# Price watch (gas) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 15, 2008, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-watch-gas/445432 "2008-04-15T12:31:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-watch-gas/445432/101 "2008-05-09T09:53:14Z")
Mr. K said the price rose $.16 between his morning commute and the trip home. It cost him $53 to fill the tank yesterday. He’s still reeling from pump shock. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-watch-gas/445432/102 "2008-05-09T22:28:14Z")
$53 for my fill-up this morning, too, **kalhoun** , at $3.59/gal.\* That’s a record high for me. \*that’s up anoth ten cents a gallon since last week ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-watch-gas/445432/103 "2008-05-09T23:31:58Z")
It is at $3.89 here in the burbs of Detroit. With a 40 gallon tank, I am not looking forward to filling up. ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-watch-gas/445432/104 "2008-05-10T01:14:13Z")
$3.589 Las Vegas, NV; $3.699 Cedar City UT; $3.499 in Payson UT (travel tip – the Flying J potties aren’t clean. Stop in Spanish Fork instead), and $3.869 in Burley ID. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-watch-gas/445432/105 "2008-05-10T02:09:03Z")
[QUOTE=kushiel] I’m jealous! Yesterday we went up to $1.319. Come on, we’re closer to Alberta than you are! [/QUOTE] Well, the small decrease must have been random noise. It went up again to 1.249/L today. I’m taking the _train_ to Montréal for my holidays. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-watch-gas/445432/106 "2008-05-25T18:19:03Z")
Paid $3.81/gal yesterday - the station across the street was at $3.89, as is the place I was usually filling up. For the record, that up another $0.22/gal in two weeks, with absolutely no sign of leveling. If gas gets to $10/gal like everyone is predicting, I’ll have to quit my job because I won’t be able to afford to get there. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-watch-gas/445432/107 "2008-05-25T18:21:12Z")
There are now several places around us that are charging $5.05 - $5.20 for diesel. And we need to fill up today. We were all excited that there was an Arco that had diesel for $4.60, so we drove out of our way to go there. And…they’re out of diesel. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-watch-gas/445432/108 "2008-05-25T18:42:36Z")
It’s still around $1.25/L here (USD 4.77/US gallon using conversions of 1 CAD =1.01 USD and 1 US gallon = 3.78 litres)… but diesel is $1.40/L (USD 5.35/US gallon). ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-watch-gas/445432/109 "2008-05-25T21:56:15Z")
Diesel has risen frighteningly in the last 2 weeks - one station on my commute went from $4.39 to $4.79. then 3 days later $4.99, then yesterday $5.29. I sell gas, and we are at $4.09 / $4.19 / $4.29. The highest around is about $4.23, but a few miles away, near the airport, I bet it’s closer to $4.75 - they were $4.29 when everyone else was at $3.79. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-watch-gas/445432/110 "2008-05-25T22:06:04Z")
Coming back from Owen Sound last weekend, I saw one station in the hamlet of Thornbury at 1.69/L (USD 6.45/US gallon!!!). That had to have been someone seeing whether they could get away with it; nowhere else was even close (the usual 1.25, 1.23, even below 1.20 in some places. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-watch-gas/445432/111 "2008-05-25T23:52:50Z")
I got my 89 gas today for $4.11 at Shell. Arco and USA might have had it for less, but they were farther away from my errand routes today. ---
**Author:** ![bubble\_pop\_electric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@bubble\_pop\_electric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubble_pop_electric)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-watch-gas/445432/112 "2008-05-26T00:06:46Z")
$3.96 in CNY…better than last week, though. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-watch-gas/445432/113 "2008-05-26T01:07:11Z")
Houston- I paid $3.79 today and the highest price I saw was $4.15. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-watch-gas/445432/114 "2008-05-26T02:32:43Z")
$3.95 or $3.97 three days ago. I guess I’ll have to check again. ---
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-watch-gas/445432/115 "2008-05-26T20:51:42Z")
Time to revolt, people. ---
**Author:** ![Maui\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Maui\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maui_Lion)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-watch-gas/445432/116 "2008-05-26T23:15:15Z")
Maui’s now up to $4.41 a gallon for regular unleaded. ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-watch-gas/445432/117 "2008-05-26T23:31:30Z")
$3.85 for me today. $56.25 to fill up my tank. Is it over yet? ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-watch-gas/445432/118 "2008-05-26T23:38:40Z")
[QUOTE=DaveRaver] Time to revolt, people. [/QUOTE] That would be a great name for a new hybrid or all-electric vehicle, “The Revolt”. Remember you read it here. In eastern North Carolina for 87 octane, in a Frod Focus: 12/29/07 8.788 gallons @ $2.95.9 = $26.00, 204.1 miles @ 23.2 mpg 2/26/08 8.910 gallons @ $3.12.9 = $27.87, 312.9 miles @ 24.2 mpg 5/21/08 8.002 gallons @ $3.75.9 = $30.09 173.7 miles @ 1.7 mpg (other fillups not shown) ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-watch-gas/445432/119 "2008-05-26T23:49:31Z")
$4.06 today. We are going to have to nuke India and China. From orbit, hopefully. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-watch-gas/445432/120 "2008-05-27T01:28:13Z")
[QUOTE=Oslo Ostragoth] $4.06 today. We are going to have to nuke India and China. From orbit, hopefully. [/QUOTE] Or buy a car made there. Beijing is adding 1,000 cars per day to their road system. BTW the mpg in my last post should have said 21.7 vs. 1.7 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-watch-gas/445432.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-watch-gas/445432.md?page=7)