Fuel Prices - Have You Ever Noticed?
Ever notice how when the national evening news casts are crowing that gas prices have dropped and that this coming winter looks like it won't be as expensive for the average folk WHAM!! the prices at the gas pumps spike.
You bet. NBC/CBS/ABC were all saying that hey gas prices were below $2 all over the country and within hours the price at the corner station went from $2.05 to $2.25. Wrong direction people!
So today when the paper tells me that those of us who heat our homes with natural gas will see bills of around $119 or 12.5% less this winter, forgive me if I don't believe a word of it. They also say that the winter will be milder than average (more mild?). Uh-huh but didn't I also read today that the fields in Alaska are down again due to weather? OPEC wants to cut back on production 'cuz they aren't getting as much per barrel as they were last week etc, etc, etc. Oh yeah, I believe that my home heating costs will be better this year... sure I do.
It is very interesting that the prices spike within hours if not the next day after the news geeks announce that they have fallen. Watch it in your area if you haven't been paying attention to such things. I'll bet you see the correlation too.
You bet. NBC/CBS/ABC were all saying that hey gas prices were below $2 all over the country and within hours the price at the corner station went from $2.05 to $2.25. Wrong direction people!
So today when the paper tells me that those of us who heat our homes with natural gas will see bills of around $119 or 12.5% less this winter, forgive me if I don't believe a word of it. They also say that the winter will be milder than average (more mild?). Uh-huh but didn't I also read today that the fields in Alaska are down again due to weather? OPEC wants to cut back on production 'cuz they aren't getting as much per barrel as they were last week etc, etc, etc. Oh yeah, I believe that my home heating costs will be better this year... sure I do.
It is very interesting that the prices spike within hours if not the next day after the news geeks announce that they have fallen. Watch it in your area if you haven't been paying attention to such things. I'll bet you see the correlation too.
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