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Crude and unusual punishment at gas pumps?

WTVR -- RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR)–The price of gas in Richmond keeps going up and up.

Locals say the rise couldn’t come at a worse time.

Already reeling from higher heating bills and lower paychecks, Jim Grossett says the timing is unjust.

“I asked my boss for more money and he just laughed at me,” Grossett says. “Somehow or another I’m going to have to make due because I have no other way of getting around.”

“You don’t get more money, but everything else goes up,” argues Beverly Bruno, who was commuting from Virginia Beach on Monday.

Analysts say it’s unclear if prices will continue to climb through the spring, like they did last year.

Consumers say they hope gas prices won’t get worse before they get better. They say the winter months have been rough enough on their pockets.

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Submitted Feb 19, 2013 By: bar1035

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BAJALRRP All-Star Author Tacoma Posts:540 Points:1,288,515 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 2:50:06 AM Ignore BAJALRRP Report Abuse whatever
SkooterG Champion Author Phoenix Posts:1,369 Points:344,185 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 2:34:29 AM Ignore SkooterG Report Abuse Yes, some excellent creativity on the part of those coming up with the titles. Well done.
Fitwit Champion Author Stockton Posts:6,518 Points:1,378,030 Joined:May 2009	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:54:03 AM Ignore Fitwit Report Abuse Crude and unusual punishment: Another clever article title. Bravo, the writers are feeding my Gas Buddy Addiction
Mr_Bill_W All-Star Author Virginia Posts:581 Points:377,985 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:39:02 AM Ignore Mr_Bill_W Report Abuse The local low/high for unleaded is $3.33/$3.90 tonight with an average falling in the $3.60's to $3.70's... In two words, IT SUCKS!
Mr_Bill_W All-Star Author Virginia Posts:581 Points:377,985 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:33:52 AM Ignore Mr_Bill_W Report Abuse Crude and unusual punishment at the gas pumps! Got to love that tag line... Yes it is "crude" but unfortunately it's not all that unusual anymore! Looks like $4 a gallon will be a reality if the current trends of increases averaging $.30 a week continue through 3/1/2013... And if the $4 per gallon barrier is broken can $5 be very far behind? April/May will be interesting months from a price per gallons on standpoint as we will start to see the impact of refineries shutting down to switch from the winter to the summer blend and the focus on home heating fuel will substantially diminish and fade away along with Old Man Winter. What are your prescriptions for national average and local average fuel costs per gallon this summer? Do I hear $4, $5 or $6? [Edited by: Mr_Bill_W at 2/20/2013 12:34:47 AM EST]
wshokie12 Champion Author Winston-Salem Posts:1,450 Points:242,310 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:29:13 AM Ignore wshokie12 Report Abuse Hmmm.
crreed1 Champion Author West Virginia Posts:2,095 Points:2,549,740 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:26:27 AM Ignore crreed1 Report Abuse 3.91 here
DisMusBeDaPlaz Champion Author Tampa Posts:2,540 Points:593,920 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:23:53 AM Ignore DisMusBeDaPlaz Report Abuse When the price of fuel is over $6.00/gal in DC then perhaps they will wake up!
Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,985 Points:439,540 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:18:02 AM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse Uh oh, I think @ClassicWheeler wandered onto the paranoid side of the Internet again.
boatfloyd Champion Author Jacksonville Posts:1,853 Points:414,700 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:17:04 AM Ignore boatfloyd Report Abuse 4.00 Dollar gas is coming to Florida.
Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,985 Points:439,540 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:16:56 AM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse We didn't ask for you, @N5EXY but we got you anyway.
Rageagainsttm Champion Author Tampa Posts:8,417 Points:1,926,910 Joined:Jul 2007	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:15:57 AM Ignore Rageagainsttm Report Abuse No doubt prices are cruel.
silverfoxv65 Champion Author Michigan Posts:4,613 Points:1,255,500 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:14:26 AM Ignore silverfoxv65 Report Abuse And the ones that have not much money for the extra prices, i pray for them, and then heating bills on top of it.
Tigercat88 Champion Author North Carolina Posts:3,332 Points:643,590 Joined:Jul 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:13:39 AM Ignore Tigercat88 Report Abuse Prices are going up and Obama says we don't have inflation.
bluebird1 Champion Author Toronto Posts:15,863 Points:3,132,900 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:13:13 AM Ignore bluebird1 Report Abuse Not as bad as here yet.....at $1.325 - 1.335/L that's $5.54 /gal Cdn.
Zonk Champion Author Michigan Posts:6,616 Points:2,128,740 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:13:12 AM Ignore Zonk Report Abuse It's just not fair.
N5EXY Champion Author Austin Posts:5,629 Points:1,536,205 Joined:Jul 2004	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:12:57 AM Ignore N5EXY Report Abuse We asked for it, we got it! Bozama!
Ray_10589 Champion Author New York Posts:5,076 Points:1,209,485 Joined:May 2009	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:12:48 AM Ignore Ray_10589 Report Abuse GREED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CarolinaDragon Champion Author South Carolina Posts:6,691 Points:763,460 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:12:13 AM Ignore CarolinaDragon Report Abuse If the costs of living go up, incomes go up, Keep your prices low, keep your labor costs down.
CCLighthouse Champion Author Hartford Posts:1,126 Points:237,725 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:12:09 AM Ignore CCLighthouse Report Abuse Just remember they want us to be like Europe! $8.00 a gallon.... : (
ClassicWheeler All-Star Author Montgomery Posts:785 Points:334,625 Joined:Apr 2012	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:12:06 AM Ignore ClassicWheeler Report Abuse Things are going to get worse and worse. We haven't seen anything yet, and the government is in on it and plan to totally cripple this country. Why? So they and impose everything and suspend the constitution. They need total control and they will get it. We are letting them. This is totally unnecessary. We must take a stand and now before it's too late and it maybe is right now.
1fulltank Champion Author Buffalo Posts:8,031 Points:1,570,020 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:11:52 AM Ignore 1fulltank Report Abuse Another GB article puts the blame solely on the speculators.
Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,985 Points:439,540 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:11:30 AM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse Well, I guess you're a real Rhodes scholar then aren't you, @dastard57? Always nice to see someone display their ignorance when they deal in absolute statements like "Government policies always have the opposite effect than their intentions." Why have government at all then? Why not just grab your shotgun and your axe and head into the wilderness. It's pretty obvious that you have no use for society. Oil is most certainly not required to run civilization, it's only the most convenient way. The Stone Age didn't end because people ran out of stone. They found something better. The only thing that keeps oil going is the fact that people have an overwhelming fear of change. Sounds a lot like you, @dastard57.
Bill100 Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:41,733 Points:1,188,595 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:10:06 AM Ignore Bill100 Report Abuse Yup. Nothing new.
ConsumerGuy Sophomore Author Baltimore Posts:156 Points:32,105 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:07:23 AM Ignore ConsumerGuy Report Abuse So, we should also get rid of food inspectors at meat packing plants, because they were just fine before we did. Don't need the FDA because the flipper children never happened,, really. Of course, we can just count on China to provide us with everything, where some enterprising business man was just found selling grease he collected from sewers to restaurants. Yeah, who needs a diligent government? The market will take care of us.
mamabeck Champion Author Florida Posts:1,717 Points:383,715 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:06:35 AM Ignore mamabeck Report Abuse The rate of increase in price at the pumps is crazy! Everyone is struggling with this when we were just getting used to the lower prices. Since price of crude dropped some, hope that continues to drop & maybe gas prices will come behind. When you give up hope, life isn't worth anything.
Vitobug Champion Author El Paso Posts:1,979 Points:661,690 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:05:56 AM Ignore Vitobug Report Abuse Good thing most of the nation asked for four more years in November...
obimerrill Champion Author Cincinnati Posts:1,575 Points:316,440 Joined:Jul 2012	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:05:44 AM Ignore obimerrill Report Abuse Agreed
arb0526 Champion Author Greensboro Posts:2,107 Points:436,370 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:03:34 AM Ignore arb0526 Report Abuse You know, everyday that rusty bicycle in my backyard is looking really nice.
rxman1 Champion Author Toledo Posts:9,684 Points:1,887,770 Joined:Nov 2007	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:03:33 AM Ignore rxman1 Report Abuse Just you wait.Taxes will be going up.
mlmeng Champion Author Michigan Posts:1,770 Points:617,035 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:03:16 AM Ignore mlmeng Report Abuse "Analysts say it’s unclear if prices will continue to climb through the spring, like they did last year." This is just a statement to provide a false hope that it won't.
dastard57 Champion Author Orange County Posts:3,408 Points:651,580 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:02:08 AM Ignore dastard57 Report Abuse @Aviator bob ~ You're a fool and have lost touch with reality if you think the world can suddenly stop using oil. It is the basis of the world's economy because physics dictates it. Oil remains the most efficient source of energy, that is the reality. The free market is the only sensible way to improve on the current technologies for alternatives. The truth is, Government policies always have the opposite effect than their intentions. The corrupt politicians (which most are, ALL parties) can only benefit when the electorate buys their lies. This is the root cause of why our economy is in the toilet!
yyc2yow All-Star Author Ottawa Posts:772 Points:594,920 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:02:05 AM Ignore yyc2yow Report Abuse always the same
ConsumerGuy Sophomore Author Baltimore Posts:156 Points:32,105 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:01:39 AM Ignore ConsumerGuy Report Abuse There is only one real factor that is causing this dramatic increase in price in such a short time. Greed.
Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,985 Points:439,540 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2013 12:00:17 AM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse What anyone wants doesn't matter, @CCLighthouse. Limited fossil fuels will make that a reality, no matter what you may want. The era of cheap oil is over, people. It costs more and more money to get fewer and fewer barrels of oil. All the low hanging fruit has been picked. All that's left is deepwater drilling, shale oil, and tar sands. Eventually we'll be left trying to get oil out of melting down plastic bottles.
DrCashFlow Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:7,196 Points:1,652,875 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Feb 19, 2013 11:59:14 PM Ignore DrCashFlow Report Abuse Next recession on the way if gasoline keeps rising
mdskier Champion Author Maryland Posts:10,066 Points:1,808,390 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Feb 19, 2013 11:58:41 PM Ignore mdskier Report Abuse Crude jokes aside, this price spike is absurd.
bra0712 Champion Author Arizona Posts:3,785 Points:793,850 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Feb 19, 2013 11:58:28 PM Ignore bra0712 Report Abuse Somebody is making money from all this crap
bonzoonfmb Champion Author Florida Posts:1,817 Points:663,410 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Feb 19, 2013 11:57:41 PM Ignore bonzoonfmb Report Abuse Fuel prices are too high.
goldrose1 Champion Author Cleveland Posts:11,059 Points:1,947,655 Joined:Feb 2005	Message Posted: Feb 19, 2013 11:57:06 PM Ignore goldrose1 Report Abuse "Crude and unusual punishment" hehehe
goldrose1 Champion Author Cleveland Posts:11,059 Points:1,947,655 Joined:Feb 2005	Message Posted: Feb 19, 2013 11:56:45 PM Ignore goldrose1 Report Abuse Hope price increase stop right now!
Vette1967 Champion Author Albany Posts:6,102 Points:1,302,725 Joined:Jun 2009	Message Posted: Feb 19, 2013 11:56:34 PM Ignore Vette1967 Report Abuse Okay...
CCLighthouse Champion Author Hartford Posts:1,126 Points:237,725 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Feb 19, 2013 11:55:15 PM Ignore CCLighthouse Report Abuse Just remember they want us to be like Europe! $8.00 a gallon.... : (
Buddy2264 Champion Author Tampa Posts:11,787 Points:2,386,470 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Feb 19, 2013 11:54:10 PM Ignore Buddy2264 Report Abuse Our problem not in the US and Canada is the more we drill and pump the less we import, but we continue to export more finished fuels since we cannot export OIL in the US and the price keeps going higher as we send our fuel away for higher profits and greed. So we should now see that the more we drill/pump it is not going to lower our prices here in the US.
Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,985 Points:439,540 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Feb 19, 2013 11:53:54 PM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse I know I shouldn't be surprised by the messages of the Internet trolls. They all seem to have a one-track mind and a single digit I.Q.
jtfftj Champion Author New Hampshire Posts:2,213 Points:1,272,945 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Feb 19, 2013 11:53:40 PM Ignore jtfftj Report Abuse The election is over. The campaign goes on. We lost. We don't learn from our mistakes.
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Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,985 Points:439,540 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Feb 19, 2013 11:51:17 PM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse How about conversions of BOTH, @bigdipperMS? This country's energy policy should be A.B.O. Anything But Oil.
Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,985 Points:439,540 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Feb 19, 2013 11:49:46 PM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse I guess elections don't matter, @libertyut. Haters still gonna hate. They don't know how to do anything else.
pastorpaulcg Champion Author Virginia Posts:3,615 Points:775,785 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Feb 19, 2013 11:49:43 PM Ignore pastorpaulcg Report Abuse don't worry, Obama has it under control