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Penham
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Posted: November 08 2014 at 12:12am |
Gas prices are still continuing to drop. I was just curious as to how much people are paying for gas in their areas? I live in Oklahoma, I paid $2.69 a gallon today.
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hachiban08
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2.83-2.90 in the upper Central Valley (Northern San Joaquin Valley) of Northern California -my home area. In the Inland Empire, of Southern California, I've seen about 3.06-3.10 ish. All as of yesterday lol
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onefluover
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$3.09 to $3.27 in Southwest Utah. Ironically it is the least expensive up in SLC around all the IRS headquarters. Interesting. One more way to keep their own employees happy...er. And I mean, when I drove multiple times from Washington state down through Salt Lake Metro, it was as high as $4.05 north of Salt Lake but in through Salt Lake it was as low as $2.75. I think there are 50 to 100 thousand IRS employees in that area.
And it's not just their own employees. They don't want the populace sourounding their many complexes to go into a tizzy. It's the very reason they built their government money collecting empire in the middle of nowhere, far far away from huge population centers in case there are ever real uprisings. Think about it. They are surrounded by mostly Mormons who are not at all the protester type. They are mostly well off and don't tend to make waves in the typical sence. I'm sure Astro has something to say about this... |
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Johnray1
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Penham,I live in central WV and I am on the rode every week day taking my wife for Radiation treatments. Gas is running any where from$2.93/gal to $3.05/gal.This is over an area of about 110 miles of Intestate.Johnray1
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rickster58
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Gee, you guys have it good .....
I pay $1.71/ litre - US$5.59 per gallon |
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Johnray1
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rickster,that is sad. I would consider a bicycle or a horse.Johnray1
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Jen147
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I paid 2.67 the other day. Middle TN. Bigger cities like Nashville are going to be more of course.
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KiwiMum
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I pay $1.43 a litre of diesel, which works out to be US$4.19. I only fill up once every 4 or 5 weeks, so that's not bad. I have no idea what petrol costs.
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Those who got it wrong, for whatever reason, may feel defensive and retrench into a position that doesn’t accord with the facts.
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Penham
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Wow Kiwimum, I usually fill up about twice a week, right now with the cheaper gas it cost about $50 to fill up.
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Kay
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It was $2.67 at Sunoco today.
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Penham
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I paid $2.49 in OKC today!
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Jen147
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Wow! That was cheap!
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Penham
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OKC is always .10-.20 a gallon cheaper than where I live. I live about an hour away.
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hachiban08
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Same with my hometown, Penham. I've noticed gas in my area of Northern CA is always cheaoer than my area in Southern CA. 10-20c then too. Currently 2.81 back home and 2.99 in curremt town
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Be prepared! It may be time....^_^v
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Penham
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I know for here, there is just a lot more competition in OKC, so the prices are always lower.
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ASB
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In my area gas in the high 2's.
Bear in mind that there are multiple causes for the price we see on the sign. The taxes we pay hardly change. Supply and demand changes a bit from season to season, year to year, and depending on supplies of natural gas and geopolitical conflicts. However, IMO most of what we are seeing at the pump right now is really the relative strength of the U.S. Dollar compared to currencies around the world. Oil is not cheap as much as the dollar is worth more (for the moment) Price out gas in terms of how much gold it would take to buy and a different picture emerges. In turn the price of the dollar is manipulated and partly effected by the strength of the economy. Not that our economy is strong but that many of the other economies and many other currencies are worse off. Japan, Europe, and the U.S are playing a game of currency wars each trying to make their currency worth less to create a beneficial trade arrangement. Japan is engaged in massive QE right now so at the moment they have the weakest currency (a benefit to a government that is in debt but but not a benefit to all the citizens) Europe is falling apart even though they are not at present engaged in QE easing so their bad economy makes investors less interested in their currency. The U.S. Government has massive s**tloads of debt and desperately needs the dollar to be worth less in the future so that debt can be paid off with dollars eaten by inflation. They want inflation which means that anyone who saves money loses. If the gov is able to re-establish inflation like they want then the price of gas will go up again. I personally think all the money spent on QE should have been spent on reducing the debt. But then the inflationary pressures would have been more apparent and have shown up much more quickly and probably by now. IF, that is an IF, interest rates go up some day, and if inflation goes up again, then the risk is that the gov will be unable to restrain inflation to a seemingly low rate. So far inflation has only been reflected in food and past gas prices. Wages are certainly not showing inflation. If the inflation begins to be shown in prices across the board then things could turn Brazilian (see the article some one else posted on these boards). High prices, stagnant or increasing wages, crime, disruption in basic services, crumbling infrastructure. Not the doomsday collapse many people talk about but a challenge to prepare for nevertheless. Do a little searching on the web and you find tons of advise to buy gold and silver as a hedge against inflation. These are volatile markets and are highly manipulated by the gov. They can set the price anywhere they want it - as long as they maintain control. Your ability to cash in your gold depends on what they set future prices at. On the other hand if they lose control (and that is a very real possibility) then the price of gold and silver (and gas) could skyrocket pretty fast. Canned food will probably only be of value to you and it does have expiration dates, but regardless of what happens with the economy, if you store food, you will eat. How will you know if they lose control? If you see a broader inflation, if you see welfare programs grow at an even faster pace than now, if you see the interest rate go up and the end of lose money policy, then we are closer to a loss of control. It may or may not be preceded by deflation which would of course be responded to with a lose money policy, low rates, and QE. So if you are astute you will be saying we have seen deflation, we have seen increased welfare programs, we have seen lose money policy, we have seen inflation. Well yes but not bad enough yet. That is the thing about it there will be conflicting signs, the talking heads will be all saying opposite things. You will have to be a better tea leaf reader than most. Are we due to suffer deflation? Or maybe inflation? Or maybe one then the other? How about stagflation? Something will probably happen. I don't know which or when.
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Penham
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$2.18 where I live, can't wait to see what the prices are in OKC when I go there in the morning. I have seen on the news some gas stations are $1.89 and $1.99 in OKC.
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hachiban08
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In my Norcal hometown, lowest is 2.41$, current SoCal location, 2.65$
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Be prepared! It may be time....^_^v
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arirish
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Arkansas Ozarks 12/13/14 - $2.38! It was over $4.00 a gallon 4 or 5 months ago!
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Buy more ammo!
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Penham
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Woohoo! Paid $1.99 a gallon today in OKC.
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hachiban08
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lol wanna mail me some, Penham?
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Be prepared! It may be time....^_^v
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onefluover
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$2.54-$2.75 in Masquite NV today. Still $2.95 in St George UT.
But ha ha A-Rabs. Soon you'll be eating sand and scorpions again. Or hopefully just sand. |
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Technophobe
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Wow!
It has just gone DOWN to about ÂŁ1.50 a litre over here. That is around ÂŁ6.00 a gallon or $9 dollars. Who thinks we should lynch our taxmen? |
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Jen147
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I paid 2.25 today.
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$2.29 in the Chicago suburbs, sweet!
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hachiban08
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For today only, one circle k gas station in my hometown is doing 1.99$ for regular gas. The lines have ensued.
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Be prepared! It may be time....^_^v
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Penham
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I paid $1.94 today! Can't wait to see what it is in OKC this weekend, usually .15-.20 cheaper.
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Johnray1
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Penham,the price of gas here in WV has went UP over the last few days from $2.68 to $2.79.Johnray1
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Jen147
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Going up is not good Johnray. Why do you think it's going up in your area?
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Johnray1
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Jen 147, I have no idea why it is going up in my area. But when you look into these things,you generally find a politician or two behind it.Johnray1
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Jen147
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LOL, you are probably right Johnray.
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Penham
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Johnray1, that is kind of strange. Cause the price of oil is continuing to go down with all the US production going on. There's a lot of people here in OK that work in the oil fields and I have a few friends that have even moved to North Dakota to work up there, keeping their homes and family down here and coming back to visit.
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Johnray1
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Penham,I thought it was kind of strange to,but this is what is happening.Johnray1
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Penham
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Paid $1.84 in OKC yesterday. Loving this!
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Penham
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You know how when the gas prices went up really high and the cost of food went up? I bet the cost of food does NOT go down since gas is going down.
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Jen147
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I bet you are right Penham. It is crazy what I have to spend each week for four and then to look in your buggy & see that you really don't have all that much stuff!
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Jen147
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2.05 today at my favorite gas station.
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Penham
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Paid $1.82 in OKC yesterday.
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Johnray1
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Penham,you are making me jealous.Johnray1
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Me too! |
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Gas 1.92
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onefluover
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Fricking St Gouge, Utah! $2.64.
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Don't get too excited got this email today from T. Boone Pickens don't know how I got on his email list but here it is:
During an appearance on CNBC's morning Squawk Box program, T. Boone Pickens again predicted that the price of Brent crude oil - the world price - would be back up to $90 to $100 in 12 to 18 months. Pickens pointed out that OPEC is no longer a cartel, but "it's a trade association." Saudi Arabia has the hard currency resources to ride out $60 oil but "countries like Venezuela and Nigeria are broke." Pickens said, "the cheapest oil in the world is right here in the United States" and that the amount of oil being drilled from both traditional wells and shale deposits has helped the American economy and "amounts to a trillion dollar tax cut." 75 oil rigs had been "dropped" in the past three weeks and he wouldn't be surprised if 40 percent of rigs were taken out of service in the U.S. until prices recover. "And prices will recover," Pickens said, explaining that excess inventory would be consumed and "demand will go back up" and oil and natural gas producers would bring their rigs back on line. He also talked about the Pickens Plan, promising that "heavy trucks and railroads" would lead the way to transition away from largely imported diesel to domestic natural gas. "Natural gas is still cheaper than diesel," he said, "but America needs an energy plan and the Pickens Plan is a plan for America." |
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Alberta - 78.9/liter so $2.986/US Gallon
It's only fair we pay more - we make it here! |
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$2.43 in SoCal - that's ridiculously cheap for San Diego. Actually had the gas gauge reading past full for the first time in a long time
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"Buy it cheap. Stack it deep"
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