Comments on: Why gas prices are jumping

By: Robert Fresh

Robert Fresh — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:49:58 +0000

You need to take a drive up the coast to Humboldt County $4.18 per gallon. They say it is transportation costs LOL. Guess it is cheaper to ship to hawaii.

By: Randy Seelye

Randy Seelye — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:04:32 +0000

Hawaii may still have the highest gas prices in the country, but at least on Maui prices are lower than they used to be. When Costco opened a gas station in Kahaluli in 2012 its prices were from 30 cents to 50 cents less per gallon than other stations. This forced gas stations throughout the island to also lower prices!

By: Kark

Kark — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:43:02 +0000

It’s always the refineries fault that gas prices go up within hours but take months to go down… how come gas hasn’t gone down to under $3?

Solution, STOP driving as much as possible during the periods that the oil companies reduce production…

By: Ronald Breeze

Ronald Breeze — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:29:44 +0000

What was left out of this story is the Wall Street speculators who have put hard money on oil and gas prices rising. They stand to profit the most from consumers having to pay more at the pump. If you want to know the real reason always follow the money.

By: Matt Everson

Matt Everson — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:52:11 +0000

This is market manipulation. Winter blend…us,met blend. Is this the first winter in business, Chevron? This is what economists refer to as an oligopoly. There are two effective tools to combat this…drive less or break the oligopoly and allow for greater competition. As American ruse consistently to stop driving as much as they do and stubbornly refuse to vote and hold elected officials accountable…this is your result, $4 gas.

By: rknutson

rknutson — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:07:57 +0000

Arguments for more drilling or more refineries are patently false as we export more oil products than we import. We have for the last 2 years. The world market comes first. We are a very distant second. The oil corporations loyalties are to profits only, certainly not to our country.

By: Phineas Worthington

Phineas Worthington — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 04:54:21 +0000

Jobs, growth, and economic vitality and independence are all right under our feet, but the bureaucrats and their voters won’t let that happen. CA could once again regain its title as #1 gas producer if the environmentalists would recognize the value of energy production to human life. We sit on one of the largest deposits of shale gas in North America and the only reason we can’t use it is the environmentalists and their restrictions on the production of energy. Get a clue people!

By: Mechazawa

Mechazawa — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 01:51:53 +0000

“If the econuts would “allow” more refineries to be built this wouldn’t happen.”

I urge you to reread the fourth complete, unbulleted paragraph and then explain why building more refineries would decrease prices if the ones we already have are only running at 3/4 capacity.

By: Wilson

Wilson — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 01:33:53 +0000

Gas prices in major areas of California are high simply because we keep paying their price. Scary but gas is actually a little higher in Los Angeles than here.

What I would like to know, or at least confirm, is if Petaluma with no ARCO or Costco and few independent stations has the highest gas prices in the county.

By: Todd Dodson

Todd Dodson — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:33:11 +0000

It’s pretty obvious here… The prices went WAAAY up before the final days of the election to make Obama looks like a bad guy since there was nothing he could do about it.

Since concessions weren’t made between Obama and Big Oil (B.O), B.O had to go chat with Mitt Romney, he publicly stated he would make those concessions, thus B.O supported ROMNEY (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/boehner-gas-prices-cost-obama-election-cutting-oil/comments?type=story&id=13451597#.URL1ymdtxvE)

Stupid sheep will go wherever the shepherd leads…

By: cara

cara — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:54:53 +0000

to rt: seriously? You read the article?

By: Julie Johnson

Julie Johnson — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:17:28 +0000

If the econuts would “allow” more refineries to be built this wouldn’t happen.

By: rt

rt — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:08:02 +0000

not buying media excuses. more like an admin wanting prices to rise closer to European levels to make everything else they’ve done appear to be more economically feasible.