This is always amusing - they had something on local tv last night here in Norfolk UK saying that the dearest petrol in the area was the equivalent of $9.19 per US gallon . Last fill up (last week) I paid $8 but its gone up a bit since - diesel is even more.

 

I think you will find that the largest seller of oil to you guys is Alberta, that's in Canada you know.

 

Nope sorry bud you are wrong I saw it on the news gas was $1.89 for regular when he took office !!!! Thanks so much Mr. President for doing nothing !!!!! Yes its hard to rememember those prices isnt it !!!! Im waiting to get the H D out !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I haven't paid under $2.00 since the early Clinton administration. Here's a link with 2008 gas prices.


2008 U.S. Gas Price Year in Review : TreeHugger

 

$4.00 is cheep at the pump when you consider what borrowing money from China to pay for it is going to cost us.

Were adicts to the stuff and- like any drug- until we hit bottom (are we there yet?) the cost will continue to go up.

 

And fewer die.

 

Gas is still cheap for a dwindling resource, just wait, solar will be important when power costs reach much higher levels. Natural gas will be the best bet in the meantime. Woody

Well see $6 with the unrest in the mid east and global competitiion, we should have never sold it in the past. It was 0.10 a barrel at the beginning of the second WW.

 

But we're selling it to the US at a cheaper rate than we're paying for it here (we pay $5.10 per US Gallon today).

 

I agree, and we shouldn't be selling it now either.
Hey 180.......start cranking that valve to the right!!!!!!

 

Yep, two weeks ago I also paid $3.19 per gal.
Today, it was $3.79.
Sure glad my DD is a Honda.

 

Perhaps that is the case in Chicagoland, but gas was $1.43 Dec 31, 2008.
Historical Price Charts - Colorado Gas Prices

 

$3.73 a gallon on premium yesterday. Miata is starting to look good as a daily driver.. LOL.

But on the bright side for me.. first horizontal well is drilled and starting on second then fracking them. Also overhauling the first well that was screwed up by the first small time outfit that leased from us. So ask me how much I'm going to complain! Higher prices are incentive for oil production.

GOD BLESS TEXAS !

 

I see the chart. OK, so there could have been a dip at the very end of 2008 in some markets. My point is that gas for the most part has climbed significantly since 2005, and at it's peak around 2007 - 2008.

 

Look on the bright side, as gas prices go higher there is going to be a lot more for those that can afford it and you can blast by the bicycles and those driving the likes of a Prius and on clearer roads as well.

If it gets a little too expensive to drive you will have more time to detail the car. Win win I'd say.

I found this site with the price of gas in the UK compared to other European countries and the US. Canada is not on it unfortunately. If I was in the US I'd stop whining and pay up.
http://www.staveleyhead.co.uk/utilities/petrol-prices/

 

Obama is not a dictator. he follows orders. gary

 

Obama isn't the problem. Neither will the next president after Obama completes his 2nd term (IMO - Republicans don't stand a chance of unseating him. Who've they got?)

Congress is the problem. The economy is in the toilet still (slow progress, I will admit). The lawmakers that were in power who allowed everything to happen culminating in the global economic crisis are still in power now. Nothing will change until the registered voters in this country wake up and enforce term limits by electing anyone besides an incumbent.

Back on track - Gas is running $3.55/gal for regular; $3.75 for premium. With my fuel perks benefits from Bi-Lo I filled up my truck for $2.95/gal this weekend (20 gallon limit). If Roberta & I eat more, we can buy gas cheaper! My position is the oil crisis, which is all based on specualtion (banker-types are doing it to us again! ) is causing obesity to run rampant in my part of the country!

 

just wait til they bomb Iran !!!!! $ 7 a gal will be cheap if you can get it ??????

 

Just filled up one of my cars at $3.85/gal.

 

$3.73 93 @ Sams Club.

 

Premium $4.03 @ BJ's