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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2005 Dec. ~ 2006 Feb.: Gas!: ARCHIVES: Archive through August 30, 2005 users admin

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Pippin03
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08-24-2005

Friday, August 26, 2005 - 5:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pippin03 a private message Print Post    
I live in Montreal and this morning I paid 111.4 per liter of gas this is about 4.20 per gallon. I know that in Europ the gas is more expensive. My question is this: is this the most expensive gas in North America?

LMK what you pay

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Friday, August 26, 2005 - 5:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
Pippin, in Brandon it jumped from 99.8 to 103.4 per liter this week.

Serenity
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06-28-2005

Friday, August 26, 2005 - 6:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serenity a private message Print Post    
Where I am it is 105.9/liter.

Kaili
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08-31-2000

Friday, August 26, 2005 - 6:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaili a private message Print Post    
Appleton, WI- $1.67/gallon

1 US gallon = 3.7854118 liter

so....

Appleton, WI- $0.44/liter

Using the currency exchange rate calculator, which for today is $1 US = 1.19 CAD, gas here in Appleton costs...

0.523 CAD per liter. That's for 87 octane.

And we complain about gas.... Sheesh.

Kaili
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08-31-2000

Friday, August 26, 2005 - 6:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaili a private message Print Post    
Ooop.s It's $2.67 a gallon here. LOL- Scratch all that!

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Appleton, WI- $2.67/gallon

1 US gallon = 3.7854118 liter

so....

Appleton, WI- $0.71/liter

Using the currency exchange rate calculator, which for today is $1 US = 1.19 CAD, gas here in Appleton costs...

0.844 CAD per liter.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Friday, August 26, 2005 - 7:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Where I live there is no rapid transit system, only a few city buses and no train station. How do they expect us to drive less? I live 15 miles from my job. This is ridiculous.

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Friday, August 26, 2005 - 7:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
Have you seen this website?

Gas Buddy

put in your zip code, and it will give a list of the prices lowest listed (by people that post I believe!!) and then on the left you can widen the search!!

(Carbondale has the lowest in IL I believe!! nope changed, close at $2.47, but yesterday it was $2.42!! Holy moley the station down the road from us is in the HIGH range at...*gulp $2.87!! Predictions have a barrel of crude going up to $100!! Help us all!!)

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Friday, August 26, 2005 - 8:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
lol Kaili and I was getting ready to head up to Appleton!!

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Friday, August 26, 2005 - 8:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
Vancouver today: $109.9 a liter. Works out to approximately $4.15 a US gallon.

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Friday, August 26, 2005 - 8:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
Keeping track of gasoline prices is only second to keeping track of stock prices. lol

Schoolmarm
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02-18-2001

Friday, August 26, 2005 - 9:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Schoolmarm a private message Print Post    
Reader...yet another reason to visit or live in Carbondale. Just about everywhere is 2.47, and you can get a discount with a Kroger or Walmart card.

Reminds me, I have to gas up before heading to central Illinois.

Gas was about 1.23 Euros per liter when I was in Munich. Thank goodness they have mass transit!

Wink
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10-06-2000

Friday, August 26, 2005 - 10:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wink a private message Print Post    
Yankee and the big piss off is that we supply so much oil to the US and their prices are still almost half ours.

Sue
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06-02-2005

Friday, August 26, 2005 - 10:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sue a private message Print Post    
Wow Yankee...My family and I were just out on the island in July and we thought 101.9 was bad. Over on the Gulf Islands we paid 112.9 a litre so god only knows how bad it is there now. it's getting unbelievable.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Friday, August 26, 2005 - 11:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
My parents in England were complaining about the price of petrol this morning, it's 92p per gallon. With today's exchange rates that's $1.99 Canadian a litre or $6.29 US a (US) gallon. The exchange rate is pretty high/low right now (depending on how you look at it) but still, just thought I'd mention how good you all have it .

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Saturday, August 27, 2005 - 9:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
Oh be quiet

Moondance
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07-30-2000

Saturday, August 27, 2005 - 1:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Moondance a private message Print Post    
Gas

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Saturday, August 27, 2005 - 1:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
rofl!

Coco
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07-13-2000

Saturday, August 27, 2005 - 1:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Coco a private message Print Post    
Hahaha...CocoMan just saw this pic and LOL with me!! Thanks for sharing Moonie.

Moondance
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07-30-2000

Saturday, August 27, 2005 - 1:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Moondance a private message Print Post    
:-)

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, August 27, 2005 - 2:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
LOL!!! I agree with the WTF!!!

Lkunkel
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10-29-2003

Saturday, August 27, 2005 - 4:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lkunkel a private message Print Post    
Seriously, we do have it fairly well.

The only think I will miss from Vegas is mass transit. White Lake/Waterford has no mass transit, so we'll be buying bikes for the spring, summer, and autumn. mom has said we can borrow her vehicle whenever, but we really do want to stay off the gas teat as much as possible. We're even switching the gas mower to a push mower.

As much as I'd like to, I can't even justify getting a recreational toy (snowmobile, gas-motored boat of any kind). (Of course, that also REALLY makes me ponder the SUVs I see with only one person in them....)

I'm just wondering if our Commander-in-Chief remembers the gas lines of the '70s. I do, and I was a child at the time.
myicon

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Monday, August 29, 2005 - 10:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Just saw Moonie's sign, LOL!

Filled up this morning here in central Texas at $2.599 for unleaded. What got me was the idea that popped into my head, as the pump was gushing into the tank and the numbers were spinning like a one-arm-bandit, we are in for it! These people will see we are willing to pay this much, because we have no choice, and the price will probably never go back to below $2 ever again. <sigh>

Kaili
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08-31-2000

Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 5:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaili a private message Print Post    
No, I don't think it ever will again.

Yesterday after the news was talking about the Gulf oil and the hurricane and the price surging, I was out and about and the gas stations were all packed. It makes me kind of laugh when people waste so much gas driving around town looking for the cheapest gas (they're all the same here unless you buy your groceries at Woodman's and show them your recipt- you get 3 cents off a gallon).

We'll pay- but I bet a lot of SUVs are being exchanged for smaller, more efficient cars. I was getting gas the other day and wanted to see how much the F350 driving guy in front of me put in his tank so I sat in my car until he left so I could drive past his pump and see it- all $80 of it. Makes me feel pretty good about my $37. I can just imagine the Hummers. But if you can afford a Hummer, you can probably afford the gas for it too.

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 7:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
The talk radio did a show asking people if stations were 'gouging' (and I know that is a harsh word..)

But, lots of people in middle IL called saying on the way (Champagne/Urbana, Univ of IL) the price was around 2.40, and on the way back, the same gas stations jumped 50 cents -

That's just wrong, if the price per barrel drops $.50 we wont see that drop down that fast, but you sure do see it go up (with gas already in storage!)

But seriously, we do have to be more conservative, and that's not easy to do!!

Tashakinz
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11-13-2002

Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 8:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tashakinz a private message Print Post    
It jumped 20 cents from 2.59 to 2.79 overnight south of Detroit.