Well, there is no real particular reason for this thread other than to discuss something happening in my small little city in Northern Alberta.
In the past 2 weeks, the price of gas at the pump here has dropped 24cents. It was 69.9 cents/L here 2 weeks ago at this time and now is is 45.4 cents/L – 3.78L to the US gallon = $1.70 Canadian per US Gallon right now ($1CDN = .66c US). It also appears to still be dropping.
I actually have a question to dopers out of this though. We are undoubtly in a gas war right now, but has gasoline wholesale prices changed much in the past 2 weeks that could have triggered this?
If I figured this right, you’re paying $1.122 [US] per gallon… That’s really not fair. Gas is at least $1.32 [US] per gallon around me area and that bottom price has been holding steady for awhile now. Who knows what’s going on up there.
You sure you did the math right? I came up with $2.22US per gallon. That makes sense given that the Canadian gov’t, like that of every other industrialized nation on the planet, actually taxes gas by more than a few cents.
[sub](Personally, i won’t be satisfied until the PPG of gasoline rivals that of White Out, but that’s just me.) ;)[/sub]
Last week I got gas for $1.29/gal [Houston]. This week the signs on the stations have all gone back up to $1.35 but the pump price is $1.27. They may be planning an increase.