Crazy gas prices

If only us poor guys in the UK could get away with prices that cheap!!!! I have worked out the conversions to US prices and I've just filled my car at 10.6 Dollars to the gallon!

The gas prices in the US are a lot cheaper than a lot of other places, over here in the UK it's double what it is in the US. Prices are going up everywhere but it's a lot cheaper in the states, imagine if it went in line with a lot of other places.

In the US you pay a lot less tax on it than elsewhere.

I'm in Scotland and it costs a whopping $10.37 per gallon!!! and it's set to rise!!

I'm in Scotland too and feel your pain, add to that the current panic buying and unscrupulous garages putting up the prices to profiteer from the panic. I'm not buying until my fuel light comes on, a decision I'll hopefully not live to regret! :-))

Its $4.09 in Eastern CT. It cost me almost $100.00 to fill up my Durango. There goes my extra money for the week! )':

I thought we were well off at $1.60 per litre (regular) down here. Then I done the maths and works out about $6.04 to the gallon. Just goes to show, ignorance is bliss :huh:

It's really bad here in Iceland.
$2.1 per litre - that is $7.95 per gallon.

At least it's slimming - you'll pretty soon start walking/cycling everywhere.

in the uk our petrol stations are on strike so you'll be lucky to get any fuel at all!! my friend is stranded with a baby because people are just stocking up and she can't get any fuel to drive anywhere

I want to know why these prices are going up exactly. Why is nothing being done about it?

It's a globally traded commodity, it's not something that can changed by one person or one country. It's dictating by the world energy prices and the stock markets

Good things take time. And it is time for us to start tapping into our resources.

Makes no difference if we drill every ounce of American oil out of the ground. Oil prices are controlled by the global markets, not by simple supply or demand. There's plenty of oil in the market anyway. The prices are going up due to oil spectulation and futures trading.

Read this for a decent explaination as to why: http://money.howstuffworks.com/oil-speculation-raise-gas-price.htm

P.S. Oil is a finite resource and one of these days we are going to run out even if we drill it all. This is why we need to get on the ball about alternative energy sources. It takes decades to properly develop and implement alternative energy. Do we really want to run out of oil and THEN work on the problem? Talk about a crisis! When supply really does start getting low, we're going to see a massive crisis like the world has never known.

I'm so glad I don't have a car right now. I can walk most anywhere I need to go (including work), and if I can't walk there, it costs $1.50 for a day bus pass.

I miss that. I used to live in Pittsburgh, and I didn't need a car. Just relied on the bus network and my own two feet. It was so nice!

I'm so glad I don't have a car right now. I can walk most anywhere I need to go (including work), and if I can't walk there, it costs $1.50 for a day bus pass.

I miss that. I used to live in Pittsburgh, and I didn't need a car. Just relied on the bus network and my own two feet. It was so nice!

Not having the freedom to go out of town whenever sucks, but yeah, it's super nice to not have to worry about everything that goes with having a car. And hey, y'know, walking to the gym and back = a 5k, so when I go, I get in a 5k PLUS whatever I do there! :happy:

I never found the lack of car to be a problem when going out of town either. I could always rent one or get a cab.

Nice!

Looking at current UK fuel prices, I'm so glad I don't have a car. I pay £19 per week for a bus ticket instead, which would otherwise pay for less than three gallons of fuel. British motorists are taxed to the hilt, and the cost of fuel has had an impact on the price of everything else now.

Looking at current UK fuel prices, I'm so glad I don't have a car. I pay £19 per week for a bus ticket instead, which would otherwise pay for less than three gallons of fuel. British motorists are taxed to the hilt, and the cost of fuel has had an impact on the price of everything else now.

Public transport is expensive and poor in my part of the UK - to cover my work journey (35 min each way, £4 ($6.50) in diesel) by train costs more £10.10 ($16.60) and takes 95 min each way due to the walking and train change. Bus services are cheaper but still more expensive than the car and I would be spending 6 hours each day on the bus to/from work.

I want to know why these prices are going up exactly. Why is nothing being done about it?

I don't actually hate to be cynical, but my answer to your question is Republicans don't want anything done about it. Jimmy Carter called for less demand for foreign oil 30 some years ago.. Reagan got elected, took the solar panels off the white house and today, we're still having the same discussions and FIGHting innovations that will decrease that dependence. Drill Baby Drill is stupid if people think that will solve the problem when the US consumes 20 % (I think) of the world's oil supply but sits on 2%. Plus what we drill goes into the world market- it is not used HERE! We could bleed our supplies dry and it wouldn't be enough. So to end my rant, I believe we need to use ALL possible methods to decrease dependence on foreign oil, realize it has to be done over the long term, come to grips that the president can't really do anything meaningful alone.... and we have to think forward because after 30 years we're still behind the 8 ball. sorry. good morning all

I want to know why these prices are going up exactly. Why is nothing being done about it?

It's a globally traded commodity, it's not something that can changed by one person or one country. It's dictating by the world energy prices and the stock markets

Good things take time. And it is time for us to start tapping into our resources.

our best resource in the long term is our ability to innovate. Moving away from oil should be a long term goal. we simply don't have enough oil for 'tapping our resources' to make much of a dent in supply.

LOL at least you can get it! it's running out here as everyone is panic buying :frown: