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[PseudoKirby]

all of those are horrible socal, cept hayward..

 

[AniHawk]

saw it at $4.07 yesterday. thought that was a pretty steep increase from $3.93 just on the weekend. figured i'd fill it up today. it jumped eight cents to $4.15. it'll probably be $4.30 come sunday.

 

[Mohonky]

So that's $5.60 in Aus is what I'm paying. So about the same then.

Mind you, when I got my license, it cost me $2.20.

 

[The M.O.B]

Awful public transportation and crazy gas prices, to live and die in Cali.

 

[Vox-Pop]

I'm filling up tomorrow, should have done it Tuesday but had to work.

 

[Kabouter]

Gas prices keep rising here in the Netherlands as well :/
$9.12/US gallon now. Must be rough for those with gas guzzlers, the rare few that can afford to buy one that is:

Just did the sums, what are you complaining about?

Here in the UK we're paying $8.25 - $9.00 or so for a gallon of fuel.

Spoiler

But at least I know that if I have a car accident and get hurt, a hospital bill isn't gonna bankrupt me

It's not quite as bad as you think, you're not paying $9/US gallon. $9/UK gallon is what you're paying, so more like $7.50/US gallon. Pretty bad, but not as terrible as it could be.

at least europe gets something for their high gas prices

While public transport is better than in the US, I wish it was even half as good as most Americans seem to think it is. Public transport is a total mess, especially when there's 2cm of snow or some leaves. (I wish I was kidding about that). It's also very expensive.

 

[ClassyPenguin]

Oh god, you people are never happy.

 

[amrihua]

Public Transportation.... we don't have a good one.

Public transportation is communism. Yet the interstate highway isn't. California more than any state needs high speed rail but thanks to the republican trainblock it'll never happen.

 

[cobragt4001]

Paid $3.09 a few days ago. Feels good man.

Good thing I moved to Denver last year My gas was 3.12 for 92 octane.

 

[johnFkennedy]

What's the reason behind all the midwestern states having cheaper gasoline? Not that I'm complaining.

 

[TomServo]

First of all, I have ridden my motorcycle in the rainstorms and in freezing temperatures and for the most part, it was business as usual.

Second, The Prius is a great car for what it is. A cheap, reliable, economical car... I wouldn't buy it because I am an enthusiast who thinks that the way the car feels is very important.

Yup.

My daily commute is approaching 100% on my motorcycle. Rain isn't really a big deal, unless we're talking tropical storm level downpours (in which case even being out in a car sucks).

As a performance enthusiast, it's hard to beat getting 44mpg and going 0-60mph in under 4 seconds.

The side benefit is that I get to buy whatever car I want because I use it so infrequently. Getting 14mpg isn't painful when you fill up once a month.

 

[Acidote]

Just checked it here (Spain). It's around 7.36713 USD per gallon, €1.458 per litre.

And public transportation here is fucking awful, at least in my city.

 

[ClassyPenguin]

Just checked it here (Spain). It's around 7.36713 USD per gallon, €1.458 per litre.

Yikes! Those highway tolls weren't exactly cheap when I was there this summer.

 

[RSP]

Gas prices hit €1,80 per liter over here in the Netherlands.

Feels bad man!

 

[Something Wicked]

Public transportation is communism. Yet the interstate highway isn't. California more than any state needs high speed rail but thanks to the republican trainblock it'll never happen.

California needs denser cities and then more commuter rail and subway lines. Going from LA to San Francisco in a couple hours, while being more expensive than air travel and more convenient and worthwhile for just a small fraction of California's population.

 

[Jim E. Rossler]

Kawasaki Ninja 250r
60mpg
$15 to fill up
AND you look cool
AND you stay cool
AND its not a motor scooter
AND you smell like outdoors
Win-Win-Win-Win-Win-lose situation

 

[ClassyPenguin]

Kawasaki Ninja 250r
60mpg
$15 to fill up
AND you look cool
AND you stay cool
AND its not a motor scooter
AND you smell like outdoors
Win-Win-Win-Win-Win-lose situation

I approve.

 

[Arjen]

Wow, i remember paying around $3 a couple years ago.
It's up to around freakin €1.80 a liter here, (about $8.5 a gallon)
Draining my wallet

 

[Kabouter]

Wow, i remember paying around $3 a couple years ago.
It's up to around freakin €1.80 a liter here, (about $8.5 a gallon)
Draining my wallet

Nope, $9.12 a gallon actually :X

 

[Arjen]

Nope, $9.12 a gallon actually :X

Whoops, you're right, messed up my gallon conversion.

 

[Wubby]

I think I paid ¥148 per liter my last fill up so about $7 a gallon here in Japan.

 

[ThisWreckage]

I really should look into moving to North Dakota. Lowest unemployment rate in the country and some of the cheapest gas.

 

[jamesinclair]

saw it at $4.07 yesterday. thought that was a pretty steep increase from $3.93 just on the weekend. figured i'd fill it up today. it jumped eight cents to $4.15. it'll probably be $4.30 come sunday.

Theres going to be a 5 day period in which gas prices dont move, and then theyll start increasing again, but slower.

Dat exponential increase.

Spent zero on gas today, as I biked to work.

 

[BigDug13]

I love how people whine about how crappy LA is and refer to it as "SOCAL sucks" as if LA encompasses all of So Cal.

San Diego is the shit.

 

[TomServo]

Kawasaki Ninja 250r
60mpg
$15 to fill up
AND you look cool
AND you stay cool
AND its not a motor scooter
AND you smell like outdoors
Win-Win-Win-Win-Win-lose situation

I've still got my 250R; in fact I'll probably ride it today instead of the SV650.

I'm 6'1", 195lbs. I only get 48mpg on mine

Still rocks though.

 

[Vox-Pop]

It cost me $56 to fill half a tank. $4.11 a gallon at Costco.

 

[SapientWolf]

Kawasaki Ninja 250r
60mpg
$15 to fill up
AND you look cool
AND you stay cool
AND its not a motor scooter
AND you smell like outdoors
Win-Win-Win-Win-Win-lose situation

I have one of those. I think $5 is where my frugality overtakes my fear of getting hit by a car while riding a motorcycle.

 

[chaostrophy]

FTW.

 

[gcubed]

i have a motorcycle.

It gets 44mpg.

Its not saving me much

 

[Smokey]

I have to fill up with Premium...so it's usually around $3.55ish for me in Texas.

$5 is lolz, but then again it's California where everything just has to be more expensive.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

The big picture is not paying a little more for the gas but anything in this country that is shipped via truck gets a price hike. which is bad because the economy is still based around the lower price gas

public transportation would be nice but places like here(Birmingham,AL) that is a big open area all we have are buses and they don't go much further than downtown.

 

[chaostrophy]

The big picture is not paying a little more for the gas but anything in this country that is shipped via truck gets a price hike. which is bad because the economy is still based around the lower price gas

Petroleum Products Consumed in 2010
Product Annual Consumption (Million barrels per day)
Finished Motor Gasoline 8.993
Distillate Fuel Oil (Diesel Fuel and Heating Oil) 3.800
Liquefied Petroleum Gases (LPG) 2.173
Kero-Type Jet Fuel 1.432
Petroleum Coke 0.376
Still Gas 0.672
Residual Fuel Oil 0.535
Asphalt and Road Oil 0.362
Other Oils for Feedstocks 0.213
Naptha for Feedstocks 0.256
Lubricants 0.131
Miscellaneous Products 0.075
Kerosene 0.020
Special Napthas 0.014
Finished Aviation Gasoline 0.015
Waxes 0.008
Total Petroleum Products 19.180

Source: http://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.cfm?page=oil_use

Gasoline (mainly used for personal transportation) is a much larger consumer of oil than diesel (mainly used for commercial/shipping). It is the big picture.

 

[Lenz44]

Live in Colorado, paid $2.97 a gallon yesterday- Feels good man

 

[zoku88]

public transportation would be nice but places like here(Birmingham,AL) that is a big open area all we have are buses and they don't go much further than downtown.

Which is why there is now renewed interesting in smart growth: ie, stop building towns/cities like idiots.

 

[drspeedy]

And I thought SD was unusually high, but really???

It's $4.40-ish in UTC... not good, but $5 is a long

Spoiler

48 hours

away

 

[thezerofire]

I just don't get the obsession with gas prices as a metric for the health of the country. How much are people driving that a $1 or even $2 swing is a big deal?

/takes public transportation everywhere.

Southern California doesn't have good public transportation. You drive everywhere.

 

[Blearth]

MUNI's still $2 a ride! And you get a FREE 90 minute transfer!

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Which is why there is now renewed interesting in smart growth: ie, stop building towns/cities like idiots.

Seems like a good Idea.

Lol there was talk about a subway around here but thats just crazy, same as the dome stadium idea.

 

[Korey]

Watch the gas jump 10 cents during an ABC news segment about the recent high gas prices:

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/busines...mp-10-cents-during-abcs-world-news-broadcast/

 

[Dreams-Visions]

$5 a gallon is ridiculous in a city like LA where you HAVE to drive to everything and where everywhere you want to go seems like a 20-30 minute drive away.

Prices are still reasonable here in So Fla for the most part. But I suspect we'll come to regret all this highway building and sprawl very, very soon.

 

[Ra\/en]

Wow. That's crazy. Gas is about 4.25 a gallon here in Calgary. Never thought I would see gas be more expensive in the US when compared to Canada. (still over $5 a gallon in my old city of Vancouver though of course .)

 

[sonicfan]

Exactly..

And in accordance with the over all master energy keikaku.

 

[SpecX]

So glad my wife and I moved closer to work and carpool daily. I haven't complained about gas prices in a while, but right now we're seeing prices at $4.39 for 87 grade which will seriously cut back on our weekend casual driving.

 

[vicissitudes]

Considering moving farther away from work....darn.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

gasoline must be a by-product from manufacturing coors.

But you can't make gasoline from water!

 

[RustyNails]

What happened to that Energy Task Force the attorney general put together last year to investigate gas price gouging and manipulation?

 

[delirium]

What is the reason for the high gas price? It was all of a sudden everyone predicted high gas price, then the gas price went up based on those prediction. It's like a self-fulfilling prophecy.

 

[Darkgran]

What is the reason for the high gas price? It was all of a sudden everyone predicted high gas price, then the gas price went up based on those prediction. It's like a self-fulfilling prophecy.

http://current.com/shows/the-young-...s-for-rising-gas-prices-not-threats-from-iran

 

[timetokill]

Watch the gas jump 10 cents during an ABC news segment about the recent high gas prices:

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/busines...mp-10-cents-during-abcs-world-news-broadcast/

Yeah, they are increasing at a pretty insane rate right now. Hilarious that it was basically caught on tape while the numbers were being changed.

 

[StopMakingSense]

Yeah, they are increasing at a pretty insane rate right now. Hilarious that it was basically caught on tape while the numbers were being changed.

That's the station I was talking about on Alameda right by Union Station. There's gas at least 70-80 cents cheaper a 1/4 mile and 1/2 mile down the road. It's a trap gas station for people who don't know better and have to go to Union Station or the Jail and have no idea where the other gas stations in downtown are (there's actually not that many in Downtown, and many wouldn't know to go down Alameda or into Chinatown).