Originally Posted By: TurboFiat124
Yesterday here in Tennessee, 87 was $1.75, 89 was $2.05 and 93 was $2.25.
I remember years ago before gas prices hit $4.50 a gallon when 87 was around $1.75, 93 was only $1.95 a gallon.
So say 15 years ago there was a 10 cents difference, now there is a .50 cents difference between 87 and 93.
Strange enough when gas hit $4.50 a gallon, Sunoco's 100+ racing fuel was still around $5.50 a gallon! So apparently racing fuel and pump gas does not follow one another.
It's funny that gas prices skyrocketed after Hurricane Katrina supposedly do to short supply. A month later before Rita even touched ground, gas prices artificially shot up to over $3.50 a gallon.
Here is a good example of price gouging. I took these photos off I-81 in TN shortly after Hurricane Rita. The cost of gasoline in the city varied from $3.80 $4.00 a gallon. I guess the price varied so much because nobody could make up their mind how much they wanted to gouge people.
$4.19 versus $4.99 per gallon? HHMMM which would you buy...
Directly across the street:
Here is a post I made concerning why ethanol is more expensive in metro areas than rural areas:
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubb...ive#Post4160160
Here in central Mississippi there were reports of those fleeing Katrina getting gouged trying to rent a hotel room. Pretty ugly word 'gouge' is.