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I don’t get it…

ATLANTA (CNN) – Gasoline prices are back on the rise, reversing a two-month decline, according to a survey released Sunday.

The average of price of a gallon of self-serve regular jumped eight cents to $2.21 a gallon — just 7 cents below the all-time high that was set on April 8, the Lundberg Survey found.

Publisher Trilby Lundberg said the biggest reason was the rising price of crude oil, which set an all-time high on Friday — the same day gasoline prices were surveyed at about 7,000 stations nationwide.

Light sweet crude oil for August delivery closed at $59.84 a barrel Friday on the New York Mercantile Exchange — the highest price for a nearby futures contract in the 22 years oil has been traded at the exchange.

I don’t get it, and maybe I’m just slow… It’s possible…

Gas prices are “back on the rise” reversing a “two-month” decline.

Did you catch that, also?

Well, here’s something to ponder… When did the news media report the decline?

Based on what’s been reported over the past year, gas should cost about a million dollars a gallon. You never see the reports of gas going down, and only reports when they go up. I doubt anyone even knew that gas prices had been going down in the past two months. Do you remember ever catching a report in the last two months about a price decline?

Now ponder this. Who gets rich when gas prices go up (or at least who is perceived to get rich)?

Right. The oil industry.

And who are the poster children for the oil industry? Well, if you ask the MSM, it’s Bush and Cheney.

So why else would it be nearly impossible to find a report on gas prices dropping?

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  • I'm with you on that one, Linoge. Eleven years ago, I was paying about $5.50 /gallon for petrol in northeast Scotland.

    But yes, I did notice the prices drop from $2.33.9/gallon down as low as $2.13.9 the past few weeks, then got shocked as it climbed 2 cents/day for 10 days straight. We're at $2.29.9 right now. Ugh.


    -cjb-
  • Nope, no bias here. Nothing to see. Move along.


    (By the by, glad you added the disclaimer about perceiving to get rich... I mean, yeah, the oil industry is making a pretty penny off us poor consumers, but a lot of what factors into oil prices is out of even their control. And, it could be a hell of a lot worse... just take a look at Europe.)
  • pam
    What decline? Where the hell was there a decline in the price for us in Michigan? I bought gas for less in Illinois than here!:mad:
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