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watcha paying for fuel today?
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:28 pm
by big worm
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
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:38 pm
by new_moonshiner
3.40 here
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:00 pm
by Old_Blue
$3.02
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:36 pm
by LeftLaneCruiser
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
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:52 pm
by wineo
$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.
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:38 pm
by cannon.co.tn
Here in SF we are paying $3.70/gal.
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:08 pm
by punkin
$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
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:05 pm
by Aidas
about 1 Euro per liter.
Aidas
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:24 pm
by mikeac
bout $1.10CAD a liter
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:15 pm
by bourbonbob
$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.
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:58 am
by NEB
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:29 am
by CoopsOz
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!
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:40 am
by smokerscully1
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!
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:58 am
by mikeac
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.
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:41 am
by rad14701
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...
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:58 am
by Aidas
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.
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:58 pm
by Old_Blue
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....
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:05 pm
by big worm
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
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:14 am
by cannon.co.tn
good luck with that diesel along the CA I-5 corridor is $4.25 right now
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:23 pm
by wineo
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..
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:30 pm
by Husker
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.
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 4:10 pm
by big worm
disel was $4.10 in ga. thurs.
petrol
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:31 am
by woftam
just paid 1.49 a litre in sydney tonight 9 /4/08 7.30
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 3:49 am
by Rudi
$1.52 a litre in Brisbane for diesel ,Bastards
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:52 am
by mikeac
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
)
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:16 pm
by Gimp
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!
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:40 pm
by mikeac
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?)....
watcha paying for fuel today?
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:40 am
by birdwatcher
Regular unleaded where I am in Canada was $1.109 per liter yesterday.
Oil is over $111 per barrel today.
G
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:16 pm
by tracker0945
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
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:01 pm
by Flash Clampet
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