How Expensive is Gas Where You Are?

[Garritan]

On Orcas Island it's $3.59 last I checked :confused:

How expensive is it where you are?


Below - a map of Gas Prices in the US. I imagine this is much cheaper than other countries.

http://www.garritan.com/images/gasmap.jpg

[Styxx]

Let's put it this way, the horse dealerships are popping up all over. :mad:
$3.10 for regular.

[JonFairhurst]

I see that DIck Cheney's large ranch in Wyoming has the very cheapest gas!

-JF

[engson]

For how much?
Here (in Sweden) we pay per litre.
I believe you have another measure "over there"!?
Right now 1 litre is 12,49 SEK (Swedish kronor),
in US dollars it would be $ 1.68.

[Shazbot]

Where I am it's light orange, but I'm taking a trip into the red this summer. :eek:

[C J Pro]

The map says I'm in the light orange...but I just paid $2.78 for 5 gallons of gas half an hour ago for my ATV...

[Ed Sharpe]

For how much?
Here (in Sweden) we pay per litre.
I believe you have another measure "over there"!?
Right now 1 litre is 12,49 SEK (Swedish kronor),
in US dollars it would be $ 1.68.

That works out to about $6.47 per Gallon.

[Rhap2]

In Carmichael, CA it is now $3.05 per gallon.

As a footnote, gas in Europe is expensive per gallon compared to the U.S., but they can go a lot further on a gallon of gas and countries are closer together, so it kind of equalizes the seeminly inflated price.

Personally, I judge a U.S. President on the price of gas (silly notion). President Reagan was the best for this and many other areas. Many variables factor into the price of a gallon of gas, but, when they are monitored, can keep the price down. I don't think we have very good monitors 'cause SOMEONE'S MAKING A LOT OF MONEY...........

Jack

[Styxx]

Man, I had gas this morning ... wait, sorry ....... wrong stuff. :D

[rikp]

USA Today just reported that EXXON profits went up 49%. And no one will do a @#$#@$ thing about it. When will this country wake up and get off the oil. Look at Brazil! They did something about it!

Peace

rikp

[Shazbot]

Apparently, by inflationary standards, gas should really be well over $4 a gallon now. I'm not complaining yet. :p

[GerardR]

Here in the Netherlands gas is EURO 1.489 per liter, that is EURO 5.63 (= US$ 7.11) per gallon (= 3.78 liters).

Gerard

[Hardy Heern]

http://www.petrolprices.com/images/graph.gif
It's worth remembering that it's almost impossible, and pretty damn pointless, to compare one country against another as different countries have different levels of taxation built into the pump. The chart above shows the UK tax levels.

It costs a certain amount to run a country (the amount depends on the facilities which the voters want) and this has to be paid in taxes in one way or another. Some governments take more from petrol than others. As someone once said to me....."Tax is what you pay for civilisation" I could add that some countries are more 'civilised' than others........

I understand that the French, for example, cleverly have their road tax taken out of petrol tax. The more you use the roads the more you pay.....sounds fair to me.


I found the following on the net but cannot guarantee the accuracy. Another point to consider when comparing prices, is how expensive it is for the inhabitant.....bearing in mind wages and standards of living vary. An apparently cheap price may be unaffordable to the locals. The list was also dated Aug 2005


Netherlands Amsterdam $6.48 per US Gal
Norway Oslo $6.27
Italy Milan $5.96
Denmark Copenhagen $5.93
Belgium Brussels $5.91
Sweden Stockholm $5.80
United Kingdom London $5.79
Germany Frankfurt $5.57
France Paris $5.54
Portugal Lisbon $5.35
Hungary Budapest $4.94
Luxembourg $4.82
Croatia Zagreb $4.81
Ireland Dublin $4.78
Switzerland Geneva $4.74
Spain Madrid $4.55
Japan Tokyo $4.24
Czech Republic Prague $4.19
Romania Bucharest $4.09
Andorra $4.08
Canada $3.89
Estonia Tallinn $3.62
Bulgaria Sofia $3.52
Brazil Brasilia $3.12
Cuba Havana $3.03
Taiwan Taipei $2.84
Lebanon Beirut $2.63
South Africa Johannesburg $2.62
Nicaragua Managua $2.61
Panama Panama City $2.19
Russia Moscow $2.10
U.S.A. $2.34
Puerto Rico San Juan $1.74
Saudi Arabia Riyadh $0.91
Kuwait Kuwait City $0.78
Egypt Cairo $0.65
Nigeria Lagos $0.38
Venezuela Caracas $0.12

[etLux]

It's a little over $3.00/gallon in Connecticut.

With Venezuela at $0.12/gallon, perhaps we
should hire Hugo Chavez and put him in charge
of our energy policy.

David
www.DavidSosnowski.com
.

[Twinset]

Where I live in England petrol is currently 98.9 pence per litre. If my sums are right, that works out at about $6.83 per gallon. Fortunately, I rarely drive very far.

[southportJim]

You also have to factor in just how neccesary a car is in any given location to get to the goods and services you require. This is different for each country and/or location within a country.

For example, in Spain I could walk to get absolutely anything I needed (groceries, butcher shop, clothes, restaurants, bars, etc.). The same was true, though the walk was longer, when I lived in Boston and Winthrop. But down here in Florida a car is essential...everything is miles away from every other thing!

We could do a better job of planning our communities...

;-)

[Cantabile]

It has gotten so rediculous that we only go places that are a essential to living. Just a casual drive to the beach (about 15 miles) is no longer an option at this time.

Where they selling horses styxx? I might need one soon lol. It is rediculous. We even considered shutting off alot of things*xtra cable channels* ect to compensate. Sad it is the things we take for granted.

[kbaccki]

SOMEONE'S MAKING A LOT OF MONEY...........

Yes. Everyone who has a 401K or mutual fund account. So keep buying that liquid gold, people!!! You make-a-me rich!!! :p

Hey, speaking of legalized anal rape... just watched the movie "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" tonight. Very well done. Nothing you probably don't already know, but to see the whole history of the company, corporate culture, the key players close up, etc., really reminds you how precarious a totally free society can be. And that was just one of several cases of massive-scale fraud in the last several years. Apparently, it's very easy to convince yourself and others that you are actually worth $5 or $50 or $300 million dollars, ad you'll do whatever you have to do to cash in, regardless of how it affects people around you or society as a whole.

[Styxx]

Farm/ranch down the street from us has six fine looking horses. Yesterday was a nice clear blue sky day and four of them were out in the fenced field. Clopping past my house were two riders on horses ironically heading toward the gas station. Maybe I should start a "feed" station? :D
Well, at least my Honda Civic gets excellent gas mileage. :)

Let's see, a geology professor told me a while back that the earth has a tendency of making it's own oil. A by product of the tectonic plates and other factors. How true this is I have no clue but it would suggest that oil would be available until the earth itself vanished? No clue .... :confused:

[DanE]

We are paying $2.92 per gallon in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I guess it could be worse looking at the "gas price" map. :eek:

[dubaifox]

Where I live (in Dubai) it costs more to refine, process and bottle a gallon of water from the desalination plant down the road (without which this city wouldn't exist) than it does a gallon of gas.

Yet, my gardener (hired by my company) cleans my driveway by hosing down the little leaves and dust particles and corralling them down the driveway and into the street to be washed away by the mini flood he has created. This is repeated a thousand times over every morning in this and many other Middle Eastern cities. It is just the way they do it.

People are dying of thirst in Africa.

I scratch my head every morning when I see this and marvel at the meaning of life and the paradoxes that exist in this world.

[wrayer]

Does anyone know where I can buy a roof and a heater for my bicycle? I promise I won't point the heater at anyone. :D

[thesoundsmith]

$3.10 in Monterey, CA up 0.30 from a week ago! And the oil companies are posting record profits, to say nothing of the tax breaks given them by our wonderful, ignorant cabal of criminals calling themselves world leaders.

It is time to declare a moratorium on politicians and business leaders. let no one sell them ANYTHING - food, water, shelter, clothing - until they change their tune. A few days unable to buy a McDonalds burger might wake them up.

[engson]

Honestly, I believe that gas should be even more expensive. Driving cars with traditional gas is one of the most polluting activities you can do.
I can't believe we still have 100 year old technology in modern cars. There should be better alternatives by now.
Of course I understand the kind of freedom a car can give you, and I do drive a lot myself, but I really prefer taking the train or bus.
Sorry if I am offending you now, but this is what I think.
We, the people on planet Earth, should take better care of her.

[newmewzikboy]

Outside of San Fran: $3.15


Los Angeles ------

Both our cars burn premium, so add 20 cents on top of that!


You dont need premium unless your car is really really old. Waste of money

[falcon1]

In Iceland the gas is on 128 iskr or about $1,68 per liter on current currency rate. The diesel is about the same. :(

[JonFairhurst]

You dont need premium unless your car is really really old.Or if it has a turbo. Low octane (as well as running lean) in turbo cars burns pistons...

-JF

[SteveMitchell]

Hmmmmm. Gas has dropped 10¢ in the past day here in DFW. $2.89. Of course this is a couple of days after the oil companies reported 27bil in profits.

Stevemitchell

[Paul Blankenau]

Wrayer: I hope to have a streamlined bike in a month or so. Ventilation will be adjustable; my guess is that with the vent closed, winter biking will be fairly comfortable without wearing a lot of clothes. I used to ride 1600 feet up a fairly steep road to go to work. Once I started climbing, I probably averaged 5 mph. At 45-50 F, shorts and a T shirt kept me warm enough, but not sweating. That tells me that keeping warm in winter in a streamliner will be easy. Keeping cool in summer may be a challenge.

Gas price? About $3 for the gas I'll use this week. That's pretty high, because I was a wuss on Tuesday ("It might rain, and I'm tiiired...) and because tomorrow I'll go buy the old bike that will be transformed into the streamliner.

I think that anyone who owns a precious, nonrenewable resource has a moral obligation to sell it to me cheap. It would be fun to mess around with an old fashioned violin, the kind made out of wood. I want a Stradivarius, and I don't think I should pay more than Gary charges for his.
:|:

[chmara]

TUCSON, AZ - $2.86 reg Cheapy -- $2.96 Branded Least Exp Reg. Full servive $3.06 and rising.

[Hermitage59]

Honestly, I believe that gas should be even more expensive. Driving cars with traditional gas is one of the most polluting activities you can do.
I can't believe we still have 100 year old technology in modern cars. There should be better alternatives by now.
Of course I understand the kind of freedom a car can give you, and I do drive a lot myself, but I really prefer taking the train or bus.
Sorry if I am offending you now, but this is what I think.
We, the people on planet Earth, should take better care of her.

Good Post.
I'm with this 100%, and it's interesting to note Sweden was recently voted the environmentally greenest country in Europe, with the Biogas system in public transport and the generous government subsidies for those who convert to EF fuel sources winners with business and private consumers alike.

If there's one thing that will drive human beings and governments to new discoveries, it's the thought of costing the old ones out of reach of voters!

The public transport system here in Moscow is 100% Electric, and generated from Nuclear and Gas power stations. Needless to say, it's also highly efficient, and a great reason for not owning a car. There are too many cars on the road, as Russians enjoy new found wealth, and want to show it off, but this is also only for 7 or 8 months of the year, as most put their cars away in the winter and use the public transport system, which is built to cater for the extra numbers.

I remain surprised, given the determination to be the very best so prevalent in the American psyche (And i mean that in a positive sense), that the search for alternatives isn't driven with more publicity and investment. I understand the stranglehold the oil companies and their minions in politics have over the R and D dollars available and the litigation involved in keeping alternatives off the market and out of the public eye, to further strengthen the monopoly, but the environment has more public view now than ever before, and i can't help thinking something else is holding back the 'American surge' to embrace greener technologies in the way only they can do.
There are many countries that need to 'up their environmental game' (Russia, Britain, and most of Europe included), i just think those massive sums of R and D dollars available nearly only in the states could really make a difference.

Fuel here is currently running at about $4.50 a gallon.

Alex.

[Nick Batzdorf]

Try living in Los Angeles without a car.

[newmewzikboy]

oops up again..$3.30 out here...

[Styxx]

Ooooooo, let me see ... I spent me last five on gas to get to work this morning and now dinning on water and an apple for lunch. Can't get any better than this! :D
$3.11 this marnink!

[ptram]

Try living in Los Angeles without a car.

That's entirely the matter -- giving people the opportunity to move by public transportation, especially in most populated areas. Otherwise:

http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEM340NKPZD_index_1.html

Paolo

[newmewzikboy]

That's entirely the matter -- giving people the opportunity to move by public transportation, especially in most populated areas. Otherwise:

http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEM340NKPZD_index_1.html

Paolo

Yes take away the cover of air pollution, and global warming skyrockets because we do not have a layer reflecting heat off the planet.

A dire paradox...we need pollution to limit global warming, which is created by making pollution....

[pianodoc]

Here in Raleigh, NC regular gas has been flirting with the $3.00 mark with 89 octane $.10 higher at most dealers. Today I think it is 2.94 for regular most places.

D.M.:(

[newmewzikboy]

Here in Raleigh, NC regular gas has been flirting with the $3.00 mark with 89 octane $.10 higher at most dealers. Today I think it is 2.94 for regular most places.

D.M.:(
i feel your pain... =(

[kbaccki]

That's true if your engine is designed to run on 87 octane. But some cars need premium gas to protect from detonation (pinging) that can harm the pistons.

But if I take care of my car, what incentive does that give me to trade it in every 3 years for a brandy new one? We Americans love our new cars, ya know! Mmmmmmm..... <sniff> <sniff>.... smell that?.... new car smell... <sniff> <sniff>.... better than ....


The public transport system here in Moscow is 100% Electric, and generated from Nuclear and Gas power stations. Needless to say, it's also highly efficient, and a great reason for not owning a car.

We're way beyond that here in the US. There's no reason for it to be the way it is, other than the fact that Henry Ford's vision became part of the "American dream" so may years ago. Our train system here is a joke compared to what's available elsewhere. Think about this: in this day and age how could there be so much goods delivered 100's and 1000's of miles by tractor trailer truck? Sure, freight trains are used a great deal, but you still have guys driving trucks up and down the east coast, cross country, etc. Why? It's all part of a system... and Americans' "right" to own and drive a car is part of feeding that system. Solution is to high gas prices? Why, hybrid SUVs of course!

You know it's kind of ironic... where I live outside Boston we have a decent transit system called the MBTA. Well, the MBTA isn't doing too well financially (never has, really)... so they're proposing a 25-30% fare increase to kick in Jan 2007. There was also a 25-30% increase in Jan 2004. So basically... if you drive a car you're gonna pay through the butt (regular is $3.09 up the street).... if you want to ride the train you're gonna pay through butt...

[Styxx]

Too expensive to drive to woik this marning. I had to ride me 12-speed mountain bike and leave the car home. Nice, what I did was 6.9 miles to woik and that will make 14 miles altogether round twip, heheheheheheh scwewy gasoline wabbit! By the time the summer is over I will like to lose lots of weight and end up around 90 lbs. Needless to say I have sent back my Pilates DVD set for a refund. (However, I will keep the Daisy Fuentes dart board game.) :D

[Danimal]

Well, if it makes anybody feel better:

In two weeks I get to drive a loaded 16 foot moving truck, towing another vehicle, for about a 4 hour drive. I'll probably get 10 miles per gallon, if that. UGH.

P.S. Does anybody have time to help me pack? My fiance will be practicing surgery on moving day. How convenient! :rolleyes:

[capellen]

Just for an idea about Europe: in Czech, you would pay $5,5 per galon and this is cheap in comparision to other West-European countries :confused:

[dko22]

For how much?
Here (in Sweden) we pay per litre.
I believe you have another measure "over there"!?
Right now 1 litre is 12,49 SEK (Swedish kronor),
in US dollars it would be $ 1.68.
that's great --that makes it cheaper than the UK! Was wondering how much I'd have to pay when I come over next month to show my girlfirend my motherland for the first time. Won't make it down to Helsingborg though -concentrating on Mum's home town of Goteborg then touring up to Varmland

[Danimal]

that's great --that makes it cheaper than the UK! Was wondering how much I'd have to pay when I come over next month to show my girlfirend my motherland for the first time. Won't make it down to Helsingborg though -concentrating on Mum's home town of Goteborg then touring up to Varmland


I would never defile Scotland by driving through it. From what I've heard, and hopefully, one day, will see...It's too beautiful to do anything except walk through.