[thevillages2013]

Originally Posted by elevatorman

Get the "GasBuddy" app for your phone. It will tell you the cheapest prices in the area. Just hit the find gas button and a bunch of stations appear. It's free at the app store.

GetUpside is another app that will give cash back at participating stations. It will show you the price of gas at all of them . Sometimes the deal is good other times not so much. Also it doesn’t make sense to drive ten miles to save 2 cents a gallon

[Darylwisenhunt@gmail.com]

"What if we could have locked in our gas prices 10 years ago for life?" That's what I heard right before I got solar panels. Nationwide Energy Solutions The Villages Florida nationwideenergysolution.com I've heard good things and experienced the same. I do believe these gas incentives are credible as well and I would love to know how to qualify for these cards this Saturday (Tomorrow). Please advise!

[Darylwisenhunt@gmail.com]

Originally Posted by Soon2B-Villager

Newly arrived to the Villages. Noticed gas prices are pretty consistent, but a number offer discounts if you sign up for their program. Up north I had an area with competing stations that had the most competitive pricing.
Any recommendations on a favorite place to get gas? I ‘d like to only sign up for a single rewards program.

"What if we could have locked in our gas prices 10 years ago for life?" That's what I heard right before I got solar panels. Nationwide Energy Solutions The Villages Florida I've heard good things and experienced the same. I do believe these gas incentives are credible as well and I would love to know how to qualify for these cards this Saturday (Tomorrow). Please advise!

[Nell57]

Originally Posted by kfierle

Download the Marathon Make it count app. It gives you $.05 off a gallon. Link it to your Southwest Rapid Rewards account and earn points toward future flights. Combine that with the $50 gift card for $40 at Publix and you get a bit of a deal.

Wow…you ARE good.

[thelegges]

Other than Driving to Disney every 3 weeks, our car rarely goes out. Convertible get driven couple times week around town. We fuel so little, I don’t drive 10 more miles to save a few cents, we use chase visa for Disney points instead of carrying a separate gas card.

[blueash]

Originally Posted by Bay Kid

Every time you go to fill up it is sticker shock! In Va the price jumped another .10 per gallon yesterday. Thanks to?

Hey Bay Kid, maybe you can tell us whom to thank. I'm sure you're well schooled in the economic factors that regulate fuel prices. Today Aramco raised its charges for oil.


"Saudi Arabia raised oil prices for customers in Asia, the U.S. and Europe after crude’s surge to almost $95 a barrel.

State firm Saudi Aramco increased all grades for its main market of Asia in March, according to several people with knowledge of the matter. The company raised its key Arab Light oil for the region by 60 cents from February to $2.80 per barrel above the benchmark it uses...
Aramco’s decision came days after OPEC+ opted to increase its daily crude production by 400,000 barrels a day next month, in line with traders’ expectations. Many energy analysts doubt the group, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, will add that much back to the market because of the supply problems among some of its members."

Who do you think is friends with the Saudis and the Russians? And who has stood up or not against Russian aggression and the Saudi killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi?

So please come back and answer the question you posed and share with us your expertise on how oil prices are established and who controls the market. [Hint, it is supply and demand just like every other commodity and the US is not in control of the world market that sets the rate]

[EdFNJ]

Originally Posted by Bay Kid

Every time you go to fill up it is sticker shock! In Va the price jumped another .10 per gallon yesterday. Thanks to?

Thanks to: The Saudi's jacking up the price of oil and American's driving millions of miles more since the pandemic fear of being in an enclosed car has gone down. In the height of the pandemic gas was almost free (obvious hyperbole for those who take everything literally), now it's high. Want it to go down? Everyone should walk or ride a bike or stay in their homes 24/7.

[Bay Kid]

Originally Posted by EdFNJ

Thanks to: The Saudi's jacking up the price of oil and American's driving millions of miles more since the pandemic fear of being in an enclosed car has gone down. In the height of the pandemic gas was almost free (obvious hyperbole for those who take everything literally), now it's high. Want it to go down? Everyone should walk or ride a bike or stay in their homes 24/7.

Yep that sounds like the reason.

[MrFlorida]

As I recall, we were oil independent last year.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by EdFNJ

Thanks to: The Saudi's jacking up the price of oil and American's driving millions of miles more since the pandemic fear of being in an enclosed car has gone down. In the height of the pandemic gas was almost free (obvious hyperbole for those who take everything literally), now it's high. Want it to go down? Everyone should walk or ride a bike or stay in their homes 24/7.

What was the reason gas prices hovered between $2-3 for the 4 years prior to the pandemic?

[EdFNJ]

Originally Posted by MrFlorida

As I recall, we were oil independent last year.

Don't think so. Maybe 2-3 years ago and maybe later this year IF oil (gas) prices remains high. US couldn't compete with $30/barrel crude from Saudi. There has been multitudes of articles saying how a lot of US Production was shutting down over those low price crude oil years before the pandemic because they couldn't make any money due to high production costs here. Now that demand and prices are high again and the pandemic is slowing the US can again make money at $90+ a barrel and restart production.

Originally Posted by JMintzer

What was the reason gas prices hovered between $2-3 for the 4 years prior to the pandemic?

LINK: Forbes: The U.S. Oil Supply Is Still Out Of Balance

Article is 3 months old, just ad about $10/barrel to the price shown.

[Bay Kid]

Originally Posted by MrFlorida

As I recall, we were oil independent last year.

We sure were. Seems like other countries pay better.