re: Gas prices in your area?

Gassed up today at $3.09 a gallon...19 gallons...son of a bitch

About $3.70 for premium here in Utah

$3.14 in north central Alabama.

$4.99 in South Lake Tahoe

$3.15 here in northwest LA

I'm just glad I haven't been forced to read any mean tweets!!

$3.09 in Walker yesterday. Cracker Barrel up Walker North by Arnold Road. Sign said $3.03 but pump said $3.09.

$2.82 later yesterday at Sam's Club, D.S. Had to wait in a line to actually get fuel at that price. TJB.

So for those keeping track at home:

1) The US has more than enough domestic oil and gas to both be energy independent and supply our allies in Europe, which in doing would create goodwill and give us leverage over Russia

2) That domestic production would also reduce gas and oil prices for Americans

3) We intentionally forgo that domestic inventory because fossil fuels are bad

4) We then beg other countries to pull more out of the ground...so at the end of the day the same amount is used, it's just that other countries benefit from it and it makes our adversaries more powerful/influential

BRILLIANT!

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MILAN, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. government has asked to meet Eni, TotalEnergies and other energy companies operating in Algeria to see if more gas can be sourced from the country, sources familiar with the matter said.

The move comes as Washington ramps up efforts to find alternative gas supplies for Europe in case any disruption arises from the standoff between Russia and Ukraine.

The European Union depends on Russia for more than a third of its gas, and any interruption of flows would worsen an energy crisis that has already sent consumer bills sky high.

"The U.S. has requested a meeting with Eni on Algeria," one of the sources said.

Eni, which has a series of long-term gas contracts with Algerian gas monopolist Sonatrach, is one of the country's biggest foreign producers.

A second source said Washington had reached out to France's TotalEnergies and other companies in the region, including Equinor and Occidental Petroleum Corp.

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ETA: $3.91 / gallon for regular in Chicago, $4.76 for premium.

Our fat governor also came out and said that he's "putting $135 million back into the pockets of Illinois residents" because he's freezing the gas tax. Only happens in an election year, and I'm not sure in what world, not raising a tax puts money back in people's pockets. (Illinois currently has the 2nd highest gas taxes in the country).

Just paid $3.03. That was the first time over $3 in a long time.