Gas Prices?!?!

Just filled up this morning for $1.26 a litre!!

I have a company car and get free gas and insurance...please don't hate!! :P

Yep here in the UK it's about $9 a gallon!!! And probably on it's way up AGAIN!!!! Would be lush to only pay the sterling equivalent of $3.89!!!! but then the government wouldn't like it as they would lose out big time since they take about 60% in tax or thereabouts!!! The motorist gets kicked all the time over here & when u live in a rural area with next to no public transport then u have no choice but to use ur car & pay the premium costs!!! Grrrrr.....:sad:

Hahaha... I live in a city (and not a rural one at that) that doesn't have any public transport either... so I feel that pain... I would rather take the bus...

$3.49 in central IL ~ I was able to fill up at $3.23 before it went up yesterday. I got a bike for Christmas and can't wait for it to warm up just a little bit more for me to use it everyday.

2.98 a gallon here in eastern Utah... but it's supposed to go up this week

wow I do not remember the last time I paid 2.98 or a gallon of gas!

Gas is cheap in the states in comparison to Canada. I cross the border to Buffalo to fill up. It's $1.29/liter here in Niagara Falls, so that would be $5.13/gallon.

I think I'm going to have to buy a motorcycle once I hit my goal weight. Not because I'm a motorcycle enthusiast or anything; in fact the thought of riding one intimidates me a little. But they absolutely sip gasoline.

my husband sold his car this past summer and bought a scooter to get to and from work and he barely paid any money on gas. like $10 a month if that!

Guys I live in the UK where we recently changed from Gallons to Litres when measuring fuel.

One Gallon = about 4.5 Litres

1 Litre of petrol in the UK costs about £1.09... Or $1.72 in USD.

That means a gallon of "gas" at UK prices would cost you around $7.74

Thank your lucky stars and stripes for what you pay!

Man, I wish we live where you do. We're in Yorkshire & have just paid £1.45 a litre. So thats about $10.30 at todays exchange rate.

Yes our American friends thats $10.30 per gallon. And most of that is tax.:explode:

I paid $3.41 yesterday... and it was a good thing I got it yesterday, because I saw this morning it was $3.59 and that's one of our "cheaper" gas stations (but not as cheap as walmart)... I can stand $4 gas (though I will not like it) but $5 is way too much... it's a good thing I have a semi-compact car... Oh and I live in the DFW area.

Guys I live in the UK where we recently changed from Gallons to Litres when measuring fuel.

One Gallon = about 4.5 Litres

1 Litre of petrol in the UK costs about £1.09... Or $1.72 in USD.

That means a gallon of "gas" at UK prices would cost you around $7.74

Thank your lucky stars and stripes for what you pay!

That doesn't mean it's any less harder... when you get used to it being a lower price and then it jumps 60 cents everytime you look, it's hard. Besides, we are such an auto-centric society that most of this country doesn't have decent alternative BUT to drive. And I thought Europeans (Brits included) always measured in liters, not gallons... at least this was the case years ago.

Nope, until quite recently we (the Brits) used Imperial measurement, inches, feet, pounds & ounces. We've been forced to use the Metric system by the EEC, altho the courts have rules that shops can still sell in Imperial if they want. But they have to give prices in Metric.
Confused, you will be.

And it's very tough for us. The petrol prices rise almost daily, and to fill our tank cost upwards of £80. We have no choice tho, my Hubby needs the car for work, we live in Yorkshire & ATM he's working either in central London or just outside of Birmingham. He works from home when he can, but it's a very rare week that he's not up & down the motorway, sometimes more than once.
Public transport is expensive, but he will use the train if he can get a 'cheap' ticket. And I don't mind walking to the next town for shopping that I can't get localy, so thats 4.5 miles each way.

I heard demand is down, people are not driving as freely so they are raising the prices to make up for our non use. Actually this is a good reminder. I told myself last fall I was getting a bike - some of my errands could be done with a bike. Gonna start shopping, maybe I will catch a spring sale, but bike prices are probably going up too! :grumble: :grumble:

The US offers tons of subsidies to oil producers, which is why the prices are artificially low compared to other countries.

Keep in mind that it's not all or nothing - in between driving and public transport there's also the option to drive smaller, more fuel efficient vehicles. There are a few non-hybrid options now that can get around 40mpg.

I personally think that if those subsidies were removed & prices went up, car manufacturers would be trying MUCH harder to make more fuel efficient vehicles because the demand would be so high.

I wish I could invest in a bike for transportation. My commute, to and from work, is 28 miles each way, on the interstate. No way can I ride a bike. also, I'm a single mom so it's not very practical for getting the kids around.

I'm hoping to trade my car in on a hyundai that gets around 40mpg and takes regular unleaded. That will be an improvement over my 18mpg and premium gas.

Looks like you would have a nightmare ride in, I am lucky to be mainly on quite lanes for my daily 42 mile round trip

In Norway it's up at 16kr ($2.82) per Litre... and there's less than 0.3 gallons per litre, so $10.43 per gallon..... It's a crazy prise, and it's getting more expensive by the day!

Where I live I have not noticed a big change. Gas has went from $3.30's to close to $4.00 a Gal many of times. The most I have ever saw it was at almost $4.00. I think right now in MD where I am we are around $3.52 I believe is what I paid yesterday. So glad spring/summer is so close. I will just walk to the store. I am not playing these gas games. If gas was to ever hit $5.00 a Gal which I been hearing from Fox news every year for years now that it is "but never happens", I will be parked! Because I refuse to pay that much in gas. They think they are not selling gas now, just wait if they raise it, they will soon find out they are again selling less. From a girl who has family that back in the day was in the oil biz, gas companies will make up all sorts of lies to get more money in their pocket. When their profit is billions of dollars a year, they are laughing all the way to the bank. we are looking stupid because we are being screwed!