Gas Prices!!!!

Brandon85-944 · 02-19-2003, 08:28 AM

Just wondering what your prices are up to for a gallon of 93 these days. Damn IRAQ!!!! 1.99......almost 2.00!!!! I found a spot with 1.93 Chevron. Hey, are some of the stations not going to be affected by the crisis because they get their oil else where? Is anybody being affected or is this just a new high?

Brandon85-944

green944 · 02-19-2003, 08:35 AM

Yeah, we are really feeling the effects in Canada. Our prices in BC are about $.94-$.98 a liter so that is about $3.80 a gallon for 94
89 is anywhere from $.79-$.89 a liter so about $3.20 a gallon

Lawrence Coppari · 02-19-2003, 08:40 AM

What amazes me is that people complain about $2.00 a gallon for gasoline, but then gladly spend $8.00 a gallon for bottled water. Can't quite understand that.

Blackfoot · Blackfoot's Garage

many socialist governments in europe tax the heck out of the people, gas included. $4/gallon is a price i've heard. so here, $2 doesn't seem so bad.

green944, can you cross the us border to fill her up?

Eduardo Castrejón Elbjorn · 02-19-2003, 08:49 AM

About $ 1.47 usd a gallon of premium 91 octane.

green944 · 02-19-2003, 08:58 AM

Thankfully yes, I actually work across the street from the border.
Have to go down and see what it would cost to fill up with the exchange.

Brian J · Brian J's Garage

Quote:

Originally posted by Lawrence Coppari
What amazes me is that people complain about $2.00 a gallon for gasoline, but then gladly spend $8.00 a gallon for bottled water. Can't quite understand that.

Most people don't use 20 gallons of bottled water a week.

Brandon85-944 · 02-19-2003, 10:01 AM

I can live without gasoline...... can't live without water...probably why people pay so much!

Eduardo Castrejón Elbjorn · 02-19-2003, 11:24 AM

I spent a lot of money in bottled water.
But I still spent a lot more in gasoline.

yes, the botled water everyday is more expensive and nobody say anything. And if the price of gasoline clims a little everybody is talking about it,

highboost951 · 02-19-2003, 12:37 PM

$1.47 for 87 octane, S.W. Missouri.

Razor944 · 01:06 PM

Quit driving ur smoker and you'll save some money :-)

interglossa · 02-19-2003, 01:02 PM

I have a feeling that this whole gas hike thing is less a middle east thing directly as it is a ploy by the oil companies to get people to hate the middle east, so that this dirty little war seems somehow justified.

SoCal Driver · SoCal Driver's Garage

Quote:

Originally posted by interglossa
I have a feeling that this whole gas hike thing is less a middle east thing directly as it is a ploy by the oil companies to get people to hate the middle east, so that this dirty little war seems somehow justified.

Oh gag me!

The one's making all the money are the oil suppliers. Who do you think controls the price of crude oil???

Do you also think it's an oil company conspiracy when the prices drop really low?

Didn't think so.

andrewgoh · 02-19-2003, 01:28 PM

Well, I hope this does not happen and jack the price of fuel up even more.....

interglossa · 02-19-2003, 01:42 PM

Conspericy or no, doesn't it seem a bit strange that prices are going up very rapidly and the only thing happening in iraq are inspections?

gearhead290 · 02-19-2003, 01:47 PM

1.59 for 91

sasquatch · 02-19-2003, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by interglossa
I have a feeling that this whole gas hike thing is less a middle east thing directly as it is a ploy by the oil companies to get people to hate the middle east, so that this dirty little war seems somehow justified.

Quotes for the day:
"Except for Communism, Facism, Nazism and Slvery, war has never solved anything!"

"Saddam only kills his own people, it's none of our business!"

"Communism has only killed 100 million people, lets give it another chance!"

These statements were on signs carried in San Fransisco during a rally, makes you think....

Now, where did I put my Nomex...

andrewgoh · 02-19-2003, 02:21 PM

I do not attribute much of it as a "corporate conspiracy"....but rather, it is simply plain ole greediness...here is an interesting Feb 12 article that explains it all...

Rapid increase in price of gas borders on gouging, AAA says:

http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=gasgouging12&date=20030212&query=gouging

andrewgoh · 02-19-2003, 02:42 PM

Here is another interesting piece of information from the US Dept. of Energy...top 10 importers of crude to the U.S...as of 2001...and note that Iraq is #6:

Country of Origin (Thousand Barrels):

1 Saudi Arabia 588,075
2 Mexico 508,715
3 Canada 494,796
4 Venezuela 471,243
5 Nigeria 307,173
6 Iraq 289,998
7 Angola 117,254
8 Norway 102,724
9 Colombia 94,844
10 United Kingdom 89,142
11 Kuwait 86,535
12 Gabon 51,065
13 Ecuador 41,403
14 Argentina 21,013
15 Trinidad and Tobago 18,562
16 Other 15,874
17 Indonesia 14,759
18 Congo (Brazzaville) 14,430
19 Australia 12,567
20 Yemen 8,702
21 Brunei 8,174
22 United Arab Emirates 7,802
23 Oman 7,138
24 Guatemala 6,485
25 Malaysia 5,643
26 China, People’s Republic of 4,684
27 Brazil 4,667
28 Algeria 3,966
29 Peru 2,524
30 Thailand 1,751
31 Ivory Coast 1,517
32 Cameroon 1,255
33 Congo (Kinshasa) * 345
34 Qatar 69

Total 3,404,894
Non OPEC 1,635,274
Arab OPEC 976,445
Other OPEC 793,175

Source: US Dept. of Energy
http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/rankings/crudebycountry.htm

SoCal Driver · SoCal Driver's Garage

Iraq could pump more but it's restricted by UN sanctions.