The war in Iran

[5thDragoons]

I've noticed being appointed prez (or whatever the title is) of Iran is a fast ticket to getting whacked by Israel. "Hasan, you've been nominated to be the new Iranian prez..."

"No! I am not worthy!" "Step up and take one for the team, Hasan - it's your turn!"

Joking aside, I'm hoping this mess can be wrapped up ASAP so Iranian people can begin a new gov't. China buys a LOT of oil from Iran and is working behind the scenes to bring a quick end to the war. Sooner is better! SW

[PWC]

Israel is going afte the leaders, we are going after their hardware.

Y'day on talk radio, one of the hosts had someone from Iran, obviously not a man-on-the-street interviw type, who said there is one of the big shots they haven't gotten, and maybe they don't want to because he could be instrumental in setting up a new govt. Don't remember his name...they are all too strange to just roll off your tongue. Anyway, I thought that is an interesting analysis

[Doc Sharptail]

Joking aside, I'm hoping this mess can be wrapped up ASAP so Iranian people can begin a new gov't. China buys a LOT of oil from Iran and is working behind the scenes to bring a quick end to the war. Sooner is better! SW

It's also jacked the price of gas here by a little over .80 cents a gallon. Anyone else being gouged?
I'm hoping for a quick end to the mess as well. History has shown that hitting non-combatant targets really doesn't work to break anyone's will. Unfortunately, the whole works appears to be spreading all over the middle east, with a lot of the targeting appearing to be non-selective.

-D.S.

[5thDragoons]

^ Canada has ample supplies of oil though, right? I've seen a map of coal reserves, and they extend well into Canada. Where there's coal, there is usually also oil. Same for natural gas - there are big pockets of that above the coal seams. SW

[Allen]

From all I've read the past 50 years we have vast oil and probably gas reserves here but a lot of the easy to retrieve oil is gone. What is left requires fracking and what was going on near the end of Trumps 1st term when gas was around $2/gal and we were exporting oil.

All of this was turned around during the biden administration causing gas prices to double and going back to importing vs exporting oil. The pipeline project from Canada being canceled was one of the causes. What else and why it hasn't been restored to "before" conditions I donno.

[Doc Sharptail]

^ Canada has ample supplies of oil though, right? I've seen a map of coal reserves, and they extend well into Canada. Where there's coal, there is usually also oil. Same for natural gas - there are big pockets of that above the coal seams. SW

There's little in the way of refineries here, but the problem has little to do with supply. If the oil industry won't clean up it's act soon, they're going to end up being regulated again. They're jacking prices while we are still on last year's reserves. Kind of a stupid situation really~ the pipelines came in and the refineries left. Getting awfully tired of these inflationary cycles. It's past the time we got off the liberal bandwagon, and got some conservatives running the country.

-D.S.

[lyman]

did a drive for work from central VA, to Yorktown, to Kilmarnock and back,
about 4 hrs windshield time,

one place was as low as 2.69, most were 2.99 and some 309,
noticed a few today at 3.29


when I was in the retail side of the gas biz, (a company owned store attached to the gro store) we priced based on cost , (it we were at or lower than) or based the price on what the other foiks were priced,
as in we did a drive 2x's a day to check prices inside a few mile radius,, and changed as needed daily

[PWC]

All the gas at the pump now has been paid for. $$ increase now reflects cude still on the tanker not at the pump..just plain greed.

[Doc Sharptail]

All the gas at the pump now has been paid for. $$ increase now reflects cude still on the tanker not at the pump..just plain greed.

Exactly. I wasn't able to put it in these eloquent terms.

Gas is priced per litre here. (you guys are right not to metrificate) Current local average pump price is 1.35.9 per litre. 4 X litres = roughly 1 U.S. gallon.
Let's see here 4 X 1.35.9 (call it 1.36 for quick rounding) comes to about $5.44 CAD per gallon, or 3.99 U.S. per gallon.
C/J and her hubby came up from U/P Michigan to visit us about 2003 or so, and was astounded at what we were paying for gas then- about .89 cents per litre.

-D.S.

[5thDragoons]

$2.59/gallon at 3 places just now when I was going for a short hike with Flop Ears. SW

[Johnny P]

Supposedly Iranian oil went to China, but yesterday all our local stations had jacked up their prices. Nearby town has a refinery, but their gasoline gets shipped elsewhere.

[Allen]

Don't blame the oil companies for immediate increases at the pump. Like farmers, they can't dictate what their products will sell for and how much profit they will make. This is usually done by the station owners and hardly any stations are owned by the oil companies. That's why "once upon a time" you could find "gas wars" where station competition was high. The oil companies got the same amount.

"Some major oil companies own and operate a very small percentage of their branded gas stations, but the vast majority are independently owned or franchised. While Chevron, Shell, and BP maintain some company-owned locations, less than 1% of US gas stations are directly owned by major oil companies, with 60% owned by individual, single-store operators."

"Key Details on Gas Station Ownership:"

• "Minimal Direct Ownership: Most major oil companies moved away from owning retail sites years ago. As of 2017, they owned less than 1% of US convenience stores that sell fuel."

[PWC]

Allen, you have just explained why the $$ at the pump are driven by greed.

[Allen]

And then there is Newsom.

https://nypost.com/2026/03/05/opinion/chevrons-warning-on-fuel-californias-green-faiure/

[Oyaji]

[QUOTE=Allen;n415325]And then there is Newsom./QUOTE]

Make that "Greasy Gavin Newscum" who likes to sit cross legged, crushing what testicles he has left, talk sheit and wave his hands in the air trying desperately to make think people he's all that important with goals of becoming the next POTUS. Sorry bastard......