Sean Comey
Sean Comey
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Unless international tensions ease to the point where the cost of crude oil drops significantly, there's nothing to suggest that consumer fuel prices will be falling anytime in the near future.
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With what's going on with the aftermath of the hurricane, I would expect prices to go up rather than down in September.
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Typically, our prices are higher. But the effects of the hurricane were much more extreme in other parts of the country. So as bad as it was here, it was worse there.
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Consumers are numb to these high prices. Some of this is what the market will bear. Part of the problem with higher prices is we set a new benchmark in our mind and $3 is the new record.
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Drivers don't seem to be as concerned with current prices as they would have been in the past. Perhaps it's human nature. Once you've been through root canal without anesthetic, getting a filling doesn't seem nearly as scary as it used to be.
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It's been brutal. We saw an unprecedented increase in the cost of gasoline, pushing past the $3 per gallon level, but we are starting to see prices creeping back down again.
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This is not a lot to reassure the consumer. The only upside to high prices is that it should ensure a steady supply because there is an economic incentive to produce and ship it.
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It's a pattern. Prices go up, consumers get angry, politicians investigate, nothing changes.
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It would make sense that we'd start to see prices fall now that the storm has had less impact than was feared.
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Prices are high -- the question is why? We have enough crude oil and gasoline to meet current demand, and yet the cost of fuel continues to cause budget concerns for many consumers.
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People who buy hybrids also want to support the innovative technology to spur a technological answer to the challenge of high fuel prices and dependence on foreign oil.
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We are entering the time of year when historically gas prices have tended to rise because consumption increases. We are starting out this season at a level that is much higher than last year, and last year was certainly no bargain at the gas pump.
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It is a tough crowd to try to convince. The message about what will happen, as far as how much money it will cost them and how they will lose their driving privileges if they get busted, seems to have more of an impact than (the message of) saving lives and preventing injuries.
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Supply and demand are so related, if we all just save a couple gallons here and there it will have a dramatic effect on price.