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Posted: 8/19/2004 1:07:15 AM EDT
Dear ar15.com friends, I reading every day that oil price is doubling since the war in Iraq started. Yesterday on New York market the last price was 47 dollars for a barrell.

Air travel companies are increasing their fares, gasoline at gas station are increasing their price per liter everyday in Europe (and as far as I know much more in Italy)...

So I would like to know if also USA is affected by the same increase for gasoline prices...

Thanks in advance.

Link Posted: 8/19/2004 1:22:35 AM EDT
[#1]
We've pretty much leveld off where I'm at around $1.70, which is still cheaper than it was before I went overseas.
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 1:34:25 AM EDT
[#2]
Its gone up here to $1.80
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 1:50:44 AM EDT
[#3]
Hi Paolo…

Here in Britain its now €5.90 a gallon€1.30 litre

or for our American Cousins……

$7.30 a gallon$1.76 litre

ANdy
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 1:55:58 AM EDT
[#4]
2.15 a gallon here.
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 1:59:04 AM EDT
[#5]

Quoted:
Hi Paolo…

Here in Britain its now €5.90 a gallon€1.30 litre

or for our American Cousins……

$7.30 a gallon$1.76 litre

ANdy



omg! that's insane, and unreasonable.  It would cost me a couple hundred dollars just to drive to Missouri to see the family if that were the price here.  There's no way it would reach that high here.  This country is too big with too many people driving to put up with that.  

oh, and i paid $1.68  the other day.
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 2:22:23 AM EDT
[#6]
Thank god I dont have a car right now...lol. Heel-toe express baby!
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 6:02:08 AM EDT
[#7]
2 bucks a gallon in monroe for regular

i hear 250 will be the norm soon
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 6:40:41 AM EDT
[#8]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Hi Paolo…

Here in Britain its now €5.90 a gallon€1.30 litre

or for our American Cousins……

$7.30 a gallon$1.76 litre

ANdy



omg! that's insane, and unreasonable.  It would cost me a couple hundred dollars just to drive to Missouri to see the family if that were the price here.  There's no way it would reach that high here.  This country is too big with too many people driving to put up with that.  

oh, and i paid $1.68  the other day.



In Europe is the normality. Vito pays 1.30 euro per litre, in Italy is around 1.27... I hope that in the short-middle term the oil will return to 25-30 USD per barrell, otherwise we will be in the SHIT and more antiamerican people will add fuel on the fire to asset that this war didn't improve anything.

BIG arguments for Kerry the Cherry...
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 6:49:44 AM EDT
[#9]
its anywhere from $1.65 to about $1.78 lately here in South Texas.
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 8:36:53 AM EDT
[#10]
US gas prices vary by state as much as they do throughout countries in most of Western Europe.
The cheapest gas in the US is usually outside of Atlanta,Georgia.
$1.74 per gallon here in Virginia.
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 8:49:09 AM EDT
[#11]
Gasoline 87 octane was $1.72/gallon yesterday in Mesa, Arizona.
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 8:53:53 AM EDT
[#12]
Here in Virginia Beach I filled up for $1.69.  When I was in Rockville, MD last week I filled up for $2.15.
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 8:55:47 AM EDT
[#13]
I paid $1.95/gal this morning for 93 octane in Houston.  Checked the gas mileage, got a whopping 12.5 mpg.  

Link Posted: 8/19/2004 8:57:21 AM EDT
[#14]
Prescott, WI - Twin Cities area is $1.87....
BS if you ask me.  We'll never see $1.40 gas again.
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 9:02:24 AM EDT
[#15]
I think I paid 1.89 tuesday.  Hartford, CT.  
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 9:15:50 AM EDT
[#16]
It's been $1.75 to $2 a gallon here in North Florida. Or for the Europeans, that's about...

0.375 to 0.428 euros per liter
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 9:18:19 AM EDT
[#17]
It has been hovering right around $1.90 in Olympia, wa
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 9:25:10 AM EDT
[#18]

Quoted:
Hi Paolo…

Here in Britain its now €5.90 a gallon€1.30 litre

or for our American Cousins……

$7.30 a gallon$1.76 litre

ANdy



By your calculations, based on $1.76/litre, 1 gallon is 4.14 litres.
1 Imperial gallon is 4.54 litres, therefore at $1.76/litre, 1 gallon would be $7.99.
However, 1 US gallon is 3.8 litres, I believe. Therefore 1 US gallon would be $6.68.
Still bloody expensive though.
Thank god I have a vehicle supplied by work and free fuel
Mark
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 9:26:36 AM EDT
[#19]
I've paid a high of $2.18US per gallon unleaded regular(87octane) at the local BP/ARCO. Gasoline has been dropping for the past 2 months or so, in South. California. It's now "down" to $2.06US per gallon. At other retailers it is approximately $0.10-$0.15US more from regular for next grades(mid 89 & premium 92 octane).
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 9:38:49 AM EDT
[#20]
About $2 per gallon, which would be around $.50 per liter.

Gas prices have been pretty stable in this latest rise in oil prices.  In May, gas prices here went from $1.70 to $2.05 in about a month, even though oil was around $35 or $40 per barrel.

Not sure why that is.  Probably something to do with refinery output.
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 10:01:36 AM EDT
[#21]
Around here it's $1.77-1.83, but you can pay a lot more in wealthy areas of Maryland.

GunLvr
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 10:26:07 AM EDT
[#22]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Hi Paolo…

Here in Britain its now €5.90 a gallon€1.30 litre

or for our American Cousins……

$7.30 a gallon$1.76 litre

ANdy



By your calculations, based on $1.76/litre, 1 gallon is 4.14 litres.
1 Imperial gallon is 4.54 litres, therefore at $1.76/litre, 1 gallon would be $7.99.
However, 1 US gallon is 3.8 litres, I believe. Therefore 1 US gallon would be $6.68.
Still bloody expensive though.
Thank god I have a vehicle supplied by work and free fuel
Mark



I'd say that my was estimate not bad for a quick mental math guestimate…
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 12:11:57 PM EDT
[#23]

Quoted:
its anywhere from $1.65 to about $1.78 lately here in South Texas.




yepper
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 12:19:51 PM EDT
[#24]
Anybody got reports from our friends down under? What's the gas situation down there?
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 2:55:20 PM EDT
[#25]

Quoted:
Hi Paolo…

Here in Britain its now €5.90 a gallon€1.30 litre

or for our American Cousins……

$7.30 a gallon$1.76 litre

ANdy




Holy ape shit batman,

lets see @ $7.30 a gallon that would mean it would cost me,

$182.50 (€147.50) to fill up my truck 5.3L
and
$114.61 (€92.61) to juice up my mustang 4.6L

Now i know why you guys drive every where on vespa's and mini's

p.s gas is $1.96 up here in michigan or €1.59
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 2:59:19 PM EDT
[#26]
$1.95 at ARCO here in Huntington Beach CA

Link Posted: 8/19/2004 3:06:25 PM EDT
[#27]
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 3:14:23 PM EDT
[#28]
Britain taxes the hell out of it though.... not exactly market value


- BUCC_Guy
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 3:17:08 PM EDT
[#29]
$1.71 - $1.85 in Northwest Houston (TX)
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 3:29:04 PM EDT
[#30]
A couple of weeks ago Iwas  in Blain waiting to cross into British Columbia, gas right at the border on the US side was 2.20ish a gallon for midgrade.  Across the border in BC gas was 98 cents a litre.

Do the conversion

98 cents x 3.785= 3.7093 canadian dollars per gallon x1.25 for the currency exchange= $4.64 per gallon.

Over twice as much and you know it's all taxes.

Right now today I can go to Shell and get the midgrade for $1.99 if I pay in cash.
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 3:32:53 PM EDT
[#31]
Yep same here in Fayetteville
  FREE



Quoted:
US gas prices vary by state as much as they do throughout countries in most of Western Europe.
The cheapest gas in the US is usually outside of Atlanta,Georgia.
$1.74 per gallon here in Virginia.

Link Posted: 8/19/2004 3:37:00 PM EDT
[#32]
So Cal $2.11 for 87 Octaine

BTW; price of oil hit an all time high yesterday.
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 3:55:09 PM EDT
[#33]
$179 in MO: 89 oct
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 4:03:58 PM EDT
[#34]
Damn I remember just around 18-24 mths ago we were paying .95 - 1.05 per gallon. Damn I miss those days. Looks like I am going to have to buy a compact car soon.
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 4:04:39 PM EDT
[#35]

Quoted:
BIG arguments for Kerry the Cherry...



Do you mean John Kerry?

Let's see...short-term oil price increase vs. long term disaster?  No, I'll take 4 more years of Bush and pay a bit more for gas.  It is $1.91/gal here.  It peaked at $2.12 in May, and was $1.79 two weeks ago.

By the way, the world wholesale price of gas is $1.20 or so a gallon.  The rest of the price is tax.  So what does Europe do with all that tax money?
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 4:06:29 PM EDT
[#36]
I paid $1.97 for 87 octane at the Chevron yesterday. Cost me right about $40 to fill up my tank. Higher grades cost about 5-10 cents more for each respective higher grade over 87. Most gas stations here are a few cents more overall than this Chevron as it is owned by a corporation that has about 150 stations and sells at cost. Chevron gives them a kickback plus their stores make them money too. This is in Southern CA.
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 4:34:16 PM EDT
[#37]

Quoted:
A couple of weeks ago Iwas  in Blain waiting to cross into British Columbia, gas right at the border on the US side was 2.20ish a gallon for midgrade.  Across the border in BC gas was 98 cents a litre.

Do the conversion

98 cents x 3.785= 3.7093 canadian dollars per gallon x1.25 for the currency exchange= $4.64 per gallon.

Over twice as much and you know it's all taxes.

Right now today I can go to Shell and get the midgrade for $1.99 if I pay in cash.



Um... your conversion is the wrong way around.

CAN $3.70  per gallon, with CAN $1=US $0.77 works out to US $2.84 per gallon, which is still nuts by our standards.

BTW... in suburban Chicago, it's about US $1.90 per gallon for 87 octane.
Link Posted: 8/19/2004 4:41:43 PM EDT
[#38]
$1.92 for tank bottoms (no name gas) in Nevada's capital.

Link Posted: 8/19/2004 5:22:43 PM EDT
[#39]

Quoted:

Quoted:
A couple of weeks ago Iwas  in Blain waiting to cross into British Columbia, gas right at the border on the US side was 2.20ish a gallon for midgrade.  Across the border in BC gas was 98 cents a litre.

Do the conversion

98 cents x 3.785= 3.7093 canadian dollars per gallon x1.25 for the currency exchange= $4.64 per gallon.

Over twice as much and you know it's all taxes.

Right now today I can go to Shell and get the midgrade for $1.99 if I pay in cash.



Um... your conversion is the wrong way around.

CAN $3.70  per gallon, with CAN $1=US $0.77 works out to US $2.84 per gallon, which is still nuts by our standards.

BTW... in suburban Chicago, it's about US $1.90 per gallon for 87 octane.



D'oh!

That's why I do everything with a credit card or that funny colored money when I'm in canuckistan, let the bank do the currency exchange rate for me.  

Plus it's enough work always having to convert english into metric when I'm dealing with the candians.  
Link Posted: 8/20/2004 7:37:51 AM EDT
[#40]
I drive two gas-guzzlers and the high gas prices are not killing me.  I just don't do that much driving--sort of planned my life to avoid too much time on the crowded DC-area roads.

GunLvr
Link Posted: 8/20/2004 7:42:36 AM EDT
[#41]

Quoted:
Hi Paolo…

Here in Britain its now €5.90 a gallon€1.30 litre

or for our American Cousins……

$7.30 a gallon$1.76 litre

ANdy



Hmm, my RV has 90 gallon tank.

Only $657 to fill there
Link Posted: 8/23/2004 12:12:27 AM EDT
[#42]

Quoted:

Quoted:
BIG arguments for Kerry the Cherry...



Do you mean John Kerry?



Yes...



By the way, the world wholesale price of gas is $1.20 or so a gallon.  The rest of the price is tax.  So what does Europe do with all that tax money?



Good question: the hell if I know it... I guess they should pay road maintainance, but our roads in Italy are in shitful conditions...

I think they politicians put money in their pockets... as USUAL...
Link Posted: 8/23/2004 12:20:02 AM EDT
[#43]
Link Posted: 8/23/2004 12:45:28 AM EDT
[#44]
Friday, it jumped from $1.71 up to $1.78 here.  Then, the very next day it dropped back down to $1.71.  I've never seen the prices fluctuate so drastically.
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