# 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:** 9
**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, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/161 "2022-05-22T17:24:55Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > may need to start re-thinking the cap Yeah, my immediate thought was why haven’t they been all over this, because obviously a business wants to sell as much product as possible. But I read (not sure it’s true) that the retailers don’t make much on the gas, most of the profit in a gas station is in the associated shop. So maybe the economic incentive to sort this out is not so great. ETA still not sure if this makes sense. Because even if the retail side of the business does’t make much money on gas, the oil companies are obviously making money on selling product, so you’d think they’d be pushing hard to sort this out at the retail end. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/162 "2022-05-23T00:05:33Z")
Gas has finally gone to over $4 a gallon here. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/163 "2022-05-23T03:05:36Z")
Link to gas prices adjusted to inflation over the years. Also, the US has been a net EXPORTER of oil/products since back in Obama administration. What we [US] think are US oil companies are actually multinationals. They’ll ship it anywhere to make a few extra cents per barrel. > **[Gas price inflation, 1935→2022](https://www.in2013dollars.com/Gasoline-(all-types)/price-inflation)** > > Gas costing $3.36 in 1935 is equivalent to $88.85 in 2022. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/164 "2022-05-23T16:00:36Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Gas has finally gone to over $4 a gallon here. Same here (NE MN) ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/165 "2022-05-25T00:36:42Z")
My car takes premium: I let it get down to 1/4 tank, but earlier today I finally filled up…at $5.659/gallon (Northern Virginia). That’s the most I’ve ever paid for gas. I’m one of “those” people who generally prefers being in the office — with, you know, other people — but I currently telework 80% of the time, and of the upsides is that I haven’t needed to put much gas in the car since the prices started climbing. I’ll be driving 500-600 miles in July, and am starting to wonder how much the fuel for that trip will cost. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/166 "2022-05-25T09:36:35Z")
I’m in Aus and our car takes diesel which is currently $2.15 (AUD) a LITRE. So extrapolated to gallons for you US folk, that would be the equivalent of around $9.75 (AUD) a gallon. Stop whingeing. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/167 "2022-05-25T13:14:24Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Next week may be able to report from San Juan As I was saying… Regular currenty US$1.21.7 to $1.24.7 per Liter. That’s 4.60 to 4.71 per US gallon. Not so bad, really, by the general standard. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/168 "2022-05-25T16:39:38Z")
I saw $5.029 this morning in suburban Chicago. I think it’s the first time I’seen it over $5. I also heard on the radio that diesel is at the highest highest price ever. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/169 "2022-05-25T16:47:35Z")
US national average has more or less stabilized @ 4.60, for almost a week now. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/170 "2022-05-25T17:14:31Z")
We’re seeing $6+ in Sacramento, CA. ---
**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 27, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/171 "2022-05-27T19:05:01Z")
$4.599 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:** [June 17, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/172 "2022-06-17T14:55:32Z")
Crude is down sharply (about 7%) in the past 24 hours, it should be reflected in gas prices by the weekend. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/173 "2022-06-17T15:51:30Z")
As of 6/17 morning: North Virginia, Arlington: $4.96 to $5.09 San Juan, PR (converted from per-liter): $4.79 to $5.05/US Gal (per the regulation office’s site) ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/174 "2022-06-17T16:30:01Z")
Over in Killeen Tx with another group of grand/ great grandchildren and prices have stabilized or slightly fallen rhe past two weeks. $4.45 4.50 on average. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/175 "2022-06-17T16:30:01Z")
It’s been in the $5.60/gal range for a few weeks in the Chicago suburbs. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/176 "2022-06-17T16:34:06Z")
That’s been what I’ve seen in the suburbs, as well. I’ve seen a few stations in Cook County that have been up in the $5.80 - $5.90 range. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/177 "2022-06-17T16:39:58Z")
Gas Buddy is reporting $5.099 at the Lummi’s 76 station in Ferndale, and $5.059 at Costco in Bellingham. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/178 "2022-06-17T18:41:04Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Crude is down sharply (about 7%) in the past 24 hours, it should be reflected in gas prices by the weekend. You’d think. Wholesale gasoline [as reported on [oilprice.com](http://oilprice.com)] had already been down 35 cents since more than a week ago, with nary any movement on the retail side. Locally tho I can count on some specific local chains dropping significantly. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/179 "2022-06-17T19:21:43Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Wholesale gasoline [as reported on [oilprice.com](http://oilprice.com)] had already been down 35 cents since more than a week ago, with nary any movement on the retail side. I’ve noticed, over the past decades, that retail gas prices go up very quickly when crude oil prices, and wholesale gas prices, go up, but are much slower to come back down when the upstream prices drop. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/180 "2022-06-17T19:35:45Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Crude is down sharply (about 7%) in the past 24 hours, it should be reflected in gas prices by the weekend. Let me fix that for you: Crude is down sharply (about 7%) in the past 24 hours, it should be reflected in increased corporate profits and the same gasoline price by the weekend. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568.md?page=10)