Gas prices

Just the usual case, once holiday (Memorial Day) is around the corner, gas prices start inching up. It will drop after the holiday. Just a way for oil companies to reach into our already empty pockets.

This is an interesting thread to track. It actually started about the middle of last year with fairly regular price postings. It gets picked up every once in awhile (most recent after lying dormant a couple of weeks) with additional updates. Prices have gone up and down through the months.

For the record the latest Lundberg report released yesterday found the least expensive gasoline was in Phoenix with the average at $1.99. The most expensive was in Chicago around $2.60 for regular.

Lundberg says having millions of people unemployed and not commuting to/from work each day is actually holding supplies up and prices down. A lot of the increase is due to rapidly rising prices for ethanol. Darn greedy corn growers.

I live near a gas trasfer station in Ohio and it is currently running upwards of $2.50 per gallon. So Cal doesn't seem so high as last year, relatively.

In Quebec the price is 1.054 a litter, some time it comes down to .984.

Gas prices in East Tennessee to $2.15 per gallon for unleaded regular. Prices always increase this time of year, probably so that the oil companies can pad their pockets while taking advantage of Memorial Day and early summer vacationers.

Western Arizona.....2.22 regular

$2.24 for 87 Octane in DC.

North of Atlanta is 2.10 to 2.19.

$2.29-2.39 in my stretch of FL... this is up from $1.99 not more than a week ago

Seeing 2.50 here.. Gotta love the summer prices

2.09 to 210 here in Oklahoma City.

Congress should investigate now. Oil high was 2 1/3 times this price, but gas is over 50% of the high.

Ever source oil usage is down for the rest of the year, but oil prices are going up for June delivery. crazy

Whatever the current price is, it's certainly much better than it was a year ago. It's around $2.60ish where I live. I won't be surprised if it keeps going up to $3. Hopefully it comes back down to low US$2/gallon after the Memorial Day. I certainly hate to pay what the Canadians and Europeans are paying.

I paid $1.41/litre ($5.34/gal) for the premium stuff on Monday. The SRT-4 won't handle anything less.

We have $2.59 per gallon on regular in our area.

During this business trip, gas has been averaging $5.66 per gallon. And that's with a good exchange rate. Last summer it was 7.98!

At those prices, I will take my scooter and no long trips for me.

Gas has gone up .10 this week in one jump. There is no doubt that this is so the oil companies can line their pockets at the expense of consumers.

prices in NY are climbing small steps every day
Happy Friday 5-22-09

Plaza 23 Truck Stop
240 Church St near Green St
Albany NY
Lowest price $2.39 87 grade fuel

Rhoades Service Center
1904 Western Ave (US-20) & Clark Pkwy
Guilderland NY
(100% gas, all grades ethanol-free)
Highest price $2.65

as of yesterday,the 22d it was $1.91 for regular.....didn't bother to look at premium price

Poking through the $2.50/gal line for regular in the past week. Hopefully it stabilizes some for the summer, but I'm glad it's no where near last year's prices!

I was just getting ready to submit my gas receipts on my expense report... what a jump....

On 5/5 - $1.89 a gal
On 5/13 - $2.13 a gal
On 5/26 - $2.24 a gal

All of these in the Dallas / Ft. Worth area. Most stations are $2.29 to $2.38 a gal. I was lucky to find the $2.24 a gal this morning.

But, as they say, it is still not as bad as it was this same time last year. But it sure was nice having the sub $2.00 gas prices.

My wish didn't come true. The Memorial Day weekend is long gone but gas continues to rise, nearing $3/gal. Oil companies are at it again. Last year when gas price was at its peak, they said it's the law of supply and demand that caused it to rise.

A lot of small, medium and large companies have gone bankrupt. Life is tough everywhere. Where's the demand now? I wonder what other excuse they have this time.

$2.58 in Lexington, KY today.

Large banks investing in oil futures with Bailout money!

Here in Texas prices are still going up. The best price in my area is about $2.50/gal.
Another disturbing thing is there are reports that at some stations the percent ethanol exceeds 10% and is causing about $1500 worth of damage to the engine and fuel system. One radio commentator is collecting data and has found that Racetrack, QT, and Walmart have had the most problems. Of course, this may be because they sell the most gas. The excess ethanol is not necessarily intentional, since ethanol doesn't mix well with gasoline.

In Tucson the range seems to be $2.19 to $2.37 for regular unleaded at the normal stations. Costco and frys may be lower. We normally always seem to be near the low end of prices in the nation.

Last fillup of regular 2.35

Queens NY
Reg $2.75

yesterday $2.87

Looks like gas will be $3 in So. Cal. very soon. Nice I drive a diesel-- it is now cheaper than gas-- will probably be more expensive when the cool weather comes this fall.

As of today gas is:

$2.89 Unleaded
$2.99 Mid Grade
$3.09 Premium

Wish I had 1000 gallon portable gas tank to fill up when the price was $1.70ish in Dec 2008. That should last 2 years or longer if it doesn't explode and blow me to smithereens

yesterday it went up 10 cents over the previous day... luckily we went to a neighboring town that has it 10-20 cents cheaper, and filled up (still cost us $60)... $2.67 locally (was $2.55 at the next town)

last fill was 2.59

It was $1.07 CDN/litre, I think this means $3.80 US/gallon. I would pay 2.59$ anytime. LOL!

Did not go down as expected.

2.69 in West Michigan.

Gosh I remember in 88-89 when they were like 70 cents a gallon.

Six years later gasoline prices in my area are almost the same as what the OP wrote on this thread.

I want to thank all the Toyota Prius owners in this forum for helping bring the gasoline price down and allow me to buy the gas guzzling SUV I always wanted.

1. Political
2. Manipulated both up & down through the financial markets.
3. Negotiable/hedgeable/lockable
4. All the above.

Regular: $4.39 Cdn Approx $4.87 US if you factor exchange rate.
Diesel's about the same.

..........and you guys think you have it bad.

$2.58 on Wed. 10/29/14

Filled up my Mini Cooper this morning -- it uses premium (91+) and I only use Top Tier gas.

The good news, such as it is -- $3.65/gal for Chevron Supreme. The station I frequent is in the low end of the local price range (go two blocks and pay 20 cents more per gallon).

Even better news, the petro market is doing more to harass Emperor Putin than the so-called sanctions; Putin's economy needs oil prices around $109/barrel, and they're currently around $82.

the prices will skyrocket right after the election

Filled up in Chico, CA yesterday. It was $2.99 for regular and it seemed quite a "bargain". How sad.

I used to only use mid-grade fuel and paid $0.24 a gallon for it. I didn't use regular but sometimes saw it during a "gas war" for $0.19 per gallon. My how times have changed...

Paid 3.15.9 this am at Raceway in Chattanooga.... for Diesel.

Filled up this morning in northern AZ for $2.99. Drove to Scottsdale AZ, where I saw $2.75!

I filled my tank today. The regular price was $2.83.9 but with my points from grocery purchases it brought it down to $2.63.9.
When I got home I saw on the TV from another network that the business reporter on Fox Business report had announced that these low gas prices were bad for the economy. If this was true then I hope the economy tanks. PS, I do not believe this idiot.

Living in NYC, anytime I see below $3.50, it feels like Christmas

$2.62 regular