If we really wish to start both looking backing to past and crying at what going on now:
http://zfacts.com/p/35.html
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petro...s_history.html
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petro...home_page.html
http://www.eia.doe.gov/
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/gasprices/FAQ.shtml

Actually, this isn't quite true. Per gallon prices are figured out using a complicated method that uses the estimated price per barrel that will be in two weeks- the time it takes to turn crude into gasoline. (Per my friend who is a regional manager for a chain of gas stations.)

Gas prices are through the roof. But what can you do? I've done everything I can do, short of buying a hybrid. I consolidate my weekend errands, I don't drive at insane speeds on the highway, and most of my commute is by railroad. I'm doing my part, as much as I can.

Average in Tampa Bay is 3.55 a gallon for the cheap stuff!!! What an oxymoron!

Apparently living near a major port doesn't help us in Tampa and it is actually hurting things in Jacksonville. Gas is on average 3.65 last I heard!

I filled up for $3.26 at Sam's Club. Nice that it's right near my house... but the next day hubby went there and it was $3.39. :(

I just paid 3.89 for mid grade. It was the cheapest I could find within three miles. :-(

In Michigan it's $3.65 for a gallon of gas :'(
Soooooooo depressing to see a 6 hour shift at work go into my gas tank.....

$3.399 today in Suburban Denver.

My work commute is 25 miles each way plus taking kids to activities, etc. in the evenings.. I sometimes drive 70 or 80 miles in a day. My gas tank only holds 10 gallons so I'm generally buying about 8.5 gallons each time. And, since I work in downtown Detroit, I always have to make sure I fill up before I head to work and never buy gas downtown, so sometimes I'm only buying 7 1/2 or 8 gallons in the morning when I probably *could* have made it to work and back, unless I hit a traffic jam or something.

$3.49 for regular unleaded here in Wichita Kansas!

I don't drive but regular is now up to $3.75 here in Buffalo. It was $3.50 last week.

((((((((((((((people who drive)))))))))))))))))))))

Not that e-hugging actually helps.

I posted this back on the 18th in the random thread:

This asshat is now getting $4.119 for premium. Regular still isn't over $4, but it's only a matter of time..........

Now I don't feel so bad for paying the extra low price of $3.67 for premium. Then again, it is just a matter of time before I will be paying over $4/gal. :(

Well if you live anywhere near NJ, you have about 5 hours until prices go up 21 cents on NJT and GSP.

our 3.55 a gallon seems like a bargain!

You suck. :p Around here, the cheapest gas you can get is $3.679/gal... for regular. I kid you not when I say people line up to get gas there... burning gas while idling in line.

Unfortunately, I have no choice but to buy premium. The Princess will only drink Veuve Clicquot - no Korbel for her. :rolleyes:

U.S. gasoline theft on the rise along with prices
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. motorists, angered by soaring gasoline prices, are resorting increasingly to theft -- a trend that could worsen heading into summer driving season, a national association of fuel retailers said Thursday.
"It is getting bad. When the price of gasoline goes up, the number of drive-offs goes up," said Dan Gilligan, president of the Petroleum Marketers Association of America, which represents about 8,000 retailers.
http://www.reuters.com/article/domes...e=domesticNews

There is a Shell station near me that:
1) That has just about always had the lowest price gas in the area.
2) Is, from what I have been told, is the busiest Shell in area.
3) Has at least 2 dedicated tanker deliveries a day.
4) Has pay up front pumps.

And yet it has more cameras on the property than any two banks I have ever been in!
I was told that they added one or two after they realized that someone figured out a dead zone in coverage!

And I should add that this station still has very active bays and when they are busy, an employee is walking around directing traffic flow.

When you really look at this issue carefully, what's shocking us is that it's going up so quickly. However, gas prices were increasing at less than the rate of inflation for a very long time and it's correcting itself now. When I'm reading posts about 1999 and gas prices were around $1, I think "Hmm, when I was in college, it was around $1/gallon too". So, from the early 80's til the late 90's (20 year span), it barely went up at all. Now it's skyrocketing fast. If it had gone up 10 cents a year from 1980, it would be right around $3.80.. hmmm. 10 cents a year, every year, wouldn't have seemed like a big deal, but to have it go up almost $1.00 over the past year, it hurts more.

I know it hurts, trust me. Food prices, gas prices.. it's all putting a major dent in our budgets.

Last summer, when I bought my bike, I felt silly throwing down $350. If I had a car that whole time, I definitely would have spent much more on that....
I haven't driven in 2 years, at all, so I'm worried about when I finally do have to get a car, how much more broke I'll be :(

gas prices are too dayum high!!!!!!! :mad:

Amazing isn't it how bad we are getting screwed?

Kansas City, Ks.- two days ago it was $3.55 unleaded, and then it will penny a day or three down and jump .12-.14 cents and people flock to the pumps at the higher price!

Thank goodness I drive close to my store and home.:cool:

I am tired as we say in this part of the country of getting stump broke by big companies and Government!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually in the 90s it went up and then plummeted in 98 or so down to below $1.00/gallon (I recall seeing $.79/gal!). Yes, it has been steadily increasing - but there is still NO reason for it to go up $.20/gal in two days or be as high as it is except for pure, unadulterated greed. And it's greed on the part of some states too, not just oil companies. A few years ago when prices were reaching over $2.00/gal some states dropped their tax on gas to help out - don't see any doing that now (not that Wisconsin did at that time either! Doyle even MADE gas stations raise their prices and set a minimum gas price!).

What big companies are screwing you on gas? Oil and gas companies?

Well guess what? That is what I paid last week. I drove pass the gas station today and premium is now $3.81 or $3.87 (I cannot remember which).

I feel your pain about your car's preference for gas. My car will only accept premium. Oh well.

:eek: There was a line today at Sam's to get gas. It was $3.529 for regular unleaded. Everywhere else it's $3.599. So it was worth the wait.:o

Another reason for high oil/gas prices
 

Ship hired by U.S. military fires warning shots in Gulf
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A cargo ship hired by the U.S. military fired warning shots at approaching boats in the Gulf, the U.S. Navy said on Friday, underscoring tension in the region as the Pentagon sharpened its warnings to Iran.
According to American defense officials, the Westward Venture cargo ship chartered by the U.S. Defense Department was traveling in international waters when two unidentified small boats approached on Thursday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsO...00939920080425

Gas is only $3.54 here in NC

I heard that by Memorial Day we'll be hitting the $4.00 mark as well though *sigh*

It was $4.25 for diesel last weekend. Haven't had to fill up yet this week. It's about $70-75 to fill the tank, but that lasts us around 450 miles.

WOW!!!:eek:

We'll get there, probably before the summer.:rolleyes::mad:

What the Hell!!!

I last filled up my car 2 weeks ago. I was hitting the middle so I thought I might as well fill it up.

It used to cost around $30-$32 to fill it up from BELOW THE 1/4 TANK LEVEL.

I was HALFWAY DOWN and it cost me $30.

Soooo either my gas-o-meter on my dashboard is really screwed up and I was actually a lot lower than it was showing.. or gas prices have soared !! :mad::mad::mad:

I've had the same car since I graduated high school - I used to be able to fill it completely up for under $15. Last night it was almost $40. Sigh.

The latter, sadly.

DH and I both fill up when the gas gauge shows 1/4 tank. I drop $40+ on a fill-up - 13-gal tank, premium only. $4ish per gallon * 10ish gallons = $40ish per fill-up.

DH drops $50+ per fill-up. He puts regular in his SUV, but then again, it's an SUV. He does mostly highway driving, and I do mostly local driving (to the train station) - and we get the same fuel efficiency. He just had to have the boat. :rolleyes:

It should not take $40 (regular) to fill up a Cavalier! WTF!?!?!

:eek:

Thank God for Honda. I think it's $25 to fill mine up right now.

Exactly what happened today that prices jumped 5 cents in less than 24 hours?

They went down 5 cents here in the last 24 hours.

I know!

It wasn't even a FULL TANK!

I don't know for sure how big my tank is because I never wait until it is close to being empty to fill it up.

According to WikiAnswers (since I'm too lazy to go to my car to check the owners manual) the gas tank of my car has a capacity of 15.2 gallons.

The gas station I went to had Regular gas for $3.57/gal

Which would mean an actual FILL UP of my car is $54.264 :eek:

It's a (*&@#$(*@# CAVALIER!!!!

Thieves stealing gas.
 

Along the lines of gas, thieves are finding new ways to steal it from people.

The article here says it only costs up to $500 to fix, but I heard on the radio just Thursday that it is actually closer to $2K.

http://www.khou.com/news/local/crime....96973b9e.html

EDIT:

I tried looking for other articles relating to this type of gas theft and found this instead.

Wow. If drive-offs were that bad when the price was $2.15... I'm scared what will be happening now as we head into $4.

I hear yall! I drive a '00 Toyota Corolla and when I'm near "E" it takes about $35-$40 to fill my tank up. And I drive a "fuel efficient" car. :( My prayers are with those of you who drive SUVs and mini vans.

I drove home from school on Thursday. GSP was $3.17 ... the lines for the rest stops overflowed onto parkway lanes! It would have taken me over an hour to get gas. When I drove back up on Friday, $3.38 was still cheaper than spots in town.

I'm seriously considering going out of my way to a rest stop this week if prices continue to soar.