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Title: Gas prices...
Post by: C5Allroad on Mon, 20 October 2014, 19:16:32
Anyone notices it's been getting cheaper?
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: katushkin on Mon, 20 October 2014, 19:28:24
Nope.

Crude has dropped to it's lowest price in what, four years? And prices are only as low as they were at this time last year.

We have to pay about £1.26 for petrol and more than £1.30 for diesel.
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: C5Allroad on Mon, 20 October 2014, 20:04:30
The Chevron I normally go to usually had prices $3.85-90 for 93 octane. It's not $3.70.
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Post by: Sent on Mon, 20 October 2014, 20:04:51
Where I live, the prices have gone down drastically in the past few weeks.  It's very very nice.  ;D
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Post by: billnye on Mon, 20 October 2014, 20:05:10
Prices just dropped to under $3 a gallon here :D
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Post by: hwood34 on Mon, 20 October 2014, 20:05:50
Prices just dropped to under $3 a gallon here :D
oh wow, still in the low 3s for is
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Post by: HoffmanMyster on Mon, 20 October 2014, 20:06:16
Paid $3.09 last time I filled up, that was a nice change from the usual $3.33.  :D
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: Zeal on Mon, 20 October 2014, 20:15:40
It's dropped to about 122.9-126.9ish here. During the summer, it went up to around ~151.0


Yes, Canadians measure in cents and liters.  :-[
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: C5Allroad on Mon, 20 October 2014, 20:18:41

It's dropped to about 122.9-126.9ish here. During the summer, it went up to around ~151.0


Yes, Canadians measure in cents and liters.  :-[

Wait... That confuses me lol... Why in cents?


Do you guys also take your pet beavers to the gas station to buy more bagged milk in this gas guzzler?(http://www.metro.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ice-truck-576x385.jpg)

Anyway, I really hope this drop continues lol...
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: dustinhxc on Mon, 20 October 2014, 20:21:29
Yeah I believe it's like $2.93 now!
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: rowdy on Mon, 20 October 2014, 20:32:25
134.9 cents per litre for petrol yesterday in Australia (in at least one petrol station in Melbourne, to be specific).

The term "gas" is usually used to refer to liquefied petroleum gas over here (LPG).
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: dorkvader on Mon, 20 October 2014, 21:37:22

It's dropped to about 122.9-126.9ish here. During the summer, it went up to around ~151.0


Yes, Canadians measure in cents and liters.  :-[

Wait... That confuses me lol... Why in cents?
Yeah Canada doesn't even have a cent coin anymore.
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: terrpn on Mon, 20 October 2014, 21:40:16
$2.95 here......
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Post by: Karura on Mon, 20 October 2014, 21:51:45
Today was 125... makes me want to go drive more :D finally!

I fuel up on 94, and it really adds up, finally glad to have affordable gas.  :thumb:
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: Zeal on Mon, 20 October 2014, 23:46:42

It's dropped to about 122.9-126.9ish here. During the summer, it went up to around ~151.0


Yes, Canadians measure in cents and liters.  :-[

Wait... That confuses me lol... Why in cents?
Yeah Canada doesn't even have a cent coin anymore.

Cents are only discontinued in cash transactions. Plus, gas stations get to make those extra couple cents when 1/10th of a cent rounds up! :p
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Post by: tigersharkdude on Tue, 21 October 2014, 11:07:21
Regular is $2.62/gallon here .. not sure on 93 (havent driven my car in 3 weeks)
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Post by: iri on Tue, 21 October 2014, 11:16:47
$0.98 per litre of the best possible petrol here.
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Post by: Signature on Tue, 21 October 2014, 12:03:12
heh we pay 2$/ litre...
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Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Tue, 21 October 2014, 12:10:18
I drive to a nearby town that has the cheapest gas around, which was $3.14.9 last time I filled up. If I fill up anywhere else, it's usually $3.35.9 or more.

Per gallon.
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: paicrai on Tue, 21 October 2014, 12:18:24
is it true that in cali the gas prices can be 14 bucks a gallon?
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Post by: Karura on Tue, 21 October 2014, 12:25:21
Speaking of gas, it bothers me that its really tough to get ethanol free gas in the states. Always 5-10% is included.
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Post by: HoffmanMyster on Tue, 21 October 2014, 12:32:16
I drive to a nearby town that has the cheapest gas around, which was $3.14.9 last time I filled up. If I fill up anywhere else, it's usually $3.35.9 or more.

Per gallon.

You can't properly use two decimals in one number.  It would be $3.149 or 314.9 cents.  That's quite the price jump though.   :eek:

is it true that in cali the gas prices can be 14 bucks a gallon?

I'd call BS on that.  Though CA is known for being a little different.  :P

Speaking of gas, it bothers me that its really tough to get ethanol free gas in the states. Always 5-10% is included.

Have you explored this site (http://pure-gas.org/)?  I will admit I just found it right now, so I'm not terribly familiar with it, but it seems like there are quite a few options.  AFAIK, only IA and NE should be difficult to ethanol-free, as they have state laws requiring it.
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: Oobly on Tue, 21 October 2014, 13:24:27
heh we pay 2$/ litre...

Yup, it comes to about $7.76 a US gallon for us here in Finland at the price I last filled up. At least it's better quality and 98 octane, but still....
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: YoungMichael88 on Tue, 21 October 2014, 13:58:48
$1.30 CAD per Liter in Northern Ontario. That's $1.15 a Liter USD. That's $4.92 CAD a Gallon or $4.38 USD a Gallon.
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: hoggy on Tue, 21 October 2014, 15:21:16
Last time I filled up it was £1.37 a litre.  Unless I worked it out wrong, that's about $8.50 a gallon.
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: HoffmanMyster on Tue, 21 October 2014, 18:39:44
$1.30 CAD per Liter in Northern Ontario. That's $1.15 a Liter USD. That's $4.92 CAD a Gallon or $4.38 USD a Gallon.

It only took ya four tries to get it right...   :rolleyes:

 :p
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: Badwrench on Tue, 21 October 2014, 19:04:13
$3.29/gallon today in North County San Diego.  Cheapest I have seen it in a long time.  Even though the gas in California is usually more than the rest of the Conus, it is still far cheaper than many places in the world. 
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: Sent on Tue, 21 October 2014, 19:11:55
is it true that in cali the gas prices can be 14 bucks a gallon?

Yeah, no.  Unless you're talking about gas prices at the track...
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Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 21 October 2014, 19:36:35
It was $2.85 in Kentucky over the weekend.
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Post by: SlotH42 on Tue, 21 October 2014, 19:44:45
It was $2.85 in Kentucky over the weekend.
WOW thats amazing. $3.09 here
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Post by: rainb1ood on Tue, 21 October 2014, 20:08:55
$3.15 here in southwest florida
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Post by: YoungMichael88 on Tue, 21 October 2014, 23:29:44

$1.30 CAD per Liter in Northern Ontario. That's $1.15 a Liter USD. That's $4.92 CAD a Gallon or $4.38 USD a Gallon.

It only took ya four tries to get it right...   :rolleyes:

 :p
Screw your systems!! Liters are the obvious choice. We buy our pop (yes, POP) by the liter, milk by the liter and gas by the liter! What the hell is a gallon anyway? I'll tell you! It's a giant less accurate measurement of volume, that's what!! The same goes for your kilograms and your Fahrenheit crap!!
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: rowdy on Tue, 21 October 2014, 23:30:53

$1.30 CAD per Liter in Northern Ontario. That's $1.15 a Liter USD. That's $4.92 CAD a Gallon or $4.38 USD a Gallon.

It only took ya four tries to get it right...   :rolleyes:

 :p
Screw your systems!! Liters are the obvious choice. We buy our pop (yes, POP) by the liter, milk by the liter and gas by the liter! What the hell is a gallon anyway? I'll tell you! It's a giant less accurate measurement of volume, that's what!! The same goes for your kilograms and your Fahrenheit crap!!

Litres makes more sense to me :p
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: meiosis on Wed, 22 October 2014, 00:25:56

is it true that in cali the gas prices can be 14 bucks a gallon?

Yeah, no.  Unless you're talking about gas prices at the track...

I've seen $22 per gallon somewhere near Lake Tahoe on one of the mountains you need to cross, only gas for like 60 miles
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: Oobly on Wed, 22 October 2014, 01:43:14

$1.30 CAD per Liter in Northern Ontario. That's $1.15 a Liter USD. That's $4.92 CAD a Gallon or $4.38 USD a Gallon.

It only took ya four tries to get it right...   :rolleyes:

 :p
Screw your systems!! Liters are the obvious choice. We buy our pop (yes, POP) by the liter, milk by the liter and gas by the liter! What the hell is a gallon anyway? I'll tell you! It's a giant less accurate measurement of volume, that's what!! The same goes for your kilograms and your Fahrenheit crap!!

Sooo.... you use liters and Celsius, but not kg? Screw your inconsistent use of decimal measures!!

Why doesn't everyone use SI units like the civilised countries do?   km, kg, liters, Kelvin and Celsius, Pascals, Newtons, Watts, Joules, etc. And yes, Celsius is an SI unit of measurement, albeit a derived one: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/SIdiagram.html
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: DasHHKBProM on Wed, 22 October 2014, 02:29:27
 here in the nw  filled up at $3.26 premium, albeit it's 0% ethanol-justified
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: tjcaustin on Wed, 22 October 2014, 02:33:46
Paid $2.70/gal today.
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: Motan22 on Wed, 22 October 2014, 03:18:14
It has dropped a few pennies here recently to about £1.29 per liter of diesel.

Let's put that into perspective - that is about  $7.84 per US gallon  :( .

Fuel in the UK is not cheap.
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: henz on Wed, 22 October 2014, 03:56:39
Tax kingdom reporting in. i think its under 13 swedish crown now per litre, its almost 4 litres in a gallon  52 crowns per gallon which would be like ~7,5$ per gallon, down from ~8$ :)
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Post by: iri on Wed, 22 October 2014, 04:11:43
dammit, even northern somalia is cheaper than the UK
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: henz on Wed, 22 October 2014, 04:20:11
dammit, even northern somalia is cheaper than the UK

diesel is usually more expensive but diesel is somewhat close. some "öres" difference.

whats wrong with somalia?


Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: Oobly on Wed, 22 October 2014, 04:28:47
I find it a little ironic that Norway has the highest average gasoline price per liter of all countries in this list at $2.33 per liter when their economy is largely supported by local oil: http://www.globalpetrolprices.com/gasoline_prices/
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: iri on Wed, 22 October 2014, 05:21:53
diesel is usually more expensive but diesel is somewhat close. some "öres" difference.
you mean petrol is usually more expensive than diesel fuel?

whats wrong with somalia?
with the northern one? taxes, prices, asylum seekers. climate is far from perfect. not that much sunshine. even beer can only be bought in liquor stores. school education is thought to not be very good. violent gangs here and there.
well, it's all i can recall from memory.
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: henz on Wed, 22 October 2014, 05:49:21
diesel is usually more expensive but diesel is somewhat close. some "öres" difference.
you mean petrol is usually more expensive than diesel fuel?
No,here its more expensive to buy diesel now, price shifted some years ago when the new diesel environmental cars were released. And diesel rose in popularity
whats wrong with somalia?
with the northern one? taxes, prices, asylum seekers. climate is far from perfect. not that much sunshine. even beer can only be bought in liquor stores. school education is thought to not be very good. violent gangs here and there.
well, it's all i can recall from memory.
Ok, good for you then that you live somewhere else,hope you are living happily in your country filled with unicorns and choclate rivers.
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: HoffmanMyster on Wed, 22 October 2014, 08:31:23

$1.30 CAD per Liter in Northern Ontario. That's $1.15 a Liter USD. That's $4.92 CAD a Gallon or $4.38 USD a Gallon.

It only took ya four tries to get it right...   :rolleyes:

 :p
Screw your systems!! Liters are the obvious choice. We buy our pop (yes, POP) by the liter, milk by the liter and gas by the liter! What the hell is a gallon anyway? I'll tell you! It's a giant less accurate measurement of volume, that's what!! The same goes for your kilograms and your Fahrenheit crap!!

Wat.  We don't use kilograms here, boy!

Though, I wish we did use SI units...  :-/  They just make so much more sense...    :'(
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 22 October 2014, 14:16:01

$1.30 CAD per Liter in Northern Ontario. That's $1.15 a Liter USD. That's $4.92 CAD a Gallon or $4.38 USD a Gallon.

It only took ya four tries to get it right...   :rolleyes:

 :p
Screw your systems!! Liters are the obvious choice. We buy our pop (yes, POP) by the liter, milk by the liter and gas by the liter! What the hell is a gallon anyway? I'll tell you! It's a giant less accurate measurement of volume, that's what!! The same goes for your kilograms and your Fahrenheit crap!!

Wat.  We don't use kilograms here, boy!

Though, I wish we did use SI units...  :-/  They just make so much more sense...    :'(

We use metric or whatever you call it down here, except for monitor sizes, which are still in inches.

Although one person I know wanted to buy a "two and a half foot" monitor.  Haven't heard it put quite like that before.
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: HoffmanMyster on Wed, 22 October 2014, 14:22:28
one person I know wanted to buy a "two and a half foot" monitor.  Haven't heard it put quite like that before.

 :))   Hahaha, I love that.  I should start doing that from now on, just to accentuate the fact that Imperial units are super goofy.
Title: Re: Gas prices...
Post by: microsoft windows on Thu, 23 October 2014, 16:45:08
GAS IS TOO EXPENSIVE
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Post by: Lain1911 on Thu, 23 October 2014, 17:05:08
cheapest I've seen here is $2.83. Cant help but wonder...Elections coming :p
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Post by: Tarzan on Thu, 23 October 2014, 17:53:29
cheapest I've seen here is $2.83. Cant help but wonder...Elections coming :p

One article I read on the topic suggests that Saudi Arabia is keeping production high (and driving prices lower) to put pressure on competitor producers, who need a higher per barrel price to make a profit.  Sounds like a sort of petro-dollar warfare.