So whats the price of gas in your area today?

[SurfD]

Came home from work, and the guy in the room next to me was watching this:

http://www.frontsteps.com/movies/i_cant_afford_my_gasoline/

Got a good laugh out of it.

[Murgos]

It's down $.30 to $2.75 in the last 10 days.

[Jain Zar]

2.96 last night, up from a high of 3.25.

[TheWalrus]

We just went down from 3.08 to 2.99, Port Angeles Wa.

[Sairon]

You guys meassure per gallon right?

[TheWalrus]

Ayep.

[WindupAtheist]

No.  Mine is $692.10 per kiloliter.

[Sairon]

Right, then the gas price is roughly $6 here. As low as $3 was like a decade ago.

EDIT: typo

[Sky]

Still over $3/gallon around here, saw it down to 2.84 in Vermont.

[Merusk]

I got it for $2.73 the other day. Someone mentioned they saw $2.56 somewhere, but after reading the stories of WHY that gas is so cheap from our board-local station owner I don't think I'll hunt that 'bargin' down.

[schild]

We just dipped under $3.00 here in the East Valley for Unleaded as of 36 hours ago. Premium is still about $3.25. Fuckers.

[Logain]

Shell's got unleaded for 2.65$ here in texas.

It's sad that I think of that as being cheap.

[MuffinMan]

Mostly seeing $2.59 around here. Paid $2.49 on Saturday night.

[Morfiend]

We just dipped under $3.00 here in the East Valley for Unleaded as of 36 hours ago. Premium is still about $3.25. Fuckers.

Thats about what it is in Orange County, CA.


my car take premium.

[shiznitz]

$3.40ish north of New York. Highest I saw post-Katrina was $3.89. All prices for 89 octane since that's what I buy.

[WindupAtheist]

Getting down close to $2.50 for the cheap stuff here in Michigan.  I think even the premium shit is under $3 now.

[Bunk]

After conversion to American equiv. - we are down to about $3.62 / gallon here.

[HaemishM]

I think we're around $2.49-$2.69 depending on where you buy. I get the 89 octane myself, it's around $2.54-$2.64.

[Viin]

Low grade here (Denver) is $2.89/gal, which is 87 Octane.

Premium grade is $3.09/gal, which is 91 or 92 Octane.

AvGas (100LL) is $4.19/gal, which is 100 Octane. Jet A (diesel) is $4.37.
Ouch.

[Pococurante]

Yeah there has been a lot of noise in our local papers that marinas are gouging, charging as much as two-three times the price of nearby gas stations.  Bothers me not.

[ClydeJr]

If Rita hits hard here in Houston, gas will probably go up again due to damage at all the refineries here. Might want to fill up your tanks before this weekend.

[Strazos]

Apparently, things are getting a bit crazy in NJ. Also, some kind of hearing at my school...as if it will actually accomplish much of anything.

[Merusk]

Hm.. Rita's a big bitch, isn't she? Rita also sounds like a storm that's going to kick you in the sack and make your wife her bitch.

I notice tropical storm S_ forming off to the right there as well.  What a great season it's been, we're about to lap the alphabet.

[Pococurante]

So far three of my friends are moving their households up here to Dallas for a nice weekend visit.

We're all extremely concerned.  Houston is not a soup bowl like N.O. but they had people drowning in elevators just a few years during a tropical storm.  Most of Houston is just a few feet above sea level and drainage is notoriously bad/non-existent.

Here's a little news article from February of this year just so no one's favorite political party tries to claim tragedy was unforeseeable...

I remember what Alicia did in 1983 and it was just a warm friendly puppy of a hurricane...

[HaemishM]

And just to get your fill of retarded human behaviour for the day, the gas panic has begun in my town already. Yes, I had to go out at lunch to fill up my gas tank (it was on 1/4 full) because someone started the rumor that FEMA was going to confiscate or otherwise suck up all the gas in my area in preparation for Rita relief. So what does everyone in the town do? Panic like headless chickens and run to the pumps. Hours later, my office hears about it and my boss (who I am carpooling with) tells me to go fill up just to be safe. So thanks to other panicing sumbitches, I have to run about and fill up. The place I went to had about a 20-minute wait, and was selling premium only (I assume having sold out of all the regular and mid-grade beforehand). THANKS, JACKTARDS!

[Pococurante]

Sounds more like you kowtowing to your boss... :P  I topped off my turbo diesel as soon as I heard Rita hit Cat2.  Sure enough this morning diesel was up another quarter.

[Evangolis]

In Illinois the price for 87 octane was 2.59-2.69 in the hinterlands, and 2.80-2.89 in Chicago.  I'm sure Rita will drive it up, but price hasn't been bouncing too much, since the gov and attorney general are looking to score points with voters by crucifying people for gouging.  Hooray for cynical pandering.

[Jeff Kelly]

Ok, so if a US gallon equals 3,78 litres then premium (called super in germany, 98 octane) around here costs around 5.29 Euro or $6.42 per gallon, normal is at 4.99 Euro or $6.05 per gallon, 100 octane fuel (called super plus) is at 5.60 Euro or $6.80 per gallon and diesel is at 4.28 Euro or $5.20 per gallon. Please take note that diesel fuel has lower taxes attached to it than normal or premium fuel.

[HaemishM]

I remember when gas was less than a dollar per gallon.

Ahhhh, 1998, where have you gone?

[Pococurante]

I was absolutely delighted to top off my diesel for 2.75 this morning.  Nice to see that diesel is again lower than gasoline so I can go to back to feeling smug about my Passat.

[Jain Zar]

Cheapest local price is currently 2.69, average cost is 2.74.  Its been dropping quite a bit since my last post.

[schild]

$3.19 for premium. Cost me $37 to fill up today. I WAS going to buy Ninja Gaiden Black. Motherfuckers.

[Llava]

Cost me about $40 for about 14 gallons of regular unleaded today.

[Evangolis]

Within a 4 square mile area around my house in Chicago, regular gas ranges from $2.74 to $3.01.  There were multiple customers at all of those stations when I saw those prices.

[CmdrSlack]

Within a 4 square mile area around my house in Chicago, regular gas ranges from $2.74 to $3.01.  There were multiple customers at all of those stations when I saw those prices.

I was out in the 'burbs last week (Naperville-Wheaton-Downer's Grove) and saw gas just over 3 bucks.  Came back to the city, and the two stations right by my freeway exit were at $3.25 for regular.  Granted, these were the ones RIGHT THERE at the expressway, which always run a bit high, but the cheapest I saw it was at $2.99.  Which was actually cheaper than out in the 'burbs.  It's almost always the burbs that have the cheaper gas.  Maybe I can hope that this means the universe is punishing SUV owners.