# How are gas prices in your area? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 6, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568 "2022-03-06T15:56:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/141 "2022-05-21T16:42:47Z")
[![](https://www.danspapers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/gascosts.jpg) ](https://www.danspapers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/gascosts.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/142 "2022-05-21T16:55:01Z")
4.99. Just posted yesterday it was up to $4.89, and day later and it went up again. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/143 "2022-05-21T18:06:35Z")
$5.79 in Aptos, CA ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/144 "2022-05-21T18:10:57Z")
How the turn tables. Remember the May 2020 futures trading at minus $37? Free dollar with every gallon! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/145 "2022-05-21T18:32:20Z")
> [@TheCuse](#): > > 4.99. Just posted yesterday it was up to $4.89, and day later and it went up again. Well, the good thing is it should stop going up now, at least going by all the articles this week saying they thought it “might” go up to $5 by the end of the summer. The end of the summer. Idiots. ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/146 "2022-05-21T18:34:43Z")
That’s what they’ re saying here. I want to scream at the TV anchor it’s practically $5 now! ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/147 "2022-05-21T18:36:24Z")
$1.96.9 CAD/L when I filled up about 2 weeks ago at my local PetroCan. It was up to $2.04.5 when I filled up 3 days ago, but naturally has dropped to $1.91.9 yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/148 "2022-05-21T19:15:43Z")
> [@Bookkeeper](#): > > $2.04.5 The remarkable thing about this is that you encountered a price that did not end in nine tenths of a cent. I don’t think I have _ever_ seen one. ---
**Author:** ![Tabco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tabco/32/7644_2.png) [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/149 "2022-05-21T21:53:06Z")
$5.04/gal (strange price) in Camas, WA at one station and $4.99 at another (not including the 10 cent debit surcharge). I think this is the most I’ve ever paid for gas. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/150 "2022-05-22T00:58:49Z")
> [@TheCuse](#): > > That’s what they’ re saying here. I want to scream at the TV anchor it’s > practically $5 now! The other thing they keep saying is although we’re paying more than we ever have right now, if you adjust for inflation, the highest is “really” $5.53/gallon. What will they change to when we blow past that before the 4th of July? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/151 "2022-05-22T01:09:38Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > What will they change to when we blow past that before the 4th of July? Which reminds me… Aren’t we due for a refinery fire/explosion? They happen like clockwork, just before the Summer holidays. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/152 "2022-05-22T01:11:05Z")
Had to drive up to the northern suburbs of Chicago for a funeral today. In Lake County, prices were at $4.99. In Cook County, where I live (and where taxes are higher), they’re between $5.09 and $5.19. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/153 "2022-05-22T02:52:12Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Which reminds me… Aren’t we due for a refinery fire/explosion? They happen like clockwork, just before the Summer holidays. [Dammit, Johnny](https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/crews-respond-to-fire-at-chevron-refinery-in-richmond/)! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/154 "2022-05-22T07:21:53Z")
Well over $5 a gallon on Oahu for some time now and over $6 on the outer islands. People here tend not to drive the long distances people do on the mainland though. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/155 "2022-05-22T16:31:20Z")
We’re on a 10 week RV-ing trip, and diesel has ranged from $5.19 in TX to $5.94 near the Outer Banks. Paid $5.42 this morning (N of Greenville). One big hassle has been the max dollar amounts at various stations. Since we’re pumping 30 - 50 gallons each time, we always hit the max and end up playing musical credit cards to convince the pump to let us top off. Calls to CC companies to lift limits aren’t working, as it seems to be individual retailers setting limits. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/156 "2022-05-22T16:40:23Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > individual retailers setting limits Are you saying you think they are restricting the quantity of diesel per customer due to supply concerns? Or that they are restricting the dollar amount of credit sales because they are concerned with credit card fraud? ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/157 "2022-05-22T16:50:27Z")
I think it’s setting dollar amounts, since it varies even between stations carrying the same brand (i e. Exxon). I don’t think it’s supply concerns, as I was able to fill up with no problems at big truck stops. I just hate using those due to the level of filth on and around the pumps. My shoes reek of diesel afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/158 "2022-05-22T17:04:32Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Or that they are restricting the dollar amount of credit sales because they are concerned with credit card fraud? Isn’t that normal? There are stickers on pumps around here saying there’s a $75 per transaction limit and [google suggests](https://www.google.com/search?q=gas+pump+%2475+limit&sxsrf=ALiCzsarNqmbrBvSyjcohMqZm-rnGW2FLQ%3A1653238976099&source=hp&ei=wGyKYtyrAquZ_Qahka6gAg&iflsig=AJiK0e8AAAAAYop60HkK0S2bzULAOoH08-7Vtbo-tBk6&ved=0ahUKEwjci5WPy_P3AhWrTN8KHaGICyQQ4dUDCAk&uact=5&oq=gas+pump+%2475+limit&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCGAzIFCAAQhgMyBQgAEIYDMgUIABCGAzIFCAAQhgM6BAgjECc6CAgAEIAEELEDOhEILhCABBCxAxCDARDHARDRAzoLCAAQgAQQsQMQgwE6CAguELEDEIMBOg4ILhCABBCxAxDHARCjAjoECAAQAzoLCAAQgAQQsQMQyQM6BQgAEJIDOg4ILhCABBCxAxDHARDRAzoICAAQsQMQgwE6CwguEIAEEMcBEK8BOgUILhCABDoGCAAQHhAWOgkIABAeEMkDEBY6CAgAEB4QDxAWUABYpzFgwTRoAHAAeACAAdMBiAGiDpIBBjEyLjUuMZgBAKABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz) this isn’t a quirk of geography. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/159 "2022-05-22T17:10:26Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Isn’t that normal? Yes, I may not have been clear but I was asking if it was the normal $ restriction, or something unusual related to supply concerns. It usually seems to be $100 for me. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/160 "2022-05-22T17:15:52Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Yes, I may not have been clear but I was asking if it was the normal $ restriction, or something unusual related to supply concerns. It usually seems to be $100 for me. I’ve seen that sort of limit at some stations for years, though I usually use a debit card; after I use my card, the pump will give a message such as “Debit Balance $100.” When gas was $3 or $3.50 a gallon, that limit was likely more than enough for most people filling up a vehicle. But, at $5+, and a big tank in a truck or RV, it feels like stations with those limits may need to start re-thinking the cap. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568.md?page=9)