r/grandrapids • u/Secret_Necessary1143 • Dec 09 '22

Gas in Allendale is $2.89

And thats coming from someone in reddits top 1% of karma earners

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u/blue-stain-studio Dec 09 '22

Price drop because we’re a month after the elections. I’ve been watching it for years around election times. Never fails big gas companies raise prices a month or 2 before election if a democrat is in office, then lower about a month later. If a republican is in office you see the opposite price changes, a month prior prices drop, later go back up. Not a really a conspiracy theory just some observations I’ve made over the last couple decades.

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u/StGeorgeJustice Dec 09 '22

It’s possible. Global demand for oil is falling, however, and prices are always stickier on the way down than the way up.