price of gas in your 'hood

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 1:26 am

$2.39 here today, the lowest in years.

Of course, Missouri has some of the lowest taxes in the country. Probably cheaper in OK or TX, but I doubt many other states can beat that number.

I damn sure know KS and CO can't. I paid $3.29 a gl just outside Denver last week but being the dumb fuck I am, didn't shop around. Later, I saw it elsewhere for $2.79. :doh:

So, what's the going rate in your neck of the woods?

edit for appearance sake: what's the going rate in your shit hole, fuck sticks?

Moving Sale · Post by **Moving Sale** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 1:31 am

2.70-3.00

molly · Post by **molly** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 1:44 am

2.85-3.10

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Thu Dec 04, 2014 1:52 am

$1.13

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 1:57 am

refined petrol, marty, not tar sand.

how many refineries do they have in Alberta?

Diego in Seattle · Post by **Diego in Seattle** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 2:06 am

$2.83

It burns my hide when I hear or read where the media refers to gas these days as "cheap," though.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 2:15 am

No one has done one of these threads in years. They're horribly mundane, yet I like them.

My immediate hood is about $2.99, cheapo places are around 2.79.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 2:16 am

around 3 bucks even.

wags, you do realize that the upper messicans use some sort of exotic alien measuring system, don't you.

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 2:34 am

I just paid $2.74.9 a gallon. Lowest price I ever saw was in Maine during a gas price war in 1961 and it was 18.9¢ a gallon. Filled the tank in my '55 Chevy for about %2.50.
Man, they were like giving it away. Gas was around 25-30¢ a gallon for quite some time in the early 1960's. And someone pumped it for you.

Left Seater · Post by **Left Seater** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 2:39 am

Gas is in the $2.20s to $2.40s depending on the location. The local grocery store that dominates Austin, San Antonio, Houston and deep south Texas sells gas extremely cheap.

That said last time I filled up was at a station with gas in the low $2.40s. But saving a buck 60 isn't worth driving out of the way.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 2:55 am

Wolfman wrote:And someone pumped it for you.

Still do.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 3:06 am

hey wolfie,

what was the going price for a gallon of whale oil back in the day?

Moving Sale · Post by **Moving Sale** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 3:12 am

The google says a gal of whale oil in the 1850s averaged $1.77. I was surprised it was so high.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 3:46 am

smackaholic wrote:wags, you do realize that the upper messicans use some sort of exotic alien measuring system, don't you.

ah, Marty probably meant by the liter so guess that means he pays about $4.52 a gl.

Though I seldom really know what Marty means. He's as confusing as I am confused.

How much is a Canadian dollar worth in real money?

trev · Post by **trev** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 4:21 am

$2.99 at Shell

$2.79 with my Ralph's card discount.

poptart · Post by **poptart** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 4:25 am

Wagon wrote:$2.39 here today, the lowest in years.

RACK Soetoro!

Moby Dick · Post by **Moby Dick** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 11:07 am

saw 1.99 in OKC

2.19 in my town

Moby Dick · Post by **Moby Dick** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 11:12 am

Moby Dick wrote:saw 1.99 in OKC

2.19 in my town

in other news halliburton stock TAKING A SHIT right now...down 35 bucks over the course of 3 months.

you'd figure that even with the price of oil going down...the merger with Baker Houghes would bring it up..hell i know Baker's stock is sky rocketing.

fuckasses.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 12:49 pm

Those fukkers sitting on a sea of tar sands are prolly a little nervous right about now. Their sludge is gold at 100 dollars a barrel. It is sludge at 50.

Left Seater · Post by **Left Seater** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 1:49 pm

War Wagon wrote:
smackaholic wrote:wags, you do realize that the upper messicans use some sort of exotic alien measuring system, don't you.
ah, Marty probably meant by the liter so guess that means he pays about $4.52 a gl.

Though I seldom really know what Marty means. He's as confusing as I am confused.

How much is a Canadian dollar worth in real money?

Well there is 3.785 liters in a gallon, times the price per liter (in Toronto) of 1.079 CAD, equals 4.08 CAD, which when converted to USD at .88 USD to 1 CAD gives you a total of $3.59 USD per gallon of petrol in Canada.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 2:29 pm

War Wagon wrote:$2.39 here today, the lowest in years.

Of course, Missouri has some of the lowest taxes in the country. Probably cheaper in OK or TX, but I doubt many other states can beat that number.

I damn sure know KS and CO can't. I paid $3.29 a gl just outside Denver last week but being the dumb fuck I am, didn't shop around. Later, I saw it elsewhere for $2.79. :doh:

So, what's the going rate in your neck of the woods?

edit for appearance sake: what's the going rate in your shit hole, fuck sticks?

SC and GA had 2.45 two weeks ago. They're both under 2.30 now. NY is still over 3 dollars by closing in on sub 3.00 gas. Be prepared for all sorts of budget issues in states with percentage based gas taxes because they are about to tax a multi-billion dollar bath.

mvscal · Post by **mvscal** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 3:19 pm

Moving Sale wrote:The google says a gal of whale oil in the 1850s averaged $1.77. I was surprised it was so high.

That's because you're a fucking idiot. Affordable energy has never at any point in history been so widely available as it has been in the modern era. It is the foundation of our prosperity.

We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.

--Thomas Edison

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 6:14 pm

Moving Sale wrote:The google says a gal of whale oil in the 1850s averaged $1.77. I was surprised it was so high.

Georgia put a moratorium on drilling shutyomouth.

Carson · Post by **Carson** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 7:05 pm

It's about the equivalent of $7.50 here.

That's down from this summer.

Don't ask about parking fees.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Thu Dec 04, 2014 10:40 pm

BSmack wrote:
Moving Sale wrote:The google says a gal of whale oil in the 1850s averaged $1.77. I was surprised it was so high.
Georgia put a moratorium on drilling shutyomouth.

I'm surprised they needed a moratorium. That would require one really nasty and desperate faggot. Milton?

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 3:32 am

And who could forget "too cheap to meter"?

A 1950s prediction for nuke power. The dude that said that forgot to factor in lawyers.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 3:54 am

smackaholic wrote:The dude that said that forgot to factor in lawyers.

And the high cost of processing and disposing of spent uranium, and plant maintenance.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 4:02 am

Is the falling price of oil possibly an indirect (or even direct, in the big picture) result of much of the world's population jumping off the Climate Change Bandwagon?

Jerkovich · Post by **Jerkovich** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 4:35 am

Dinsdale wrote:Is the falling price of oil possibly an indirect (or even direct, in the big picture) result of much of the world's population jumping off the Climate Change Bandwagon?

Bigger then that. It's the proverbial poke in the eye to Russia who relies on high oil prices to drive their economy. Right now they are shitting the bed.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 4:36 am

Dins,

I think it is mostly the lawyers. Those costs were already mostly understood.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 5:21 am

smackaholic wrote:I think

I stopped right there.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 6:19 am

Goober McTuber wrote:
smackaholic wrote:I think
I stopped right there.

Really?

Man, never seen that used before.

Fucking apologize to the board, asshat.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 2:20 pm

Dinsdale wrote:Is the falling price of oil possibly an indirect (or even direct, in the big picture) result of much of the world's population jumping off the Climate Change Bandwagon?

Or Americans driving cars that average 5MPG higher than they did when Bush the Stupid refused to raise CAFE standards.

Left Seater · Post by **Left Seater** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 5:10 pm

BSmack wrote:
Dinsdale wrote:Is the falling price of oil possibly an indirect (or even direct, in the big picture) result of much of the world's population jumping off the Climate Change Bandwagon?
Or Americans driving cars that average 5MPG higher than they did when Bush the Stupid refused to raise CAFE standards.

CAFE means nothing to the vast majority of Americans. No one cares what the EPA and libs are doing with that standard. Instead they will tend to buy the largest type they can with operational costs in their comfort level. Look at the 2007-2009 years when soccer moms were buying down due to sustained high gas prices. Opposite is in play now as Navigators are on a wait for the most popular colors and packages.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 9:02 pm

Dinsdale wrote:
Goober McTuber wrote:
smackaholic wrote:I think
I stopped right there.

Really?

Man, never seen that used before.

Fucking apologize to the board, asshat.

Go fuck yourself.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 9:03 pm

Forgive me if you've already seen that one.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 9:32 pm

Left Seater wrote:CAFE means nothing to the vast majority of Americans. No one cares what the EPA and libs are doing with that standard. Instead they will tend to buy the largest type they can with operational costs in their comfort level. Look at the 2007-2009 years when soccer moms were buying down due to sustained high gas prices. Opposite is in play now as Navigators are on a wait for the most popular colors and packages.

Yea, hundreds of millions of people driving cars that AVERAGE 5 MPG better in millage has no impact. Sock on a glock with that logic.

Dr_Phibes · Post by **Dr_Phibes** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 9:40 pm

BSmack wrote: Sock on a glock

I do not like green eggs and ham?

Left Seater · Post by **Left Seater** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 10:26 pm

BSmack wrote:
Left Seater wrote:CAFE means nothing to the vast majority of Americans. No one cares what the EPA and libs are doing with that standard. Instead they will tend to buy the largest type they can with operational costs in their comfort level. Look at the 2007-2009 years when soccer moms were buying down due to sustained high gas prices. Opposite is in play now as Navigators are on a wait for the most popular colors and packages.
Yea, hundreds of millions of people driving cars that AVERAGE 5 MPG better in millage has no impact. Sock on a glock with that logic.

Math isn't your strong suit is it?

You told us Bush wouldn't sign the regs so even if we assume BHO signed it his first day in office in Jan of 2009, your crazy numbers still don't make any sense.

Hundreds of millions?

Might want to look up and see how many new cars are sold in the US a year. Then estimate what percentage are meeting the new CAFE standards and get back with us.

Hundreds of millions

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 1:20 am

Left Seater wrote:Hundreds of millions? Might want to look up and see how many new cars are sold in the US a year. Then estimate what percentage are meeting the new CAFE standards and get back with us.

The fleet AVERAGE is already 5MPG above the old standard. Also, as you said not so eloquently, when gas prices are high, soccah moms be downsizing their rigs. Well prices were high until about a month ago and still could hardly be called optimal. Yea, I'd say 5MPG is a fair and conservative estimate.