*Gas Prices Currently

[+ glutes]

 

Even as prices at the pump have remained elevated, American consumers are paying less than many of their counterparts in Europe and Asia

https://www.wsj.com/economy/why-gasoline-is-so-much-cheaper-in-the-u-s-than-overseas-f6bd2309?st=GX6F2a&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

[+ glutes]

Don't know where this is, but was in article 

https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/gas-tops-7-per-gallon-1820943

[CuriousByNature]

6 hours ago, glutes said:

Don't know where this is, but was in article 

https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/gas-tops-7-per-gallon-1820943

The landscape and vegetation makes me think this must be Alaska.

[+ glutes]

Palm tree, in Alaska?

[Luv2play]

1 hour ago, CuriousByNature said:

The landscape and vegetation makes me think this must be Alaska.

Route 66 sign is a clue.

[CuriousByNature]

15 minutes ago, Luv2play said:

Route 66 sign is a clue.

That oft-missed section between Nome and Fairbanks, right?

 

[BigDMike]

21 minutes ago, Luv2play said:

Route 66 sign is a clue.

Correct....Route 66 doesn't go through Alaska

If I had to guess, it's off the 15 Freeway en route between Las Vegas and California

Edited May 6 by BigDMike

[+ JamesB]

According to AI, it’s most likely one of two spots: either Najah’s Desert Oasis Chevron in Essex, California, along historic Route 66 in the Mojave Desert, or the Chevron station in Goffs, California, at the intersection of Route 66 (National Old Trails Road) and Lansefair Road.

[marylander1940]

If gas prices reach 9.99 in California or other places, some older pumps can work around it and start charging for 1/2 a gallon because they can't mark prices higher than 9.99

I don't believe that's going to be the case but it's already at $6.16 today

[+ glutes]

[Thomas_Belgium]

15 hours ago, marylander1940 said:

If gas prices reach 9.99 in California or other places, some older pumps can work around it and start charging for 1/2 a gallon because they can't mark prices higher than 9.99...

 

What would happen if the gas prices reach US$ twenty?

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

1 hour ago, Thomas_Belgium said:

 

What would happen if the gas prices reach US$ twenty?

Then price by the quart.

[+ Charlie]

6 hours ago, glutes said:

My brother-in-law in Texas emailed me the shocking (to him) news that he had just paid $4.04/gal for gas, and asked what I was paying. When I responded that I paid $50 the other day just to top off my tank, he was dumbfounded.

[mike carey]

7 hours ago, Vegas_Millennial said:

Then price by the quart.

Or by the litre.

[marylander1940]

35 minutes ago, mike carey said:

Or by the litre.

We're backwards here and still stuck in the Imperial system even though we left the Empire before the standardization of the system in 1826. 

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

1 hour ago, mike carey said:

Or by the litre.

These foreign words sound amusing.

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

54 minutes ago, marylander1940 said:

We're backwards here and still stuck in the Imperial system even though we left the Empire before the standardization of the system in 1826. 

The US has a history of adopting standards invented by other countries. 

On the topic of gasoline, for example, electric vehicles accounted for over one-third of all cars on the road in the US in 1900.  The popularly of electric vehicles in the US dropped in the 1920s, with the migration to gasoline-powered internal combustion engines which were popular in Europe.

[+ JamesB]

41 minutes ago, Vegas_Millennial said:

The US has a history of adopting standards invented by other countries. 

On the topic of gasoline, for example, electric vehicles accounted for over one-third of all cars on the road in the US in 1900.  The popularly of electric vehicles in the US dropped in the 1920s, with the migration to gasoline-powered internal combustion engines which were popular in Europe.

The decline did indeed hit its stride in the 1920s but it wasn't because we were following a European trend. In fact, it was largely due to three American innovations: 

1.- The Electric Starter (1912). Before this, gas cars required a dangerous hand-crank to start. 

2.- The Assembly Line. Henry Ford’s Model T made gasoline cars significantly cheaper than their electric counterparts. By 1912, an electric roadster cost $1,750, while a gasoline car cost only $650.

3.- The U.S. Highway System. As Americans wanted to travel between cities, the limited range of electric batteries and the lack of rural electricity made gasoline the only viable option.

[Thomas_Belgium]

13 hours ago, mike carey said:

Or by the litre.

 

Or by the pint.

[CuriousByNature]

11 hours ago, Thomas_Belgium said:

 

Or by the pint.

Or by the teaspoon...

[mike carey]

1 hour ago, CuriousByNature said:

Or by the teaspoon...

If that were the case, the number on the sign at the servo would be less intimidating.

[CuriousByNature]

15 hours ago, mike carey said:

If that were the case, the number on the sign at the servo would be less intimidating.

But could you imagine how much gas would spill when you filled the tank?