# What's with the gas prices? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 2001, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824 "2001-11-23T00:55:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824/1 "2001-11-23T00:55:05Z")
Gasoline is at [99 cents](http://miva.sctimes.com/miva/cgi-bin/miva?News/Local/read.mv+20011121224716+7+15) a gallon right now, in St Cloud, MN. On 9-11, it was 1.76 here. Is gas down to a buck a gallon where you are? Just thinking out loud. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Palve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Palve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palve)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824/2 "2001-11-23T00:59:34Z")
Not paying much attention to that, because I ride a **bike** 😃 BTW, I don’t think it’s that cheap here, probably between $1 and $2. Of course, it’ll be pretty irrelevent when the world runs out of fossil fuels and global warming is melting the ice caps. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824/3 "2001-11-23T01:18:23Z")
A few days ago I saw regular gas at about $1.10. That’s down from maybe $1.80 some months ago. Go figure:) ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824/4 "2001-11-23T01:22:30Z")
The local price over here would be about… USD 3.58 per US gallon. You lucky bastards. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824/5 "2001-11-23T01:42:57Z")
$1.20 for me today. I’m in the Chicago area. ---
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Earthworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Dirty\_Earthworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Earthworm)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824/6 "2001-11-23T01:55:53Z")
The lowest gas has been around here recently was $1.14/gal. Right now I think it’s about $1.25 or so, which is still not great, but it’s a damn sight better than the $1.70something it was on 9/11. (And guess who was the gas station boy who got to change the price sign, with a line leading out damn near to the highway?) -Syko ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824/7 "2001-11-23T02:08:32Z")
Cheapest I saw on the way home today from the turkey gorge-out was $1.07. The radio said it was because there was a glut of gasoline. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824/8 "2001-11-23T02:22:39Z")
Drove out of Dover, Del., yesterday and saw it was .99 at a few stations. Most are higher. Up here in PA, though, it’s in the 1.10 range. ---
**Author:** ![EagleEye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f04885/32.png) [@EagleEye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EagleEye)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824/9 "2001-11-23T02:22:55Z")
It’s a $1.09 here. The gas was $2.80 on 9-11 though. ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824/10 "2001-11-23T02:23:23Z")
Cincinnati, Ohio. 98 cents. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824/11 "2001-11-23T02:32:35Z")
Yep, I stopped at Casey’s on Lincoln in St. Cloud this morning and was _thrilled_ to see the gas prices. I think I’ll stop by the fuel bank tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824/12 "2001-11-23T02:39:24Z")
Russia, our new pal, has bucked OPEC’s call for restraint in production. Prices for NYMEX light sweet crude dipped down to $17/bbl. last week, but ended the week in the $19s. I think some psychological effects were working on the near term traders, and we’ll probably see some recovery in the oil markets. OPEC’s target price range is $22-28/bbl. I think prices will grow back into that range. The hope is that we’re near the nadir of the economic punch we’ve taken (with several factors complicit - the [dot.com](http://dot.com) bust and the terror attacks are just part of it). But if we see low prices for too long, our domestic independents (who drill, annually, ~95+% of our domestic wells) will start turning out the lights and the ~45% of our consumption that we produce domestically may drop such that our reliance on foreign oil grows, spread now between OPEC, Mexico and Russia. Not the best deal. Expect that this will be a temporary low if the economy begins to heal. ---
**Author:** ![catdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@catdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catdog)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824/13 "2001-11-23T02:40:04Z")
I filled up the other day at, (drumroll please…) **89** cents! Yeah I waited in line for 10 minutes but when i went inside to pay it was just oh so sweet. It was cool seeing the gallons spinning quicker than the bucks. Good 'ol Casey’s in Dekalb, IL. I love the place. ---
**Author:** ![moodtobestewed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@moodtobestewed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moodtobestewed)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824/14 "2001-11-23T02:46:17Z")
I saw gas for $.86 at several stations in Atlanta today. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824/15 "2001-11-23T02:49:49Z")
You know **Silver Fire** , Casey’s is about 3 minutes from **Spidey** and I. You should let us know if your gunna be so close. We coulda fed ya some turkey. [sub]oh, and we still have [no snow](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1677015#post1677015)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824/16 "2001-11-23T02:55:49Z")
You know **imthjckaz** , I’ll probably be moving into Oak Haven (right up the street from Casey’s) before Christmas. So there you have it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824/17 "2001-11-23T02:59:01Z")
🆒 ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824/18 "2001-11-23T03:51:56Z")
Still way up here, $1.50’s or so. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824/19 "2001-11-23T16:21:11Z")
I’m a nine iron from a gas station in mid-California & its still around $1.59 IM referring to lowest price self serve of course. ---
**Author:** ![Arwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Arwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arwen)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824/20 "2001-11-23T16:46:34Z")
I didn’t convert, but gas prices here are hovering from 49 to 52 cents per litre. _counts on fingers_ Nope. Needs a calculator. But it’s better than the 70c/L it was a while back… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824.md?page=2)