watcha paying for fuel today?

big worm · Post by **big worm** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:28 pm

gas is $3.09 per gal=3.78 litre
disel is $3.65
and only going higher can't wait for the big holliday weekends

new_moonshiner · Post by **new_moonshiner** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:38 pm

3.40 here

Old_Blue · Post by **Old_Blue** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:00 pm

$3.02

LeftLaneCruiser · Post by **LeftLaneCruiser** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:36 pm

Prices over here are ranging from eur. 1,43 to 1,55 per litre. At the going rate that would be about $ 8.50 for a gallon.

No coincedence that my distilling has increased over the last couple weeks..

KJH

wineo · Post by **wineo** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:52 pm

$3.31 a gallon.It may go higher tomorrow.It makes me want to make my own fuel,but I would need a different engine.

cannon.co.tn · Post by **cannon.co.tn** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:38 pm

Here in SF we are paying $3.70/gal.

punkin · Post by **punkin** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:08 pm

$1.47 for unleaded, $1.54 for diesel. Per litre.

Glad the ute doesn't run on milk though, at $2.40 a litre, or worse still on beer at $4 a litre. Coke runs out at $2 something a litre, servo or corner shop prices...

I guess bottled spring water'd be dearer than fuel at the servo

MakesItLookCheapPunkin

Aidas · Post by **Aidas** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:05 pm

about 1 Euro per liter.

Aidas

mikeac · Post by **mikeac** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:24 pm

bout $1.10CAD a liter

Post by **bourbonbob** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:15 pm

$1.49 per litre in Sydney Australia, they reckon it will be 10 cents more by easter. I'm glad I've got a horse, he will come in very handy in the near future.

NEB · Post by **NEB** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:58 am

Odd one for first post i know..... But if you boys think youve got it bad here in the "Land of Hope & Glory" were paying per gallon the equivalent of $9.86 usd for petrol, and $10.59 usd for diesel.

luckily my shines free

CoopsOz · Post by **CoopsOz** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:29 am

I guess there aren't too many V8's in England. I've got a 5 litre (XR8) that goes through the juice but I guarantee it wouldn't be the case at that price!

smokerscully1 · Post by **smokerscully1** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:40 am

Here's something I have always wondered about. Every drop of gasoline in Minnesota and Wisconsin comes from Alberta. Why is it so much cheaper there than in Ontario? 60% of the oil imported into the US comes from Canada--most Americans are unaware of this fact.
I understand from some oil men I know that the Province of Alberta has an unlimited supply of oil in the tar sands--thats at present rates of consumption and they told me to make it feasible to extract they need the price to stay up around $70 per barrel. It hit $110 yesterday and I sent them an e-mail--its gonna cost them guys alot more to go fishing in my front yard next year!

mikeac · Post by **mikeac** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:58 am

The oil may be located in Canada, but the companies that drill for it are multinationals and most of the control comes from the states...Us in Canada (well I am) are very aware that the oil from Canada is being sold for less in the states then it is in the United States. But I'll stop there or this will get political.

Post by **rad14701** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:41 am

Averaging $3.379 USD per US gallon here today... Kinda hard for us to figure how the closer we are to the refinery, the more we pay... If we were to follow the tankers that pass through here, from the same refinery, to their destinations, we could buy it cheaper... Doesn't even pay to drive to the Indian reservations to gas up these days because you spend more for the round trip than you'll save... A few years ago it was worthwhile...

Aidas · Post by **Aidas** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:58 am

mikeac wrote:The oil may be located in Canada, but the companies that drill for it are multinationals and most of the control comes from the states...Us in Canada (well I am) are very aware that the oil from Canada is being sold for less in the states then it is in the United States. But I'll stop there or this will get political.

I don't think that my following answer is political, though it can be construed as a bit of political science.

Mikeac -- Actually there's a much less conspiratorial answer

-- the excise taxes are different. Canada is a soft-socialist state (much like most European countries), and thus tends to higher taxes on "luxuries", i.e. alcohol, tobacco and fuel. The US has always tried to keep its fuel cheaper (to fuel the economy and to keep US citizens happy (they are after all, used to cheap gas, so woe to the govt. that raises gas prices by raising excise taxes...)

As to oil being sold to the US cheaper than in Canada? I seriously doubt it -- oil is a commodity, and no-one, not even friends of the US, sell oil cheaper than it is valued on the world market. These days, with the supply of oil becoming more and more iffy (because of regional wars, hurricanes, production decline and new fields coming online very slowly) the price of oil is a lot less important to the US (or ANY country, for that matter, than a RELIABLE supply).

Aidas

p.s. by "soft socialist", I'm not making a value-statement (though I could

), I'm just saying that it is social-democratic leaning (the Europeans will understand what I'm saying), i.e. left wing, but not communist.

Old_Blue · Post by **Old_Blue** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:58 pm

One of the major cost of gasoline and Diesel is the transportation cost.

The transportation cost is high because gasoline and diesel is so high which makes the gasoline and diesel price go up which makes the transportation cost go up which makes the gasoline and diesel prices go up, etc...etc... etc....

big worm · Post by **big worm** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:05 pm

disel was 3.69 today.. i figure in two weeks when my fuel tank..300 galons needs refilled it will be damm near $4 a gallon, because "home fuel" is always 10-15 cents higher than the pump

cannon.co.tn · Post by **cannon.co.tn** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:14 am

good luck with that diesel along the CA I-5 corridor is $4.25 right now

wineo · Post by **wineo** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:23 pm

Diesel was 3.95 today in southern indiana.Unleaded was 3.28 a gallon.
I hate to see what everything cost in a year from now.Everything is going up..

Post by **Husker** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:30 pm

There is a web site I always look at prior to filling up (to find the best prices). That site is:

http://www.omahagasprices.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

Here are the "maps" for pricing for US (based on ave priced mid-grade regular unleaded)
http://www.omahagasprices.com/price_by_county.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

Not sure how many communities have web pages like this, but I bet many do.

H.

big worm · Post by **big worm** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 4:10 pm

disel was $4.10 in ga. thurs.

woftam · Post by **woftam** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:31 am

just paid 1.49 a litre in sydney tonight 9 /4/08 7.30

Rudi · Post by **Rudi** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 3:49 am

$1.52 a litre in Brisbane for diesel ,Bastards

mikeac · Post by **mikeac** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:52 am

An interesting note on international fuel prices. In Canada most pumps have three octane levels gold, silver and bronze. The price for gold is obviously more expensive then silver which is more expensive then bronze. I am no car buff but I believe the only difference is octane??

Australia on the other hand only has one type of unleaded petrol which happens to have the same octane as Canada's gold...

Thought that was kinda interesting, my father in-law pointed it out to me (who shames me with his car knowledge

)

Gimp · Post by **Gimp** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:16 pm

mikeac wrote:Australia on the other hand only has one type of unleaded petrol which happens to have the same octane as Canada's gold...

Australia has 3 levels of Petrol pumps:
Unleaded - 92 Octaine
Premium - 95 Octaine
Ultimate - 98 Octaine

I put Diesel in today at a cost of $1.52 @ 90L YaY!

mikeac · Post by **mikeac** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:40 pm

Huh, there ya go then, I did a quick google to try and back it up, maybe it's only in northern oz (father in-law is in cairns?)....

birdwatcher · Post by **birdwatcher** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:40 am

Regular unleaded where I am in Canada was $1.109 per liter yesterday.

Oil is over $111 per barrel today.

G

tracker0945 · Post by **tracker0945** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:16 pm

mikeac wrote:Huh, there ya go then, I did a quick google to try and back it up, maybe it's only in northern oz (father in-law is in cairns?)....

Nah - it's country wide
Cheers

Flash Clampet · Post by **Flash Clampet** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:01 pm

tracker0945 wrote:
mikeac wrote:Huh, there ya go then, I did a quick google to try and back it up, maybe it's only in northern oz (father in-law is in cairns?)....
Nah - it's country wide
Cheers

well, coming from someone who drives a car which needs 98 octane i can say this simply isnt true. not all outlets sell 98, or even 95 octane. and thats perth metro... not including the regional areas where they dont have large multi pump outlets