Totally OT: Gas prices

[David]

Well, the price seems to change daily I swear.    This past Saturday it was $2.95 for the lowest 87 octane,  Valero brand gasoline.   

What really baked my beans is that a gallon of Hood 2% Milk is now $4.49 ! 

Makes the price of gas seem reasonable!   LOL

[JennyC]

$3.09 here in Santa Clara, CA.  The most expensive I have ever seen.  The cheapest time I remembered was back in 1999, $0.75 in NC.

Was it really under a dollar in 1999? I have a hard time remembering those days...

When I was in college, I could fill my car for $5 and believe me, I had a BOAT (it was my grandmother's old car).
Of course, I went to college in a prior century 

Yep, $0.75 per gallon.  It was on one of our road trip.  The cheapest we have seen was in NC at that time.  But I only came to US in 1997, and only started to care for gasoline price in 1998.

[vkm91941]

For 87 octane it's an average of $3.02 here in San Diego some stations still as low as $2.89 per gallon with some as high as $3.20.   I'm still getting mine for $2.89 per gallon a t Costco.. but who know how much longer that will be.  Forecasters are saying the lowest price will be $3.15 by the Memorial Day weekend.

[dmmb_Mandy]

I swear Newfoundland has the highest gas prices. Just under $6/gallon here. Crazy huh? Makes me glad I don't have a car. But I often pay for gas for friends. 

[MaineWriter]

I saw on the evening  news that gas is 35 cents a gallon in Iran and 12 cents a gallon in Venezuela. Just an FYI.

[juneaux]

$2.89/ gallon and I live in TX (not on the coast where the refineries are located).

[CoyotePiper]

Here in Rhode Island 87 octane is $2.93 or so.

I just got back from a 4 week snowboard trip to Wyoming, Colorado, Utah. When I arrived in Denver, (middle of March) gas was around $2.60 a gallon. But, when I crossed the state line into Wyoming it was going for $2.23 a gallon.

Why the nearly $0.40 difference? I know they pump it there in WY, Curt was a roughneck after all. But don't they pump it in CO too? Is it a taxing difference?


BTW, in the Mountain states regular gas is 85 octane not 87. I guess at 6000 ft and more above sea level a car doesn't need 87 octane anymore.

[ednbarby]

$3.09 for Regular Unleaded here in Boca Raton.  WTF?  I guess the oil companies just jack the prices up every now and again because... they can.   

[Phillip Dampier]

It's running around $3.04 a gallon at the pricey Mobil station near my house, so it's probably just around the $3.00 mark here in Rochester.  A lot of people are buying gas at the huge mini-marts as well as Wal-Mart, BJ's and Sam's Club trying to save a few cents.

[vkm91941]

San Diego Drivers Paying Highest Gasoline Prices in U.S.     
04-27-2006 7:18 PM

(San Diego, CA) -- Gasoline prices increased eleven-cents nationally this week and more than twice that in San Diego. The latest Metro Source Price @ The Pump Survey shows San Diego drivers are now paying the highest prices in the nation: 3-dollars-25-cents-a-gallon for self-serve regular, up 24-cents from one week ago. The national average for regular unleaded is now 2-dollars-94-cents-a-gallon, up 71-cents from the price one year ago.<


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