OneFinger Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I should never have started this thread! Gas prices immediately went up 8 cents a gallon at my local pump. I filled up today in Utah for $2.88 per gallon. Very cheap prices. And, my sister filled up in Wyoming for $2.75 per gallon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Charlie Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I have been late posting in this thread, because I drive a Prius, and I haven't needed to fill it since before Thanksgiving, so I can't even remember what I paid last time. I just came from my local Phillips76 station in Palm Springs, where I paid $3.66/gal for regular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest countryboywny Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Buffalo, NY today $3.49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raulgmanzo Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 As I was driving into work this morning, the gas at the station just outside the office park was $3.15. Today when I left it was $3.09. These swings are positively nuts. Sorry but a change of 2% is hardly a swing or nuts. Sure it's over a short period of time but so is the changes on many a stock price if you look closely and often enough. My thermometer right now is madly flickering back and forth from 45 to 46 degrees. Oh my god whats going on with the weather? I've no idea why people bother following these prices so closely. It's really no different than freaking out about fluctuations in the price of gold or the market price for the catch of the day at a restaurant. BFD. If you actually have some place to go, like work, or shopping (for which you refuse to walk) then the price of gas is probably going to be trivial compared with what you are earning or spending whereever you are going. The energy in a gallon of gasoline is HUGE. Enough to blow ones house to tiny bits, haul TONS of steel (your car) up a lot of steep hills, or power your ipod or iphone for months if not years. Gasoline in the USA is still ridiculously cheap. If it weren't so cheap then more people might actually have cars with high MPG or more people might actually bike, or walk, which would surely be great for our physical and community health. But as long as there are lots of cars getting 12 MPG instead of 40 and as long as most people drive alone I can't believe that the price of gasoline is actually very high. How about putting some of this energy of price shock into something useful like helping to get more bicycle lanes or better transit or HELL even a sidewalk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest countryboywny Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 If it weren't so cheap then more people might actually have cars with high MPG or more people might actually bike, or walk, OMG! Please say it isn't so! If gas goes up much more, I'll have to walk? HORRORS! Signed, Chubby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raulgmanzo Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Ha! For someone as special as you I'll get you a sedan chair! Or at the least I'll pull out my trusty tandem, don't worry I'll do all the pedaling and you can even put your feet up on the handle bars or my back. I definitely have a little bit of mule in me and not just because I'm stubborn. OMG! Please say it isn't so! If gas goes up much more, I'll have to walk? HORRORS! Signed, Chubby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 We are back to the $4 per gallon mark here in the desert. Here's an even older thread on the topic: https://www.companyofmen.org/threads/gas-prices-in-your-area-lets-hear-about-it.36413/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 gasbuddy.com is a good way to check local prices. https://www.gasbuddy.com/gasprices/california/palm-desert I am not sympathetic to those in the East now paying $2.98 gallon per Wapo.com "Meanwhile, the national average for a gallon of gasoline stood at $2.98 on Tuesday, according to AAA. That’s an 8-cent jump on the week, and a penny shy of prices not seen since November 2014." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ DERRIK Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Often when issues occur with colonial pipeline - the first to get screwed are those markets some distance from the “pipeline” my market is about 50 miles away - in the past when pipeline goes down GOVCO give priority to those on the piipeline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 Our tanks are far from the Colonial pipeline! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny-Darko Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 In my area yesterday it cost me $10 more to fill up my tank than it did in January. About a dollar more per gallon and that was at my Wholesale Shopping Club with has the cheapest gas for members than any other gas station! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Yellowrod Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 I'm hearing that the Colonial Pipeline issue is mostly going to affect the supply in the East and Southeastern US, and hopefully they'll restore much of it by the end of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jomo Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 It's gone up 1.25 since Kamala and Jill were elected. Up 7 cents from yesterday. Lots of panic buying going on now Danny-Darko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ azdr0710 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 (edited) regular was 2.539 at my local Costco five days ago, 2.749 today Edited May 12, 2021 by azdr0710 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioRob Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 I drive a BMW, which requires Premium. When I filled up, it cost $3.74. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSR Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 I paid $3.59/gallon last night. Gas prices have been going up ~10 cents a week lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ azdr0710 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Fat Dogs in Ogallala, NE, here I come...... https://www.gasbuddy.com/gaspricemap?lat=38.822395&lng=-96.591588&z=4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ RJD Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 My local Exxon before the pipeline issue. I attributed it to seasonality increases and higher demand since COVID restrictions are loosening and people are traveling more. I need to fill up again. Wondering what the price will be now. + Lucky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 A run on gasoline in some areas leads to this: Danny-Darko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ DynamicUno Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 I tried searching my local prices on gasbuddy, but it seems their server has blown a gasket. + Lucky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjkrkwood Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Over $3.50 per gallon here in NYC + Lucky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spider Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 (edited) Premium at my Costco in Chicago was $3.69 this noon. Lines were crushingly long, but the pumps were really slow - so a combination of more customers and general slowness. Many of the people pumping gas had seemingly had a brain fart and acted like they'd never pumped gas before in their lives. Edited May 13, 2021 by spider + Lucky and + azdr0710 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ azdr0710 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Premium at my Costco in Chicago was $3.69 this noon. Lines were crushingly long, but the pumps were really slow - so a combination of more customers and general slowness. Many of the people pumping gas had seemingly had a brain fast and acted like they'd never pumped gas before in their lives. AND THE LONG HOSES AT COSTCO MEAN YOU CAN GO TO EITHER SIDE, PEOPLE!!!!!.......yes, all caps and boldface just this one time!....I swear! + FreshFluff, + bashful and + jrhoutex 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Charlie Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 I put premium (91) in my car at my local Phillips station in Palm Springs two hours ago: $4.55/gal. + Lucky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ pdxleo Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Stopped at the Holiday/Kroger fuel station on my way home from work today- $3.19 but only two attendants working (Oregon, like New Jersey, is a no self-serve state) so I was there for 25 minutes, ugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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