Originally Posted by tjohn

Thank you for a post that makes sense. The price of crude recently went to record levels, and demand for diesel/heating oil traditionally increases in this country during cold weather months. If I own a gas station, I have to generate enough money to pay for the NEXT storage tank full of fuel, in addition to a reasonable profit. If I can clearly see that the next tank will cost more, I'd be silly not to raise my prices on the fuel that I currently have on hand to be sure I have enough to pay for that next tank... otherwise you're running in the red, and will soon be out of business. Like it/loathe it, this is just the market at work.