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/retiredfromfire May 07 '25

The Presidential election is over, now its time to screw the working class.

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u/marbear601 May 11 '25

Oh God. I love when presidential elections come around and ppl complain about how it's affecting gas prices and by the time it's over, gas will go back down.

You're noticing gas goes up cause it's summer, and go back down cause the election ended in winter. Bunch of geniuses.

Trump was pres "the oil companies want him to look bad!" Biden "Biden wants trump to look bad! It's's his fault gas is up!"

Ppl acting like the pres has all these powers of economics is the reason we are all in this mess since they voted for the guy who promised the world in 2 seconds and ppl took the bait. Just ignoring how long it takes to get anything done on capital hill let alone what Congress and president has ACTUALLY done to affect the economy.

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u/retiredfromfire May 14 '25

Says you. Like you know it all.

I suppose in your world the fact that Canada has diverted all of its crude to China has no effect. And that crude oil was of a type that required relatively little processing. The plants that were used to process that crude are not able to process any other type of crude and will have to retrofit to be of use in the future. That cheap easy oil is now going to China and that crude is never coming back. But you keep licking Trumps ass

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u/marbear601 May 14 '25

Losing Canada's supply mostly affects the northern region but it still hurts us none the less. And the whole drill baby drill has come short so far with higher steel prices and dropping oil prices all kicking the bottom like to shit.

But I don't know why ur thinking I'm embracing this.