Gas prices are up maybe 15 cents from their lows a couple weeks ago. The 76 at Seven Corners was back to $2.99 today + a 9 cent discount per gallon on Gas Buddy.

It was in the low 2.80’s back before Xmas.

Anonymous wrote:I saw $4.06 today at a Sunoco on Route 123 in Lorton, VA.

We always get screwed on gas prices in this area of the county and I’m not sure why. That Sunoco is crazy expensive, the ones near 95 are expensive, West Springfield is expensive but a little less, Kingstowne is almost the same price as Lorton and there’s another expensive Sunoco in the Saratoga shopping center in Springfield. You have to go up to the Fair Lakes area by the BJ’s and Hobby Lobby for reasonable priced gas, or toward Woodbridge, but then you’re fighting traffic on 95 or 123 or along Old Bridge Rd. And it hardly seems worth it unless you already happened to be over there anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suspect you’re looking at a cluster of stations effectively engaging in anti-competitive behavior and likely owned and leased out by the same jobber that is delivering from the refinery. Prices in Woodbridge are significantly lower, with Costco at $2.82.

Exactly this. Plus anything right off I-95 is effectively $1 more per gallon than a mile away off the highway. For example, all the stations near 7 Corners are in the 2.80s.

Ok, but these stations are all in W. Springfield and Burke, not right off 95. They are still 3.45-3.49. Looks like stations closer to 95 are actually a bit cheaper.

Seems to have stayed in this range, maybe a dime less. I’ll need to buy gas for a trip by the end of the month and figure I’ll fill up if I see it in the 3.30s.

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Anonymous wrote:OP’s $7 a gallon is clear not materializing and Biden is refilling the reserves at a far better price.

It’s like going back and highlighting posts of people who were certain that the Republicans would dominate in the midterms. It’s just a lot of fun. Smart people would at some point examine their beliefs and why they hold them; Republicans put their heads in the Fox sands.

I will point out that Biden doesn't control gas prices. Whenever they are high.

I didn’t say he did, though a lot of annoying “Brandon did this” stickers are looking really funny right now.

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Anonymous wrote:$2.65 a gallon at the Sheetz in Front Royal

With a side of Boom Boom sauce.

You'd think at this point they'd just call it Sheetz Shauze or something like that.

Anonymous wrote:$2.65 a gallon at the Sheetz in Front Royal

With a side of Boom Boom sauce.

$2.65 a gallon at the Sheetz in Front Royal

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Anonymous wrote:OP’s $7 a gallon is clear not materializing and Biden is refilling the reserves at a far better price.

It’s like going back and highlighting posts of people who were certain that the Republicans would dominate in the midterms. It’s just a lot of fun. Smart people would at some point examine their beliefs and why they hold them; Republicans put their heads in the Fox sands.

I will point out that Biden doesn't control gas prices. Whenever they are high.

But all the Republican experts said gas prices go up based on how much the President loves pipelines and offshore leases. That was all that mattered they said.

Anonymous wrote:OP’s $7 a gallon is clear not materializing and Biden is refilling the reserves at a far better price.

It’s like going back and highlighting posts of people who were certain that the Republicans would dominate in the midterms. It’s just a lot of fun. Smart people would at some point examine their beliefs and why they hold them; Republicans put their heads in the Fox sands.

I will point out that Biden doesn't control gas prices. Whenever they are high.

OP’s $7 a gallon is clear not materializing and Biden is refilling the reserves at a far better price.

It’s like going back and highlighting posts of people who were certain that the Republicans would dominate in the midterms. It’s just a lot of fun. Smart people would at some point examine their beliefs and why they hold them; Republicans put their heads in the Fox sands.

Anonymous wrote:I saw $4.06 today at a Sunoco on Route 123 in Lorton, VA.

That Sunoco always has crazy prices.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suspect you’re looking at a cluster of stations effectively engaging in anti-competitive behavior and likely owned and leased out by the same jobber that is delivering from the refinery. Prices in Woodbridge are significantly lower, with Costco at $2.82.

Exactly this. Plus anything right off I-95 is effectively $1 more per gallon than a mile away off the highway. For example, all the stations near 7 Corners are in the 2.80s.

Ok, but these stations are all in W. Springfield and Burke, not right off 95. They are still 3.45-3.49. Looks like stations closer to 95 are actually a bit cheaper.

Anonymous wrote:I saw $4.06 today at a Sunoco on Route 123 in Lorton, VA.

Literal highway robbery. I just bought in DC and it was only $3.30. And I was just topping up at the place closest to our house ahead of a road trip tomorrow. It’s literally under $2.90 in many parts in NoVa within 5 miles of the river.

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Anonymous wrote:$7 mid next year when Trumps strategic reserve runs out

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/16/economy/biden-spr-exchange-and-replenish/index.html

It’s getting refilled

+1. At a profit (sell high, buy low). TheYnarent drawing from the SPR. They are refilling it. At a profit. Thanks Biden!

Anonymous wrote:I saw $4.06 today at a Sunoco on Route 123 in Lorton, VA.

That’s terrible. I’m paying 3.35 in Rockville right now.