$2.58 For Gas Today.......

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by Karl F

uffah, sign me up, I can make lotsa methane

I was just listening to the radio, unreal... they say the recent increase in cost, is partially due to the refineries swithing out the MTBE to Ethanol... ... something about a mandatory 85% gas 15% ethanol mix having to hit the pumps soon.. and we pay more for it...

METHANE... sounds like the way to "go" for sure.

Except that MTBE has been illegal in NY and Cal---two of the biggest gas consuming states---for years. 10% ethanol has been the law in those states. Maybe now they can't use the excuse of "well, we have to refine all of these different blends for different regions" any more. Sure they can't

Gotta love an industry that tries to recoup added costs before they incur them.

[Skitterpop]

or Mad Max frenzy

["uffah!!"]

Can't understand how they can charge us to take MTBE's out of the gasoline. They should have never put it in in the first place. Like they charged us extra when the first came out with UNLEADED. Their the ones that put in the LEAD in the first place to stop knocking!!!

[Skip N]

I heard a politician in Rhode Island is proposing to eliminate the RI state gas taxes. 30 freakin cents a gallon you pay toward taxes in rhody! Lord knows how much the Feds rape us for per gallon too. I believe the proposal would last for 4 months or until gas dips below $2.50 a gallon. Now i doubt this will pass, but at least someone has the right idea. We get taxed up the ass around here so why not give the tax payer a little break for awhile? You think the oil companies are raping ya? Think again, its the taxes form the state and the feds that rape ya just as much. But nobody ever mentions this.... Cut my freakin gas taxes i say!

[spence]

Originally Posted by Skip N

You think the oil companies are raping ya? Think again, its the taxes form the state and the feds that rape ya just as much. But nobody ever mentions this.... Cut my freakin gas taxes i say!

Well, the oil companies are making profit while the state taxes (I'd assume) go into the general fund. Granted there's a lot of pork in the State budget, but you're still comparing apples and oranges.

Cutting gas taxes would be great, but you have to offset it somehow. The state budget isn't in the best shape.

-spence

[Skip N]

you can offset it by just spending our hard earned tax dollars more wisely. If the politicians in this state are so concerned about high gas prices cut the taxes and learn to spend better. Plus there is no such thing as a bad tax cut if this doesnt go through, i better not hear another Rhody polititcian bitch about high gas prices, when they can help the folks right now and save people 30 cents a gallon, this goes for the feds too. They can help the folks out NOW if they so choose by cutting the gas taxes. Sure hybrid cars and alternative energy are great long term fixes, but that doesnt do chit right now. Cutting gas taxes can be done NOW and affect Americans NOW

[spence]

Skippy, the State budget doesn't work that way

Should we just cut all the taxes and have no funds to provide for the common good? Doesn't work...

Most of the budget does benefit the citizens at large, and believe it or not, some of it is even spent pretty effectively.

-spence

[ThrowingTimber]

2.48 in the hood. wear kevlar.

[Young Salt]

gas prices right now - $.30 is still too high IMO


they claim to have all these reasons why the prices are high........the only REAL reason is greed

[Redsoxticket]

These gas prices are low compared to a pint of water for a dollar.

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by uffah!!

Can't understand how they can charge us to take MTBE's out of the gasoline. They should have never put it in in the first place.

They didn't have a choice---they were required to sell "oxygenated" gas during certain months of the year in high pollution areas. Most oil companies chose MTBE as the cheaper alternative to ethanol. Hess was one of the few companies that went with ethanol from the beginning. It let Hess sell at 2-3 cent a gallon cheaper when NY banned MTBE and the other companies were scrambling to find ethanol suppliers.

Of course, in SE Mass, what few Hess staions there are sell whatever JP Noonan has in the tanker truck at delivery--just like 99% of the other brand name stations.