Damage from Hurricane Harvey may affect the gasoline market

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09-01-17, 11:45 AM

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And seeing how Americans are always so shortsighted, sedans will make a short lived recovery in sales.

09-01-17, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Longevite1

When they ran out of gas, they change the sign to that number, or 8.88.

There were cars pumping fuel, and waiting in line...so I don't think it was that. I was moving so unfortunately I couldn't snap a picture of all of that. I tried, but best I could do. This station was the only one in the area with fuel and they knew it.

09-01-17, 01:37 PM

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1 Gal ~ 3.785L so ~$5.03C In US $'s it's equivalent to $4.05. Still very high in comparison.

Yes. My bad Was not thinking right.

09-01-17, 02:39 PM

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And seeing how Americans are always so shortsighted, sedans will make a short lived recovery in sales.

Many SUVs, today, get the same (or close to) gas mileage as sedans do. That's one reason (among several) why they are so popular....it's not just cheap gas.

09-01-17, 08:25 PM

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Hey, so people who bought hybrids recently don't look so dumb

Because gas prices could stay higher for a while.

09-01-17, 10:50 PM

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Fake gas shortage when there's videos out there of gas station owners saying they're getting their supply regularly down there in TX. Media playing this up to make gas prices go higher and everyone go out and buy gas while it's cheap.