Day 5 Gas is How Much???
9So, I got my tasks done yesterday, managing to dig up a dozen blueberry plants, and dropping off a bag of chick starter/grower (we are splitting an order of chicks that should arrive early next week). Then, on the way home, I stopped to get gas at a town about 20 miles from the house. At first I thought maybe I had stopped at a station that had been out of business for a while…
Gas was $1.28 a gallon!!
Really, one dollar and twenty-eight cents… for a gallon…Plus since it was a Shell station and I have/use their fuel rewards program, I got another $ 0.03 off that. On top of that, I used my Sam’s club MC which pays back 5% on gas purchases, so the effective cost was about $ 1.19/ gallon.
Locally (in my town) it’s still $1.79… $1.89 at the Shell station. Too bad we are all confined to the house!
How are gas prices in your neck of the woods?
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Here, depending on where in town you are in, it is $1.69 to $1.49 except the one station that sold it for 99 cents the other day and today for 39 cents. Both times the owner gave away something to eat too. Both times I missed out as I didn’t find out until after the fact. Apparently cars lined up for blocks.
@Kidsandliz oh, I heard about that on the news!!
@willdavi Yeah needs to be heard on the news while it is taking place LOL
@Kidsandliz @willdavi 39 cents/gallon reminds me of when I learned to drive…
@chienfou @Kidsandliz Geez! How long ago was that? I’ve never seen under 1.20
@Kidsandliz @willdavi I took driver’s ed in 1970/71 school year (Class of '73…) Gas at that time was around 35¢ a gallon with occasional ‘gas wars’ pulling it down to the 25¢ (or lower) range. Since many cars had 15-16 gallon tanks you could fill it for under 4 bucks.
@chienfou @Kidsandliz @willdavi I picked up a 65 Chrysler 300 for $125 because gas went from 35¢ a gallon to 55¢ a gallon and people wanted to get rid of their gas guzzlers for crappy little cars. That car was a tank! With a big back seat! A lot better than the VW Bug I had before it.
@chienfou @Kyser_Soze @willdavi Gave you a ton more space that is for sure. My family had a VW bug. My folks would, on a rare occasion and I’d presume not by choice - like the van was getting fixed or something, cram all 4 kids in the back seat (this was pre-seat belt required days). But we also had a van that was usually used if there were more than 4 people that needed to go anywhere.
On the Click and Clack brothers a woman called in and said that the trunk of her VW was an extension of her purse. I’ve always loved that comment.
Thats the point, right? Its cheap because everyone’s confined to the house pretty much.
@hachover
It’s cheap because Saudi Crown Prince MBS and Russia (IE Putin) decided to start a supply/price war with each other.
Many wonder if that was such a great idea for either country.
Two news stories among many:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russian-saudi-price-war-sends-oil-prices-plummeting-amid-coronavirus-n1153001
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/09/business/oil-price-crash-explainer/index.html
@f00l @hachover I long suspected that this Putin fellow had ties to Russia. This just cinches it.
@f00l @hachover Price wars seldom end well for any industry involved in them. The airlines have learned that over and over and over again.
@f00l @hachover Those news links are about a month old; I believe the pandemic-related collapse in demand has overwhelmed other factors at this point
@compunaut @hachover
Yeah those links are about the start of the fossil fuel price war. There’s current reporting, but I’ve not followed it.
I dunno about how various current factors go into today’s pricing. Of what anyone is trying to do about it one way or another.
We got gas at 99 cents, but that price is atypical. The day I played attention gas elsewhere was 1.19 to 1.49 a gallon.
Asshole Berks County, PA
Still $2.15 a gallon
Have you not been watching the news? It’s going to drop sharply. Less so in crap places like California. But don’t get too excited by news stories. People don’t understand oil comes in different grades an a barrel of Canadian tar is not the same as sweet crude. Or how refining works
@unksol Aye. I’d have naively assumed “oil” always referred to some post-refinement thing that was in some standardized form. That’s how news seems to talk about it.
@unksol
Yes, I have… hence the question, since OBVIOUSLY there is still a huge disparity on the price across the country. News sources are not always reflective of reality…
@chienfou I just meant if you had you would have seen this coming. Probably not a good thing. People just need to get over what gas cost at the pump that’s almost nothing
@unksol yeah, it doesn’t do much good if you can’t go anywhere. I just found it interesting that it had dropped that much locally (from around $2/gal less than 10 days ago) and wondered if it was trending the same for others here on the forum.
1.22 here! The pumps are older than I am but it’s 1.22!! 1.29 elsewhere.
Yesterday I saw $1.11 per gallon at the big name chains and $1.08 at the smaller or independent stations.
/giphy 99 cents yesterweek
@eonfifty that woman holding his dead shoulder dog looks grossed out by him. A+ for her appropriate response
Cripes. I was thrilled to be able to tank up for $2.39 yesterday. Now, after seeing how much the rest of you are paying, I’m feeling like I was robbed.
$2.49 here. Some stations were cheaper, but I’m not driving 25 miles out of the way to save less than $2 on a fill up.
@narfcake
Where do you guys live?
@star2236 SoCal.
Super Unleaded at my store is $1.789. I think Regular Unleaded is 40 cents/gallon higher.
Yes, in Iowa, Super Unleaded is cheaper than Regular Unleaded.
@msklzannie
Why?
/giphy why
I couldn’t wait, so I searched the web. I found two sources that say it’s cheaper because the super has ethanol in it.
/giphy Iowa corn ethanol
@eonfifty Yep, it’s because of the ethanol (from corn) subsidy. Sorry, I was at work and couldn’t respond.
Tinyton, Iowa- super unleaded for $1.24, diesel is $1.74. I yanked up the TDI JETTA for under $20!
@JnKL
I’ve see diesel for under $2. I’ve love to know the current diesel pricing in the Houston area.
@f00l Anywhere from $1.99 to $2.40 for the ones I looked up on GasBuddy.
@cinoclav
Someone I know sent me this. Spotted in Dallas today.
@JnKL any vids of you yanking that TDI Jetta? Asking for a friend. He’s weirdo
@unksol don’t judge my hobbies!
@JnKL no judgement here. I like to get under my girls and touch their parts when they start making noise. Some times I have to get on top with the big one.
Last week I filled up for $1.69 premium gas in mi. I’m sure it’s cheaper now.
No idea…would have to leave my house and I haven’t really done that in weeks
Took a 75mi ‘training drive’ with my kid & their learners permit for practice; cheapest I saw was $1.32/gallon. Average Metro area about $0.10 more.
My BJ’s is showing $2.13 but I don’t know if that’s the member price or public price. Anyone homeschooling should be using gas and toilet paper prices as a real life supply and demand lesson.
@j2 First person who figures out how to convert gasoline to toilet paper will be a hero. And rich.
@j2 @mehcuda67 it feels cold… then burns!
$1.89 where I get it near work in NJ. $2.19 around me in PA. Really hasn’t dropped that much here.
I saw $2.69 today. I don’t pay much attention since I drive all electric. I know many people cross over into Ohio for a cheaper rate on gas and groceries. Ohio has been cheaper on gas for years.
$1.38/gal here in STL. Cheapest in the country yhat I see regularly is just south of Jackson, MS.
@mike808 really? OMG!!
@mike808 1.36/gal in western suburbs of Milwaukee
Still $3 here, FML
@bmf where is “here”?
@JnKL SoCal, bout 20 miles from USNS Mercy
Toledo Ohio March 31, 2020
$1.499 up here in Fargo, ND on Saturday. Too bad we can’t road trip like we used to be able to do at will…
@tohar1 It depends on how much “will” you have.
KuoH
@kuoh I like it, but I imagine with gas prices on their way up after the Covid-19 virus passes, that this thing probably won’t get the best gas mileage, so I’ll have to pass…
@kuoh @tohar1 I am waiting for gas prices to go up again. I have a few choice picks for stocks. We are still an oil based economy.
What is gas?
/electric car owner
@aarond12
@aarond12 That stuff that gets you much further much faster since you don’t have to wait to recharge.
$1.79. Of course I filled up last week when it was $1.88.
New Orleans has $1.21/gal gas around day 14.
Still around $1.80 by me … where are all these cheap prices???
@tinamarie1974
Go South Young Lady
/giphy south
@f00l that sounds dirty…lol
/giphy giggle
@tinamarie1974
/giphy Gulf Of Mexico
@f00l ooohhhh SOUTH
I am honestly surprised we have not seen a sharp drop. Gas is usually below the national average locally. We are missing out this time. Oh well, not like I am going anywhere.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Well our politicians a bragging that they are actively trying to get Russia and Saudi Arabia to cut production so that the price will go up. Jobs and such. So…Fuck your budget.
Just looked, my local Costco has Regular for $1.19. Too bad I’m not driving anywhere.
@mtbm33 Yeah, I’m getting 3 weeks to the gallon.
My local Costco is 94.9. Fill up for under $20.
$1.32 today and likely less by about 10-15 cents if I were to drive about 12 miles to get to that station, except I only fill up there if I am over in that part of town anyway.
Still $2.69 here. Glad I don’t use much.
Saw this today in Ankeny. Still $1.59 for Super Unleaded at home.
Topping the list of states with the highest gas taxes is Pennsylvania at 77.10 cents per gallon, according to the numbers by the American Institute of Petroleum.
Gas is still about $2.00 a gallon here.