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Author Topic: Gas Prices in your area Scott D. Neff Theatre Dork Posts: 919 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Oct 1999 posted 05-30-2008 03:29 PM                        I just paid $4.259 to fillup last night. $57.57 on my 14 gallon tank.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 05-30-2008 03:34 PM                        Thought about filling up on the way home from work last night, at 113.9p, then decided against it (long day; wanted to get back). Tonight, when I had no choice, it had jumped to 115.9. That's about half a pint of beer I wasted by not acting quickly enough. Bugger.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-06-2008 12:59 PM                     Gas prices here have held steady for about the last 2 weeks: $3.85 per gallon for 87 octane gasoline and well over $4 per gallon for premium and diesel. That price for 87 octane fuel could rocket past the $4 per gallon level in the wake of an oil price spike. As of 1:00pm CST, crude oil has gained nearly $10 per barrel just today. The price per barrel rose more than $5 yesterday. Morgan Stanley is predicting oil will trade at $150 per barrel by July 4. Several factors have contributed to this latest spike: a big jump in America's unemployment rate, a candidate for the prime minister's office in Israel talking about military action in Iran, the Treasury Secretary may hold interest rates steady while central banks in Europe raise theirs and further devalue the dollar in the process.  |  IP: Logged Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 06-06-2008 01:22 PM                        Cheapest price in town right now is $4.279 for regular unleaded. The most expensive is about $4.80 for premium. I don't know about diesel because I don't buy it, but I do remember seeing it at about $5.10 at one station.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 06-06-2008 01:55 PM                     Leo, ?, How can the folks over there afford fuel for their cars with price of fuel per litre/gallon so high? thx-Monte  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 06-06-2008 02:35 PM                        With difficulty! Three possible reasons: 1. There always has been a much higher tax on road fuel in European countries than in the US, so in a way we're used to it. 2. Motorists tend to drive less miles than their north American counterpart. I can't remember where I now read this, but I read somewhere that the average motorist in the US does 18k miles a year, compared to 12 here. 3. Motorists tend to drive more fuel efficient cars here. Anything which does less than 40mpg (imperial gallons) is really considered to be a guzzler. Big saloons, sports cars and SUVs which do under 30 and automatic gearboxes are the exception rather than the rule, and are generally owned only by people who are very wealthy or have a specific reason for needing one (e.g. carrying lots of heavy gear around or have a large family). The last time I hired a car in the US (November 2006) I think we paid about $50 to fill it up after doing 300 miles or so (although this was in Alaska, so the gas probably cost more than the US average). It was a mid-range, five seat saloon - not a budget car but not a luxury one either. It's a bit difficult to do a direct comparison because in my case there is also the pound/dollar value to take into account. But with all other things being equal I reckon that the fuel cost per mile was only about 20% more than you'd pay to fill a similar car here.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-06-2008 03:20 PM                     Gas at Smith's Foods yesterday was 3.669 with the discount for also shopping there. Costco is about the same if you have a membership but Smith's is much more accessable to get in and back out so I go there. Utah still has gas well below 4 bucks... and we have one of the highest state gas taxes. Mark  |  IP: Logged Alan Plester Expert Film Handler Posts: 209 From: great yarmouth england Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-06-2008 03:27 PM                     Not long now before we all go to work just to fill our cars to to work. The trouble with this government is they will blame everyone but themselves otherwise its there fault. Went to work @ 1100am our garage was selling @ 114p per litre came home @ 1700 they were selling @ 115 per litre petrol that is. Diesel is @ moment 129 litre, and we just roll over and let it happen, we just dont take action of any severe sort. We have had some protests by haulage companys, but i would like to see the whole country, just stay at home just for one day, but sadly that is not possible.  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 06-06-2008 03:59 PM                        If I did the math right at today's exchange rate that's $8.59 USD per gallon. If current conditions continue we should be in that ballpark about a year from now. I've been riding a 50cc scooter 28-miles a day to work and back since November 2006. In two weeks I'm interviewing for a new job that will have me commuting a little over 30-miles a day. Assuming I'm hired I'll be looking for something like a 250cc for a better ride to work. The 50cc gets about 100 mpg which has been great. The 250's seem to get around 70 mpg, which still isn't bad. I parked the Mazda in 2002 - don't think I'm going to be owning or driving a car again for at least a couple more years.  |  IP: Logged Todd McCracken Master Film Handler Posts: 263 From: Northridge, CA, USA Registered: Mar 2008 posted 06-06-2008 04:56 PM                    Los Angeles 4.50 gal Looks like the subway may have another passenger soon.  |  IP: Logged Ben Wales Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 602 From: Southampton. England Registered: Jul 99 posted 06-06-2008 05:25 PM                     I filled up today and a Litre of Diesel was £1.32 with a 2p raise this week, there are some Filling Stations are about £1.26 for Diesel. And tonight, breaking news on the BBC News24 that Crude Oil had gone up to $132 a barrow!, so more increases are coming as well a recession for us in the UK.  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 06-07-2008 01:40 PM                        Looks like non-tourist parts of 'Vegas have topped the $4.00/gal mark. At my corner Chevron: Regular - $4.05 Mid-grade - $4.17 Premium - $4.27 Oil closed yesterday at almost $140/bbl. Market watchers are predicting gasoline in the US at $5.00/gal by July 4th.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 06-07-2008 02:05 PM                        Yah, it's high -- $4.49 in Manhattan a few days ago, but how come this government has never asked us to sacrifice a little. We've never been asked to cut back, to conserve, to do ANYTHING or SOMETHING to put pressure on the foreign oil cartel or even our own oil conglomerate. And not for nothing, picking a day when everyone skips buying gas does nothing if they are just going to go to the pump the next day. It's got to be where we use another form of public transportation for a day instead of the car that will make a difference. And more than just once. If as they say it's all about demand (does the "demand" go up exponentially every day?) then how about asking the American people to demand less, starting with turning around this pention we have gotten into for buying HUGE vehicles. I mean, who exactly is it that needs to drive an army attach vehicle? I'll stop here before more than my toe gets in the political pond. [ 06-07-2008, 07:27 PM: Message edited by: Adam Martin ]  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-07-2008 02:54 PM                     In truth, Americans are already changing their driving habits and the the types of vehicles they buy pretty significantly. The pickup truck and SUV divisions for Ford and GM have been hemorrhaging billions in red ink for years. This week GM announced they're considering drastically reducing the Hummer line of vehicles or selling off the brand entirely. GM has boosted plans on producing the electric Volt vehicle. Toyota unveiled a new Hydrogen fuel cell and electric hybrid version of their popular Prius. Honda is moving a similar hydrogen/electric version of the Accord into leasing arrangements in California. The government recently reported a 4% year over year decline in driving activity in March 2008 compared to March 2007. They said Americans drove 11 billion fewer miles that Month. MasterCard reported a 5.5% percent drop on credit card gasoline purchases for Memorial Day weekend compared to last year. Sales of used pickups and SUVs is down in most areas of the country. They're still selling at satisfactory levels in Oklahoma since there is a great deal of agricultural industry and other work fields that demand pickups and other commercial vehicles. But many others who don't need trucks are getting rid of them. Our sign company pays a fortune in diesel costs for our crane trucks, and that's translating to higher prices (along with all the other usual cost increases for raw materials). Our sales manager formerly used a Ford F150 pickup to drive to sales calls. Now he's driving a Honda Fit. I think one of the keys to reducing oil costs is to encourage other "emerging economies" to reduce or completely lift their government subsidies on oil and gasoline. India recently raised its fuel prices due to the price of that subsidy getting very expensive to maintain. Other nations in Asia, including China, agree subsidies must be reduced to curtail demand and combat these spiking oil prices. They have to do that otherwise America's economy will be thrown farther downward enough to affect the global economy in a pretty negative way. Of course, those high oil prices can raise the threat of military confrontations too. It's all around a bad deal. I still believe this situation with oil is a huge bubble that can be popped. It seems like the same people who ran up prices in the housing industry are poisoning the commodities markets in the same manner. Oil prices could remain high. But a sharp downward "correction" is not out of the question either. If that happens it will wipe out the fortunes for a lot of investors.  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 06-07-2008 03:15 PM                        On the little island of Lanai here in Hawaii, gas prices is already over $5.00 a gallon at the only station there. There is no question, gas will cost over $5.00 by mid summer at the way prices are going up almost every day. I put $30.00 worth of gas in my tank the other day and got just about seven gallon. There was a time not too long ago when I used to get a full tank for the amount I spent the other day. Based on the limited amount of driving I do now because I use public transportation a lot, the gas I bought should last me about a week and a half. -Claude  |  IP: Logged

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