Gas Prices

Chibi Son Gokou · Post by **Chibi Son Gokou** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 11:18 pm

How much does gas cost where you live? Here in Florida, it currently costs $1.74 a gallon, which is pretty ridiculous.

On the news, whenever they say gas prices are going down, it takes a week for them to actually lower, but when they say they're going up, they go up even before they announce it.

Blame the problems in the oil industry and the affairs our nation becomes involved in when it shouldn't.

Post by **Tiff** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 11:28 pm

Right now in Texas I think it's about 1.60. We have really, really, cheap gas, what, with all the oil and all.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 11:56 pm

Where in Florida do you live? I'm in the Daytona Beach area, and our gas is cheaper than that. I don't really pay attention to prices seeing as I don't drive (even though I'm old enough

), but I do know that prices start to go up as one gets closer to Orlando.

MonkeyDLuffy · Post by **MonkeyDLuffy** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 12:36 am

Well, in AZ, it keeps changing ^^; I think I saw it around 1.60$ last month. I don't drive that much with my car, so I don't have to get gas

Post by **AnimeGuru0** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 1:43 am

Chibi Son Gokou wrote:Blame the problems in the oil industry and the affairs our nation becomes involved in when it shouldn't.

Or you could blame a colder than average winter on the east coast. Or you could blame a pipe rupture in Arizona. Or you could blame OPEC for reducing oil output in the middle east thus raising gas prices. Not to be rude, but there are far more factors involved than the US being in 'affairs our nation shouldn't be in'. But i'm getting into a subject that should be saved for another topic =)

Here in Las Vegas, Nevada, we've reached an all time high for gas prices. The low I've seen (arco) is $2.04, the high is around $2.15. We've NEVER broke the two dollar mark before. The sad thing about it is that I remember when i used to be upset about gas getting above $1.40.......Just 3 years ago. Lately i've wet myself over seeing prices in the $1.60 range. It's all a ploy really. Gas companies are just selling gas so high because they have an excuse to do so. I wager to bet that production costs aren't too terribly much higher than they were say 5 years ago. Bleeeeh.

Chibi Son Gokou · Post by **Chibi Son Gokou** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 8:31 am

Where in Florida do you live? I'm in the Daytona Beach area, and our gas is cheaper than that. I don't really pay attention to prices seeing as I don't drive (even though I'm old enough ), but I do know that prices start to go up as one gets closer to Orlando.

I live in Titusville, which is surprisingly close, lol. But yeah, gas prices just went up this week.

Or you could blame OPEC for reducing oil output in the middle east thus raising gas prices.

That's sort of what I meant ^^

Slrjoecool · Post by **Slrjoecool** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 8:33 am

It's around $1.80 for the cheap grade where I live.

KoiNoVash · Post by **KoiNoVash** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 5:13 pm

Last time I filled up my car it was about $1.60 a gallen, which makes me glad I drive a Civic insted of an SUV.

Chibi Son Gokou · Post by **Chibi Son Gokou** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 7:17 pm

Just curious, is anyone here from Canada?

I have a friend who is and considering how everything there is more expensive than it is in the U.S., she says that Unleaded gas there is 74 cents a gallon! I could not believe that.

jupiter23 · Post by **jupiter23** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 1:42 pm

Around where I live, the lowest I have seen it has been $1.52. And this was very recently.

And everyone I know is complaining about our prices here. Now I can tell them not to feel bad.

Lady of the Light · Post by **Lady of the Light** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 1:56 pm

I live in Canada, and currently the gas prices are around 70 cents where I live. But these change very drastically, and I've seen the prices go up from 60 cents to 70 cents in a day.

DurgaRea · Post by **DurgaRea** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 5:12 pm

Wow, didn't know gas prices were such a hot topic here.

I'll have to ask my g/f, she works for Exxon-Mobil and (now PLEASE do not jump all over us for this) she actually does the pricing analysis for the mid-atlantic region, used to do New England region.

Hino_Rei552 · Post by **Hino_Rei552** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 7:53 pm

I obviously don't drive (being only 12), so I don't keep a close eye on the gas prices, but from what I recall, I think that the gas prices around here are about 1.80.

Jumbled Thoughts · Post by **MarioKnight** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 8:54 pm

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Chibi Son Gokou · Post by **Chibi Son Gokou** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 10:49 pm

I'm going to miss Hino_Rei552 ;-;

Anyways, yeah I don't think gas prices are going down anytime soon, and the oil producers don't worry about reducing the prices since the demand for gas is inelastic. If gas was 10 bucks a gallon, people would still pay for it.

Slrjoecool · Post by **Slrjoecool** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 11:15 pm

Chibi Son Gokou wrote:...If gas was 10 bucks a gallon, people would still pay for it.

If gas were $10/gallon, and wages stayed the same, I would think that you would see a lot more mass transit, or people walking the mile to the store. I believe that automobile sales would diminish as a result, therefore showing a drop in automobile prices.

I also discovered that gas in the area I live is around 5 cents cheaper than where I work, which is about 10 miles apart.

Chibi Son Gokou · Post by **Chibi Son Gokou** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 4:01 pm

Slrjoecool wrote:
Chibi Son Gokou wrote:...If gas was 10 bucks a gallon, people would still pay for it.
If gas were $10/gallon, and wages stayed the same, I would think that you would see a lot more mass transit, or people walking the mile to the store. I believe that automobile sales would diminish as a result, therefore showing a drop in automobile prices.

I also discovered that gas in the area I live is around 5 cents cheaper than where I work, which is about 10 miles apart.

Not necessarily true. Not everyone lives in the big city; in fact a majority of people live outside. Most people commute to their jobs nowadays, and a lot of them don't have the advantage of the metro or other things. Buses are powered by gasoline as well. Therefore, people need the gas and would pay for it even if it was ridiculously high. In our complex modern society, if gasoline sales were to fall, the economy would land in the hugest slump it has ever witnessed.

Slrjoecool · Post by **Slrjoecool** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 8:09 pm

Chibi Son Gokou wrote:Not necessarily true. Not everyone lives in the big city; in fact a majority of people live outside. Most people commute to their jobs nowadays, and a lot of them don't have the advantage of the metro or other things. Buses are powered by gasoline as well. Therefore, people need the gas and would pay for it even if it was ridiculously high. In our complex modern society, if gasoline sales were to fall, the economy would land in the hugest slump it has ever witnessed.

I wasn't doubting that they wouldn't pay for it, I was saying that you'd see a lot more "social driving" diminish, such as going to the store a mile down the road. Instead of driving to the store, I think that people would walk that distance.

And I know a lot of people live outside the city. I live in a spec on the map, and you need a microscope to see the spec...

jupiter23 · Post by **jupiter23** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 1:04 pm

offtopic:: you are not the only one who lives in a small town like that.::/offtopic

anyway, you are right. I have to commute 30 minutes to the University I go to from my house, and the citites nearest me take between 30 minutes and an hour to get to (depending on whether I am trying to go to New Orleans or Baton Rouge.) And gas prices do vary from small town to bigger town to city. So not every one can just walk when they needed to go somewhere.

RyoRei0110 · Post by **RyoRei0110** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 5:26 pm

It's around $1.65 for reg. gas at an Exon or Mobile... but in places like 7/11 its around $1.85-.95. And for Diesel, wow..it's around $1.80-90ish at Exon, but $2.10-.15 at 7/11. o_o;

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