What’s the price of gas where you are? - Event Date: May 07 2007

I think we should start rationing gas at the pumps...........

The problem is how would you tell everyone? I don’t think that CNN would support this kind of the news, the Oil companies would threaten them by pooling the ads

A quick calculation shows that unleaded here in the UK is the equivalent of $8 a gallon.
Most of that is tax.

I don't think it will stay $3.00 a gallon, alot of people can't aford it. Last time it got to $3.00 CNN said people were charging their credit cards and putting things in the porn shop to pay for gas. Because they just could not aford $3.00 per gallon. If they want people to go to work they will have to do something. And if people don't go to work that would hurt the economy so I believe they will.

We are paying $2.85, but I was in town today (we work 20 miles away) and some stations were changing their signs to $2.99, this is for regular unleaded.  DD called me this morning and said they just had to pay $3.30 a gallon, they are stationed on Whidby Island, WA, she called to see how much it was here. Said they did a big thing on their radio how they have the second highest gas prices in the US, but it didn't say who had the highest. I am guessing maybe Hawaii or CA?  It never got above 2.99 here in our area even the last time gas was high, the highest it went was 2.99 a gallon.  We are already not eating out as much and bringing lunches to work and school because any "extra" money is not extra anymore it is going in the gas tank to get to and from work. We are not making any extra trips anywhere, when I am at work I run errands when I get off or at lunch. If I run out of something (closest grocery is 10 miles roundtrip) we just do without until someone is going in that direction. I only work 23 hours a week (I work half days) I have cut my days back from 5 to 4 and if gas goes over $3.00 I will only work 3 days a week and just work longer hours. We are spending more time at home, swimming, reading, practicing softball, playing with the dogs.  Between DH and I we drive 80 miles roundtrip each day just to go to work.

Good point,I agree!

I hope it does not come to rationing gas! How would they decide something like this? Amount of gas per family?  amount of gas per vehicle owned? amount of gas per drivers in the home?  amount of gas per people who work at a job that live in the home?

I agree with Bill 100 in England you don't really need a vehicle, the transportation system there is wonderful, between, buses, trains in smaller towns and the underground in London we never even used a car when we were there. Things are so close together there too. Here everything is spread out, we have no public transportation where I live.

Last time when they were talking about rationing gas here in Orgeon,the wholesaler said it would go according to odd and even house numbers

$2.76 in the Houston area.

Fluctuating locally between $2.70 and $3.00...just gotta shop around a bit. My usual gas station is at $2.73 as of this afternoon, but just down the street it's at $2.68...

In Kansas City it is 2.99 and 9/10ths...I've been carpooling with one other person for a year...it feels good.    

Ours went to $2.99 today, it was $2.85 yesterday and just 11 days ago it was 2.73. So it has gone up .26 a gallon in 11 days, this is getting rediculous!

2.99 yesterday

Gas is not the only place we use petroleum products.  Think about medicine, carpets, clothing, any material item, blinds, drapes, all of the plastic items the interior of your car, the decorations in your home, the bags you bring your groceries and supplies home in,   It's not just gas at the pump, can you start to save other places, get healthy and get off the pills, wear your carpet longer, wear your clothes longer, there are many places you can start besides at the gas pump.

I talked to my brother in Alameda, CA  and he is paying $4.30-$4.50 a gallon where they are in the bay area. I guess this is what we have to look forward to. I am not doing any extra driving, just going to and from work and if I have an errand it has to be done on the way to or from work. The way they ration water here in our small town is it starts with watering between the hours of 8:00pm to 8:00am, no watering during the daytime hours. Then is goes to no watering at all if it gets really bad. We have had so much rain we won't be rationing water anytime soon.

$3.07 for reg. up here in the catskill mtn's. in nys.

Up to $3.11 here today in Oklahoma, up from $2.99 yesterday. I was able to gas up my van today before it went up, actually I saw some stations raising their prices and found one that hadn't raised yet, by the time I got off this afternoon all the stations had raised theirs too. We were not able to get the car filled in time though, ugh. At least I got the van filled, that was almost $40 and I had inbewteen a quarter and half tank to start with.

here in Michigan's u.p. today it's $3.41 and rising.

Up to $3.23 for the cheap gas here in OK today, that means that it has gone up .50 a gallon in 20 days (I am keeping track on my calender, LOL). The town I work in raised their prices this morning, so I rushed home after I got off work at 2:00 cause we live in a small town and they are usually a few hours behind in raising the prices, so I was able to fill up at $3.11 a gallon. Actually I didn't fill up, but I put every bit of cash I had with me in the gas tank and that was $39.25, I didn't want to risk taking the time to go to the bank thinking it might go up in the time it took me to go and get back.  It is very sad when I feel "lucky" to have gassed up at $3.11 a gallon.

I paid 3.19 today. 

It went up again today, it just went up .12 a gallon yesterday, now today it's up another .06 a gallon, $3.29 a gallon for the cheap stuff. It has gone up .56 a gallon in the last 21 days here in OK.  We are not driving anywhere extra, to and from work, all errands are done on the way or on the way home.

Went down in Minneapolis yesterday two cents! We're at $3.39 now.