Im finally gonna rant about gasoline.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-03-12 02:48am

Ive never been big on ranting about gas, its cheap and I have have a Honda. But today I paid $2.14/gallon. WTF? I dont believe Ive ever paid that much for gas. And that was for plain old 87 at a self service station. The prices are even higher in San Francisco where space is at a premium and its hard to truck the stuff in.

We are totally getting screwed in this state because of ridiculus regulatory requirements for additives in the gas none of the other states have. So we cant buy suprlus from NV for example.

And we have refineries right here! A bunch of them in Benicia!

[/rant] I feel better now.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2003-03-12 02:50am

It's a dollar thirty five here.

I guess I'm the lucky bastard.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-03-12 03:04am

Getting pretty high in NY too. Guess the gas stations found a steel-plated excuse to price-gouge.

Post by **Edi** » 2003-03-12 03:06am

Let's see, gas costs around €1.20 per liter here, which would make it around €4.96 or €5.00 per gallon or somewhere in that neighborhood. You really have it bad, don't you? $2.14 per gallon is dirt cheap.

Edi

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-03-12 03:10am

Edi wrote:Let's see, gas costs around €1.20 per liter here, which would make it around €4.96 or €5.00 per gallon or somewhere in that neighborhood. You really have it bad, don't you? $2.14 per gallon is dirt cheap.

Edi

Local news tonight had a guy from England saying how much he loved the $2.00 a gallon gas in Phoenix.

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2003-03-12 03:24am

TrailerParkJawa wrote:Ive never been big on ranting about gas, its cheap and I have have a Honda. But today I paid $2.14/gallon. WTF?

It's 4,42€ a gallon in Finland(or rather my area of finland, thats 1.17€ a liter).

~1.1$ = 1€

Enlightenment · Post by **Enlightenment** » 2003-03-12 03:39am

TrailerParkJawa wrote:Ive never been big on ranting about gas, its cheap and I have have a Honda.

Get one of those Honda hybrids. Or get a motorbike.

Boba Fett · Post by **Boba Fett** » 2003-03-12 03:54am

It's 1.10$/liter here in Hungary...

I usually buy the Power Racing gasoline from Shell (it's octane 99) and it costs 1.35$/liter...

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2003-03-12 03:59am

Here we pay about 4,60$ per gallon, so I'd say every single driver in Germany would give his right arm for such cheap gasoline...

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-03-12 04:38am

The highest I've seen around Phildephia is 1.75 for regular. but I can always find it for less.

Baron Mordo · Post by **Baron Mordo** » 2003-03-12 10:15am

I blame people with SUVs. And Iraq.

Zoink · Post by **Zoink** » 2003-03-12 10:17am

I'm within biking distance to work. I'll be parking the car most of the week just as soon as this darn snow melts.

Zoink · Post by **Zoink** » 2003-03-12 10:21am

Zoink wrote:I'm within biking distance to work. I'll be parking the car most of the week just as soon as this darn snow melts.

That was 500 posts

*does little dance*

I'd like to thank my parents, DW for the forum, and especially God, whose non-existence inspired many of my posts.

Datana · Post by **Datana** » 2003-03-12 10:21am

It's $1.92 a gallon here in Oregon for regular. That's pretty high when compared to a few weeks ago, when the cost was hovering around $1.45 (which comes out to about a 30% increase). On the other hand, the stupid laws here ban self-service, so the stations have to pay for extra attendants to watch the pumps and prices are higher than practically anywhere else in the country barring California. Prices are still better than over in Europe, I suppose.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-03-12 10:30am

Gas here in the US is cheaper than bottled water, even in it's current inflated state. i filled up on saturday and paid $1.77 a gallon. Hell, the only places in the world where it is cheaper are a few gulf states where they damn near give it away. Sorry Jawa, but even if it goes up to three bucks a gallon, it would still be chaper than the overwhelming majority of countries in good times.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-03-12 10:37am

Two days ago in Montreal a gas station tried to boost the price by $.10 a liter expecting others to do the same,but he went back to the regular price

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-03-12 10:44am

Ok, here's my message to US americans:

STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT YOUR DIRT-CHEAP GASOLINE PRICES!

Your government pays a large percentage of the gas you buy, and you get it like 1/2 of the cost of my country where it's at least $3 a gallon. And we don't make nearly one quarter as much as you do in salaries! So STFU!

What's next? "Boo-hoo, my cable connection only allows me to download 500 kilobytes per second!"

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-03-12 10:46am

Gah, over $2 gas sucks.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-03-12 01:45pm

Yes, the gas is cheaper in Amierca than is is in Europe (Fundies everywhere is only a small price to pay for such cheap gas, but it's high for America. People in Ameirca aren't used to paying the prices you're seeing now, and considering how some people practically have a fetish for SUVs, it gets to be a big hit on some people's walltets.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-03-12 01:51pm

And this is why for most reason I'm glad I walk everywhere.

Sucks for most of my friends though.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2003-03-12 01:59pm

Its not so much the price but how much it went up. It is blatent price gouging and profiteering. If Bush is a 'moral' as he likes to say he is (let alone ASScroft) he should go after these assholes with a vengence. However, just this once, I believe that, like some others have constantly accused, Bush's affiliation with certain oil companies will serve to protect the oil companies from prosecution of profiteering.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-03-12 02:01pm

Knife wrote:Its not so much the price but how much it went up. It is blatent price gouging and profiteering. If Bush is a 'moral' as he likes to say he is (let alone ASScroft) he should go after these assholes with a vengence. However, just this once, I believe that, like some others have constantly accused, Bush's affiliation with certain oil companies will serve to protect the oil companies from prosecution of profiteering.

Why would he object about high price the more money he makes the happier he is.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-03-12 02:02pm

One thing's for damn sure, i'm filling my tank right before i get to the Vermont-Quebec border this summer. Boy did i get sticker shock last year.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-03-12 02:09pm

Get rid of the 4x4s that the "soccer moms" use and you may just have lower prices again.

I, personally, dislike people who have to have a large Land Rover or Mitsubishi or Merc SUV just to go to town.

Yogi · Post by **Yogi** » 2003-03-12 02:14pm

The good thing is, perhaps now the car companies are going to start seriously considering promoting more fuel efficent cars (read:When I get out of college, mabye the price will be low enough so I can buy one.)

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