gasoline prices
 

What does everyone think of the gas prices lately? Instead of putting in $5 and getting my tank half full, it costs me $10 to get it 'almost' half full! It really pisses me off. Do they think that everyone is made of money around here? We supply Iran with food and weapons. All Clinton has to do is raise the prices for the food and weapons. It doesn't take a genius to figure all this out.

Tell me what you think.

it has actually went down here in Indiana. Of course those days of 99 cent gas are far gone, but it's better than that 2 dollar stuff we had a while ago.

Yes, I've heard gas prices are skyrocketing back in the states. But as I've heard it, gas prices are cheaper in the states than most other countries, so count yourselves lucky.

Hi everybody,
just a little example - in Germany we currently pay little less than a US-Dollar for a liter, that is approximately a quarter gallon! Count yourself lucky!
I think it has nothing to do with Iran - Venezuela, Mexico, Saudi-Arabia and lots of other countries are members of the OPEC and thus control crude oil prices.

matt you said it before I could! Germany has the highest prices, so Im not about to complain. I remember paying about four dollars a gallon when I was there. When I was in Australia, it was high there too. I dont mind though about todays prices. I dont really care that gas is 1.50 here. I just grin and bear it, worrying about something so trivial as a gallon of gas will give you a heart attack. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif

Easy E www.angelfire.com/va2/gammachi

Here's your reply from up north. Lately in BC it has been about 72.9 cents/litre (CAD). So it is better than it has been, but I long for the days of 50 something cents per litre http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/frown.gif

It's not even that gas prices are that high in the U.S... it's that they are heavily taxexd. (Around $.40/gallon). So if you're paying $1.50, the cost is only about $1.10, you just have to give all that extra cash to Uncle Sam.

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I'm the tree-hugger type, so I'm thinking, maybe this will help us cut back on driving so much and it will be better for our environment as a whole http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

just to add some info - in Germany half of the gas price is tax! That makes things a little funny because our current government wants us to drive less for environmental reasons (that what they say...) and is, on the other hand, the one that profits most from those who drive most. Pretty paradox......

I would love to be able to utilize public transportation more. Unfortunately, where I live it's terrible, and you can't rely on it to get you to and from work on time every day.

I did recently move to an area where I can walk or bike to most of the places I need to go, which is really nice.


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Blu-Theatrics, where you at in Indiana? I go to school in Terre Haute, and live near Bloomington.

The reason gas is cheaper in Indiana is because the Governor suspended the gas tax for a month. However, it's 15 cents cheaper in Indianapolis than it is where I live! That's rediculous!

It's not the fact that we have to pay $1.40 per gallon for gas. Like it was said, that's cheap compared to other countries. What sucks is that gas prices doubled in a year! At the end of my freshman year, I paid $0.70 per gallon, and early this summer, it was actually tripled in some places. THAT, is what gets me!

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Katelyn,

We don't supply Iran with food OR weapons. And most oil comes from a consortium of oil providers called OPEC, which is comprised of many different countries.

ZetaAce

Yes the gas prices do suck. Is anyone in Michigan? I just went to Indiana last week and I didn't know it was cheaper there! It made me wanna fill up some gas cans and take'em back w/ me LOL! But I wish Michigan would lower their prices like some of the other surrounding states have. My parents just helped me buy a Jeep and boy does that thing guzzle some gas! I want my little Shadow back...well not really. But I would enjoy it right now as far as buying gas goes http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

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Ya know,

John Denver has his own gasoline reserves (he bought thousands of gallons a long time ago, when it was thought the supply would run out). Lets go raid his supplies! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

Easy E

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I'm in Ohio, so I'm feelin' ya on the supa high gas prices. I heard (as in, I have no information to actually back this up) that the midwest was being used as a test market to see how people react to prices being increased so much and so fast. (Which explains why it's $.30/gallon cheaper in Georgia, but I don't know about Indiana). Anyways, the midwest is the general test market for lots of national things, so it would make sense, if it is true. Sucks to be average midwesterners, eh?

matthewg-
you're right, gas is cheap in the U.S. compared to other (European) countries. But Americans are used to getting a great abundance for a little cost (have you seen the portions restaurants hand out over here?!) http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

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I rec'vd an email that said that gas in London is $6.00 per gallon. Is this true?

THERE is a more recent topic about this now so just for a minute, can we all do the bump? bump bump bump bump

My parents were back in England recently (visiting Family) and they rented a car, a vauxhaul cavalier. the vauxhaul cavalier is the british version of the chevy cavalier. So to put things into perspective, I have a cavalier and it usually costs me about $25-$35 to fill up. In England, it cost my parents 40 pounds to fill up the same car. 40 pounds is about $80 CD!!!! Glad I don't live in Europe right now.

Ok , Gas prices are extremly severe, I mean today on my way home for schoo,my poor little gas guzzling Galant needed some gas, and I nearly fell out at the gas station because i kicked out $1.90 for regular gas , I mean thats crazzy and then I heard on the news that this summer might go up to $3.00. I mean I am feeling everyones anger on it, but I wonder is there anything logical to do to get prices back to them sweet days of $1.25, oh well nice dream eh,
DGPhoney~

$2.25 here for Premium in Los Angeles. Cost me $30 to fill up my Jetta! ACK! Its seriously enough to make me stop driving in protest.

There is an alternative...hybrid electric cars. We own the Toyota version, the Prius, and it's wonderful. Even running the A/C today, the current MPG is around 47. Without the A/C we get about 50-53 MPG. It seats 4-5, is very plush inside and has a 12 gallon gas tank that gets us about 400-500 miles, depending.

The Honda Insight is another hybrid electric car that's available now. It's a 2-seater, manual transmission.

Toyota is working with Ford to develop hybrid technology for them. A hybrid version of the Escape SUV is planned for 2003.

Barbara
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Bumping this old thread after reading this article.

I'm curious to find out what gas prices are around the country. What is the price per gallon in your area? Has it changed the way you travel?

3.25 in DC

3.17 in Baltimore

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Gasbuddy
You can search for gas prices around the country and in your area... My area, its $3.29- $3.49
I was in Jersey/AC area this weekend and gas was $3.00.... and they pump it for you!!! :mad: :D

$2.96 at my house in MN, $3.17 at my house in WI.

$3.05-$3.15 here, but of course that's for unleaded 87 - I'm the lucky one putting premium in my car (stupid Turbo Jetta!) so I end up paying about $40 to fill up. Over the river in SC it's about 10 cents cheaper a gallon.

If you read the beginning of this thread from 2000, people were complaining it took $10 to half-fill their tanks! It's all relative, isn't it?

Where I am in the northeast, cheapest unleaded is $3.21 per gallon. Thankfully my Jeep will be paid off this year so that will give me back some nice change.

I am also thankful that winter is about over, if only because home heating fuel is $$$$$. My sister spent almost $700 last month in home heating oil. It's a disgrace! We have propane which is cheaper, but it still adds up.

Hilarious!

Yeah, I hijacked that for later use.

The beginning of the thread is crazy - it really is all relative. The question has been asked - at what price will people start refusing to pay? The same has been asked about movie ticket prices... Both are ridiculous. Yet we continue to pay them. :(

$3.79/gallon for diesel. It cost almost $80 to fill up the Jeep the other day.

This funny.... it really is all relative, I agree. I remember when $10 used to fill up my tank,back when it was .99 cents per gallon. I also remember when I was outraged to pay $1.80 a few years ago when a gas pipeline burst in the phoenix area and there was a shortage. We all stood in line forever to pay $1.80 and were SOOO upset. Now I roll up and pay over $3 no without even thinking about it. :rolleyes:

Pretty soon someone will bootleg gas like they bootleg movies.....

How do we refuse to pay for gas? I wouldn't be able to get to work if I didn't buy gas. No work=homeless. It's not an option. There is no mass transportation that is available and feasible for me. I will have to pay whatever price it is no matter what. Thankfully, I have a Chevy Aveo that gets around 29 mpg city/35 highway. Unfortunately, there is so much road construction that even when I take the highway now, I'm getting city gas mileage.

It is called devaluation of the American Dollar and since oil is traded for $$ the price of oil goes up and so it goes gas at the pump to car tanks.

I drive a 9 year old Honda that gets good gas mileage and drive 4.5 miles daily.

So, maybe we can thank thoses that drive SUVs, RVs, PU Trucks, and drive go fast boats at the local lakes that eat gas up.:o

Or, how about those who live in the country for the living and drive 60-100 miles daily to and from work?

We aint seen nothing yet!:rolleyes:

I was in the same position when working in los angeles. There is light rail now, but doesn't reach wide area, and if you work a weird work schedule like graveyard to do news editing, you're sunk.

To use "mass transit" and get to work, I would have had to take a bus to to the light rail station, then the train to LA, then shuttle bus to job. Problem was the last bus that connected with the train was around 7 p.m. and when i got there, standing a bus stop alone at night in downtown LA, no.
Then, to get home, would have to do it all over, again. Total of 2 hrs one way, sometimes more, mass transit. Driving--1 hr.
I've been out of LA for a few years, moving back for school, and the cost of gas is affecting where I look for housing. I would love to live at the beach again, but it's too far for school.

Gas is up to $3.49 today. I travel from Queens County to Suffolk County everyday. I have a 60 mile round-trip to work and that does not include the extra distance I travel to run errands in the evenings and on weekends. Plus, on Wednesdays, it's an 84 mile round-trip when I go out to the barn (but I'll follow my riding instructor anywhere)! It costs a little over $40.00 to fill up my tank. And unfortunately, I have to fill up about 1.5 times per week.

ETA: There is no convenient mass transit from my house to the office. I live by the LIRR, but there are no bus or train stops remotely close to my job.

*Preface - I don't know a lot about economics, so this comes from my my personal perceptions.*

Screw the valuation of the dollar crap. When people have to choose between a week of groceries and a tank of gas, that's a crisis.

Now, before I get to my point, let me clarify a few of your assertions.

- Many people live in the country because in many places, living in the city is getting very cost-prohibitive. The state where we just moved from, to rent a studio apartment (600 sq ft) was $1700. When we looked for a house, we had to move almost 40 miles out from the city limits to find affordable homes. My husband had an almost 2-hour commute, whether he took the train or drove). Sure we could move to east podunk, but the jobs aren't there. WHere we live now, it's still $$$ to live near the city. I know people who spend 4+ hours a day commuting, just so they can make the money they need to cover the basics.

- I drive a small suv, because there are safety reasons I did so. Weather is a huge concern here, and for half the year, you need four-wheel drive to deal with frozen precipiation, a higher wheel base due to local flooding (a big problem that I have encountered living near wetlands), a heavier car (ever have to put bricks in your crappy little car trunk so that you don't spin out on ice?), etc. Plus, in most sedans, I cannot see over the steering wheel or reach the pedals well enough.

Public transportation is either a non-entitiy or not sufficient enough for most people in the country, I would imagine. Building it from the ground up would be a mammouth expenditure of time and money.

So let's place the blame where we should - the big oil companies, who raise crude oil prices for every fluctation in the economy, weather, politics, mating seasons of the silver squirrel - then post record billion-dollar earnings the following quarter.

What I don't understand (and if someone who is clued in can explain) is how the oil companies raise the cost of a barrel of oil. Let's say that two weeks ago, the cost per barrel was $60. It's at $70 today because a storm blew over a rig in the Gulf. Suddenly, Joe Schmo's Gas station raises the cost per gallon from $3.19 to 3.31, although he bought his gasoline at the $60 per barrell cost. How is that justifiable?

We can also thank the state governments who impose higher gas taxes. I happen live in a state that has one of the highest gasoline taxes. I don't know a lot about the federal govt's role or grants to states for gas price regulations or funding, but why such a difference?

Does the fed not have a say in something that I would classify as a Utility (a relative necessity such as electricity, water, etc.)? Again, if you know the answer to this, I would love to know what the story is.

Anyway, my point is that the blame does not and should not rest only on the shoulders of the end user. Those who process and supply the product claim that their hands are tied over how much they pay to acquire the oil, yet post record profits. I know that this is a capitalist society, but I believe that as a commodity, oil should be subject to government regulation, because its demand and use are so imperative to the daily functioning of every person in this country (whether you drive or not...remember your groceries get delivered to stores, your water gets heated by some sort of fuel).

If I have misunderstood anything, please correct me. This is how I understnad the situation to be.

Yep, devaluation of the Dollar means it is worth less!

Are We getting screwed, I would say yes to that.

I drive 4.5 miles a day as I live close to where my business is. Why, for many reasons.

Do I know people who moved to Podunck City in the country and commute, yes I do!

So, in Podunk City, they have to drive to a bigger City to get gas, groceries, clothing centers, work out gyms, movie theaters or what ever. Does it cost more to drive their SUVs, yes, do they mind, no! Do they have excuses yes.

Do they complain, yes.

But the cost still goes up and we get less!:o

The cheapest place to fill up here is Costco. When i got gas the other day it was $3.39--I think it has gone up since then

I am traumatized because on Friday night, Mr. 1228 had me fill up his pickup (Toyota Tundra)--to the tune of $75 :eek:

I will stick with driving my civic, thank you

Why I have always loved you JillyBean!

You are smart!!!!:)