Oil prices keep falling, why havn't the prices of gas?

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Someone PLEASE help me understand. Today, the price of oil has dropped to less than $90 a barrel- this was the price almost 8 months ago. Now, 8 months ago, we were NOT paying $3.50 a gallon for gas. Now don't quote me, but if I am not mistaken, gas was about $2.70 or so. So my question is, if the price of oil keeps falling, why havn't the gas prices fallen too? So now it seems like gas companies are still making a profit at the pump no matter how cheap the barrel of oil is sold. Why???? Before it seemed to make a little sense, high price per barrel, high gas per gallon. Now its cheaper barrel price, but still same price per gallon? Since we americans have adjusted our budget to high gas prices, do they want to make sure we stay use to that price?
 
Some of it can be explained by the hurricanes in the gulf of mexico. The platforms and refineries are still not all back up and running so that is kepping gas prices high. But yeah i think some of it is collusion
 
When the barrel price falls they say we still have in our pumps the old oil and we can't sell it for less...But, interesting fact, when oil per barrel rise they rise prices alone without saying that "we still have the oil with the ex-price"
 
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