# Burp!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp/208647
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [October 21, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp/208647 "2003-10-21T05:38:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp/208647/1 "2003-10-21T05:38:54Z")
What are the cheapest gas prices in your area?
I can get regular for $1.43 a gallon here in the Portland/Vancouver area.
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### Author:  [@gyt\_fx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gyt_fx)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2003, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp/208647/2 "2003-10-21T06:15:13Z")
I think it is about the same here (20 min south of Olympia, WA)
But why is diesel much less than regular gas? I believe it to be 20 cents less, although that is what I heard from a friend so I am unsure about teh credibility of that.
We are generally in the same region…
Whats it like in places like California? or Montana…
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### Author:  [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2003, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp/208647/3 "2003-10-21T06:42:56Z")
We’re at $1.51 here.
For a while every station around was about $1.80 except for 3 near my house each running in the $1.50s.
The lines near my house were huge.
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### Author:  [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2003, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp/208647/4 "2003-10-21T11:21:18Z")
Boy, you Americans still have it good. Here in the Netherands, we currently pay 1.149 Euros for a liter of gasoline.
1.149 Euros works out to US$ 1.338. One gallon equals 3.7854 Liters, so we come to a total price of: US$ 5.065 !
I never realized we actually pay more than five dollars for a gallon of gasoline 9regular unleaded)!
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### Author:  [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2003, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp/208647/5 "2003-10-21T11:55:07Z")
It’s sometimes gets up to $1 Australian/litre, but unleaded petrol costs about $0.90/litre at the moment – $3.40/gallon.
The dollar is trading at almost 70c US, which makes it $US 2.38/gallon.
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### Author:  [@lurksfromwork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurksfromwork)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2003, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp/208647/6 "2003-10-21T11:56:20Z")
Remote country Australia, about $0.98-$1.10 depending on whether it’s tourist season or not. Not sure about prices in the city, I haven’t had to go to one for a while.
And i don’t mean we hunt tourists when I say ‘tourist season’, although that would be good stress relief…
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### Author:  [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2003, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp/208647/7 "2003-10-21T12:28:48Z")
We’re down to $1.67/gallon here. It peaked at $1.85. A recent news report I read ranks Idaho as 10th highest in the nation for gas prices.
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### Author:  [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp/208647/8 "2003-10-21T14:52:57Z")
.27 US cents a liter in KSA, so a little over a buck a gallon.
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### Author:  [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp/208647/9 "2003-10-21T16:06:53Z")
$1.59 in Minneapolis. It’s moving into heating oil season, so they’ll probably go even higher soon.
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### Author:  [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp/208647/10 "2003-10-21T16:19:52Z")
$1.46 is the cheapest in Orange Park. But I haven’t seen diesel under $1.50 - gotta ask the kid - her car uses diesel.
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### Author:  [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp/208647/11 "2003-10-21T16:47:59Z")
$1.60 NW Burbs of Chicago. And winter is coming - we’re all anxiously waiting for NiCor (natural gas for heating) to really jack up their prices so we can freeze - one winter several years ago, I had gas bills of $350 per month. ☹
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### Author:  [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp/208647/12 "2003-10-21T17:04:11Z")
I paid $1.32/gallon for regular unleaded yesterday. Georgia gas prices are usually among the lowest in the US.
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### Author:  [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp/208647/13 "2003-10-21T19:11:05Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by eenerms \*
> \*\*.27 US cents a liter in KSA, so a little over a buck a gallon. \*\*
KSA? Kuwait/Saudi Arabia? 😕
Dallas area: $1.34 to $1.40 …
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### Author:  [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2003, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp/208647/14 "2003-10-22T03:58:04Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Ponder Stibbons \*
> \*\*KSA? Kuwait/Saudi Arabia? 😕
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> Dallas area: $1.34 to $1.40 … \*\*
The Magic **Kingdom of Saudi Arabia** 😃
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### Author:  [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2003, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp/208647/15 "2003-10-22T04:03:36Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Ponder Stibbons \*
> \*\*KSA? Kuwait/Saudi Arabia? 😕
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> Dallas area: $1.34 to $1.40 … \*\*
The Magic **Kingdom of Saudi Arabia** 😃
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### Author:  [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2003, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp/208647/16 "2003-10-22T09:15:05Z")
$1.57[sup]9[/sup] in Annapolis and the outskirts of DC.
Inside DC it jumps to $1.79[sup]9[/sup].
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### Author:  [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2003, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp/208647/17 "2003-10-22T10:42:35Z")
About A$0.80 - 90 per litre in the cities in Australia.
I’ve done the metric and currency conversion for you, and you’re looking at around USD 2.26 per gallon.
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### Author:  [@NE\_Texan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NE_Texan)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp/208647/18 "2003-10-22T17:40:57Z")
Around 1.55 - 1.58 in southern NH.
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### Author:  [@MaryEFoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaryEFoo)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp/208647/19 "2003-10-23T00:48:47Z")
Down to $1.73 in San Jose. Usually 20-30 cents more on I-5 down the Central Valley where there isn’t a lot of competition. I saw it as high as $2.43 there earlier this year.
It’s still 15-20 cents more than it was last year.
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### Author:  [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burp/208647/20 "2003-10-23T04:02:01Z")
New Zealand swings fairly wildly between $NZ0.90 and $NZ1.15 per litre. At the moment it’s around $1.06 last I looked. That converts to $2.44 in USdollars per US gallon.
My car uses diesel and that works out at $US1.36 plus road tax.
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