Originally Posted by Roadbldr '59

Originally Posted by Tom Mazanec

My guess (I might be wrong) is California.

Or Washington DC.

It's not northern Delaware. Prices have held around $2.85 here for the past few days.

Originally Posted by Earl and Mooch

Originally Posted by Roadbldr '59

Originally Posted by Tom Mazanec

My guess (I might be wrong) is California.

Or Washington DC.

It's not northern Delaware. Prices have held around $2.85 here for the past few days.

Birmingham dipped to $2.79 for a few days and then returned to about $2.84

Originally Posted by scott 63

Originally Posted by Earl and Mooch

Originally Posted by Roadbldr '59

Originally Posted by Tom Mazanec

My guess (I might be wrong) is California.

Or Washington DC.

It's not northern Delaware. Prices have held around $2.85 here for the past few days.

Birmingham dipped to $2.79 for a few days and then returned to about $2.84

Detroit area was around $2.75 last weekend. Chicago (outside of the city - Northern Indiana) around $2.89 (Chesterton). Should be lower tommorrow - gasoline futures dropped to $1.99/gal today.

Originally Posted by Tom Mazanec

My guess (I might be wrong) is California.

Yep. Santa Barbara, to be precise. But it's not as much as in Humboldt County, about four hours north of San Francisco. There it's always quite a bit more than here -- actually, it's one of the highest spots in the country. I've got friends up there. I'll talk to them over the weekend to find out what they're paying.

Originally Posted by Ocicat

Originally Posted by Tom Mazanec

My guess (I might be wrong) is California.

Yep. Santa Barbara, to be precise. But it's not as much as in Humboldt County, about four hours north of San Francisco. There it's always quite a bit more than here -- actually, it's one of the highest spots in the country. I've got friends up there. I'll talk to them over the weekend to find out what they're paying.

Wonder what it's like in Weed, California, halfway between Redding and the Oregon state line, around now? Labor Day Weekend, 2005, at the height of the "Katrina Era", a gallon of premium was going for $3.55... with regular about a quarter less.

I'll bet it's much higher than that now :shock: .

Hmm... My gas station now has regular unleaded at $3.40/gallon! I also noted on the way home that it's $3.50/gallon at the station near the 101 on-ramp. I haven't made a concerted search for the most expensive gas in town, though.

Originally Posted by Ocicat

Hmm... My gas station now has regular unleaded at $3.40/gallon! I also noted on the way home that it's $3.50/gallon at the station near the 101 on-ramp. I haven't made a concerted search for the most expensive gas in town, though.

Well, according to this anyway, yesterday you could pay as much as $3.56/gallon for regular in Santa Barbara!

I caught part of a news broadcast at work that said stations were running out of 3s.

Originally Posted by Tom Mazanec

I caught part of a news broadcast at work that said stations were running out of 3s.

Just like they were running out of 2s a couple of years ago. At least they aren't resorting to gimmicks like suddenly pricing per liter, or having only half the price on the pump like in 1979/1980. (Remember "1/2 Total Sale" on pumps then?)

I have seen more stations around here go with electronic signs lately. They're harder for me to read, though, because they're calculator-type numerals.

Originally Posted by Tom Mazanec

I caught part of a news broadcast at work that said stations were running out of 3s.

Well, there are always the 4s!

There was a group who recently came to the conclusion that the fair price for gasoline is around $1.30/gal. In order to achieve anything near close to that, we will have to conserve a lot. Do we have the stomach for that? I really don't think so, even though some are finally beginning to see that maybe we should begin to conserve a little. Why is it that it hasn't become patriotic to conserve gasoline?

Originally Posted by Brian Beecher

There was a group who recently came to the conclusion that the fair price for gasoline is around $1.30/gal. In order to achieve anything near close to that, we will have to conserve a lot. Do we have the stomach for that? I really don't think so, even though some are finally beginning to see that maybe we should begin to conserve a little. Why is it that it hasn't become patriotic to conserve gasoline?

It may be patriotic, but it's far from pragmatic. We work to drive and drive to work. I don't see that changing quickly. Leaving this in the hands of people that want to slow the process, or merely profit from it, will not get it done. Neither will the current crop of 'outs', who seem unable to take the bit in their teeth and run the race.

Perhaps this election will provide a little guidance to the 'outs', and recalibrate their candidate selection process. Most of the Dems running for GOP seats seem to be technocrats or policy wonks. People don't hire people like that. They hire charismatics, and this time, it would help to have a few charismatics with good ideas. I don't see any at the moment.

Prices are down to the $2.79 - $2.85 range this week.

Originally Posted by Brian Beecher

There was a group who recently came to the conclusion that the fair price for gasoline is around $1.30/gal.

Why so high?

We're not really seeing an oil crunch right now nearly so much as we are seeing a dollar slide. You know, gas costs a whole lot of Indonesian rupiah...

Heck, even Russia is bouncing around the idea of getting out of the dollar in favor of the rouble

(haven't they been watching what happened to Iraq and is happening to Iran? Crazy drunken lunatics....)

Just filled up at $2.999 per gallon and parked the car in the garage.

Originally Posted by The Grey Badger

Just filled up at $2.999 per gallon and parked the car in the garage.

I paid the same last night. I thought gas prices might have been dropping slightly, but I was wrong; gas prices are continuing to rise up to $3.10 and up.

I tanked up in North Arlington last night. I guess gas prices in the swankier part of the county are lower than around my neighborhood. Go figure.

My local station peaked at $3.43 several days ago, but is now down to $3.36. The average price seems to be around $3.32.

I live in Silicon Valley.

After hovering around $2.80-$2.85 for a week or two, prices today jumped to a range of $2.909-$3.019.

Premium still holding steady at $3.179. At the most expensive station in town, it's up to $3.299.

After being steady for weeks at $2.89, the corner station bumped to $2.99 yesterday. $3 gas is here; how long to $3.50? August? July?

Down to $3.34 for Reg. Unleaded self-serve here.

Originally Posted by catfishncod

After being steady for weeks at $2.89, the corner station bumped to $2.99 yesterday. $3 gas is here; how long to $3.50? August? July?

Dropped to $2.97 on the news that Libya has been miraculously cured of leprosy, but don't worry, it'll rise again soon.

Upon my return from Yellowstone, I've noticed our prices have upticked to $3.05/.15/.25 per gallon.

I pass a gas station on my way home from work. About a week ago, regular was about $2.94. In the last day or two, it has been about $2.69. I am actually pissed I filled up the day before the drop (and drove to a neighboring city to do so). What gives?

Interestingly enough, 88-octane gasoline was only about $2.89 a gallon in Montana and Wyoming... low-grade 85-octane petrol cost even less.

There are still active oil wells in Wyoming, and Sinclair is headquartered there. If that petroleum is also locally refined, shipping costs would be much lower... perhaps the savings is passed onto the consumer.