Quote Originally Posted by Spike
Of course, notice how gas prices dropped at least 30c a gallon less than 2 weeks AFTER labor day...

We are being manipulated and cant do a dang thing about it...
That...or it is the national trend. After labor day = rapid decrease in travel/vacationing and an obvious increase of back-to-school (a TON of car pooling). Like anything else in the world, petroleum is a product. Albeit the leading factor in the CPI, but a product nontheless, and therefore subject to the same laws of supply and demand. The supply stays the same, but the demand curve shifts to the left IE prices drop.