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I'm sorry. All I wanted to do was tell what COULD happen. I thought I said that. I don't want to start something like this, but I didn't mean to scare anybody. Nothing to worry about, it's not the end of the world, just a POSSIBLE raise in gas prices. Please don't take it the wrong way, I'm just trying to be helpful. His guess is just that... a guess... he told us that himself. I'm not trying to make anyone worried.

I guess it was a bad idea to post this... sorry.

You were trying to give a heads up to people just in case this might happen. You were trying to help.

You qualified it as "this is just speculation though so don't hold me accountable if gas prices get lower."

It's great that you are excited about what you learned in school in Economics.  I am thrilled because I took Economics and it helped me a great deal.  I hope it helps you too with your future pursuits and endeavors.
It is an important time to take it because you can see the economic impact more clearly in everyday life right now.
Just like the example you stated.  There are alot of current events that can be used to illustrate the economic principles that you will learn in class that I think may be easier to understand because you are in the middle of a very important time economically.  You should have alot of fascinating topics to go over.  Like with OPEC, you could learn what countries belong to OPEC which would help you with geography and give you a better understanding about where we get our oil supply which is something the world uses everyday. You won't just think gas comes from a pump.

And just to let you know where your economic knowledge will come in very handy in the future is if you ever decide to run a business or get into the Stock Market.  It is important to know the economic trends of the business you're in for it to be more of a success.  And economics and current events play a big part in choosing your stock portfolio and deciding how you want to navigate your stocks and bonds.  I just wanted to give you some future,  everyday practical applications where you can use what you will learn in Economics. 
With Economics you can learn alot about the world. 

And if you ever want to be a teacher GO FOR IT!
We need teachers to teach our children and inspire them to becoming what ever they dream to be.  Teachers can open a whole new world for students.  Their service to education is priceless.  I wasn't a teacher, but I did tutor.
I miss the kids and adults that I tutored and am so happy we spent time together learning.  The feeling of helping you get from teaching someone can feel more satisfying then just doing what you are teaching.

You are quite welcome Eric. 

I wish you the best in all your studies.  Always stay curious.

That's my motto.  You know us cats

Goeff,

We are all a bit stressed these days. Apology accepted. I am a teacher, and I think a pretty good one. There are many other things I could have done for a living, but I chose teaching, because that is my calling. Melissa and Dean are also teachers, along with many others on this forum I am sure.

~Rhonda

JBSRV-what a time to be studying Economics, with everything being thrown in, you surely will get a first hand learning experience, better than a textbook. I wish I could sit in on your class, I could use a refresher course.;)

$2.32 a gallon in Dayton today...I'll think I'll filler up while the getting is good...

Bizzer

Cathy said she saw 2.59 locally yesterday. Meanwhile, our prices here have dropped from the summer high of around 1.60+ euro per liter to around 1.30ish now - percentage wise, this is not remotely in the same ball park as the drop in US prices, so fill those SUV's up while the going is good.

Incidentally, OPEC cut production today by around 1.5m barrels a day and say they will cut production further at their next meeting in December if prices haven't "recovered" by then.

My husband just paid $2.35 a gallon today, here in the Mechanicsburg PA area.  That's just down the road from Carlisle PA, which is a big trucking hub, and there have been price wars going on there for months now, which many of the gas stations nearest to me have been participating in... it's been great!  I often travel within a 3 hour radius for concerts, and prices are always higher in surrounding areas and states, or even in the next town over for that matter.  Needless to say, I try to do all my fill-ups at home, even if it means buying a couple gallons elsewhere to tide me over til I can get home to fill up.

Bizzer, that may be the first time I've heard of anyplace else being lower than here (actually our truck stops and warehouse clubs are probably around $2.32 a gallon also)... congratulations!

One of our local grocery stores, Giant, has a deal going where you can earn gas points over several weeks' time, and then you have a couple weeks to use your gas discount, good for 1 fill-up.  Like you buy any 5 items from this group to earn $.20, any 8 items from another group to earn another $.20, etc, plus $.10 for every $100 you spend.  Well last time I did some very careful and smart shopping (used coupons too) and ended up earning a discount of $1.70 a gallon!  We filled my husband's tank since it's the biggest, and only paid $.91 a gallon, which saved us a total of like $34.50!  The program started over again this week... not sure I'm up to all that shopping again (I HATE shopping, ugh), plus I'm pretty stocked now, lol... so I probably won't do nearly as well this time.

--Vik