Getting gas a year ago today with my truck

[70 sublime]

The cheapest gas I have ever gotten was in this picture a year ago today

Now today's price at same station 

This is per L as I am Canadian 

$1.219   $1.299  $1.329   $1.399

[birdsandbees]

You must have been on the East side of Rice Lake and using a status card.. 

[70 sublime]

You must have been on the East side of Rice Lake and using a status card.. 

Nope this was just in town for the regular folks 

[Lennard]

A year ago I paid $1.70 per gallon.  Now I pay $3.09 per gallon.

[Mike DC]

   
Last spring was the Covid outbreak.  In fact the spring was peak-lockdown.  Of course gas prices were low.  The world had abruptly stopped driving and there was no idea when we would start again. 

[Kern Dog]

No, Mike. That isn't the entire story.
Gas prices were steady for a few years. It was a surprise to me to see the Summer price stay fairly close to the Spring prices.
It is evident to anyone with a clear mind why the prices have jumped so much.

[RallyeMike]

Well, here are the charts:

Steady increase in gas prices during the last administration until COVID, then tanking. Cost per gallon now back up to pre-COVID level, and certainly to continue to go higher as the world has not yet fully gotten back into the swing of things.

https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/gasoline-prices

(Suggest looking at the 10Y table)

[Lennard]

No, Mike. That isn't the entire story.
Gas prices were steady for a few years. It was a surprise to me to see the Summer price stay fairly close to the Spring prices.
It is evident to anyone with a clear mind why the prices have jumped so much.

I purposely didn't mention the reason why the fuel prices are almost double from a year ago, to not get political... but every sane person knows the reason.

[Kern Dog]

It takes a LOT of self restraint for me to side step the elephant in the room on this subject.

[Mike DC]

        
Just relax.  The blue-balls pain will fade in a few hours.  


You guys do crack me up though.  If your car throws a rod halfway down the dragstrip, do you go home complaining about the hot weather slowing your times down?  I mean, yeah, hot weather definitely does slow a car down.

[Lennard]

       
Just relax.  The blue-balls pain will fade in a few hours.  


You guys do crack me up though.  If your car throws a rod halfway down the dragstrip, do you go home complaining about the hot weather slowing your times down?  I mean, yeah, hot weather definitely does slow a car down.

https://www.google.com/search?q=ignorance&sxsrf=ALeKk03_nckiPujydsDJvlaU4njsWsdgfw%3A1617291679330&source=hp&ei=n-llYOHLEYjn-gSh5peQBA&oq=igno&gs_lcp=ChFtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1ocBABGAEyCggAELEDEEYQ-QEyBQgAELEDMgUIABCxAzIICAAQsQMQgwE6BwgjEOoCECc6BQgAEJECOgsILhDHARCvARCRAjoOCC4QsQMQgwEQxwEQowI6BQguELEDSgUIPhIBMUoFCD8SATFQ5jhY9EFggVZoAnAAeACAAcgBiAGkBpIBBTAuNC4xmAEAoAEBsAEF&sclient=yes

[odcics2]

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/31/983157525/france-imposes-3rd-national-lockdown-as-covid-19-again-surges

The photo says it all.

But, as more countries around the world lock down, the price of gas will drop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    

[RallyeMike]

The prices are going to keep going up because it is an opportunity for the oil companies to gouge the consumer. As demand is going up with COVID winding down, supply will (strategically) lag. Watch for the the reports on oil company profits end of 2021.... they will be way up, if not record breaking. Where they level off is anybody's guess.

[Kern Dog]

       
Just relax.  The blue-balls pain will fade in a few hours.  


You guys do crack me up though.  If your car throws a rod halfway down the dragstrip, do you go home complaining about the hot weather slowing your times down?  I mean, yeah, hot weather definitely does slow a car down.

https://www.google.com/search?q=ignorance&sxsrf=ALeKk03_nckiPujydsDJvlaU4njsWsdgfw%3A1617291679330&source=hp&ei=n-llYOHLEYjn-gSh5peQBA&oq=igno&gs_lcp=ChFtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1ocBABGAEyCggAELEDEEYQ-QEyBQgAELEDMgUIABCxAzIICAAQsQMQgwE6BwgjEOoCECc6BQgAEJECOgsILhDHARCvARCRAjoOCC4QsQMQgwEQxwEQowI6BQguELEDSgUIPhIBMUoFCD8SATFQ5jhY9EFggVZoAnAAeACAAcgBiAGkBpIBBTAuNC4xmAEAoAEBsAEF&sclient=yes

[Mike DC]

 

Okay, suit yourselves.   

If my POV on this is ignorant then the raw price data must be ignorant too.  How can I argue with that?   

[odcics2]

Ontario, Canada locked down again.

[70 sublime]

Ontario, Canada locked down again.

Kind of but not totally

[birdsandbees]

Ontario, Canada locked down again.

Kind of but not totally

Yep, I can still walk from the house door.. to the shop door. Same shit different day... 

[mr. hemi]

My shop is attached to the house. No contact with the masses. Masked or otherwise.