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Originally Posted by smax
come on guys the prices drop like this every time this year, nothing to do with politics or the election. Demand goes down since summer is the "driving season" and refineries get to save some money by not having to put those summer additives in the fuel and pass that savings to the consumer *gasp*
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You're wrong, prices don't cut in half simply from reduced demand. We used to go from ~$1.99 to $1.69 due to seasonal changes but I just bought gas at $1.64 when I remember filling up at $4.5 this summer. average gas prices for prolonged periods of time were ABOVE $4 so it wasn't just hurricane spikes or anything like that. Prices gradually went up over a year or more and are now WAY cheaper than they were during the summer periods.
This is NOT just seasonal demand dropping the price. There are a ton of other very bad things behind this.