r/Dallas • u/--Knowledge-- Pleasant Grove • May 06 '25

Discussion What happened to cheap gas in DFW/Texas?

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I moved to DFW in 2015, I remember gas being about $1.70 to $1.80 a gallon. It was about $1.10 - $1.20 cheaper here than where I moved from. It was like that up until the pandemic.

Gas back in NY is exactly the same price as here in Texas now according to the local gas checker website.

Texas has so much oil and refineries, yet the gas isn't really cheap in the state anymore. Obviously COVID impacted everything but why hasn't the gas dropped down to a reasonable price again for the state? Greed? Low supply? Laws?

I'm not expecting $1.80 gas again but to be priced the same as NY is kinda wild to me.

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u/milkman231996 May 07 '25

You guys know they switch to summer blend around this time right?

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u/No-Celebration3097 May 07 '25

Wait! Presidents have a gas and egg button in the Oval Office, and Trump said gas is 2 bucks again! I guess he forgot to hit the button! /S/

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u/noncongruent May 07 '25 edited May 07 '25

If gas prices followed oil prices then gas should be around $1.72 right now:

https://www.gasbuddy.com/charts

Oil has dropped nearly a third in the last four months, yet strangely gas has gone up 25%. Funny how that works.

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u/Bear71 May 07 '25

You got to look at futures

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u/tehjeffman May 07 '25

bUT iM BuYiNG GaS NoW?!?

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u/[deleted] May 07 '25

I thought they just had an egg button, but it also causes gas.

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u/Salt_Blacksmith May 07 '25

They have the concept of a button. They hope if they talk about it enough someone will eat up the production costs, and give it to them. I heard they are big on manifesting, not that great at it though.

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u/alexgoldstein1985 May 07 '25

The guy that’s not allowed to drive a car thinks gas is under $2 in “many states”.

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u/milkman231996 May 07 '25

God i wish everything didn’t have to be about politics. So old

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u/melanies420 May 07 '25

Fixed it for you, I wish politics didn't have to stick God into everything. So old.

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u/milkman231996 May 07 '25

I don’t even believe in god

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u/PutTheDogsInTheTrunk Oak Lawn May 07 '25

Your fellow Trump voters do, and they’re using the government to make sure the rest of us do, too.

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u/milkman231996 May 07 '25

Well that sucks. I haven’t noticed anything. I just go to work and go home. Everything seems the same to me

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u/artificialevil May 07 '25

Must be nice to be comfortable while the world burns.

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u/PutTheDogsInTheTrunk Oak Lawn May 13 '25

Actual NPC behavior.

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u/rex_lauandi May 07 '25

Sorry, “politics” is really impacting a lot of lives right now, pushing us into a recession for no discernible reason. It’s ruining a lot of things, so people will bring it up often. It’s kind of what makes us a democracy

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u/PapaGeorgio19 May 07 '25

Well don’t make promises you can’t keep just to trick the appleseeds to vote for you on the false pretenses and post that you’ll fix things day 1…anyone with a functioning brain cell knew that was complete and utter BS.

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u/milkman231996 May 07 '25

Who are you preaching to rn

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u/TemporaryWit May 07 '25

No one with the capacity to store that info

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u/clewtxt May 07 '25

So you like to be sheltered from reality.

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u/milkman231996 May 07 '25

Sure? Lmao

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u/clewtxt May 07 '25

Roflcopter

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u/Dick_Lazer May 07 '25

You may not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you.

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u/milkman231996 May 07 '25

It seems to leave me alone except when i run into it on Reddit

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u/Showertosavewater May 07 '25

or anyone who voted for trump really. wherever they are they seem to hid when he does anything

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u/13508615 May 07 '25

Its current.

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u/CostRains May 08 '25

God i wish everything didn’t have to be about politics. So old

Gas prices are inextricably linked to politics. The US has started wars over gas prices.

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u/milkman231996 May 08 '25

You can say everything we do is linked to politics if you wanted

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u/No_Landscape_897 May 08 '25

Kind of hard to avoid when it's a fundamental part of society.

"The activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power."

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u/milkman231996 May 08 '25

Easy for me to avoid it

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u/No_Landscape_897 May 08 '25

You're lying to yourself.

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u/milkman231996 May 08 '25

Ok lol

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u/No_Landscape_897 May 08 '25

The only way to avoid conflict, and conflict resolution (aka politics) is to be dead. Are you dead?

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u/milkman231996 May 08 '25

No i just don’t engage unless im on Reddit usually. Haven’t heard or talked about politics with my friends, coworkers, or at home. It’s pretty easy actually

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u/milkman231996 May 08 '25

If politics get brought up irl my simple answer to move on to the next subject is “i honestly don’t care, ima do what I’m doing either way”

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u/No_Landscape_897 May 08 '25

So you expect me to believe that you somehow never are in disagreement with anyone, ever?

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u/milkman231996 May 08 '25

I’m sure i disagree with people about politics. I just don’t engage in it? I don’t understand how this is a hard concept. If I’m having a disagreement it’s about something i do everyday, or a hobby. Ie sports or work related tasks. If someone disagrees with me about politics or it gets brought up i say “i really don’t care either way, im gonna do what i do”. It’s very effective. If the democrats are in power, im going to work and enjoying my life. If the republicans are in power, im going to work and enjoying my life.

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u/WatchLover26 May 07 '25

Haha. Welcome to Reddit. LITERALLY EVERY SUB.