$3.25 per gallon is cheap

[manning]

Just talked to someone in Poland

$8.00 per gallon,

 

[aubriee]

Wow, I'm paying about $2.77/gallon. My sons who live about 40 minutes from me are paying $3.01/gallon. I just filled my car up two days ago and it held $40.00. I've never paid that much for a tank of gas.

 

[IggyLans]

I just paid $3.11/gal, here in the chicagoland area, that's cheap!

 

[Manda]

I just paid $3.11/gal, here in the chicagoland area, that's cheap!

Whoa! Where were you in Chicagoland to get those prices??? We're still firmly at $3.35 - $3.40.

 

[senoragilbert]

Wow, that's too bad for the Poles.

In Spain, gas is gov't regulated, (imagine!) and holding at about $5 per gallon. Diesel was about $4.50. Dollars, not Euros.

We were impressed. That's all it was in Britain two years ago, so obviously the shortages are not the only reason for the price increases.

 

[Christine]

Remember though, that while the other countries are paying a LOT for gas, the government has put most of that cost there so that their health insurance and country infrastructure can be paid for. So, it's not as if they get nothing for that $8.00 (or $5.00) per gallon. Mostly likely, they get free medical, subsidized day care, etc. Comparing their gas prices to ours is comparing apples to oranges.

Having said that, I noticed my Wawa was at $2.79 per gallon this morning, which means my Costco gas stations will be at $2.69!

 

[IggyLans]

Whoa! Where were you in Chicagoland to get those prices??? We're still firmly at $3.35 - $3.40.

Algonquin/Lake in the Hills area. Today I saw prices at $3.07/gal.

 

[Blondiex46]

our is 299ish

 

[dudspizza]

check out this site... www.gasbuddy.com

You can check gas prices all over the country... interesting to see the differences.

Duds

 

[GEB@okw]

The fed should raise the price of gas to $6 a gallon or higher to make people conserve.

 

[spyda]

Just talked to someone in Poland

$8.00 per gallon,

$8 a gallon............wow..............just the thought of that gives me a headache

 

[KINGBOBOFTHENORTH]

When Bush became president the price of gas in Orlando at the off-brand gas stations was $.96/gallon. Now the cheapest off-brands are $2.77 - $2.79. They had peaked at $2.99.

Now I'm quite sure that just because Bush is from Texas and has a lot of friends in the oil business has nothing to do with the price of gas having tripled. No doubt.....no relation between the two.

And I agree with Christine.....you can't compare us to other countries because the tax situations are quite different. Compare the U.S. to the U.S.

 

[Tigger1]

GEB@okw

Gas should be $8.00 a gallon

Do you think that there really is a gas shortage?
Do you think the oil companys are under paid?

Not me.

 

[Tissa]

passed a station today that was $2.76.

 

[Vivianne]

Different kind of govt. Ours should be based on competition. Only the speculators and stock holders are winning on this one.

 

[Uncleromulus]

$2.83 a gallon here...today.
Tomorrow--who knows!!

 

[snowbunny]

When Bush became president the price of gas in Orlando at the off-brand gas stations was $.96/gallon. Now the cheapest off-brands are $2.77 - $2.79. They had peaked at $2.99.

Now I'm quite sure that just because Bush is from Texas and has a lot of friends in the oil business has nothing to do with the price of gas having tripled. No doubt.....no relation between the two.

Yes, and if you factor in the billions in federal taxes being squandered on military adventures in the middle east in attempts to control the future flow of oil, the current and long-term cost to the American taxpayer is far, far higher than $8 per gallon.