{"id":30720,"date":"2012-10-20T13:14:26","date_gmt":"2012-10-20T19:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/20\/gas-prices-likely-to-go-down-significantly-in-the-next-few-weeks.html"},"modified":"2012-10-22T11:02:30","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T17:02:30","slug":"gas-prices-likely-to-go-down-significantly-in-the-next-few-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/20\/gas-prices-likely-to-go-down-significantly-in-the-next-few-weeks.html","title":{"rendered":"Gas prices likely to go down significantly in the next few weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>;Gas prices have remained stubbornly high well past their traditional Memorial Day weekend peak, due largely to supply shortages and refinery woes on the West Coast and Midwest. But with oil inventories rising and production issues ebbing, prices have been easing the past week, a trend likely to accelerate. &quot;This is very much gravity at work,&#39;&#39; Kloza says. &quot;The faster prices soar, the more prone they are to panic sell-offs.&quot;&#39;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Cue &quot;Obama is manipulating the market to win!&quot; whinging in 5 &#8230; 4 &#8230; 3 &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reshared post from +<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/108065304398648112883'>Jeff Zimmerman<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0More bad news for Romney: Gas prices could drop 50 cents a gallon<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gannett-cdn.com%2Fmedia%2FUSATODAY%2Fdriveon%2F2012%2F10%2F04%2Fgas_prices-4_3_rx200_c200x200.jpg%3F1b1ebb617f21de8a73b4dce8a585b8d0cba68abd' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2012\/10\/20\/gasoline-prices\/1641935\/'>Gas prices could soon drop 50 cents a gallon<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMotorists are about to get a big break on gasoline prices, which could plunge as much as 50 cents a gallon by November. Gasoline prices have remained stubbornly high past their traditional summer pea&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/Nix61R169wC' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>;Gas prices have remained stubbornly high well past their traditional Memorial Day weekend peak, due largely to supply shortages and refinery woes on the West Coast and Midwest. But with oil inventories rising and production issues ebbing, prices have been easing the past week, a trend likely to accelerate. &quot;This is very much gravity at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/20\/gas-prices-likely-to-go-down-significantly-in-the-next-few-weeks.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Gas prices likely to go down significantly in the next few weeks&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,77,99,131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-economy","category-elections-2012","category-energy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28419,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/28\/gas-prices-and-presidential-politics.html","url_meta":{"origin":30720,"position":0},"title":"Gas prices and presidential politics","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 28-Jun-12 12:18am","format":false,"excerpt":"If the prices go up, it's the president's fault. If the prices go down, it has nothing to do with the president. \u00a0(And, yes, Dubya was thumped in much the same way.)Reshared post from +Jim Feig Embedded Link Republicans: Obama Deserves No Credit For Fall In Gas Prices Having been\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27007,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/09\/high-gas-prices-are-all-the-presidents-fault-except-when-its-our.html","url_meta":{"origin":30720,"position":1},"title":"&quot;High gas prices are all the President&#39;s fault! Except when it&#39;s OUR&#8230;","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 9-Mar-12 6:07am","format":false,"excerpt":"\"High gas prices are all the President's fault! 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