Gas Prices

[codewarrior]

What is the current price of gas in your area? I asked my boss to check when he went to grab lunch, and this is what he handed me when he got back.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/QuantumDot/gas2.jpg

[jakethebake]

Filled up for $2.65 this morning. Very weird. There were two places directly across the street from each other with an $.08 difference in price.

[slickpoppa]

i don't give a sh1t. i really doubt anyone in here is so poor that gas prices really affect them that much. there's nothing we can do about it, so there is no reason to bitch about it.

[codewarrior]

You are correct, there isn't much you can do about it. I drive to/from work 80 miles round trip 6 days a week. That's a lot of miles, and many people drive more than that.

That said, I find the differences in gas prices across the country interesting. There is a big difference just along my commute of up to $.2/gal.

[MrWookie47]

Nice pic. It's $2.75 or so out here in Rochester, NY. I don't pay any attention to the price of anything but the "cheap" stuff.

[swede123]

I filled up the Honda this morning for 2.89 per gallon. Earlier this week that very station charged 2.50. I'm starting to think this is some sort of massive psychological experiment set up by the government. They want to see what our breaking point is, and will keep jacking up the prices until the riots start. Fuckers.

Swede

[miajag81]

$2.94 for regular here in Baltimore.

[jackdaniels]

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I filled up the Honda this morning for 2.89 per gallon. Earlier this week that very station charged 2.50. I'm starting to think this is some sort of massive psychological experiment set up by the government. They want to see what our breaking point is, and will keep jacking up the prices until the riots start. Fuckers.

Swede

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Bro, I thought you lived in Sweden... Pretty damn disappointed to tell you the truth. /images/graemlins/mad.gif

[codewarrior]

A side thread to this thread: What kind of mileage are you getting?

Yes, I'm a tool in an SUV. I've averaged 19/20mpg over the last 20 or so fillups, with probably 30% of my mileage being city.

[swede123]

Sorry to disappoint. I'm still a Swedish citizen, if that's any consolation.

Swede

[MaxPower]

Except that higher gas prices will drive up the cost of everything you buy, not just gas. These things add up.

[jackdaniels]

*** You are ignoring this user ***

<font color="white">Kidding of course - how can I ignore what lime cat and his Swedish master have to say?!?! </font>

[peterchi]

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$2.94 for regular here in Baltimore.

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What part of Baltimore? I saw $2.68 near Bayview-ish.

[codewarrior]

Indeed. Being in the toold and die industry which does a lot of automotive work is like a triple whammy.

Cost of steel. Cost of resin which effects the molders who are my customers. Cost of everything which effects the automakers which effects the molders, and on and on and on.

[turnipmonster]

they're going to have a hell of a time getting another subway fare increase I think.

[slickpoppa]

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Except that higher gas prices will drive up the cost of everything you buy, not just gas. These things add up.

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If you want to talk energy policy and how we could solve the problem in the long run, that's fine. But just bitching about gas prices is pointless. There are plenty of pointless posts in OOT, but at least some of them have nudity/enternainment value.

[Shajen]

$2.47 a couple days ago when I filled up. This thread needs Denis Leary:

You know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna get myself a 1967 Cadillac El Dorado convertible, hot pink with whaleskin hub caps and all leather cow interior and big brown baby seal eyes for headlights, yeah! And I'm gonna drive around in that baby at 115mph getting one mile per gallon, sucking down quarter pounder cheese burgers from McDonald's in the old-fashioned non-biodegradable styrofoam containers and when I'm done sucking down those grease ball burgers, I'm gonna wipe my mouth with the American flag and then I'm gonna toss the styrofoam container right out the side and there ain't a God damned thing anybody can do about it. You know why? Because we got the bombs, that's why.

Two words. Nuclear [censored] weapons, okay?! Russia, Germany, Romania - they can have all the Democracy they want. They can have a big democracy cake-walk right through the middle of Tiananmen square and it won't make a lick of difference because we've got the bombs, okay?! John Wayne's not dead - he's frozen. And as soon as we find the cure for cancer we're gonna thaw out the duke and he's gonna be pretty pissed off. You know why? Have you ever taken a cold shower? Well multiple that by 15-million times, that's how pissed off the Duke's gonna be. I'm gonna get the Duke and John Cassavetes and Lee Marvin,and Sam Pekinpah and a case of Whiskey and drive down to Texas...

[IndieMatty]

Well it finally happened. Gas is about as expensive as Milk and Orange Juice.

it is indeed a consolation because Swedes have awesome accents.

[swede123]

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A side thread to this thread: What kind of mileage are you getting?

Yes, I'm a tool in an SUV. I've averaged 19/20mpg over the last 20 or so fillups, with probably 30% of my mileage being city.

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We just bought an Expedition for the wife, nice timing eh? So far this beast gets 14-15 MPG overall. For work I drive a Civic, which gets about 34 MPG.

Swede

[miajag81]

Downtown. I don't drive much though, and I usually fill up in Owings Mills where I work, it's usually a good 20 cents cheaper there.

[codewarrior]

Might I suggest a mild laxitive?

I'm not bitching, I'm curious about what range of prices the ootiots are currently paying, as many of us are spread across the world.

[slickpoppa]

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Might I suggest a mild laxitive?

I'm not bitching, I'm curious about what range of prices the ootiots are currently paying, as many of us are spread across the world.

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I apologize. I have been hearing a lot of bithcing lately and mistook your post for that.

[wegs the wegs]

I kinda agree with you...

But it's simple economics. They keep raising prices but consumption does not go down. This is a supplier's dream, charge more and see no decrease in sales volume. Why not raise the prices more to see how high they can get it?

[codewarrior]

Just don't let it happen again /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Someone pointed out to me the price of motor oil has stayed relatively flat. I find this a bit odd.

[bosoxfan]

2.99 this morning in Worcester Ma.

[robokop]

The equivalent of $3.48 us/gallon ($1.089 cdn/liter) in BC.

[YourFoxyGrandma]

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$2.94 for regular here in Baltimore.

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What part of Baltimore? I saw $2.68 near Bayview-ish.

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Yeah, seriously. I live just outside the city and I haven't seen anything over $2.70.

[wacki]

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there's nothing we can do about it, so there is no reason to bitch about it.

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obviously you've never read my posts.

[utmt40]

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$2.47 a couple days ago when I filled up. This thread needs Denis Leary:

You know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna get myself a 1967 Cadillac El Dorado convertible, hot pink with whaleskin hub caps and all leather cow interior and big brown baby seal eyes for headlights, yeah! And I'm gonna drive around in that baby at 115mph getting one mile per gallon, sucking down quarter pounder cheese burgers from McDonald's in the old-fashioned non-biodegradable styrofoam containers and when I'm done sucking down those grease ball burgers, I'm gonna wipe my mouth with the American flag and then I'm gonna toss the styrofoam container right out the side and there ain't a God damned thing anybody can do about it. You know why? Because we got the bombs, that's why.

Two words. Nuclear [censored] weapons, okay?! Russia, Germany, Romania - they can have all the Democracy they want. They can have a big democracy cake-walk right through the middle of Tiananmen square and it won't make a lick of difference because we've got the bombs, okay?! John Wayne's not dead - he's frozen. And as soon as we find the cure for cancer we're gonna thaw out the duke and he's gonna be pretty pissed off. You know why? Have you ever taken a cold shower? Well multiple that by 15-million times, that's how pissed off the Duke's gonna be. I'm gonna get the Duke and John Cassavetes and Lee Marvin,and Sam Pekinpah and a case of Whiskey and drive down to Texas...

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Best post ever....I'm an [censored]!

[chuddo]

ridiculous price hike overnight here.

yesterday prices were around $2.45 or so with the cheapest being $2.39.

this morning? $3.09/gal. gotta love a 65 cent jump.

[censored] bush.

[HopeydaFish]

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The equivalent of $3.48 us/gallon ($1.089 cdn/liter) in BC.

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It is $1.25 cdn/liter in Ontario...about $3.90 us/gallon.

[slickpoppa]

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there's nothing we can do about it, so there is no reason to bitch about it.

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obviously you've never read my posts.

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i should have qualified: in the short term there is nothing we can do about it

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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there's nothing we can do about it, so there is no reason to bitch about it.

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obviously you've never read my posts.

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i should have qualified: in the short term there is nothing we can do about it

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You're wrong... if we all just don't buy gas for one or two days, they'll have to lower the prices!

[miajag81]

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[censored] bush.

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Yeah, damn him for steering that huge hurricane directly toward our largest oil production facilities.

[Tom1975]

I'm in Cincinnati, last night I filled for $2.66, today it went up to $3.09

[sinfulslick18]

mine is around 3 dollars and 15 cents today

-sinful

[MrMon]

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Just don't let it happen again /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Someone pointed out to me the price of motor oil has stayed relatively flat. I find this a bit odd.

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Do the math. If motor oil is $2.69 a quart, four quarts to a gallon, 42 gallons to a barrel, they're getting nearly $116/barrel for the stuff. I think they had a pretty hefty price margin already. But expect a price increase soon.

[samjjones]

It will be at least $4 a gallon by the end of September. $5 a gallon is a distinct possibility.

[chuddo]

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Yeah, damn him for steering that huge hurricane directly toward our largest oil production facilities.

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zing! clearly he was too busy doing "hard work" and making "progress"

http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050830/capt.capm10208301856.bush__capm102.jpg

here he is yesterday. yes, august 30th. im glad he is enjoying himself.

[jakethebake]

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ridiculous price hike overnight here.

yesterday prices were around $2.45 or so with the cheapest being $2.39.

this morning? $3.09/gal. gotta love a 65 cent jump.

[censored] bush.

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You're a [censored] idiot. It's not the President's job to make sure you can afford gasoline. Now take this crap to politics!

edit: fwiw i'm not even a bush supporter.

[IndieMatty]

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ridiculous price hike overnight here.

yesterday prices were around $2.45 or so with the cheapest being $2.39.

this morning? $3.09/gal. gotta love a 65 cent jump.

[censored] bush.

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You're a [censored] idiot. It's not the President's job to make sure you can afford gasoline. Now take this crap to politics!

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Wrong. It is clearly in the constitution.

[chuddo]

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You're a [censored] idiot. It's not the President's job to make sure you can afford gasoline. Now take this crap to politics!

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i can afford gas quite fine. tons of poor people can't.

i do appreciate the ignorance however.

[casmells]

3.09$

cincinnati

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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You're a [censored] idiot. It's not the President's job to make sure you can afford gasoline. Now take this crap to politics!

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i can afford gas quite fine. tons of poor people can't.

i do appreciate the ignorance however.

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Regardless, if you want to take stupid shots at the President, take it to politics, jackass.

[jackdaniels]

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i can afford gas quite fine. tons of poor people can't.

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STFU. Or take it to politics.

[jakethebake]

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i can afford gas quite fine. tons of poor people can't.
i do appreciate the ignorance however.

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I'm glad you appreciate your ignorance. I'm sure this is what allows you to remain that way.

[chuddo]

also most analysts are expecting it to continue to rise a decent amount:

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Consumers can expect retail gas prices to rise to $4 a gallon in the near future, a pricing analyst said Wednesday.

"There's no question gas will hit $4 a gallon," Ben Brockwell, director of pricing at the Oil Price Information Service, said. "The question is how high will it go and how long will it last?"

OPIS tracks wholesale and retail oil prices and provides pricing information for AAA's daily reports on fuel prices.

Brockwell said with gasoline prices now exceeding $3 a gallon before even reaching the wholesale level, it "doesn't take a genius" to expect retail prices to hit $4 a gallon soon.

"Consumers haven't seen the worst of it yet," Brockwell said.

http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/31/news/gas_prices/

[ftball0000]

One of the big problems with gas prices is the lack of refining capacity in this country. And one of the main places all of the US refines oil into gas is..... you guessed it, the gulf coast :-(

[swede123]

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Might I suggest a mild laxitive?

I'm not bitching, I'm curious about what range of prices the ootiots are currently paying, as many of us are spread across the world.

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From CNN.

Nation City Price in USD Regular/Gallon
Netherlands Amsterdam $6.48
Norway Oslo $6.27
Italy Milan $5.96
Denmark Copenhagen $5.93
Belgium Brussels $5.91
Sweden Stockholm $5.80
United Kingdom London $5.79
Germany Frankfurt $5.57
France Paris $5.54
Portugal Lisbon $5.35
Hungary Budapest $4.94
Luxembourg $4.82
Croatia Zagreb $4.81
Ireland Dublin $4.78
Switzerland Geneva $4.74
Spain Madrid $4.55
Japan Tokyo $4.24
Czech Republic Prague $4.19
Romania Bucharest $4.09
Andorra $4.08
Estonia Tallinn $3.62
Bulgaria Sofia $3.52
Brazil Brasilia $3.12
Cuba Havana $3.03
Taiwan Taipei $2.84
Lebanon Beirut $2.63
South Africa Johannesburg $2.62
Nicaragua Managua $2.61
Panama Panama City $2.19
Russia Moscow $2.10
Puerto Rico San Juan $1.74
Saudi Arabia Riyadh $0.91
Kuwait Kuwait City $0.78
Egypt Cairo $0.65
Nigeria Lagos $0.38
Venezuela Caracas $0.12

Damn fellas, lets buy monster trucks and head to Caracas.

Swede

[Hiding]

$2.41 yesterday evening, $2.79 this morning and now at $3.09 at noon.

[unlucky513]

$3.09 in cincinnati

[mmbt0ne]

Gas is the same price or cheaper here than it was a week ago. Thanks ATL!

[Slow Play Ray]

I paid over $3 a gallon for the first time ever today, $3.03 for 93. When I got to work complaining about it, my buddy told me he saw $3.33 for 87 across town. I'm not sure if I believe him.

[Slow Play Ray]

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Is it me, or is this guy just dying to get his guitar back from Bush?

[jakethebake]

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Is it me, or is this guy just dying to get his guitar back from Bush?

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You can almost hear him thinking: Don't quit your day job, George.

[J_V]

BUY 1 share of VLO and hedge.

[codewarrior]

$3.10/gal in NE Ohio.

[RunDownHouse]

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i really doubt anyone in here is so poor that gas prices really affect them that much.

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I've changed my driving habits, so I'd say it has affected me.

$2.56 for regular yesterday, $2.69 today.

[mmbt0ne]

</font><blockquote><font class="small">En réponse à:</font><hr />
Gas is the same price or cheaper here than it was a week ago. Thanks ATL!

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Check that, I just watched the gas station next door change from $2.69/gal to $3.89/gal. I hope you get cancer ATL.

[DukeSucks]

I thought we had it bad until reading some of these posts. Coming home last night, one station had 2.54 and it was 2.89 across the street. Now, most are at 2.79 or 2.84 here in Eastern NC.

[Reef]

I heard a rumor that once a month, some type of national body takes a gas count of how much is consumed to designate prices. Tomorrow is that day (9/1). So if people have a gas-strike for a day, it would lower prices?

My meter is going off.. BS?

[jrbick]

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$2.47 a couple days ago when I filled up. This thread needs Denis Leary:

You know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna get myself a 1967 Cadillac El Dorado convertible, hot pink with whaleskin hub caps and all leather cow interior and big brown baby seal eyes for headlights, yeah! And I'm gonna drive around in that baby at 115mph getting one mile per gallon, sucking down quarter pounder cheese burgers from McDonald's in the old-fashioned non-biodegradable styrofoam containers and when I'm done sucking down those grease ball burgers, I'm gonna wipe my mouth with the American flag and then I'm gonna toss the styrofoam container right out the side and there ain't a God damned thing anybody can do about it. You know why? Because we got the bombs, that's why.

Two words. Nuclear [censored] weapons, okay?! Russia, Germany, Romania - they can have all the Democracy they want. They can have a big democracy cake-walk right through the middle of Tiananmen square and it won't make a lick of difference because we've got the bombs, okay?! John Wayne's not dead - he's frozen. And as soon as we find the cure for cancer we're gonna thaw out the duke and he's gonna be pretty pissed off. You know why? Have you ever taken a cold shower? Well multiple that by 15-million times, that's how pissed off the Duke's gonna be. I'm gonna get the Duke and John Cassavetes and Lee Marvin,and Sam Pekinpah and a case of Whiskey and drive down to Texas...

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Best post ever....I'm an [censored]!

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[Reef]

$4 gallon coming soon? (http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/31/news/gas_prices/index.htm?cnn=yes)

[Dynasty]

$5.57 a gallon in Atlanta (reported on FoxNews).

[Dynasty]

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$5.57 a gallon in Atlanta (reported on FoxNews).

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They just showed a sign. It was at $6.07 at one BP station.

[peachy]

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$5.57 a gallon in Atlanta (reported on FoxNews).

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They just showed a sign. It was at $6.07 at one BP station.

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NOONE BELIEVED ME!!! yay me!! god i hope my gas lasts me

[mason55]

Luckily for me I have two different offices, one in Manassas Va and one in Alexandria. I got to fill up for $2.49 in Manassas on my way to work. On the way home it was $2.89 in Manassas.

In Fairfax, where I live, I saw $3.19 tonight.

[siccjay]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/leofiregirl81/GAS_PRICES_ARM_LEG_1st_BORN_web.jpg

[Nottom]

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Well it finally happened. Gas is about as expensive as Milk and Orange Juice.

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Its funny how many people bitch about gas prices yet pay more for bottled water than they do for gas.

[technologic]

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Is it me, or is this guy just dying to get his guitar back from Bush?

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You can almost hear him thinking: Don't quit your day job, George.

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or thinking, do?