"JGalban via AviationKB.com" u32749@uwe wrote in message
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Matt Barrow wrote:

Of course, with the price below $2/gal, people went right back to
their old ways and consumption (and prices) went right back up.

Prices went down when the production facilities came back online; they
went
back up only after the world market price went up and a couple of our
way-too-few facilities had to be brought down for service.


In Dec. of '05, 25% of the production facilities in the gulf region were
still offline when the prices dropped into the $2/gal. range. Domestic
consumption dropped drastically in Sept. and Oct. and were well below
normal
in Dec, hence the price.


World market price was...what?

Winter weather forcecast was...what?

Try to keep more than two facets in mind at the same time.