What Do You Pay For GAS??

[Kindredspirit]

Well ~

Our gas has hit an all time high recently in Sacramento, California ~
I paid $2.95/gal yesterday! Ouch! I never really tripped on it before cuz you have to have it and I always fill up ~ not just a little bit here or there ~ but this one hit hard!

$46.00 dollars to fill up my car! And sometimes that is 2x/week! http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/23/23_29_19.gif omg~ Now Bush was here in Sac the other day ~ but I do not think it was in re to high gas prices! I actually have no idea and I am a news freak! I do know Arnold and Geo. talked about our levees ~



So where do ya live and what is your gas prices? Paul, yours come to mine....I remember it was high~



Marie ~ http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/29/29_2_15.gif

[Spices]

It's a bummer!!! Ours, anywhere in the range of $3.57 to $4.75 per gallon. :( But I see it will be one heck of a hot summer and maybe many cold nights! This is awful!

I locked in on a price of $3.17 per gallon just two days ago.

[brewmaster15]

I'm thinking of getting one of those propane run engines like the post office and someother deliveries use...then I'll set up a methane digester and create methane gas from my Discus crap and chickens :)

-al

[Cosmo]

Last I looked a couple of days ago, super unleaded was 3.289/gal. Regular unleaded was somewhere around 3.089. Probably higher today since my tank is empty :(

Jim

[nolefan]

2.99 for regular unleaded here in panhandle Fl .Probably going up as a type.

Lee

[AmberC]

Here in Va Beach its the same. Like a week ago it cost me 45 dollars to fill her up and then the day before yesterday I had to go to three different gas stations before I could even find some gas and it was 2.95. Cost me 50 dollars exactly to fill her up. :(

Usually I dont drive very often but due to some underlying circumstances I've been driving a lot lately.. Marie.. you know whats up lol.. Usually its my hubby that does most of the driving.. to and from work.. 45 min drive. Usually I dont have to fill up but maybe every 2 weeks or so. He fills up once a week and normally it costs about 30 on his car.

Oh.. all the gas stations that were sold out.. are the ones that wont go any higher than 2.85.

Amber

[brewmaster15]

What really s@cks is the shipping companies here....everytime theres a spike in fuel charges, they go up on their rates,,,problem is they never go down!:mad:

-al

[AADiscus]

Here in Oklahoma it is running about 2.67.

[tpl*co]

Well, I do noticed it has gone up since last week. I filled up last weekend at Safeway for 2.90 a gallon premium with club card, it will probably cost more than $3/gallon or around there if I had to fill up now, but still have a little over 1/2 a tank, hoping it'll go down before then and I need more gas :(. Won't be making any trips to the Bay area or anyplace far for a while :(. Cost me around $45 to fill up on the Premium last time.

Tina

[Kindredspirit]

I want to know why?


Here, it can go down on a dime and right back up very soon after! How do they justify that?

And Al, you are right ~ I remember seeing a bill from something I ordered fish related....and on the invoice.... there was a Fuel Charge due to Gas Hikes!! ***?? And this company is like a few hours from me ~ So they charge the customer?

That seems wrong on so many levels ~ just not sure which one! lol!

Marie ~ http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/16/16_4_10.gif

[cobaltblue]

OUr price here in abbostford BC is 1.02 /litre, which works out to 3.46 a US gallon in US funds. Good thing i bought my tickets to disneyland a year ago. I am guessing the airfares will keep going up as well?

[pcsb23]

My car is designed to run on high octane fuel, so that costs me £1.02 per litre so thats £3.88 per US gallon, exchange rate is 1.78 so that makes it $6.91 a gallon! it costs me around £52 to fill up and I fill the car 3 times a week so thats averaging £106 per week, in dollars $188 a week, or $9800 per year :D

[Discusgeo2]

AAA Fuel Price Finder. Just enter your zip code to find the cheapest gas instead of driving around town to find it.

http://aaa.opisnet.com/?2_BB88C26BC93998CB15A0599D19C493A4AD286EC5849F799 66D227AEE69F2470C03903854303E58F4

[Stillwater Aquatics]

I am paying $3.14usd/gal for premium in Northern California, I'm just glad i don't live in BC :D
I would be riding a bicycle w/ training wheels

jon

[Ardan]

2.99.9/gal for reg, but the boat takes premium at $3.13.9/gal.
I understand its .10/gal in Iraq.


Ardan

[jeep]

I want to know why?

That seems wrong on so many levels ~ just not sure which one! lol!


Easy... It's called manipulation, collusion, monopoly and price gouging of a market that is driven by speculation and fear, not supply and demand... and there's not a damn thing we can do about it ;)

[danoinalaska]

Anchorage, Alaska $2.71 per gallon of 87 octane. Filled up this morning after a dime hike the day before. My timing obviously was amiss.
Dan

[tpl*co]

AAA Fuel Price Finder. Just enter your zip code to find the cheapest gas instead of driving around town to find it.

http://aaa.opisnet.com/?2_BB88C26BC93998CB15A0599D19C493A4AD286EC5849F799 66D227AEE69F2470C03903854303E58F4


Little out of date, just drove past one of the stations on the way home and it is up to $3.14 for premium now :(.

Tina

[etr63]

This sums it up.

[Kindredspirit]

Easy... It's called manipulation, collusion, monopoly and price gouging of a market that is driven by speculation and fear, not supply and demand... and there's not a damn thing we can do about it ;)



No ~ there isn't ~ thanks for clearing that up, Brian!

Etr~ That is hilarious! Kinda.....lol!


Marie ~ http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/16/16_4_10.gif

[etr63]

Prediction for next summer

[Spices]

Wait till THIS winter comes...for those who have gas heating in their homes. I don't want to see this winter's heating bill.

So true and scary scenario, Tina. Funny but so darn true and scary! Many folks will lose their homes this winter coming if those oil prices increase.

[Sharn]

over in NZ its something like 1.69 per L for 91, it was around 90 cents a while back...

[Cosmo]

Bought gas yesterday in Chicago - 3.379 for super unleaded, 3.159 for regular unleaded :(

[diskboy]

in town in afton new york it is like $3.05 or $2.95 somthing lke that

[diskboy]

in town in afton new york it is like $3.05 or $2.95 somthing lke that

[goheel]

My next car will be a hybrid.

[Organic Farmer]

my bike gets 64 miles to a gallon @70 to 80 miles an hour and produces less pollution then any car

[Kindredspirit]

I just got home from work and passed the gas station ~ it now reads $3.25/gal! And the station next to it reads at $3.05/gal...

When I started this thread it was $2.95...i think...hell i dont even remember now!


I am annoyed ~



M~

[SSteino86]

2.99.9/gal for reg, but the boat takes premium at $3.13.9/gal.
I understand its .10/gal in Iraq.


Ardan


Lol, ya, but then you have to live in Iraq...

[Alan]

A lot!

[Timbo]

I understand its .10/gal in Iraq.



glad to see the oil companies arent gouging the jihadist suicide car bombers on their way to work

[Stillwater Aquatics]

eeek! just got gas this morning...

3.47 !!!!!!!!!!

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[marilyn1998]

I paid $2.68 gallon today cuz there are two stations having a war. Most places here tho are $2.89.

[Jarrod]

Too damn much if ya ask me:smash: :thumbsdown:
Jarrod

[Kindredspirit]

Ya think?? Near my house itz $3.25...but out near my daughter's school I got it for 3.09...cost me $49.44 to fill up today~and I do that 2x a week!


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[Kindredspirit]

So.........I just heard on the news that the highest price for gas in the country is in San Diego, California @ $3.41/gal and the lowest was in Stockton California @ $3.19/gal....


Except it is $3.15/gal up at the corner here in SacTown ~ guess ya can't believe everything you hear!


M~ http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/29/29_2_15.gif

[marilyn1998]

Sis you CANT beleive it. Here it is 2.89 gallon. that is lower than they told ya!

[tpl*co]

This weekend I was seeing up to $3.50 gallon for premium! I was going through the old newspapers and I think it was last weeks paper that said Bush had an "intuition" that the oil companies are probably not gouging the public and he wasn't going to do anything? Hmmm, is this why the gas prices always go up when there is a holiday or travel season approaching? Ugggghhhhh, should know better than read anything about it first thing in the morning :(.

Tina

[jeep]

So.........I just heard on the news that the highest price for gas in the country is in San Diego, California @ $3.41/gal and the lowest was in Stockton California @ $3.19/gal....


Unless California finally seceded from the union, then that is way off. We're paying about $2.53 in the Mid-West ;)

[Cosmo]

Super Unleaded in Chicago at about $3.45 (city adds .25 per gal :mad: )

How many of you know one of the reasons the prices are so high is because Congress passed that increased Ethanol law? Seems to be a shortage of ethanol cause refiners can only buy it from domestic sources, so the ethanol shortage has increased it's price:)

Great for Arthur Daniels Midland and a few farmers, a disaster for the other 99.9% of Americans.

Then, the federal government gets .51 cents per gallon in tax, the states add more, counties add taxes, and then the cities have to get their share too... the gas companies that the politicians are screaming about make about 9 cents per gallon in profit ... who's really price gouging ?

And NO.. I don't work for a gas company, nor own stock in any... wish I did though


Jim

[White Worm]

Lowest as of yesterday in my area was 3.07 at one ARCO station (vacaville Ca) and 25 Miles from me (suisun Ca), 3.40g and these are regular unleaded prices. Everyone else fluctuates somewhere in between. Cost me $85 to fill up my Truck and my wife has the same truck as me...yikes!!
By the way, I am northern CA between Sac (kindredspirit, Marie) and SAN FRAN.

[FischAutoTechGarten]

We're paying about $3.15 East of the Hudson River (Rensselaer Co, NY) and $3.09 West of the Hudson River (Albany Co, NY). This is 87 octane.

It costs me well over $100 each time we fill up our F350s. We fill up each truck once a week. We run 3 trucks. We are very, very over budget for fuel.

[Timbo]

when the oil companies announce their quarterly profits, they will all most likely set new records for their shareholders.

your president is an oilman, your oil companies will do very well during this "crisis"

[candyl70]

It's 3.31 here still for the cheap stuff :mad: I can't believe that gas is this much!!! I heard on the news that demand is down, so supply is up, but the market isn't reflecting the cheaper prices yet. They said that by Memorial Day gas prices should start to go back down... but we'll see... I am really skeptical about it.

[AmberC]

Candy.. your gas stations must be trying to rip you off then cause I have seen a decline in prices again. The Exxon station down the street is at 2.85 for the cheap stuff.

Check out http://http://www.gasbuddy.com/ and you can find the cheapest gas in your area.

Amber

[White Worm]

Its all a big rip-off!!!!

[candyl70]

The whole bay area is being ripped off right now. Everywhere around here those are the prices. Everything around here is a rip off, houses, gas... you name it. The down side of living in the bay.... i can't wait to finish school and get the hell out of here.

[Cosmo]

I find it fascinating how with all the information that is available, there are still people who prefer to blame everything on the boogeyman instead of taking a few minutes to learn why certain things are the way they are :confused:

[Kindredspirit]

I find it fascinating how with all the information that is available, there are still people who prefer to blame everything on the boogeyman instead of taking a few minutes to learn why certain things are the way they are :confused:



I was not blaming your boogyman Jim! I was just whining!




Marie ~ http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/16/16_4_10.gif

[Cosmo]

Marie.. wasn't directed at you :)

Remember that saying "and you know who you are"? Sadly, most don't have a clue.

[Timbo]

the president cannot control supply and demand its true, but a windfall profit tax (or even the threat of one) on the billions in profits the oil companies are generating while the consumer is being raped, is entirely within his ability

the idea of a windfall profit tax is to claw-back the majority of obscene profit amounts when the free-market system is being taken advantage of, or when market forces are out of balance. if the oil companies know that they will not get to keep the additional revenues generated thru their high prices, they are unlikely to charge it in the first place and prices will drop.

[Kindredspirit]

Marie.. wasn't directed at you :)

Remember that saying "and you know who you are"? Sadly, most don't have a clue.



I know Jim ~ thanks tho....;)


M~ http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/16/16_4_10.gif

[tpl*co]

the president cannot control supply and demand its true, but a windfall profit tax (or even the threat of one) on the billions in profits the oil companies are generating while the consumer is being raped, is entirely within his ability

the idea of a windfall profit tax is to claw-back the majority of obscene profit amounts when the free-market system is being taken advantage of, or when market forces are out of balance. if the oil companies know that they will not get to keep the additional revenues generated thru their high prices, they are unlikely to charge it in the first place and prices will drop.

In fact I think I read in an article that he turned down this tax and instead encouraged the oil companies to "plow" their profits into finding new sources of energy? hmmm, reading between the lines, maybe finding this in protected areas, since he is notoriously anti-environment? Anyhoo, the oil companies are just getting richer :(.

[terps]

A good article on oil:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/27/AR2006042701693.html

[FischAutoTechGarten]

www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net (http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net)

have a nice day.

[tpl*co]

Well, if you lived in California and had to deal with our SMOG issue here, those "Boutique" fuels would seem less like a folly and more like a necessity. We don't come up with those type of fuels for the H*ll of it, we need it here to protect the public health by improving the air quality in some of the worst air places in the US. Of course the oil companies would like to blame that on the rising costs :(.


Tina

[Stillwater Aquatics]

Todays price for premium 3.51 9/10 gal,



TODAYS QUIZ: whats my actual cost of a gallon of gas?



Jon http://winecountrydiscus.com/favicon.ico

[AmberC]

Todays price for premium 3.51 9/10 gal,



Jon http://winecountrydiscus.com/favicon.ico

Is that 3.51 AND 9/10ths of a cent for a gallon OR
3.51 for 9/10ths of a gallon?

Amber

[tpl*co]

Is that 3.51 AND 9/10ths of a cent for a gallon OR
3.51 for 9/10ths of a gallon?

Amber

ROTFLMAO! I was going to say "priceless". LOL.

Tina