Gas prices rising - what's yours?
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I paid $3.15 yesterday in Austin.
$3.57 for regular in the MD suburbs of DC. (More in some nearby suburbs that are always very high.) Due to reward card bonuses from my grocery store, I got 30 cents per gallon off when I filled up yesterday.
Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
$3.60 in Ohio. It's been going up for weeks. It was around $3.20 about a month ago.
It is about 3.50 here and has been going up for weeks as well. I haven't heard an excuse yet but my guess is that it is due to the "Summer blend changeout". Really it is just so the oil companies can get rich.
Shopping across Indiana but mostly around Indianapolis.
Gas in Cincinnati is around $3.57 and rising. :/
The "Nightly Business Report" has had several statements that the uncertainty over Ukraine is driving up prices. The market logic goes something like this: If Russia shuts down the flow of natural gas and gasoline thru the pipelines in Ukraine, the rest of western Europe, which gets more than 1/3 of it's heating and transport fuels thru that pipeline will seek other sources. The price of fuels being global, that will mean that our prices will rise. Therefore, they are rising in anticipation of a future shortage. WHY? Because "the market" (especially speculators) hates uncertainty.
Yes, this question will be on the mid-term exam.
Yes, this question will be on the mid-term exam.
Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
3.75 here in a cheaper part of California. Why? you ask. Because they can charge that much and we'll buy the stuff anyway.
3.89 on average in the South burbs of Chicago 
Floating around like a feather hoping the wind will set me down somewhere awesome.
3.87 in western NY
Her Serene Majesty, Cettie - Goat Queen of Zoltar, Sublime Empress of Her Caprine Domain
$3.59, yesterday. Today, $3.64 in western WI.
gas prices are going up because they are switching
to the more expensive summer blend. Happens
every year as in April through August they must
use the cleaner burning blend. Then in the fall/winter
they use the regular blend.
Also ethanol prices are high because of corn issues which
is driving that unnecessary component up.
Top that with the speculators that wales talked about, and prices
will continue to rise, but they are still below last years prices
at this time by 20-30 cents a gallon avg.
to the more expensive summer blend. Happens
every year as in April through August they must
use the cleaner burning blend. Then in the fall/winter
they use the regular blend.
Also ethanol prices are high because of corn issues which
is driving that unnecessary component up.
Top that with the speculators that wales talked about, and prices
will continue to rise, but they are still below last years prices
at this time by 20-30 cents a gallon avg.
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$3.19 per gallon to $3.39 per gallon in my area. Since the red/blue stations moved from that other guy to the new guy I'm getting all my gas on shops and having to be careful what I book because of tank space. I know I'm still spending money for gas but it's weird how it feels different now that I'm getting "reimbursed" for it. I know, my thinking is strange.
Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.
Just be glad we live in America. We just got back from Costa Rica and the gas price for unleaded was over $6. I thought things would be cheap there, but they are WAY expensive!! One meal for two cost over $100, which would cost $40-50 here.
$3.24.9 today in west Texas (farmland)
Canuck, what is a HABOOB?
Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.
As a wall of dust roared across the Panhandle of Texas on Tuesday, the National Weather Service put out a warning that a "haboob" was on its way:
"Haboob northwest of Lubbock," the weather service warned. "If you must drive west of Lubbock, plan for near-zero visibility in blowing dust and strong winds of 50+ mph." A TV station, KCBD, put the warning on its Facebook page.
Now, today I had to cancel two gas station pic audits. No way in hell could I do them. I left the house and 5 minutes later, turned around and came home.
"Haboob northwest of Lubbock," the weather service warned. "If you must drive west of Lubbock, plan for near-zero visibility in blowing dust and strong winds of 50+ mph." A TV station, KCBD, put the warning on its Facebook page.
Now, today I had to cancel two gas station pic audits. No way in hell could I do them. I left the house and 5 minutes later, turned around and came home.
We are now up to $3.49 in Sedona. Creeping up daily.
If you want to experience a haboob, watch the movie Hildalgo. Picture a blizzard of sand.
If you want to experience a haboob, watch the movie Hildalgo. Picture a blizzard of sand.
Canuck, I lived in West Texas (Tahoka in Lynn County) when I was a child but I never heard a dust storm called a HABOOB. We called them sand storms.
Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.
No kidding. It's a new one for me too. I think haboobs are created when the cold air smashes onto the ground and then pushes the dust up and out..something like that. All I know is that I could not outrun it the other day..
We haven't had rain since last July here... And some small towns are going to run out of water in 3 months they say.
Haboob hell here I say.
We haven't had rain since last July here...
And some small towns are going to run out of water in 3 months they say.
Haboob hell here I say.
$3.57 ( Milwaukee) to $3.69 (suburbs) I do a price check on line when I'm going to need to get gas, the prices vary so wildly within a 3 mile radius.
I am driving diesel, so it is $4.19-$4.49 in central Ohio, depending on the area you are in.
do yall know about gasbuddy.com
Awesome site especially when traveling.
Awesome site especially when traveling.
Just lost trying to find a fire pit in a concrete jungle wishing it was a wooded glen...
if it wasn't for bad luck, I would have no luck at all
if it wasn't for bad luck, I would have no luck at all
Use it all the time, even in my home area.
Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
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"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
The thing with gasbuddy.com is when you are taking a trip - and know the destinations - you need to plan a route utilizing also randmcnally.com and mapquest.com
I have saved a ton of money by researching a route. I have a paper map and the computer open to those 3 sites. I then widdel it down to the point that I can save no less then $50 on a trip. I have been known to take "grey roads" (side roads that are difficult to see on a paper map and not shown on computer maps) that lead between cities and freeways. It's one reason why I always have an extra 10 gallons of gas and water in my truck on longer treks.
I have saved a ton of money by researching a route. I have a paper map and the computer open to those 3 sites. I then widdel it down to the point that I can save no less then $50 on a trip. I have been known to take "grey roads" (side roads that are difficult to see on a paper map and not shown on computer maps) that lead between cities and freeways. It's one reason why I always have an extra 10 gallons of gas and water in my truck on longer treks.
Just lost trying to find a fire pit in a concrete jungle wishing it was a wooded glen...
if it wasn't for bad luck, I would have no luck at all
if it wasn't for bad luck, I would have no luck at all
I'm a bit familiar with route planning. I like saving money but don't find it financially prudent to route myself based on savings, preferring to route based on maximum income along with minimal time.
Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
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