Ahhh WTF happened to gas prices?

Originally Posted by Shonos

We dont need more oil from a new source. We need an alternative fuel/energy source. That way we can use what oil is left for our products and food.

I could care less about people getting to work in cars. We run out of oil and you're going to be having trouble getting ahold of some damn food. Being able to get to work will be pointless if you have no food to spend that money on.

Oh and gas is 2.50 here. It gets really expensive for me and my brother to fill our gas tanks sometimes. Most of the time I dont even drive. I'l just bike or walk to where I need to go now. It's even worse for my father though. He can go through a full tank very quickly because the base he works at is so far. It costs him a large amount of money to keep gas in his vehicle.

Ofcourse.. it's been alot worse before. Almost 3/4$. So this is kinna a break from that.. still alot though.

The oil supply is not the problem, it is our ability to refine the crude oil that is part of these increased gas prices. I live 20 miles from my work place, that I have to drive to and from at least 5 days a week and it is still less than 30 dollars a week in gas. So wtf is your brother driving?!?


www.sega.co.jp, what part of Oregon are you in? Yeah Arco has the lowest prices in gas but I would never put that shit in my car. I'd rather pay 10 more cents a gallon for something I know doesn't have water in it.

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As much as Bush rattled on about not depending on oil and going to alternative energy sources, it's not gonna happen. They bounce around money in and out at those alternative energy source plants like a red rubber ball. Gas prices are gonna just keep going up for the rest of this administration at least and if we get somebody following him that's also involved with the oil industry, it will stay high.

If we're ever gonna get more alternative energy sources anytime soon, we need some people in the top ranks that are serious about it.


(If it wasn't for the fact that Bush made one visit, they wouldn't have any money at all. Day before his administration went oops we had accidently cut their money earlier give them some so Bush don't look stupid.)

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Originally Posted by kat

God, you all should be grateful you don't live in California, $2.75ish around the San Francisco area. I drive a pretty gas efficient car (35MPG on average) so I don't have it as bad as some, but the prices still suck.

I can't afford that type of optimism.

Gas is around $2.45 in my neck of the woods......but I drive a car that pulls down 15mpg on average. My other car does slightly better (20mpg), but it's sidelined with a bit of a mechanical malady. :aargh:

I was speaking idiomatically.

Gas Prices fluctuate anywhere from $2.80/g to $3.30 a gallon. For regular gas.

It jumped even worse in like October where there was a line at the Hess Station to get $3.39 gas. Gas prices are ridiculous but then again, I guess shit like this happens.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

It's happening too often for my tastes. I was actually getting used to paying $2.09 at the local Cowboys. The only thing I can do now is get a smaller, fuel sipping car. It's either that, or walk.

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Originally Posted by Chaco

Gas Prices fluctuate anywhere from $2.80/g to $3.30 a gallon. For regular gas.

It jumped even worse in like October where there was a line at the Hess Station to get $3.39 gas. Gas prices are ridiculous but then again, I guess shit like this happens.

Wow that is really fucking expensive... Even when most of the US had gas prices over 3.30 a gallon, Oregon regular gas never broken 3 dollars a gallon.

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Originally Posted by J-Man

In Vancouver, the gas prices change about 5 times each day, at every location, with very little pattern. Theres a segment on a radio channel that tells us where the gas is cheapest in the city.

Like where? And what radio station? News 1130?

Gas prices fluctuate pretty damn easily, sometimes in 15 minutes or less (hell, my Marketing teacher told me this 2 years ago too).

Like here in Vancouver, prime time means lower gas prices so it's all good. Even hit the $.80 low that much that it created over 2m of cars lining up before gas prices inflate again.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by ElectricSheep

It could be worse. Some people pay prices like that per litre.

Right now we are paying 1.06 per litre, but it is going up again in a few days... damn I hate being on a island sometimes!

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Chibi Neko

Right now we are paying 1.06 per litre, but it is going up again in a few days... damn I hate being on a island sometimes!

Island? Where do you live in Canada?

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That surprised me too. Gas was fine down here, then all of a sudden it jumped about 20 cents in a day, all because of Spring Break D:

I really dont do that much driving, not as much as other people, and I'm lucky that I have a Nissan over, say..a truck, but it would really be nice if the prices could come down just a little x.x;

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Has anyone heard as to why there was such a jump in the prices?

How ya doing, buddy?

FYI for any Canadians out there who want to take part in the discussion...

To convert "Canadian dollars per litre" to "American dollars per gallon", just multiply the canadian price per litre by 3.26.

(Converting L to Gal is easy, but the exchange rate between CA$ and US$ is obviously always in flux. My multiplier assumes 1$CAD = $0.86USD)

Right now in Montreal, gas is $1.06/L. By my formula, that makes it equivalent to $3.45US per gallon.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Wow that really sucks. What is funny is that CAD is worth more than USD but most goods in Canada seem to be way more expensive than in the US...

FELIPE NO

No, one canadian dollar will only buy you eighty-six US cents. Generally goods aren't any more expensive.

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Well gasoline sure as shit is more expensive there.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Yeah. Of course $1.06... that's in Montreal (the "island" you asked about). But it wouldn't be any more than about $0.15 cheaper anywhere else, I think.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Anywhere else in Canada you mean? Here in Oregon we never seen 3.00 dollars a gallon for gas.

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No, the "island" Chibi Neko was referring to was Newfoundland.

Here in Nova Scotia, gas costs $2.67 a gallon right now, which isn't too bad.

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It shouldn't be that expensive in Canada, but it is. Canada doesn't receieve oil from the United States, nor does it really follow the same imports. Yet we follow the same prices as the US, they're taking advantage of the fact that the US gas prices are going up and they're just following along. It's 0.87/L here, no idea what that is in gallons.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by VG

As much as Bush rattled on about not depending on oil and going to alternative energy sources, it's not gonna happen. They bounce around money in and out at those alternative energy source plants like a red rubber ball. Gas prices are gonna just keep going up for the rest of this administration at least and if we get somebody following him that's also involved with the oil industry, it will stay high.

You're really, REALLY epecting that big a change in just 2-3 years? Because that would be rather ignorant, kinda like thinking Bush hasn't propelled the movement forward to make more money. That's bullshit. Science doesn't happen because you suddenly want it to. People have to do research. Sometimes it takes time. Get over it. It's not Bush's fault.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by ArrowHead

Right now in Montreal, gas is $1.06/L. By my formula, that makes it equivalent to $3.45US per gallon.

That was what I was paying a few months ago, when Katrina blew through and the shit really hit the fan.

I take it there aren't as many SUVs up there

FELIPE NO

Nope, but there will be idiots anywhere you go.

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Originally Posted by FLEX

That was what I was paying a few months ago, when Katrina blew through and the shit really hit the fan.

I take it there aren't as many SUVs up there

Shit, that is expensive... I guess I am lucky to never have had that kind of jump in price.

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They are smaller overall with smaller engines. Not that much different than some of the subcompact cars you see here.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Yeah. And you actually don't feel intimidated when driving a smaller car there, because there are barely any SUV's on their roads, and far fewer transport trucks.

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