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Posted by 49Reo
- November 24, 2014, 10:27:50 AMOur government periodically says they are going to "investigate" the reason for the high price of gasoline and diesel; I expect what they are "investigating" is how THEY can get a bigger cut.....
Posted by Troll
- November 24, 2014, 08:31:43 AMQuote from: LarryInSeattle on November 24, 2014, 01:37:54 AMThis will date me some, but I remember regular gas at .25 per gallon during a gas war. 1970 before the oil embargo. I thought the world was going to end when they changed to pumps to show more than .99 a gallon. Our pumps could not go higher than that.
Since I'm a "bit" older than you, I can remember gas prices being down to 11.9 during those "gas wars" waged by stations across the street from each other. When I got into the auto business, the price that was pretty much the standard, at least in the NYC area was 28.9 for regular and 33.9 for premium. I remember when the towlheads shut off the oil the first time...price went up to 61.9 for regular....The day after 9-11, the local price here at a well known monopoly conglomerate went up to $2.00 but that was only for a day or so, since public outrage actually shamed them into changing it back to what it was, and REFUNDING people the difference....No such luck now...they manipulate the prices in the area like some kind of puppet master....If I'm going that way, I buy my fuel at one of the last remaining Sinclair stations. They are in Minnesota, and give you a lower price to start with, and 4 cents off for paying cash...
Posted by Bucko
- November 24, 2014, 01:55:08 AMQuote from: John Hopkins on November 20, 2014, 20:46:16 PMYa, but the gallons are biggerPetrol in Britain is about $9 per gallon....
Posted by LarryInSeattle
- November 24, 2014, 01:37:54 AMThis will date me some, but I remember regular gas at .25 per gallon during a gas war. 1970 before the oil embargo. I thought the world was going to end when they changed to pumps to show more than .99 a gallon. Our pumps could not go higher than that.
Posted by chief
- November 21, 2014, 12:23:45 PMQuote from: John Hopkins on November 20, 2014, 20:46:16 PMPetrol in Britain is about $9 per gallon..
That should make you feel a bit better about your prices..
John.
Yep, it has always been about 3x the price of the USA. Even back when I lived in Scotland it was high ($3?) - even with North Sea oil coming in . Bus rides were 10p, taxi's and ferrys were cheap and plentiful. I could step out almost anywhere and get a cab within 5 minutes. Even in Dunoon there were bus stops everywhere. Shops were local and people rode bikes and walked.
In the USA, no where is close - cabs take 30 minutes and are expensive, buses are only in the cities. Bikes are dangerous and we don't build sidewalks anymore. USA is not the same environment as the UK in this regard. We truly depend upon our personal motorized transport!.
Posted by John Hopkins
- November 20, 2014, 20:46:16 PMPetrol in Britain is about $9 per gallon..
That should make you feel a bit better about your prices..
John.
Posted by zig
- November 20, 2014, 20:05:35 PMI topped off my work truck today for $2.49 / gallon. That's regular unleaded 87 octane. That is the cheapest I've seen so far, but I like it!
Posted by Bucko
- November 20, 2014, 19:27:11 PMJust so you don't feel bad, gas today in Vancouver is about 1.22/l, that almost $5 CDN for a US gallon - and that's quite low compared to recent prices. In the summer I was paying more than $1.60/l for premium.
Ever notice that when the price per barrel of oil goes up, the price of pump gas goes up immediately to match the increase, but when the price per barrel goes down, it takes months for the price of pump gas to go down.
Posted by Troll
- November 20, 2014, 18:28:42 PMPrices have been going down for a few weeks around here...usually we are higher than in Minnesota, just across the River, by at least 5c...and usually about 10c more than Iowa. As of today, reg. is $2.85.9. On the way back from Drift-In, in August, I bought gas in Indiana at the price of $2.89.9 Only town in the area with a price like that...Didn't need much, but I got some ANYWAY!!!
Posted by LarryInSeattle
- November 20, 2014, 15:54:40 PMJust around the Seattle area, we have a over a .50 variance on the price of gas. There are even a few stations that are gouging higher than that. I found this website that is really cool as you can look up the price of gas in your neighborhood or along the route to your destination. Pretty handy.
Have you ever gassed up a dual tank pickup only to find gas .20 cheaper 10 miles down the road? Or this could be handy to put a number on the cost of fuel for a long trip. If you click in on an area, it will give you the gas station and it's address. This would be real handy on the smart phone.
www.gasbuddy.com
The map is here:
http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx
The trip calculator is here: