Been hosed lately?

there r some widgets that tell you the gas stations in ur area and their prices.

I just came across this site that gives you a map of the US with color-coding for gas prices.

(that figure calculated using average UK unleaded fuel price and today's exchange rate)

I can't believe how cheap it is in the U.S.

I have a one-ton Chevy diesel pick up. (yeah, don't say it, I know....)
Anyway, there is a Mobil/Exxon station near work. I never buy gas there because its too expensive but I do watch the sign.
On Tuesday, when leaving work it was $4.27 for a gallon of diesel. On Wednesday morning, it was $4.29. No biggie.
But when I left work on Wednesday evening, it was $4.39!!
Then today, when I left work it was $4.45!!! IN TWO FUCKING DAYS!!
Thank you SO MUCH George W for MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
You will have destroyed the country I love in 8 years when it took 250 years to build it. What an asshole.

Here are a couple of articles describing the cost breakdown for fuels. Especially interesting is the one put out by the Canadian Dept. of Finance. This shows that the basic product price is surprisingly level worldwide - with the wide price differences almost entirely taxes.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/gas-price1.htm
http://www.fin.gc.ca/toce/2005/gas_tax-e.html

"Atheism is indeed the most daring of all dogmas . . . for it is the assertion of a universal negative." -G.K. Chesterton

We're paying 3.70 for the cheap stuff. Luckily we've bought cars that only use the lower octane.

3.69, Neenah, Wisconsin.

That ain't bad, considering. I'm glad we bought my wife a new and smaller car - the mini-van we had was good but not great for gas.

Hey, it's a market thing. If gas stays dear, then we'll build cheaper cars and come up with better uses for petrol (eventually) than burning it up and dumping it into the atmosphere.

Short term, I live two miles from work and I can ride my bike in the summer.

3.93 for regular gasoline and 4.39 for diesel in Santa Clara, California

In California North (the Okanagan in southern BC) we're currently paying CAN$1.33 per liter. I think that's about US$5.50/gallon.
The best part is that in Edmonton, Alberta (Texas North) they're paying the same prices even though the oil sands are up there

Sorry about your luck, but I live in Edmonton and we're paying $1.20 per litre. If it makes you feel better it's still cheaper anywhere in the States.

.....to not use state gas to fill their cruisers when off-duty. It's getting harder to find it for under $4.00 here - and AAA says that CT is the highest of eight New England states, even over New York.

in '99 i lived in kansas and gas was $0.79/gallon. good ol' days! now its ~3.70 in central florida. i picked up a motorcycle and sold my car so now i get about 75 mpg :D too bad it is so damn hot down here that driving the bike is a pain really. my gas bill has gone down but my water bill (post ride hydration + shower hehe) has "made up for it."

Here on the Left Coast (North Oregon Coast) it is $3.899 for unleaded. $4.049 for Premium.

Out of that, I wonder why no one is making a comparison between the oil companies profit margin and the government's profits (i.e. taxes). It seems that the oil companies have at least put up the initial investment and risk, while the government simply takes a bigger cut because they can.

"[Capitalism is] that commercial system in which supply immediately answers to demand, and in which everybody seems to be thoroughly dissatisfied and unable to get anything he wants." -G.K. Chesterton

In south Florida I just filled up for $3.60/gal for regular. Diesel's like $4.10-$4.20

gives me the vapors:) Literally.
I'm near Pismo Beach in California, and the whole central coast has been wavering between $3.49 and $3.99 for two months now. I'm actually a little surprised how uniform the prices have become nationwide. In the mid-nineties I think it was, when gas prices really started going up again after being under a dollar per gallon in some places, there was a 50-70 cent variation at times, just within central California locations. Now it seems that most of the nation's prices are within 30-40 cents. I remember that is was actually worth driving half the way across Bakersfield to get to the Am/Pm. At today's prices, a few cent difference has become almost meaningless.

Just under a year ago, I came into the possession of a car for the first time in seven years. It's a 1990 Chevy Cavalier, runs great, and it belonged to really old people. I just rolled the odometer a couple of months ago with no big problems, and best of all it still gets 24-26mpg. But almost a month ago, all of the brakes started going out, so I parked it. I'm looking at 250-500 dollars, which isn't such a big deal, really.
But that summabitch is staying parked for at least three
more weeks anyway, until it gets too hot to walk everywhere comfortably. I take the bus to work, I walk four miles home, and in less than a month I've lost
ten pounds and feel better than I have in months.
I'm not trying to be preachy here, but if folks can find ways to conserve and do without the car when it's not necessary, not only will they lose a few pounds, but they will also be punishing some of the "right" people. In most parts of the country, this is the perfect time for a walk anyway.

In California North (the Okanagan in southern BC) we're currently paying CAN$1.33 per liter. I think that's about US$5.50/gallon.
The best part is that in Edmonton, Alberta (Texas North) they're paying the same prices even though the oil sands are up there.
Just think, if we didn't join NAFTA and were able to stop exporting oil to the US of A, Canada would have the ability to be independent of foreign oil. Sadly, I think there would be a US-supported coup to replace the democratically elected government in Canada if that were attempted...

It's $3.599 here in central Missouri...

Heh, that reminds me of one of Bill Maher's "New Rules" on a recent episode of "Real Time..." It went something like:

"Now that gas has reached four dollars a gallon, can we drop the nine-tenths-of-a-cent bullshit?"

This morning it was $3.64 at my gas station here in Vegas. Friday it was $3.61. I believe it was in the lower $3.50's a couple of weeks ago.

our cheapest has been tetering just over and under $4.00 for a few weeks now. We havn't seen anything 3.50 or below though for probably most of a year now...

EIA Weekly retail premium gasoline prices including taxes

Seriously. Our gas prices reflect the subsidy of military intervention, among others. Every gallon comes with death and suffering.

I paid $3.99/gallon this weekend in Upstate NY

$3.91 - Bakersfield, CA

http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/05/12/they-dutch-pay-how-much-for-gas/

We here in North America have no idea how spoiled we are.

I just filled my tank a day or two ago and paid $3.93 for the cheap stuff.

Or at least it is in comparison to where it will be next year.

...here in Southern Aridzona. We've seen it go up nearly a penny a day recently, or about ten cents a week maybe. It was under $3--about $2.90--three months ago, but half of that 60 cent increase has been in the past month.

It's always a long ways to anywhere out here, it's a 30 mile round trip to town, and my 1986 Dodge 3/4T PU gets only 9 mpg...you can bet with a 'trip to town' costing about $10 it's changed my habits, even tho I'm a recluse to begin with. Wife has a Subaru wagon that gets about 30 mpg, and I also have an old Ford Ranger that gets 20, so the Dodge only gets used for whatever the Ford can't handle. It has certainly changed our lifestyle.
mike

it's $3.79 around the corner from me here in upstate new york. i fully expect $5 by the summer.

It's around $3.70/gallon here in central MA. I could swear it jumped 10¢ since yesterday at the cheapest place in my town, but I may not have been paying attention.