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NEVERENDING ♾️ The NEVERENDING Gas Price Thread

1US gallon = 3.79 L

So.
Something like this yesterday:
$1.51/L
$1.67/L for premo stuff the SO's car "requires" according to him....

so...

$5.70/gallon regular

... or.. for premo which the male counterpart uses to get us around (I have no car): $6.33/gallon

(if I did that math right. and I am not confident about that...)

sooooo..... no more whining from the Americans please :D ;)





hahaha I just noticed on the first page of this thread it used to be 1.67/GALLON :lmao: we pay that per litre now! Ahaha, you just got to laugh
 
True dat vancity. Our gas prices are pretty low compared to many other countries, even at the 4.39 a gallon I am currently paying. The most telling thing about us Americans is that at 2 dollars a gallon or closer to 5 a gallon, we can mostly afford it and don't drastically change our driving habits. Why should the oil and gas companies not charge what we are willing to pay? I know plenty of people who drive giant gas guzzling trucks, and constantly complain about gas prices, yet continue to drive even the 1/2 mile from their house to work instead of walking or biking. I think for some reason Americans in particular feel like driving and cheap gas is some sort of God-given right. In a weird way, I think it actually is.
 
imaplanner said:
True dat vancity. Our gas prices are pretty low compared to many other countries, even at the 4.39 a gallon I am currently paying. The most telling thing about us Americans is that at 2 dollars a gallon or closer to 5 a gallon, we can mostly afford it and don't drastically change our driving habits. Why should the oil and gas companies not charge what we are willing to pay? I know plenty of people who drive giant gas guzzling trucks, and constantly complain about gas prices, yet continue to drive even the 1/2 mile from their house to work instead of walking or biking. I think for some reason Americans in particular feel like driving and cheap gas is some sort of God-given right. In a weird way, I think it actually is.
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But it IS our God given right! God put the dinosaurs on earth and then made them extinct so they would degrade over millions of years and we 'Mericans would have plenty of fine crude oil to refine and put into our pickup trucks at a low, low price!
 
Certainly sneaking back up for the annual early fall rise in prices. Saw $3.93 for low-grade this afternoon. :not: I paid $3.65 about 10 days ago, grrr...
 
I paid 15 cents less for gas in Northern Michigan last weekend than it was at home. Usually gas in N Michigan is at least a dime higher.

Since coming back on Sunday prices have dropped. Now you can get gas for $3.39-$3.49 per gallon in the Detroit area.

Does anyone else have to deal with tiered pricing for gas? Many places here have a ten cent surcharge per gallon for paying with credit.
 
$3.49 when I filled up this morning.

Wow, this thread has been around for 9 years and the first post was talking about how that price was $1.55. WTF?
 
I have learned not to trust the signs when driving down into Ill Noise. The show a low price, and then in fine print... with purchase of car wash. I paid $3.35 in the Milwaukee burbs on Saturday. Around here the stations on busier streets will be about 10-15 cents higher than my usual stations. If I am headed slightly south I can usually find gas for another 5-10 cent cheaper on the fringe.
 
Why do you think that gas prices are so much higher than when this thread started. Have you changed your driving habits?
 
michaelskis said:
Why do you think that gas prices are so much higher than when this thread started. Have you changed your driving habits?
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It is this thing called supply and demand for a commodity that is traded globally, irregardless of why it is pumped and refined. While additional states like CA have high taxes on a per gallon basis, overall gas is based on the price per barrel, which has actually stayed relatively consistent since 2010. As economies begin to ramp up, particularly the US/ EU and the still tremendous growth that has slowed, but in comparison to the US/EU is high in a pure dollars and sense value in China and the Asian Sub-Contentent, gas prices will continue to rise.

Crude is also venerable to geo-political swings such as conflicts in the middle east, etc.

Taking all this into consideration, raising gas prices is a good economic indicator that economic demand is strengthening.

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That's how you debate...
 
Raf said:
It is this thing called supply and demand for a commodity that is traded globally, irregardless of why it is pumped and refined. While additional states like CA have high taxes on a per gallon basis, overall gas is based on the price per barrel, which has actually stayed relatively consistent since 2010. As economies begin to ramp up, particularly the US/ EU and the still tremendous growth that has slowed, but in comparison to the US/EU is high in a pure dollars and sense value in China and the Asian Sub-Contentent, gas prices will continue to rise.

Crude is also venerable to geo-political swings such as conflicts in the middle east, etc.

Taking all this into consideration, raising gas prices is a good economic indicator that economic demand is strengthening.

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That's how you debate...
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Winner. Post of the Day. Old School references always get post of the day... YOU'RE MY BOY BLUE!
 
Hink said:
Winner. Post of the Day. Old School references always get post of the day... YOU'RE MY BOY BLUE!
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:lmao::lmao:

Gas prices are always quick to rise (regardless of how significant some event is), and are slow to fall. I would love to be some Sultan from an oil producing country; they were the guys I saw while I lived in the UK that had the most gaudy Lamborghini's and Bugatti's parked next to their vacation penthouses in London.
 
Here, this explains everything you need to know about gas prices.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40hNSJEKUgo
 
ofos said:
Here, this explains everything you need to know about gas prices.
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[sarcasm]Those... um... dog looking things are lying... lying I tell you! They lied yesterday and they are lying again today. They don't know what they are talking about. The federal government would never do such a thing to hurt us. They know what is best for us! It is capitalism and greedy oil companies that are diving up the price of gas. [/sarcasm]

If this is true, I wonder if the cost of other goods, like food are also going up and we are just not paying as much attention to it. If so, has the increase in the cost of living (actual cost) corresponded to pay increases?

On topic, I noticed my Impala is still getting around 32 miles to the gallon on the freeway and I paid $3.45 yesterday to fill it up. I have to fill up just under once a week.
 
Is there anything else besides gas that people buy on a daily basis that has as much fluctuation in price?
 
btrage said:
Is there anything else besides gas that people buy on a daily basis that has as much fluctuation in price?
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What other commodities do consumers have daily contact?

Excuse me, but I need to go buy a couple bushels of wheat - gotta make some bread this weekend.
 
Maister said:
What other commodities do consumers have daily contact?

Excuse me, but I need to go buy a couple bushels of wheat - gotta make some bread this weekend.
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But the gasoline we buy at the station isn't a commodity. The oil is. We're not buying the oil, just like we're not buying the wheat.

I guess the market fluctuations on the oil are so much greater than any other commodity, that it causes that much of a price swing in the end product - gasoline?
 
I gather at least some people consider gasoline a commodity, but usually I think of commodities as things like corn, crude oil, or gold that get traded at a commodities market.

My guess why petroleum prices (and thereby petroleum-based products) are more volatile is because unlike frozen orange juice or corn where weather is going to be the most significant variable affecting producution and supply, political factors come into play as well.
 
btrage said:
But the gasoline we buy at the station isn't a commodity. The oil is. We're not buying the oil, just like we're not buying the wheat.

I guess the market fluctuations on the oil are so much greater than any other commodity, that it causes that much of a price swing in the end product - gasoline?
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Other products might shift as well, but we notice gas much more because 1) the volume of gas you buy makes changes more apparent (gas going up 20 cents per gallon is different than tomatoes going up 20 cents per pound), and 2) you'll buy gas regardless. I can avoid certain items if they are not on sale, but I need to get to work.
 
before I scrapped my car, I think i paid 3.60.

The last time I had to fill up one of the family cars, a couple of weeks ago it was 3.30 or so...

Most of the time I pay $0, except the food I put into my body to get around on scooter, skateboard or bike :h:
 
Hit the Speedway yesterday afternoon for $3.18, then this morning it was $3.49. Nice way to save 10% per gallon by jumping on it on the weekend.
 
mendelman said:
Hit the Speedway yesterday afternoon for $3.18, then this morning it was $3.49. Nice way to save 10% per gallon by jumping on it on the weekend.
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I wonder why? There is plenty of supply; the oil futures are trending down; there is no big international crisis.... I am chalking it up to good ole corporate greed!
 
On my normal route to work & back, the cheap(regular) process are:

Low = $3.189
High = $3.349

Why, I don't know.
 
0.89 in San Juan, PR last week - I was trying to figure out how to bring some back on the plane with me...
 
Informal survey from nine days on the road:
Wisconsin $3.249
Missouri $2.999
Kansas $3.149
Oklahoma $3.269
New Mexico $3.029
Colorado $3.399
Colorado $3.249
Kansas $3.229
Missouri $2.869
Wisconsin $3.189
 
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