Gas Prices

[alembic76407]

How are gas prices in you neck of the woods
 
Oklahoma City Okla.  
$2.04 unleaded
$3.12 Diesel

[lowlife]

West End Montreal, Canada
About $1.10/Litre unleaded.  Convert this to gallons (3.8 litres per gallon) and add the exchange rate (25%); which would work out to about $5.22 US per gallon.
Ouch!
Ellery (Lowlife)

[glocke]

In Bucks County PA they range from 2.5 unleaded to 2.70...

[811952]

Terre Haute, Indiana unleaded $2.39/gal, diesel $3.12/gal.

[edwin]

What's up with the high cost of diesel? Since we tour in a diesel powered bus, the cost of traveling is getting ridiculous. Gas has gone back down, but diesel remains high.
 
Edwin

[richbass939]

In my part of Colorado regular unleaded is $3 and diesel is about $3.45.
Edwin, I have heard that a large portion of the fuel production capacity normally devoted to diesel production has been shifted to gasoline production, as a result of pressure to lower gasoline prices.  Don't know for sure but that's the buzz.
Rich

[keith_h]

Raleigh, NC $2.79/gal for unleaded.  
 
Keith

[mpisanek]

Edinburgh, Scotland
 
Gas - ?0.91 per Liter = $4.65 / gallon
Disel - ?0.94 per Liter

[adriaan]

The Netherlands, about 1.39 euro per liter - $1 = 0.80 euro - that makes $8.85 per gallon.

[jacko]

Okay Mike, you tell me where I can find Diesel at 94 pence a litre? Cheapest out west is nearer 97 pence.
Anyway, 94 pence a liter works out at $6.27 US for a USA gallon (3.785 litres instead of the UK  4.546 litres)
I've said it before and I'll say it again, you  Americans don't know you're born when it comes to fuel prices ;-)
 
Graeme
 
(Message edited by jacko on October 25, 2005)

[kmh364]

Diesel costs 1/3 of the cost of gasoline to refine. Ridiculous Diesel prices can be summed-up in two words: PRICE GOUGING!
 
Or how's about one word: GREED!
 
Prices in most of the rest of the world have always been high because the fuel is taxed to death. Now we're paying for oil company greed and the excuse is from ECONOMICS101: Supply and Demand...the third world, i.e., mostly China, is sucking up all the sweet crude, so the rest of the world has to suffer, or so we're told.
 
ALL BS! Greed is the culprit...Dubya loves it: Cap'n Nuculer WOMD makes all his scratch from it!
 
FWIW, I'm paying $2.67 for #2 Diesel...$90-$100/tank each fill-up...it lasts for a week, if I'm lucky! I've had my '04.5 Dodge Ram Cummins HD P/U for 17mos...Diesel was $1.41/gal when I bought the d*mn thing (stayed that way for 6 mos. prior), and has increased steadily since. Gee, only 33 more monthly payments and it's all mine, LOL! For comparision, I got a 2.8% merit raise this year!

[keith_h]

I've been thinking of picking up a small diesel car for local use and converting it to vegetable oil. Most of the restaurants around here would give it away rather than pay to haul it off. Should keep costs down since regular diesel is only needed to start the car.  
 
Keith

[adriaan]

Supply-and-demand is a simplistic concept. On the supply side, the price is as high as the demand side will tolerate. When it comes to fuel, there's a high tolerance level. This is before taxes - but then I've seen the condition of the roads in countries with low taxes - you gets what you pays for.

[rogertvr]

You obviously haven't seen the state of the roads in the UK, Adriaan - and we have stupidly high fuel taxes here.  I've been to third world countries with better roads than the state they're in here.  There was an official survey that I saw the results of only last week, and they concluded what I've thought about the state of our roads for a long time - that they're in appalling condition!

[adriaan]

It's been a while since I noticed the roads in the UK - have been over a few times, but not driving a car. Roads are in pretty good condition in the Netherlands, so it must be something to do with the miles-of-road-to-square-miles-of-territory ratio.