In Grand Rapids Minnesota it is 2.22 a gallon. I wish i didn't care about gas prices but I do because I have to drive sometimes. I ride my bike to work when ever it is not raining hard. I also wonder how people with SUV's can justify owning one. They must not care one bit. They are more into looking "good" than caring about the enviroment. www.fuh2.com

Currently it's $2.29 US/gal
Funny thing is I remember complaining when I had to pay over $1.00 a gallon.

$1.04/L here in Whitehorse, Yukon. That's regular of course. I noticed Premium was something like $1.11 the other day!!

Wow! I'm surprised your gas is that expensive out east you guys - esp. in Montreal! Usually we are wayyyy above the norm. Guess I should be happy we're not up to $2/L!

Makes that commute all the more sweet...

I'm pretty surprised that our gas was barely cheaper than yours. It's already dropped down to 99.9/L but we had 102.9 just a day or two ago.

Worst part for me is that I have no choice but to put Super in my car so I've been paying over 1.00/L for a while now.

Gas here usually goes as low as 87 cents/litre and up to 94 cents/litre. It hasn't gone above $1.00 yet, but it'll happen eventually I'm sure.

I have to gas up about once ever month and a half now, thanks to cycling. It'll go up to once every three weeks in the winter though.

At what point do you think people will stop driving? Or do you think people will just pay whatever it costs?

Well, we still haven't reached gas prices like they were in the 70's gas crisis (I've only heard of this, I mwasn't born yet!), so I imagine they'll keep driving for a while. The 70's crisis ushered in a new era of small fuel-efficient cars (from Japan), so I'm interested to see what will be on the market when prices hit 70's levels again. Hopefully SUVs will be ditched this time around, just like the massive boats of the 70's.

Of course, if things get even worse than 30 years ago, who knows what will happen? I'm considering opening a HPV dealership if such a scenario plays out. Perhaps by then the Leitra will look cool enough to sell.

The cheapest grade of gas here is $2.50 a gallon, it goes up to about $2.75 for the top grade.

I was talking on the weekend with someone who has an H2, his lease costs him $1500 a month, and apparently he got it to get laid.

I can just see a new movement: Hookers Against Hummers!! Get these guys laid and they won't need to buy H2's.

The gas prices now are above what they were in the 70's. Right now, they are about the same as last year at this time.

Don't ever moan about the price of 'gasoline' in the U.S. PLEASE!!!

In Blighty, it costs around 84p for a litre of the 95ron stuff, and a couple of sheckles more per litre for 97ron stuff.

Diesel (you have that in the U.S. right?!?!) costs around 89p per litre.

And they're the competitive prices! If you go into the country, expect to pay up to 10p more per litre of everything, which will, of course, be watered down so as to keep reserves as high as possible.

Believe me, you guys have got it good in the land of the free!

In Sydney, Australia we're hovering around Au$1.10 per Lt, which equates to around US$6.10 per Gallon.

I'm selling my 4wd, going bike only.

Cyclaholic: I sold my 4x4 last year and never looked back. Yeah, it sucks now and then, but it's much nicer driving past the gas station... the gas here is not as bad as where you are, but still way more than I am willing to pay!

Welcome to the one-less-4x4 club!

Started biking about 6 weeks ago. Gas was about $2.20gal. Put car in storage for summer and fall, no insurance, no gas bill. I will commute regardless of the weather. I work in a factory where it is always 80 to 85 degrees f.

Jim

2004 Trek 1200

Just passed a gas station this morning that usually sells gas a little cheaper than other places around. It was $2.49. Normally, I can get gas about $.20 cheaper in Vermont, but even that is now only $.10 cheaper and is the same price that New York State was last month.

So glad to be on the bike for part of the week.

Here in New Zealand petrol is up to $1.31 a litre for 91 octane.And every time it goes up
I curse George Bush's name.That guy has got a lot to answer for.

Prices are about the same but cost today is lower than the 70's because of erosion of dollar's buying power, i.e. inflation.

In the 70s, many stations switched to liter unit pricing so it was not easy to know what the price was per gallon.

Here in Calgary it is approx 94.5 cents/litre...that's up from 90.4 a couple of days ago.

Wow.. when I first moved to Calgary, gas was 29.9 ... I could fill my Civic with 6 bucks.. hah.. but then again, that was 1988...

We've got 6.5 - 6.8 USD/gallon, that would be around 1,96 - 2,05 CAD/litre.
It's been rising quite much now lately, mostly because of the Iraq situation.
That means our savings per mile biked are also rising

My wife and I spend about $150 per month on fuel. I would like to the cost of fuel per litre double or triple. Perhaps a few more Canadians would take up walking, running or cycling as transportation. I am tired of seeing and hearing about fat canadians. I am also tired of paying their medicare. The price here today is 96.5 cents per litre. In US dollars per US gallon that would be about $2.93. I think my math is right....there are 3.8L per US gallon and today the exchange rate is around $.80

This would help reduce fuel consumption in the cities, but those living in smaller suburbs and rural areas get the shaft.

I live in an area where you could do without a car/little driving but at a huge cost of utility. Sure anyone can ride 15 miles to the gorcery store, 15 miles back, climb 350feet vertical with 20lbs of food in bag, and have to go back in 2-3 days to feed a family of 4. My mom would much rather drive to the store and buy a weeks worth of food. Its way too hilly in my area for a good number of people to start commuting and doing everything by bike. Its hard even on a triple. But it doesn't stop me from doing it (riding)

Its a double edged sword.

I saw $2.99.9 a gallon yesterday for premium, in Redwood City California.

Sure we have. At the peak of the 70s crunch, IIRC it was only a bit over a dollar a gallon (mind you, that was in 70s dollars).

I prefer to phrase that as "This would help reduce fuel consumption in the cities, but those living in smaller suburbs and rural areas would finally pay the true costs of their choice of residence." House prices in suburbs are as low as they are because of the people in cities funding the infrastructure that allows them to sprawl out like that.

If you'll pardon my getting personal for a second, Toronto has a huge problem preventing companies from moving out to the suburbs. Because of factors like the homeless people moving downtown where the city has to support them, there are higher taxes for businesses based in the city. Another example is all the commuters from the suburbs who drive on the downtown roads, but don't pay taxes to support their upkeep, again placing a higher tax burden on those of us who live and work here.


There are ways for people to not live in a city and still not have to drive everywhere. It's called a town, or a village. I understand that that's not the choice you made, but surely you agree that it's unfair to force other people to pay for your choices. Maybe we should be taking a cue from (if I remember correctly) Mississauga and the New Urbanism movement, and looking into building up "City Centers" in the suburbs.

Oh yeah. That's the expensive stuff I put in the wife's car.
Every week she asks if "my car" needs gas. I reply that I didn't use it much during the week, so no gas needed.

Gas was $2.19 on Sunday (July 10). Then on Monday it was $2.25. The "experts" on the radio said the increase was because of hurricane Dennis disrupting oil production in the gulf. Tuesday, after Dennis was well inland (near Memphis) it was $2.24. Come on. Give me a break!