Why did the price of gas just go up .20 over the past three days?

Question

Why did the price of gas just go up .20 over the past three days?

Answer 1

Talk to Bush, he's in charge of stealing the oil.

Answer 2

Please, people, the President has no more power to control gas prices or steal oil than camels in Saudi Arabia have the power to control what happens in the upcoming Baseball season. Think that analogy was a stretch? Good, it was. So is calling Bush an "oil stealer."



The price jumped because OPEC is in charge of the price, and when OPEC desides to do something, the rest of the world bends over and takes it up the tail-pipe, as it were.



And in Dallas, the price jumped 35 cents in twelve hours.

Answer 3

I wondered the same thing- let's start an Answers pool to see how many posts it takes to get to a "George Bush did it" type answer. :P

My guess is 3.

One reason might be so that they can lower the price when it gets closer to Easter- people will think they're getting a good deal when they travel, when in reality, they'll be paying what they were used to paying a few weeks prior.

Answer 4

I don't know, but it's up to like $2.50 here in Central Texas.