50 I thought my mind was playing tricks so I got my receipt from earlier and sure enough the price for regular gas dropped .09 cents within two hours. I went in to pay for my lawn mower gas and asked them if they dropped the price of gas by .09 cents since two o'clock and you would swear I caught them with their pants down. Neither attendant wanted to admit that they dropped the price of gas .09 cents. I wasn't asking for a refund which I should have, I was just asking if they just dropped the price of gas and neither one of them would say anything. Another guy walked in behind me and asked them "what gives?" and they gave him the same dumb look.

Union All The Way wrote:

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Regardless? That's like the word never. If someone invented artificial gas? We can fly to the moon and back so why is this so hard?

Because the powers that be can CHARGE for it. We have the technology (buried) to work with free energy...and that is the key...free. Its not worth it to the big boys if they can't make a buck. Check out some of the quarterly profit statements.
It doesn't matter how low the price of fuel gets. Electric is going up and the economy has already been trashed.

RAB wrote:

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Even if the politicians ever come together on a plan to drill here it won't stop the price of oil from going up. It'll take at least 10-15 years, if we started the plan today before we'd see any of the benefits. Oil will keep going up regardless.

had we made the decision 10-15 years ago we wouldn't all be ticked that we are paying $4 a gallon for gas right now. If we act now we will save ourselves money down the road PLUS we won't be supplying our enemies with $$$ buy bullets to shoot at our soldiers.

Heads up! With a "Tropical Storm" affecting a few platforms in Texas, gas will surely go up another buck because of it. Heck, a guy lights a fart on an oil platform and it goes up ten cents.

Union All The Way wrote:

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Needs to drop $2.00 a gallon for a real dif..

Please let me know when that happens. And where! One can only dream, can't one? They have gotten over $4/gallon. Why would they drop it back to $2? Makes no sense. Would you voluntarily give up a raise? Voluntarily? I would not. If they were to pay me an exorbitant amount I would take it w no questions asked. Sure we carp about the price, but many do very little more than complain about it. I drove back from Up North this past weekend on 31 so. I drove 70 & took my life in my hands. People in big old V8 SUVs were shooting around me @ 80+ mph. Some were towing 22 foot boats, too. Wow. Guess not everyone is hurtin'.

Ogie Oglethorpe wrote:

Heads up! With a "Tropical Storm" affecting a few platforms in Texas, gas will surely go up another buck because of it. Heck, a guy lights a fart on an oil platform and it goes up ten cents.

No more bean burritos on the platform!

Lake Effect Dude wrote:

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had we made the decision 10-15 years ago we wouldn't all be ticked that we are paying $4 a gallon for gas right now. If we act now we will save ourselves money down the road PLUS we won't be supplying our enemies with $$$ buy bullets to shoot at our soldiers.

11 of the 20 9/11 terrorists were Saudi nationals. Our allies, right? No time like the present to kick the oil habit. We are junkies. Time to come clean!

Concerned Citizen wrote:

I just got gas at 2:00 at the Family Fare in Zeeland. I paid 3.84 for regular. At 4:00 I went back there to fill up the gas can for the lawn mower. The pump now said $3.75 for regular and $3.84 for mid-grade. Being 50 I thought my mind was playing tricks so I got my receipt from earlier and sure enough the price for regular gas dropped .09 cents within two hours. I went in to pay for my lawn mower gas and asked them if they dropped the price of gas by .09 cents since two o'clock and you would swear I caught them with their pants down. Neither attendant wanted to admit that they dropped the price of gas .09 cents. I wasn't asking for a refund which I should have, I was just asking if they just dropped the price of gas and neither one of them would say anything. Another guy walked in behind me and asked them "what gives?" and they gave him the same dumb look.

Come on, for $7.15 an hour you expect a smart look & an admission of guilt? Anyway the clerks have little to do w it. Following orders. Just use less.

Don't look forward to keeping these lower prices the hurricane tropical storm whatever was heading for the refineries in Texas. You can bet they will go back up here real quick. Any time anything goes on like a natural disaster or something with the war they raise the prices.

Patrick wrote:

Forget the SUV's... my lease is up on my Jeep and I got a Camry!

You, sir, have the right idea! Don't complain. Do something about it. We need to lose the victim mentality. It is very unAmerican! The market is telling us we need to adapt to new realities. Listen to it.

We actually need the price of gas to go up at least $2.00 a gallon. Then maybe all of the soccer moms with their monster SUV's would stop driving all over town with 1 kid in their vehicle. Maybe, just maybe then people would conserve a little more. Oil is not here forever, so start planning now.

Drilling for more, releasing from the reserve and all of that other crap will just lower the price, which in turn will make people care less about how much the use.

Filling the tank should hurt more.The ones whining are the people buying $4.00 Starbucks coffee anyhow.