Gas prices to go up from CNN

[azskyrider]

CNNMONEY

FYI-

an additional .24 cents to .28 cents a gallon might not seem much but will add quite a bit in your monthly gas expenses.

[thebear54]

How come we never hear of prices going down? The only thing that does go down is the spending power of our meger paychecks and the cost of living increases don't keep up with what we have to dish out. If I was a rich man I could care less but the working stiff always gets the dirty side of the stick.
John

[sveltax]

Our gas prices have gone up just between this morning and this afternoon. Once the news says anything, the price jumps.

[crager34]

There is only so much oil left in the world. Do you really think the only reason were having this "war" is due to terrorism?

[tomdietrying]

Did you happen to see what company made the most $$$ and profits last year? EXXON/MOBIL OIL based out in Irving, Texas.

The only people not concerned with the oil prices are the oil people. And who do you think those people are?

Just think about it?

[Heraclid]

Um... the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge is estimated to have enough oil to sustain this country for 30 years. The drilling would not destroy the place - it would only affect a very small area that is pretty much wasteland anyway. Take a 10x13 space and toss a penny on it. That's the space relative to the reserve we're talking about here. Most Alaskans want this to happen. Caribou have been shown to huddle near pipelines for the warmth. It would probably increase their numbers. All this is without even getting into drilling down here off the Florida coast, other Alaska spots, or off California. Most of the oil in the oceans seeps from natural fissures, not from drilling pollution. It's not a dream, it is a reality - this country could be totally independent of Middle Eastern oil if it simply had the intestinal fortitude for it. There is no reason we can't be and it's ridiculous that we're not. Even if we only tapped the ANWR resource, that's 30 years to develop a good and viable alternative to the combustion engine for the masses. Which I am not against at all, but we're a long way from ready. Oil is the lifeblood of our economy, yes. And if this war were about oil and keeping it for ourselves, we'd be controlling the Iraqi and Kuwaiti fields and the prices would be down.