Originally Posted By: MNgopher
So is gas only dependent on raw material prices? Only dependent on declining supplies?
Hint: Its dependent on both (and a whole bunch of other stuff...)
You've stated if gas is short, it should be $5 a gallon. Based on what - an opinion?
Last time US gasoline averaged over $4 a gallon, the price of crude was what? Well over $100 a barrel. When gas was close to $4 a gallon 2010, 2011ish, the price of crude was, shocker... around $100 a barrel...
Guess what the current crude price is... $50 a barrel...
Thus (if you actually read the EIA report it points it out) gas remains cheaper due to lower raw input costs... but more expensive than it has been due to supply issues...
The price of crude has nothing to do with the price increases...the increases are caused by the shortage of refined product, more specifically, prices are increasing more due to fears being injected into the market by speculators than by actual shortages...