None of the $130 per barrel oil has reached a refinery yet. We are being gouged.

@sunsporter1649 Comrad Joe Dumbass Biden. The head idiot.

@sunsporter1649 @Baremine America must be the only country where the political leader gets the blame for gas prices. Oil is a commodity like gold or coffee, the influence of most individual countries is minimal - it’s global.

@Baremine You are absolutely bonkers.

@samueltyler2 It is because of the far-right playlist. Rule #237 states that anyone with a different opinion must be labeled with the term "leftist".

@samueltyler2 margins have to increase to account for a volotile market. Suppliers buy now to fill orders later. If they fill their warehouse or tanks at $200 a barrel and 2 weeks later when they sell their products the cost fall to $100 a barrel they stand to lose their shirts. In an unstable market profit margins have to increase to cover the added risk.

There's also the contract buyers who negotiate the contracts months in advance. Airlines, railroads, government purchasers have to guarantee their supply and know in advance what they will pay. It all affects the price at the pump. The suppliers purchase and deliver the goods after the contracts are signed and likewise may have to spend $200 for what they sold for $100. There's risks and a whole futures marketplace to avert some of the risk, put the price of futures are likewise as volatile as the market itself.

Politicians like Biden who mouth off about profiteering without direct evidence are playing the emotions of those who are struggling and pitting us against one another. Shame on them.

Why do I refer to them as leftist? Simple, because the only people who believe what leftist politicians say are usually themselves leftist. Leftist politicians govern to their base and the coalition of their supportive bases, and not to the general population.

Does any non-leftist seriously believe that the high gas prices are ALL because of Putin?

@Heartlander I am afraid you are not using any logic. Why do YOU think the price suddenly rose when Putin attacked? I understand the concept of planning for the potential increase in the cost coming to replace current supplies, but, this increase would have to be explained to me on the basis of projected costs. Yes, profit margins are important, but it seems as if every fuel company raised their product cars at the same time to the same amount. Does this not raise another issue? Now that prices of crude seem to be dropping, and projected costs are low, why do the prices at the pump not drop as fast. This is not leftist versus rightist, this is truth in dealing with the public?

They’d love it if they had time, but it would have zero effect on the gasoline prices.@Zaphod42

@MonaReeves86 stupid ass Biden cut off our oil.

@Baremine Oh, here we go again. It's only my time to waste...

@Baremine Not your oil. Not cut off by Biden. Not the inside of your head - think before you type.