I agree Utah, especially Logan only knows how to raise prices they never seem to drop them. I get most of my gas in Brigham if I can.
I hate the price "float" pervasive at the gas pumps. Price of oil goes up, immediate price hike at the pump. It goes down, and they lower the prices as slowly as possible and only because the other stations start working down the prices.
That said, the stations are most certainly suffering economically at this point since much of their profit is from retail sales of drinks and snacks. Have you been in one of these lately? The people working the counters are usually not to blame for the "float" - so in the hope that they’ll keep their jobs, I’ll give them a pass this one time.
FishnotPhish, well said. I hate this too.
I hate the price "float" pervasive at the gas pumps. Price of oil goes up, immediate price hike at the pump. It goes down, and they lower the prices as slowly as possible and only because the other stations start working down the prices.
$20 a barrel oil = $1 a gallon gas give or take depending on taxes. Prices are still extremely inflated.
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the problem is gas tax is over a dollar a gallon so gas can’t really go much cheeper
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[color=#800000][font=comic sans ms][size=medium]Sorry - that’s just not true with regard to what we pay at the pump when we fill our motor vehicles. Were you perhaps refering to some other place taxes are applied to motor vehicle fuel?
Utah adds 31.1¢ to a gallon of fuel (Link) and the Feds add 18.4¢ to gasoline and 24.4¢ to diesel (Link). That’s a total of 49.5¢ added to the actual cost of gasoline and 55.5¢ added to the actual cost of diesel. You can argue the value to the country at those rates, but it isn’t even close to being over a dollar. [/size][/font][/color]
The question that seems to keep popping in my mind is how much longer can these oil companies keep operating like this. A lot of businesses have shutdown, when is it or if it’s going start with oil companies. Quite a few of us have been around when gas was rationed back in the 70’s. My memories of this was long long lines at the pump based on an odd/even license plate number. Store shelves are empty with certain items, gas rationing could be on the horizon. I filled up my gas cans only so I can maintain my yard work and topped off my vehicles. My truck has been sitting for 2wks on a full tank so I had to put diesel treatment in it and just park it. My boat gas tank is full and treated also. Just a thought
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the problem is gas tax is over a dollar a gallon so gas can’t really go much cheeper
<color option="#800000" style="color: #800000;"><size option="medium" style="font-size:medium">Sorry - that’s just not true with regard to what we pay at the pump when we fill our motor vehicles. Were you perhaps refering to some other place taxes are applied to motor vehicle fuel?
Utah adds 31.1¢ to a gallon of fuel (<url href="https://tax.utah.gov/fuel/rates\" option="https://tax.utah.gov/fuel/rates\“>Link) and the Feds add 18.4¢ to gasoline and 24.4¢ to diesel (<url href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_taxes_in_the_United_States#Federal_taxes\” option="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_taxes_in_the_United_States#Federal_taxes\">Link). That’s a total of 49.5¢ added to the actual cost of gasoline and 55.5¢ added to the actual cost of diesel. You can argue the value to the country at those rates, but it isn’t even close to being over a dollar. 
And in Wyoming the state tax is just 24 cents a gallon. No state income tax either. I’d retire there except 6 months of winter is too long for me.
The U.S storage of oil is now completely full. Prices should be about a buck a gallon for the next 3-4 months but they won’t.