HalfHearted

Another factor is taxes. Most people don't realize what a huge percentage of the pump price is state excise taxes, and CA isn't exactly known for low taxes on anything...

Monday I paid $1.51 for regular here in N. Texas. That was the first time it's cost me $15.00 or more to fill the tank in my little Neon. I have to fill up again tomorrow and it will probably cost me $16.00. I'm sure glad I got to telecommute two days this week. I would be even gladder (okay, happier, for you English majors) if I lived close enough to commute on my bike

John

iamlucky13

$1.80-2.00 per gallon. I have to wonder how public transit is handling this. That's nearly a fifty percent increase in fuel costs compared to six months ago, but they haven't yet raised their rates.
I was talking to another person about this today and he brought up an interesting point regarding prices here in the US. Naturally, alot of the inflation is due to OPEC and the tension in the middle east. It is further compounded, however, by the civil strike in Venezuala, where we get an approximately equal amount of oil.

kewlrunningz

What's worse than paying $2 for a gallon of gas is paying $1 for a single pint of water. The most plentiful thing on earth and we are going to charge an arm and a leg for "special" water. From the tap it costs almost nothing and if you let it sit in the fridge for 2 days the chlorine and chloromaine all evaporate and it tastes just like bottled water. Go figure .

HalfHearted

Or get a Britta (sp?) pitcher. Has a little charcoal filter in it. Removes just about all the particulate contaminants and a significant amount of the chlorine smell/taste. Our oldest got us one for Christmas and we haven't bought bottled water since. We used to buy six gallons of spring water a week for drinking because our tap water is so nasty. I just changed the filter last week. Let's see, roughly ten weeks and one six-dollar filter vs. almost ten dollars a week for "cheap" spring water...

John

BJS2003

Cheap stuff $1.769

Stor Mand

Lookin' at about $1.70-ish for the cheap stuff.

fubar5

1.529 for regular.

Hants Commuter

Its about 78.9 pence to the litre here.

3.79 litres to the US Gallon = £3.00 to the US Gallon

$1.60 to the £ = $4.80 to the Gallon.

So no trucks or large SUVs here

Chris L

You know, I honestly have no idea.

D*Alex

OK, with conversion, the price in Montreal is: $2.24us/gal,
and the price in Perth is:$2.08 us/gal.

mer

place where i live the gas price for
Octane98 is US$1.53 per liter (HKD$11.85)
Octane99 is US$1.65 per liter (HKD$12.75)

gas in HongKong is so epensive !!

DanFromDetroit

Ordinary unleaded (87 Octane) about 1.80 USD/gal or 48 cents a litre.

Gatorade (Fierce Melon on sale): about 4.76 USD/gal or 1.25 USD/litre.

I think we need to move troops to the Illinois border. This should help stabilize the price of Gatorade and ensure it's continued availibility .

khuon

All things are relative. That's cheaper than what it was in the US ten years ago. Admittedly I'm extrapolating because with exception of a very few gas stations, it hard to find anything over 92 octane although I remember in Michigan, most gas stations offerred 93 octane.

D*Alex

Umm....US octane ratings are an average of Research and Method octane values. Those numbers used in HK are Research octane numbers. They are equivalent to 93 and 94 octane (roughly).
BTW, when was gas ever $1.53/litre anywhere in the US? That works out to about $5.80us/gallon! Even in places like Italy or Portugal, gas 10 years was never more than about $4.50us/gal. 10 years ago, we were paying less than $1us/gal.

oscaregg

And remember, the stuff is still about half the price of milk.

khuon

Sorry. I missed the litre part.

khuon

I remember seeing a sign at a local gas station in Michigan that had prices listed for unleaded, midgrade, premium, and milk. Being the smartass I was/am, I went inside and told them I couldn't find the milk pump.

khuon

In 1993 I was paying around US$1.50/US-gal for premium (92 octane).

D*Alex

Well, that's one of the costs of living on the left coast......

Chris L

A headline in one of our newpapers today said "$1.25/litre". Of course, I'm not in a position to verify this.

kewlrunningz

I remember last year when gas dropped to 0.95 per gallon. That was great.

khuon

That was Chicago..

HalfHearted

Oh, the left coast of Illinois

John

Spire

I've seen 88.9 around Montreal recently. I hardly ever walk past gas stations so I had to go out of my way to check!

GIANTBIKES

Here in Orlando, Florida you can buy it for about $1.67 per gallon. If you go near Disney World it is right at $2.09 per gallon. If you drive to Orlando buy your gas BEFORE you get near Disney.