# The Saudis raised the Price of Gasoline **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2018, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saudis-raised-the-price-of-gasoline/805687 "2018-01-01T13:40:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saudis-raised-the-price-of-gasoline/805687/1 "2018-01-01T13:40:13Z")
The raised it at midnight last night showing an absolutely Prussian adherence to secrecy. Now I got half a tank and will have to pay an 85% price increase in a few days. They raised it to US$1.40/gallon. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saudis-raised-the-price-of-gasoline/805687/2 "2018-01-01T14:26:21Z")
I’m not finding anything about it in this mornings’ CNN or Bloomberg’s feeds; any sources? Or is this just internally in the Kingdom of Saud? And $1.40/gallon? I’m paying $3.39 here, friend. My heart bleeds. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saudis-raised-the-price-of-gasoline/805687/3 "2018-01-01T14:41:56Z")
Don’t feel bad. In Mexico it’s 64 pesos a gallon. In Italy is 12,055 lira per gallon. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saudis-raised-the-price-of-gasoline/805687/4 "2018-01-01T14:44:31Z")
The Saudi government is saying this is part of a new policy to encourage its citizens to be more efficient in their gas usage. But if you want a more sinister explanation, you can speculate that the Saudi government is building up its financial reserves in anticipation of a military strike against Qatar. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saudis-raised-the-price-of-gasoline/805687/5 "2018-01-01T14:44:57Z")
Cite: > **[Saudi Arabia hikes fuel price](https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/525180/SAUDI-ARABIA/Saudi-Arabia-hikes-fuel-price)** > > Saudi Arabia increased fuel price effective as of midnight Sunday Dec. 31, 2017. I did the calculations myself. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saudis-raised-the-price-of-gasoline/805687/6 "2018-01-01T17:49:40Z")
I just paid $1.29/liter. That’s close to $5/gal or 4USD/gal. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saudis-raised-the-price-of-gasoline/805687/7 "2018-01-01T18:53:46Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Don’t feel bad. In Mexico it’s 64 pesos a gallon. > > In Italy is 12,055 lira per gallon. The first isn’t at all bad. The second is not possible. The Lira stopped being a currency in 2002. What is with this post? Just throwing out random stuff? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saudis-raised-the-price-of-gasoline/805687/8 "2018-01-01T19:00:41Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > The first isn’t at all bad. > > The second is not possible. The Lira stopped being a currency in 2002. > > What is with this post? Just throwing out random stuff? [1 USD to Italian Lira](https://www.google.com/search?q=1%20USD%20to%20ITL&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1) Currency converters still use a lot of currencies that the Euro replaced. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saudis-raised-the-price-of-gasoline/805687/9 "2018-01-01T19:23:41Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > The first isn’t at all bad. > > The second is not possible. The Lira stopped being a currency in 2002. > > What is with this post? Just throwing out random stuff? The metric system is a tool of the devil! My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead  and that’s the way I likes it. Sent from my VS988 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saudis-raised-the-price-of-gasoline/805687/10 "2018-01-01T20:23:21Z")
Ha! Last week I got 35 gallons for just under $50 ($1.34/gal)! I used my shopper discount saving thing from Kroger. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saudis-raised-the-price-of-gasoline/805687/11 "2018-01-01T22:44:12Z")
Gas in Middle TN right now is about $2.19/gal before any discounts. StG ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saudis-raised-the-price-of-gasoline/805687/12 "2018-01-02T02:51:56Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Ha! Last week I got 35 gallons for just under $50 ($1.34/gal)! > > I used my shopper discount saving thing from Kroger. 😉 That’s an East Coast supermarket. Does Smith’s use their cards? Sent from my VS988 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saudis-raised-the-price-of-gasoline/805687/13 "2018-01-02T03:27:28Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > That’s an East Coast supermarket. Does Smith’s use their cards? > > Sent from my VS988 using Tapatalk I don’t know how widespread possible card use is. I’ve used the ID associated with a signup through Smith’s at King Soopers and Fry’s and it worked both ways to both gain and spend points. Never thought to try the ID at a Turkey Hill when I was in Pennsylvania last week. But in theory there’s no reason that Kroger didn’t just implement one standard across all their brands instead of making multiple versions to support. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saudis-raised-the-price-of-gasoline/805687/14 "2018-01-02T09:19:13Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > The first isn’t at all bad. > > The second is not possible. The Lira stopped being a currency in 2002. > > What is with this post? Just throwing out random stuff? C’mon man, I was just kidding. I converted euros into lira, just because the old Italian currency was just so ridiculous with all its zeroes. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saudis-raised-the-price-of-gasoline/805687/15 "2018-01-02T17:50:34Z")
Italian lira is nothing. The Turkish lira before revaluing was cooler. I have a 1 million lira bill around somewhere. At the time I think I valued it at 12 cents, and the next time I checked it was even smaller. They’ve since hacked off a couple zeroes and it is more stable. Sent from my VS988 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saudis-raised-the-price-of-gasoline/805687/16 "2018-01-04T17:08:27Z")
2.59 today but was 2.75 for the holidays…I hope it doesnt go too much higher ☹