What businesses benefit from high gas prices ?

Doug · Jun 13, 2008

I can't think of very many.

A shop that sells/repairs bicycles and scooters, and sells accessories should be one.

Maybe a gun shop ?

Perhaps a liquor store... people buy there instead of a bar ?

nearly everything I can think of should be hurt by gas prices.

stuff like restaurants,bars,airlines,casinos,auto industry, anything involving driving,etc.

joeyfitzclick · Jun 13, 2008

Gas stations

teazeman · Jun 13, 2008

joeyfitzclick said:
Gas stations

wrong bigtime joey, they have benefitted the least. have been in this business for 15 yrs and we'll make less money this yr than any in the past decade.

texansfan · Jun 13, 2008

I think gas stations make very little profit in selling gas. Exxon Mobil announced that they are selling all of their gas stations.

punter · Jun 13, 2008

Oil & gas exploration business is in bloom. My wife is back at work as a petroleum landsman/attorney. A business that she loves but had to get out of in the late 80's bust.

Dawoofdaddy · Jun 13, 2008

Locking gas caps.

Gas siphoning equipment.

Bicycles, scooters, and motorcycles.

Railroads.

Vegetable seeds.

teazeman · Jun 13, 2008

Visa & Mastercard:

At every level the cost of products have increased, their charge of .025% has remained constant.

example
2yrs ago gas = 2.00 x 20 gal = 40.00x.025=1.00 to visa & m/c

now
4.00x20gal=80.00
80.00x.025=2.00 to visa & m/c

as the cost of goods continue to rise their profits have doubled without overhead increasing any on their end.

texansfan · Jun 13, 2008

punter, does her business look for oil in the U.S. mainland or offshore?

jwunderdog · Jun 13, 2008

oil companies, pipe suppliers, anyone that supplys anything to oil fields. Rail industry. Coal industy.

5teamparlay · Jun 13, 2008

car repossesor GUYS.

STATE TAX Collectors,
SOME STATES are in a windfall where gas spending in up 50% in some cases in a given business. Why should the government try to reduce the price????

if they got 15% of 20K gas spending last year, 15% of 30K is better. That is the case in Illinois and many other DEMOCRATIC taxing states.

jwunderdog · Jun 13, 2008

any companies that supply energy efficency.

Brock Landers · Jun 13, 2008

Commodity brokers, for people looking to give all they got to this speculative craze

Doug · Jun 13, 2008

DAWOOFDADDY said:
Locking gas caps.

Gas siphoning equipment.

Bicycles, scooters, and motorcycles.

Railroads.

Vegetable seeds.

I don't think siphoning gas is a huge problem. How does one expect to get away with it ? If you siphoned 5 gallons into a can, it would be heavy ( like 40+ lbs), you would look suspicious, takes time, and is only $22.

jwunderdog · Jun 13, 2008

5teamparlay said:
car repossesor GUYS.

STATE TAX Collectors,
SOME STATES are in a windfall where gas spending in up 50% in some cases in a given business. Why should the government try to reduce the price????

if they got 15% of 20K gas spending last year, 15% of 30K is better. That is the case in Illinois and many other DEMOCRATIC taxing states.

Illinois charges a % of price verses a flat tax per gallon?

Romanowski · Jun 13, 2008

none benefit nor is the price of gas a detriment to any

they pass the higher cost onto the consumer

jwunderdog · Jun 13, 2008

Doug said:
I don't think siphoning gas is a huge problem. How does one expect to get away with it ? If you siphoned 5 gallons into a can, it would be heavy ( like 40+ lbs), you would look suspicious, takes time, and is only $22.

can siphon an entire tank- your car to my car.

Romanowski · Jun 13, 2008

teazeman said:
Visa & Mastercard:

At every level the cost of products have increased, their charge of .025% has remained constant.

example
2yrs ago gas = 2.00 x 20 gal = 40.00x.025=1.00 to visa & m/c

now
4.00x20gal=80.00
80.00x.025=2.00 to visa & m/c

as the cost of goods continue to rise their profits have doubled without overhead increasing any on their end.

this is true however

punter · Jun 13, 2008

texansfan said:
punter, does her business look for oil in the U.S. mainland or offshore?

Mainland. Mostly the Barnett shell gas field up here.

Dawoofdaddy · Jun 13, 2008

Doug said:
I don't think siphoning gas is a huge problem. How does one expect to get away with it ? If you siphoned 5 gallons into a can, it would be heavy ( like 40+ lbs), you would look suspicious, takes time, and is only $22.

I think you are very wrong and are thinking very small time.

Small time or not, I remember this type of theft being common and its on rise again.

People park cars next to another car and empty the entire tank.

When you start talking about truck stops, its a $500-1k theft.

Doug · Jun 13, 2008

Romanowski said:
none benefit nor is the price of gas a detriment to any

they pass the higher cost onto the consumer

I think many eat some of it.

If you have a restaurant and raise prices to compensate, you risk driving away customers, for example.

What businesses benefit from high gas prices ?

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