YAGPT - yet another gas price thread

[Anonemous]

Went into Costco yesterday and saw it was $4.53 for regular when I entered the store. When I was done shopping the price jumped to $4.55...

 

[feralkid]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
meh, nothing we can do, individually at least.

Put pressure on your Moderators to ban Queasy not only in ATOT, but along the East Coast, West Coast, Florida Coast, ANWR, and oil shale fields in Colorado, Utah, and Idaho. See sig.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

$4.96 a gallon for regular, here in Hyderabad, India. I get 120MPG on my PoS motorcycle so it doesn't bother me much. Except when it's 110 freaking degrees outside. :|

 

[BlancoNino]

Originally posted by: Anonemous
Went into Costco yesterday and saw it was $4.53 for regular when I entered the store. When I was done shopping the price jumped to $4.55...

GAS IS INCREASING AT 2 CENTS AN HOUR!?!??! HOLY SHIT! WE'LL ALL BE PAYING $175 DOLLARS A GALLON IN A YEAR!

 

[videogames101]

4.04 here in NH, fairly steady the past 2 weeks though.

 

[villageidiot111]

$3.75 in Fargo, ND.

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
meh, nothing we can do, individually at least.

Put pressure on your Senators and Congressman to lift the ban on the exploration and drilling along the East Coast, West Coast, Florida Coast, ANWR, and oil shale fields in Colorado, Utah, and Idaho. See sig.

Since them drilling there will open the floodgates and drop prices by then end of what 2010 if we're lucky? There is nothing that can be done about gas increasing anytime in the near term. Don't expect any ease in the rising price before at the EARLIEST the end of summer, and that's assuming that this really is an "oil bubble" that will collapse. I'm not counting on it though.

Yes it would be nice to drill in ANWR, and other places. Realistically though we needed to start that process in 2003 for it to actually help us now. It takes time to get that infrastructure in place for drilling, then for transportation, then for refineries to be able to increase production (which IIRC they are at or near capacity as is), before finally making it into the market.

 

[videogames101]

Here's a free lesson on getting prices down. As long as demand remains for product at a particular price, why would a company lower it? So, as soon as we all decide to stop paying for it, companies then bring down prices because if they don't they go broke.

 

[Ruptga]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Gas crisis over

6-14-2008 Japan unveils water powered car

Water-fuel car unveiled in Japan

Japanese company Genepax presents its eco-friendly car that runs on nothing but water.

The car has an energy generator that extracts hydrogen from water that is poured into the car's tank.

The generator then releases electrons that produce electric power to run the car.

Genepax, the company that invented the technology, aims to collaborate with Japanese manufacturers to mass produce it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genepax

 

[revnja]

Getting pretty close to $5 here in Alaska. I think we're up to $4.86.

 

[Sphexi]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Sphexi
$5.56USD up here in Canadia. Good thing I can walk to work.

what was it a year ago? has it been going up a few cents every other day or day there too for quite sometime?

It was about $4.50USD/gal a year ago, and a year before that the same. Back in November of 2005 (earliest I could find info for) it was $3.66USD/gal in Victoria. Never really been that cheap the last few years. But lately it's been going up fast, I'm talking $4.45USD/gal on 3/14 to $5.55USD/ga on 6/14. That's about a penny a day or so, it tends to go up on Mondays and Wednesdays then sit for the rest of the week. Last jump was $.07/litre, which is almost $.28/gal, that was a one day jump.

 

[IEC]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Gas crisis over

6-14-2008 Japan unveils water powered car

I'm pretty sure that violates the First Law of Thermodynamics, and the Second Law of Bullsh!t.

 

[imported_UncivilizedAMD]

If anyone is close to the border, go to Mexico and get sum cheap gas. 2.54 a gallon!!! http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=5161847

 

[QueBert]

hummm I will be in Chula Vista next weekend which is about 11 miles from the border, anyone want to comment on how gas in Mexico is? I'm not expecting US quality but the cars down there run on it, just wondering it my Car will react to it like I do to the water in TJ

for almost 1/2 the price of gas in CV I'm tempted to head across the border and fill er up.

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: Muadib
I paid $4.05 yesterday for premium. I think regular was $3.89. Costco gas FTW!

The maker of that water car better hire some bodyguards.:shocked:

What happened to the next post dmcowen674 made in response to this one?

:shocked:

 

[freegeeks]

around $8 a gallon

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Muadib

Originally posted by: Muadib
I paid $4.05 yesterday for premium. I think regular was $3.89. Costco gas FTW!

The maker of that water car better hire some bodyguards.:shocked:

What happened to the next post dmcowen674 made in response to this one?

:shocked:

I think he posted a sarcastic comment or joke, it was taken literally by someone whose sarcasm meter was broken (or since Dave sometimes makes some pretty outlandish claims, it simply didn't register.) And, that someone complained and a mod cleaned up the thread.


Anyways, "MIdwest floods may increase gas prices by 15%"
All due to corn going up in price. That's funny - last time there was flooding, there wasn't a 70 cent per gallon jump in price, or anything even close to that.

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: Muadib

Originally posted by: Muadib
I paid $4.05 yesterday for premium. I think regular was $3.89. Costco gas FTW!

The maker of that water car better hire some bodyguards.:shocked:

What happened to the next post dmcowen674 made in response to this one?

:shocked:

I think he posted a sarcastic comment or joke, it was taken literally by someone whose sarcasm meter was broken (or since Dave sometimes makes some pretty outlandish claims, it simply didn't register.) And, that someone complained and a mod cleaned up the thread.


Anyways, "MIdwest floods may increase gas prices by 15%"
All due to corn going up in price. That's funny - last time there was flooding, there wasn't a 70 cent per gallon jump in price, or anything even close to that.

There was no sarcasm present in his post. That's just an excuse for not tossing him the banstick imo Not saying you have to make excuses or anything, just my point of view!

 

[rh71]

it's full-service, of course.

 

[tboo]

I paid $3.69 the other day in Tucson

 

[HannibalX]

The dollar is falling and gas prices are catching up on 25 years of almost fixed pricing (1980-2005 average cost of gas only went up $.20).

 

[Aikouka]

It's 4.13 here. Hasn't gone up in about a week... pretty surprising.

As for that water-powered car, I saw a thing a couple weeks ago on a guy that did that too. I forget the link and some of the details, but he built it in some 80's car and seemed to work kinda well.