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1 comment Monday 29 Sep 2008 | Posted By Patrick | Commentary

That’s right- we’re inviting all of our preferred readers (those of you who keep coming back, and we appreciate you!) to join in and ask questions during our FIRST Q&A session here on Wednesday, October 1 (that’s THIS Wednesday) at 7:30pm EDT.
Be sure to have your questions written down so that you may ask them [...]

1 comment Monday 29 Sep 2008 | Posted By Ed Aboufadel | Predictions

Comment on the September 15 prediction:  We haven’t had a price hike since then, and prices have been falling, albeit slowly.  Basically CORRECT.
Monday, September 29, 2008, 7:00 PM:  Two weeks ago, I wrote that NYMEX prices were starting to plummet, because Wall Street financial firms — many who have been involved in speculation in the [...]

2 comments Sunday 28 Sep 2008 | Posted By Patrick | Predictions

That’s right… Port Arthur’s major refineries have finally been restored power and all four of them have announced they are at the beginning stages of restarting their facilities. This is excellent news for everyone as these refiners mark the last facilities to come back online after Gustav and Ike battered the Gulf.
Prices nationwide should continue [...]

10 comments Wednesday 24 Sep 2008 | Posted By Patrick | Predictions

With prices falling (and rightfully so) to the $3.60’s (suburbs) and $3.70’s (GR area) and much lower in other parts of the state, is a hike likely anytime soon? It could be… chances are really 50/50, but I personally filled up just in case so I wouldn’t get caught losing too much money if prices [...]

7 comments Saturday 20 Sep 2008 | Posted By Ed Aboufadel | Commentary

You know that part of the intellectual basis for The Gas Game is to use energy prices on future markets to approximate wholesale prices and then try to predict what is going to happen to retail prices. Following the futures markets have always made me wonder if they are manipulated, or perhaps the better word [...]

5 comments Saturday 20 Sep 2008 | Posted By Patrick | Predictions

Come on Grand Rapids! Hastings is $3.82, I was there last night. Lowell is $3.87, but Grand Rapids still isn’t any cheaper than $3.95! Honestly now… Lowell and Hastings stations aren’t much different than stations in Grand Rapids… they likely bought their fuel from the same rack as the stations from Hastings, but GR is [...]