# gasoline prices **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 12, 2001, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-prices/80970 "2001-09-12T00:47:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-prices/80970/1 "2001-09-12T00:47:08Z")
Quote I’m in the UK and despite being one of the worlds biggest exporters compared to domestic consumption it still costs roughly $6 a gallon all the time. Count yourself lucky that at least your prices will go back down. I’m sorry but I don’t know if the UK,AKA England,produces gasoline at home. Your financial structure is not what the US’s is. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-prices/80970/2 "2001-09-12T02:09:15Z")
$6 recorded in Ft. Collins, friend-of-a-friend who works at a gas station recieved an email informing her to jack up the prices starting at 5 am tomorrow morning. Fill up yer tanks, if you’re in Colorado. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-prices/80970/3 "2001-09-12T02:10:44Z")
$5.45 has been seen in Kansas City, MO by my aunt. Here in Corvallis, Oregon I have only seen as high as $1.79. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-prices/80970/4 "2001-09-12T03:21:28Z")
Here in Manassas, VA (30-some miles from the Pentagon), the gas prices haven’t varied a bit. It was still $1.279 at the RaceTrac station nearby. Maybe people around here were still in shock. ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-prices/80970/5 "2001-09-12T03:32:36Z")
Some states are creating modified states of emergency. They just did that here in Texas. I’m not sure what-all is entailed by this, but the news said it was supposed to prevent price gauging (sp?) They gave the number of the states attorney general to report abuses. You might want to check your state to see if similar rules are in effect. ---
**Author:** ![Waneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/71e660/32.png) [@Waneman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waneman)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-prices/80970/6 "2001-09-12T03:57:38Z")
Yes, $4.99 here in KC. I thought that the states didn’t need to commit a low-level state-of-emergency act because that basically goes into effect when the U.S. is at the current DefCon? Anyone know? -Waneman ---
**Author:** ![seriousart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@seriousart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seriousart)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-prices/80970/7 "2001-09-12T04:14:07Z")
Where in KC? I’ve seen lots of lines forming in front of gas stations, but haven’t seen any proof of raised prices. On the news they’ve reassurred that prices won’t be raised. ---
**Author:** ![Waneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/71e660/32.png) [@Waneman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waneman)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-prices/80970/8 "2001-09-12T13:46:26Z")
Specifically at the station, I believe it’s Texaco now, was Cononoco, near 87th & Neiman. -Waneman ---
**Author:** ![Lionors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c37758/32.png) [@Lionors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionors)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-prices/80970/9 "2001-09-12T14:08:53Z")
Here in my area of Texas, it’s still going for the same price as yesterday ($1.35 for regular, $1.49 for premium), but my dad (in Ohio) says it jumped from $1.60 to $2.10 in the matter of just a couple of hours. At that, my grandmother (who lives in SE Kentucky, on the Virginia border) says that prices were up to $5.50 there – and they were rationing. I don’t know what it is this morning, but it is usual that their prices are considerably higher than ours in this area, owing to the fact that transport to all areas is more difficult. IMHO, anyone who _is_ price gouging over this ought to be hung higher than Haman. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-prices/80970/10 "2001-09-12T14:12:11Z")
There was a station in Cleveladn that had $4.00, but the cops came and accused them of gouging and shut it down til they put it back to normal. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-prices/80970/11 "2001-09-12T14:47:05Z")
I don’t know where it’s headed, but I gassed up last night at $1.239. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-prices/80970/12 "2001-09-12T14:54:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by justwannano \* > \*\* > > Quote > I’m in the UK and despite being one of the worlds biggest exporters compared to domestic consumption it still costs roughly $6 a gallon all the time. Count yourself lucky that at least your prices will go back down. > > I’m sorry but I don’t know if the UK,AKA England,produces gasoline at home. > Your financial structure is not what the US’s is. \*\* Why so costly? I thought you guys had access to pretty large North Sea etc oil fields. Wouldn’t those mitigate the cost of petrol vs the rest of Europe to some extent or is that oil/gas for export and not public consumption? ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-prices/80970/13 "2001-09-12T15:02:37Z")
Hmm…I’m in Kansas City as well, but where I am (North of the River) our prices are $1.55 still. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-prices/80970/14 "2001-09-12T15:17:06Z")
> [@](#): > > Why so costly? Taxes. Where I’m located, the total taxes are only about 35¢ per gallon. Other governments rape, uh, _reap_ a lot of tax revenue from petrol. ---
**Author:** ![Waneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/71e660/32.png) [@Waneman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waneman)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-prices/80970/15 "2001-09-12T16:48:08Z")
UPDATE: I have just been from southern KC to North KC and have been looking at the prices. It seems they are staying well watching normal ranges. I understand that several Gum’en offices are watching this and other schemes closly for violators. -Waneman