How much is gas where you live?

[Erich]

Dang D ~ I'm sure Bill and I would not mind gassing up our 4x4's with that type of low end gas instead of the crap prices we pay here in Orygun. bet Sys and Eric and others in Cali would agree to the same, Matt in Wa as well, etc......

 

[Wayne Little]

Filled up at $1.099 this week!

 

[ToughOmbre]

1.91 reg yesterday.

TO

 

[Njaco]

$1.79 a gal down here.

 

[pbfoot]

gas is a lot cheaper here as well. Something I've noticed is the used car dealers were not selling guzzlers during the high prices are now selling guzzlers
The people that are buying the guzzlers must be the biggest fools of all time as the drop in fuel prices is only the result in the downturn in the economy

 

[FLYBOYJ]

I've been buying gas for $1.81 although its as cheap as $1.78 in some areas in around Denver. Some gas stations were even having "gas wars" to get the business in. E85 has not dropped as quickly and although its $1.69 right now, its cheaper for me to run gas in my car, but I'm sure that will change soon.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I gassed up the other day for $2.53 a gallon.

I am hoping that we too will drop below teh $2 mark soon.

 

[Wurger]

Here in Poland the gas is about 4PLN per a liter.

 

[Emon_Essex]

$1.83 on Saturday.

 

[Erich]

$ 2.29 guess that's cheap for our area. I await the plummet before Christmas........... uh huh sure

 

[Emon_Essex]

$1.69 per gallon!

 

[ToughOmbre]

My station is at $1.75 reg.

7 or 8 miles inland WaWa at $1.69.

TO

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

We still have not dropped below the $2.00 mark. It is pissing me off.

AAFES keeps telling us they sell gas at the price of the national average. Bullshit!

 

[FLYBOYJ]

In my neck of the woods between $1.61 and $1.75

 

[GrauGeist]

Just paid $2.39 a gallon this morning.

The thing that really pisses me off, is that California had the reformulated fuel years ago which was more expensive, and when they discovered that the MBTE formulation was depositing carcinogens in the region's watershed, they discontinued it. But never dropped the higher prices to what the normal fuel was being sold for elsewhere.

The other thing that irritates me, is that California is one of the leading producers and exporters of oil/fuel and we still get jacked around whenever there's a crisis, like heating oil shortage, hurricane, mysterious refinery fire, etc...

 

[Erich]

you're getting screwed GG. we paid 1.99 a gal at the el cheapo, most stations are still 2.19 gal and up to 2.35 at the corner Chevron of course that guys is always insane

 

[Hop]

The thing that really pisses me off, is that California had the reformulated fuel years ago which was more expensive, and when they discovered that the MBTE formulation was depositing carcinogens in the region's watershed, they discontinued it. But never dropped the higher prices to what the normal fuel was being sold for elsewhere.

Bear in mind California has the highest average gasoline taxes in the US.

The other thing that irritates me, is that California is one of the leading producers and exporters of oil/fuel and we still get jacked around whenever there's a crisis, like heating oil shortage, hurricane, mysterious refinery fire, etc...

The US west coast is its own separate petroleum market. Different government standards and geographical considerations mean all the west coast gasoline has to be made on the west coast. That leaves California open to price spikes if there are any refinery disruptions.

The west coast exports very little refined product, so there's no option of cutting exports to overcome disruptions in supply. Exports average about 5,000 barrels of gasoline a day, compared to production of about 1.5 million barrels a day.

All in all, the situation in California is largely down to state laws, with a bit of geography thrown in. From the DOE:

Why are California Gasoline Prices more Variable Than others?

California prices are higher and more variable than prices in other States because there are relatively few supply sources of its unique blend of gasoline outside the State. The State of California's reformulated gasoline program is more stringent than the Federal government's. In addition to the higher cost of this cleaner fuel, there is a State sales tax of 7.25 percent on top of an 18.4 cent-per-gallon Federal excise tax and an 18.0 cent-per-gallon State excise tax.

California refineries need to be running near full capacity to meet the State's gasoline demand. If more than one of its refineries experiences operating problems at the same time, California's gasoline supply may become very tight and prices can soar. Even when supplies can be obtained from some Gulf Coast and foreign refineries, they can take a relatively long time to arrive due to California's substantial distance from those sources. The farther away the necessary relief supplies are, the higher and longer the price spike will be.

 

[Wayne Little]

I'll be hunting for 99.9c a litre tomorrow, hasn't been under $1 for sometime down 'ere!

 

[Wayne Little]

filled up at 95.9c today, better than expected!!

 

[Wildcat]

I got it a tad under a buck a litre. First time in a long time.