{"id":27815,"date":"2021-03-06T11:33:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T17:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=27815"},"modified":"2021-03-06T08:48:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T14:48:45","slug":"great-mysteries-of-the-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/06\/great-mysteries-of-the-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Mysteries Of The Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gas prices have been steadily rising in Missouri. Here’s why.<\/a>:<\/p>\n

There are multiple factors that go into setting gasoline prices, making it hard to pinpoint a reason for an increase. However, a couple of contributors help explain the recent surge, AAA East Central spokesman Jim Garrity told the Louisville Courier Journal.<\/p>\n

Snowstorms in the Gulf Coast shut down refineries, halting 40% of gasoline production last month. Prices of crude oil, which is what gasoline is made from, have also risen $15 since the beginning of the year, he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gee, why are petroleum prices rising?<\/p>\n

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You know, policies of the new administration that stifle energy development in the United States and that de-stabilize this middle east? Nah, it’s just that petroleum prices are rising. Pay no attention to whatever’s behind the curtain.<\/p>\n

I meant to take a picture of the local gas prices to pair with this image from October of last year<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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However, I’m an old-school photographer and managed to get a finger over the relevant parts. Gas prices are a dollar higher here in the six months since I took the photo above. Because of a snow storm that lasted two weeks? Um, skeptical.<\/em><\/p>\n

Perhaps the Neanderthal thinking<\/a> of states opening up despite Federal SCIENCE!® Bureacracy will paper over how the new policies are going to impact employment. But only for a while. Maybe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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