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Offline Jack Morris

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Fill up your autos NOW!
« on: August 29, 2005, 10:41:51 am »
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050829/hurricane_katrina_oil.html?.v=18

It's going to get tight in about two days. Already the effects are showing in petroleum related stocks, they are ZOOMING.
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Re: Fill up your autos NOW!
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2005, 10:42:45 am »
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Offline J. Carney

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Re: Fill up your autos NOW!
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2005, 10:44:47 am »
Uhm, Jack... if people would calm down and stop trying to cause panic, the prices would stay a little lower- not much, maybe a dime a gallon, but it would help some.
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Re: Fill up your autos NOW!
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2005, 10:48:23 am »
Supply and demand. The effects are anticipated earlier now because last year it took a while to figure out Ivan and the real damage it did. People are smarter now. Already tankers are diverted, and that costs money, the increase gets passed on to the refiner, and you know how good they are at gouging SOMETIMES, but not when your facilities are damaged.
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Re: Fill up your autos NOW!
« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2005, 11:09:59 am »
Quote from: Jack Morris on August 29, 2005, 10:48:23 am
Supply and demand. The effects are anticipated earlier now because last year it took a while to figure out Ivan and the real damage it did. People are smarter now. Already tankers are diverted, and that costs money, the increase gets passed on to the refiner, and you know how good they are at gouging SOMETIMES, but not when your facilities are damaged.

Smarter is a matter of opinion. I know what Ivan did- my cousin was on the rig that it damaged... well, he was off it at the time, but it was his rig. ;) In fact, that all the men on that side of the family have ALL worked on rigs for at least 5 years each, save one cousin.

Speculators COULD help the market by not driving prices up so much in a panic, though. Wait and see how thins ACTUALLY go. THEN raise the prices, but don't do it on a scare.
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The advantages of living in the Heart of Dixie- low cost of living, peace and quiet and a conservative majority. For some reason I think that the first two items have a lot to do with the presence of the last one.

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Re: Fill up your autos NOW!
« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2005, 02:19:49 pm »
Anyone want to bet the Feds have put in price controls before the end of September?


Okay.. here's another question..or scenario..

We (the West) have lots of cash and capital.

China does not (yet).

Who is the suddenly soaring price of fuel going to hurt more?  Will it suddenly siphon all of the cash out of their economy?  Could the sudden loss of large cash reserves actually crash the Chinese economy before it really takes off? Doesn't this hurt their competetive advantage because suddenly locally made goods might be competetive when shipping costs weigh in?

Is this intentionally being done to put the brakes on Chinese economic expansion?  IIRC the cost of fuel always pounded Japanese goods much more so that American goods.
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Re: Fill up your autos NOW!
« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2005, 02:22:43 pm »
Quote from: Dracho on August 29, 2005, 02:19:49 pm
Is this intentionally being done to put the brakes on Chinese economic expansion?  IIRC the cost of fuel always pounded Japanese goods much more so that American goods.

Dracho, you MIGHT be on to something here... not a bad line of thought.
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Re: Fill up your autos NOW!
« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2005, 02:30:41 pm »
Second that J.C., it makes sense as we have not gotten near the 1980 level if adjusted for today's dollars and inflation. Back then it was the equivalent of $90 a barrel! Now throw in the fact that Bush and company are hitting China on their outright manipulation of their currency and exports, it does seem plausible. Economic warfare at it's finest.
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Offline Jack Morris

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Re: Fill up your autos NOW!
« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2005, 10:07:07 am »
Woke up this a.m., and gas went up 12 cents a gallon here in Austin! Anybody else see that kind of increase?
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Re: Fill up your autos NOW!
« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2005, 10:46:59 am »
I didn't pay attention but I *THINK* I did NOT see any real increases here near NYC.
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Re: Fill up your autos NOW!
« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2005, 10:53:13 am »
We went from $2.59 to $2.76 overnight..
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Re: Fill up your autos NOW!
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Re: Fill up your autos NOW!
« Reply #13 on: September 01, 2005, 08:34:39 am »
Try from 2.99 yesterday to 3.59 today regular Unleaded
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Re: Fill up your autos NOW!
« Reply #14 on: September 01, 2005, 09:33:46 am »
a 60 cent jump? That's absurd!
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Re: Fill up your autos NOW!
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Re: Fill up your autos NOW!
« Reply #16 on: September 01, 2005, 09:29:26 pm »
Quote from: Sten on September 01, 2005, 08:34:39 am
Try from 2.99 yesterday to 3.59 today regular Unleaded

Holy Christ!  Where you from, Sten?  Great Lakes area saw 2.70-ish to a uniform-across-the-area $3.19 jump in a sngle day.
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Re: Fill up your autos NOW!
« Reply #17 on: September 01, 2005, 09:41:16 pm »
Quote from: E_Look NCC-9091 on August 30, 2005, 10:46:59 am
I didn't pay attention but I *THINK* I did NOT see any real increases here near NYC.

Now I do.  It's as bad as everyone else's.
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Re: Fill up your autos NOW!
« Reply #18 on: September 02, 2005, 08:22:56 am »
He (sic)The President(sic) asked Americans to be prudent in their consumption of energy but called the hurricane a “temporary disruption” to gasoline supplies. “Don’t buy gas if you don’t need it,” the president said.

source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9157866/

If you were planning a holiday road trip this labor weekend, see if you can make alternative plans.

This disaster is the real deal (ie. people are dying in New Orleans), and we have to take it seriously if we want to get through this w/o major economic impact.  In Atlanta, GA,  I know lotsa a people at work that are suddenly taking mass transit that have never done so before E-V-E-R.  It's all about doing your part.  The gas pipelines from the Gulf Coast are only up at partial (ie. 50% at best) capacity even 5 days after the hurricane hit.

There's also www.redcross.org if  can spare a few to donate.

Thanks.
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Re: Fill up your autos NOW!
« Reply #19 on: September 02, 2005, 08:46:28 am »
Two days ago gas was $2.73 here in Tulsa.  Yesterday it went to $2.99.  This morning it was $3.19.
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