# What are you paying for gas? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 24, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432 "2005-08-24T15:43:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/41 "2005-08-25T05:43:37Z")
Today at a Shell station in Seattle I paid $2.73 for regular. Last week I saw premium at $3.13. Still less than a gallon of milk. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/42 "2005-08-25T06:16:14Z")
When I moved to Las Vegas in 1999, the local gas station had regular at 99 cents per gallon. Today it is $2.64 per gallon. Luckily, my little Saturn SC2 is pretty good with mileage, so I only use a half a tank per week to get to work and back. About a half tank today was $14.95 exactly. And to think I used to get a full tank for $10.00. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/43 "2005-08-25T12:11:54Z")
$2.61 to $2.67 in Gainesville, FL. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/44 "2005-08-25T13:24:20Z")
The equivalent of $3.42 a gallon. So quityerbitching! ---
**Author:** ![Grelby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a5b964/32.png) [@Grelby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grelby)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/45 "2005-08-25T14:00:47Z")
> [@Patty O'Furniture](#): > > And let’s just head-off all of the inevitable smart alec responses who are going to say “zero” because they walk to work (like me). And me? I am actually currently an unemployed college student, actually, so I have no where to work. But I will be an employed college student in a couple weeks, with a job to either walk to or ride my bike to. I do need to buy gas every so often in the summer, though, and it’s been hovering around $2.85 out here. Hey **lieu** - 350 million is a drop in the bucket compared to the enormous profits that oil and gas companies are making annually. I weep not for them, but for the consumer who is undoubtedly shouldering the burden. Honestly, would it hurt ExxonMobil to eat that cost? Well, no, but they would catch shit from their stockholders. Oh oil! Must you be so slippery and hard to dig out of the ground? [sub]Look, I just answered my own question![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/46 "2005-08-25T14:16:58Z")
$2.55/gal. seems to be the norm here. Sheetz is usually lower, but not recently. I found out Sam’s Club is around $2.46, so I might have to start going there. It’s a little out of the way, but if I’m that way next time I’m getting low, I’ll be getting the Ranger a “cheap” fill. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/47 "2005-08-25T15:40:09Z")
On the way to work one day last week - The price at our local station was $2.34/gal. On the way home the same day - The price at the same station was $2.49/gal :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/48 "2005-08-25T15:52:00Z")
I paid 2.45 a day or two ago here in middle TN. We seem to have cheaper gas than most, which makes me feel a tiny bit better. ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/49 "2005-08-25T15:54:00Z")
Here in the Netherlands a liter of Euro95 (that’s the regular gasoline here) costs 1.43 Euros. That works out to US$ 6.66 per gallon. :eek: Yeah, I really pity you Americans and your high fuel prices. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [August 25, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/50 "2005-08-25T16:04:02Z")
$2.77 for the cheap stuff with a 40 gallon tank means $110 for the next fill up. YAY!!! What do I win? ---
**Author:** ![miamouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@miamouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miamouse)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/51 "2005-08-25T16:05:17Z")
$2.79 is the cheapest I could find in the Bronx. $48 dollar fill ups last me about a week and a half. Most gas stations here are ranging from $2.83 (econo) to 3.23 (premium) about .61 per gallon (around $11 per tank) is various taxes: > [@](#): > > And there’s more - in New York after you pay all those taxes then they tack on state and local sales tax so basically you’re being taxed on your taxes. When the government’s done with you, you’ve paid 61 cents per gallon in taxes alone. [http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/buggingyou/wabc\_buggingyou\_080905gasprices.html](http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/buggingyou/wabc_buggingyou_080905gasprices.html) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/52 "2005-08-25T16:06:43Z")
> [@Grelby](#): > > Hey **lieu** - 350 million is a drop in the bucket compared to the enormous profits that oil and gas companies are making annually. I have no idea what the percentage of independent store ownership is. A quick Google shows it would take a while to determine, but the news reports I’ve seen and the persons I’m concerned for are the independent retailers. They’re the ones lamenting the theft on the 6:00 news, which USA Today says amounts to $2141 per store anually. I’d be more than a tad surprised if the Majors reimburse them for their loss. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/53 "2005-08-25T16:24:33Z")
$1.059 Canadian per litre, which is $3.34 US per gallon if my Google-fu is working. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/54 "2005-08-25T16:31:10Z")
And I should’ve said it in my first post, but I have to again compliment Google on their awesomeness. I type: 1.059 Canadian dollars per litre in USD per gallon Google says: 1.05900 (Canadian dollars per litre) = 3.33812312 U.S. dollars per US gallon ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/55 "2005-08-25T16:32:21Z")
Oops, [that](http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-06-30-gas-thefts_x.htm) was last year’s number, twice what they lost in 2003 and less than what they’re losing this. As mentioned in the article, one 88 store retailer says this year drive-offs are up 100%. Here in Houston and near **Dolores’** numbers, yesterday I saw $2.53 for regular and 2.74 for premium (93) although recently I remember seein a 30 cent difference between the two. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/56 "2005-08-25T18:21:48Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Here in Houston Yup. Same city… ---
**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:** [August 25, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/57 "2005-08-25T18:44:26Z")
Yes, that google calculator is awesome. 🙂 It knows about imperial gallons too… and I like how in your example, **borshcevsky** , it knew to use US gallons when you didn’t specify which… :: types some more :: Hmm. Looks like US gallons are the default. ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/58 "2005-08-25T19:29:00Z")
Yesterday I paid $2.799 per gallon. I fill up about twice each week. I drive a lot, for business. (North Hollywood, suburb of Los Angeles) ---
**Author:** ![Godfrey\_Daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Godfrey\_Daniels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godfrey_Daniels)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/59 "2005-08-25T19:39:37Z")
$2.45 per gal. for regular, cheapest in town. Still, about $40. to fill the tank. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432.md?page=2)