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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions: 2004 May - July: Gasoline prices: Archive through May 18, 2004 users admin

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Kaili
Member

08-31-2000

Monday, May 10, 2004 - 10:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Our gas tax went up a few cents last month I think. Maybe the month before. Either way, Wisconsin has one of the highest (if not the highest) gas tax in the country...and we have it all listed at the pumps- how many cents of each gallon go to this and that. If you take away the tax and the other charges, gas is actually pretty reasonable!

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Monday, May 10, 2004 - 10:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
$2.15 this morning for regular unleaded at the CHEAP place.

Wink
Member

10-06-2000

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 10:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I paid 80.3 cents Canadian per litre this morning. l US gallon = 3.785 litres which translates to about $3.04/gallon. 123

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 7:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, with prices rising 12 cents a day as they did here today, we should go around you by the end of the week, Wink.

Abby7
Member

07-17-2002

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 7:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
In Studio City, Burbank, Toluca Lake area it's around $2.25 for regular unleaded.

For Mother's Day we travelled to central California and I think we paid about the same.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - 5:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Shoot, I was complaining that it was $1.82 here for regular! My dh drives a Suburban at it was ove $70 to fill up Monday.

Tabbyking
Member

03-11-2002

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - 2:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i paid 2.32 for diesel on my way home from meeting eggie--but i saw signs for it along the way as high as 2.62!!! whoa... when we got our first bug in 1999, it was 99 cents a gallon!
at rotten robbie's diesel was 1.74 less than 2 months ago, and it is 2.40 today. lowest unleaded is 2.29 there, up from 1.99 2 weeks ago.
i'm sure it will soar again for memorial weekend and the summer months.
a friend says "dbya" will somehow make it go down just before the election so he looks good and can get votes...but it will just go back up again shortly afterward. we'll see if she's right!

the problem with diesel being so high is two-fold. we pay it at the pump and everyone pays it at the store. if the trucking companies have to pay more to get their products delivered, they will pass along the increases to the consumer in higher prices at the store...

Bigd
Member

09-13-2001

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 11:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
can't find it anymore in my town for less than $2.05

Wargod
Member

07-16-2001

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 11:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I only watch the news on tv rarely, too dang depressing most the time. But the other day I caught about a minute of the news channel surfing, please someone tell me I'm wrong that I though I heard them saying by the end of summer gas prices could be around $3.00 a gallon.



Tabbyking
Member

03-11-2002

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 12:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
well, if i have seen signs for $2.62 for diesel and 91 octane unleaded at $2.74 already...it wouldn't surprise me at all. upset me?! hell, yes! no vacation this summer--the motorhome gets 8 or 9 miles to the gallon!

Wargod
Member

07-16-2001

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 12:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL my car is almost that bad! Luckily the kids have a real summer this year from school, so I won't be running back and forth to the school several times a week once they're out. Baseball only has four more weeks, which means about 3 weeks of practice, so no more running to the park 3-4 times a week, and I'm hoping to get an online class this summer semester, so no going to the college a couple times a week. If I do it right, I can avoid driving the lincoln most of the summer except for grocery shopping and paying bills (which I could do online, I guess.)

There's no way I'm paying that much for gas. As it is, I can usually go 2-3 weeks without filling up.

Jewels
Member

09-23-2000

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 5:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I saw on our local news that Oregon gas prices are averaging $2.20/gal. Third only to California at $2.24 and Nevada at $2.22.

I know the place I always go to is currently at $2.23. Yikes! I'm glad I don't drive alot!

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 5:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Nevada's average is $2.22? Here in Las Vegas it is at $2.25 at the station on our corner, so it must be cheaper up north to make it average out.

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 5:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hey, someone on another board just posted this website that lists current gas prices.....(sorry if someone already posted this. I did a quick scan of this thread and didn't see it, so...)

Gasbuddy.com



Mak1
Member

08-12-2002

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 7:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Today is the first day we've hit $2. It was $2.05.

Broxi
Member

03-11-2004

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 8:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I just got this in an email..... Thought well maybe it would work if enough people do it...

-------Think about doing this!

IT HAS BEEN CALCULATED THAT IF EVERYONE IN THE UNITED STATES DID NOT PURCHASE A DROP OF GASOLINE FOR ONE DAY AND ALL AT THE SAME TIME, THE OIL COMPANIES WOULD CHOKE ON THEIR STOCKPILES.



AT THE SAME TIME IT WOULD HIT THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY WITH A NET LOSS OF OVER 4.6 BILLION DOLLARS WHICH AFFECTS THE BOTTOM LINES OF THE OIL COMPANIES.



THEREFORE MAY 19TH HAS BEEN FORMALLY DECLARED "STICK IT TO THEM" DAY AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION SHOULD NOT BUY A SINGLE DROP OF GASOLINE THAT DAY.



THE ONLY WAY THIS CAN BE DONE IS IF YOU FORWARD THIS E-MAIL TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN AND AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN TO GET THE WORD OUT.



WAITING ON THIS ADMINISTRATION TO STEP IN AND CONTROL THE PRICES IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REDUCTION AND CONTROL IN PRICES THAT THE ARAB NATIONS PROMISED TWO WEEKS AGO?



REMEMBER ONE THING, NOT ONLY IS THE PRICE OF GASOLINE GOING UP BUT AT THE SAME TIME AIRLINES ARE FORCED TO RAISE THEIR PRICES, TRUCKING COMPANIES ARE FORCED TO RAISE THEIR PRICES WHICH EFFECTS PRICES ON EVERYTHING THAT IS SHIPPED. THINGS LIKE FOOD, CLOTHING, BUILDING MATERIALS, MEDICAL SUPPLIES ETC. WHO PAYS IN THE END? WE DO!



WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IF THEY DON'T GET THE MESSAGE AFTER ONE DAY, WE WILL DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN.



SO DO YOUR PART AND SPREAD THE WORD. FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW. MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND MAKE MAY 19TH A DAY THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES SAY "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH"



Tabbyking
Member

03-11-2002

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 8:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
the sad part is, we all buy a lot of gas the day before or the day after these 'do not buy days' or the days we all boycott one particular gas company. we all need gas sooner or later, so these things don't really pan out, unfortunately...if you use 10 gallons of gas a week, you still need 10 gallons, even if you don't buy gas on a wednesday....you just buy gas on a tuesday or a thursday.

Melfie1222
Member

07-29-2002

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 8:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ditto what Tabbyking said.

snopes.com

Konamouse
Member

07-16-2001

Sunday, May 16, 2004 - 7:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Driving along some California Freeways (from Las Vegas to Fairfield (near Oakland) I was seeing $2.32 to $2.48 for unleaded regular.

I saw a news story where "Full Serve" was going for $4.05 a gallon (the self-serve was $2.35).

'squeek'

Crossfire
Member

08-07-2001

Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 1:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
$3.47 here, I haven't seen 2 dollar gas in ages.

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 1:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
gas


Urgrace
Member

08-19-2000

Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 2:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Whoo hoo our 1.89.9/gal gasoline prices just went down 5 cents to 1.84.9 today

Denecee
Member

09-05-2002

Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 3:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
lol, HP!

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 11:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
$2.37

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 11:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hi, Denecee! Here's one more!

gas2