# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824/21 "2001-11-23T16:52:48Z")
Where are you, **Arwen**? Its .57/l here (in Northern Alberta) but all the stations have 3.5 - 5c /l off as well, so that makes it closer to 53-52 but I’m still envious of .49 ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824/22 "2001-11-23T17:23:03Z")
**Bernse** - I filled up at .46 litre in Edmonton the other day (which works out to about 1.24 U.S.) Gas went as high as .79 a litre here over the summer, that was insane. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824/23 "2001-11-23T17:49:28Z")
Jackson, MS: seen gas as low as 91¢ a gallon. Not too shabby. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824/24 "2001-11-23T18:27:25Z")
.55 per litre in Canada. Can’t do the math at the moment, but I agree with **Arwen** - beats the hell out of .79 per litre. Now those danged people up in Edmonton - their gas is cheap because the goverment feels sorry for them having to live there! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824/25 "2001-11-23T18:28:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Feynn \* > \*\ ***Bernse** - I filled up at .46 litre in Edmonton the other day (which works out to about 1.24 U.S.) > > Gas went as high as .79 a litre here over the summer, that was insane. \*\* Well thats just disgusting… .46! 😉 For the record, it peaked here at 74.9 a few months ago. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824/26 "2001-11-23T18:36:40Z")
Prices are currently in the neighborhood of a buck twenty in Northern Virginia. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824/27 "2001-11-23T18:47:12Z")
The last time I got gas was a few days ago now (the 19th) and I paid 1.679/gallon for the Plus (that's the middlin type). I think it was ten cents cheaper for the Regular. And this is really good! I think I might cry if I saw gas for .89/gallon. God, I love the Bay Area. When rent and gas cost twice the national average, you know you’re in Paradise. That’s why it’s so expensive, right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-gas-prices/94824.md?page=1)