>>Why is it that as soon as the price of oil goes up, it goes up at the pump immediately, supposedly because they forecast what it will cost them to replenish their stocks. But, when it goes down, as it did today, prices don't go down immediately as well since replenishing their stocks will cost less?
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080929/oil_prices.html>
>Simple answer : Ike
>Generic answer : Gas price is complicated
>Conspiratorial answer : Oil companies are screwing us
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>How gas prices work:
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http://auto.howstuffworks.com/gas-price.htmI vote for curtain #3