Gasoline prices up again

curt_grymala · Post by **curt_grymala** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 3:48 pm

No online source for this, but my wife just told me that, between lunch time and about 4:00 this afternoon, gasoline prices went from $1.899 up to $2.119 per gallon. Watch out for it if it hasn't already happened to you.

farrell2k · Post by **farrell2k** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 4:23 pm

Yeah, crude hit almost $54/gal. We really need to move quicker on drilling in AK.

Post by **Roofus** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 4:33 pm

farrell2k wrote:Yeah, crude hit almost $54/gal. We really need to move quicker on drilling in AK.

Not quite. A barrel is 35 gallons.

farrell2k · Post by **farrell2k** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 4:58 pm

Roofus wrote:
farrell2k wrote:Yeah, crude hit almost $54/gal. We really need to move quicker on drilling in AK.
Not quite. A barrel is 35 gallons.

Thanks. That per barrel, not gallon.

Zealous zerotype · Post by **Zealous zerotype** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 5:11 pm

farrell2k wrote:
Roofus wrote:
farrell2k wrote:Yeah, crude hit almost $54/gal. We really need to move quicker on drilling in AK.
Not quite. A barrel is 35 gallons.
Thanks. That per barrel, not gallon.

Looks like gallons to me...

arrowhead · Post by **arrowhead** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 5:49 pm

I miss 2.11 per gallon. Today I paid 2.27 for 87 friggin octane. I am thanking God that my vehicle doesnt need 91 supreme.

Zealous zerotype · Post by **Zealous zerotype** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 5:54 pm

Around here it is ~1.87 a gallon last I checked.
It went down form about ~1.93, though.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:38 pm

I went up from about ~$1.89 to ~$2.01 here.

curt_grymala · Post by **curt_grymala** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 7:04 pm

Yeah - I heard on the news a little while ago that experts are predicting prices will go up by $0.25/gal this weekend.

I still remember when gas was less than $0.80 per gallon.

butters · Post by **butters** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 7:38 pm

curt_grymala wrote:Yeah - I heard on the news a little while ago that experts are predicting prices will go up by $0.25/gal this weekend.

I still remember when gas was less than $0.80 per gallon.

You also remember when 20 oz. cokes were $.75 and candy bars were $.40. Inflation is a bitch.

arrowhead · Post by **arrowhead** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:38 pm

curt_grymala wrote:Yeah - I heard on the news a little while ago that experts are predicting prices will go up by $0.25/gal this weekend.

I still remember when gas was less than $0.80 per gallon.

It hasnt even been that long ago. I remember in 1999 I was paying 79 cents for regular

OneThirty8 · Post by **OneThirty8** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:56 pm

Butters wrote:
curt_grymala wrote:Yeah - I heard on the news a little while ago that experts are predicting prices will go up by $0.25/gal this weekend.

I still remember when gas was less than $0.80 per gallon.
You also remember when 20 oz. cokes were $.75 and candy bars were $.40. Inflation is a bitch.

This is more than inflation. These wild fluctuations are the result of intentional manipulation of the price.

butters · Post by **butters** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:09 pm

OneThirty8 wrote:
Butters wrote:
curt_grymala wrote:Yeah - I heard on the news a little while ago that experts are predicting prices will go up by $0.25/gal this weekend.

I still remember when gas was less than $0.80 per gallon.
You also remember when 20 oz. cokes were $.75 and candy bars were $.40. Inflation is a bitch.
This is more than inflation. These wild fluctuations are the result of intentional manipulation of the price.

I'm aware of this. He just seemed to have slipped into one of those "when I was a kid..." things.

SuperMegatron · Post by **SuperMegatron** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:53 pm

Butters wrote:
curt_grymala wrote:Yeah - I heard on the news a little while ago that experts are predicting prices will go up by $0.25/gal this weekend.

I still remember when gas was less than $0.80 per gallon.
You also remember when 20 oz. cokes were $.75 and candy bars were $.40. Inflation is a bitch.

20 oz cokes were never $.75 that was 16 oz ones the price went from 75-79 then they introduced 20 oz ones at .99. Candy bars are still 3 for a dollars and most gas stations So they arent good examples of inflation car prices are the best thing to site. 1980 cars ran about 3500 now they are 13,000 for the low end.

butters · Post by **butters** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 10:05 pm

SuperMegatron wrote:
Butters wrote:
curt_grymala wrote:Yeah - I heard on the news a little while ago that experts are predicting prices will go up by $0.25/gal this weekend.

I still remember when gas was less than $0.80 per gallon.
You also remember when 20 oz. cokes were $.75 and candy bars were $.40. Inflation is a bitch.
20 oz cokes were never $.75 that was 16 oz ones the price went from 75-79 then they introduced 20 oz ones at .99. Candy bars are still 3 for a dollars and most gas stations So they arent good examples of inflation car prices are the best thing to site. 1980 cars ran about 3500 now they are 13,000 for the low end.

Actually when the 20 oz cokes debuted here they sold for $.50 for several months before the price went up. Candy bar prices have stayed the same but the size of the bar has decreased. Inflation effects all things, not just expensive items, though they are the most noticable examples.

abydos1000 · Post by **abydos1000** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 10:36 pm

Yes, the size of things has been decreasing over the years. Example, you used to be able to get 32 oz of spagetti sauce, but now you pay the same for only 28 ounces.

Warmachine · Post by **Warmachine** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:55 am

The gas prices are sooo bad. My bro just got a GSX (Eclipse all wheel drive turbo) and that wastes so much gas. I got an Altima also but the gas is ok but still the prices are crazy!

hearld500 · Post by **hearld500** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 1:09 am

Roofus wrote:
farrell2k wrote:Yeah, crude hit almost $54/gal. We really need to move quicker on drilling in AK.
Not quite. A barrel is 35 gallons.

55 gallons.

Post by **Roofus** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 1:16 am

hearld500 wrote:
Roofus wrote:
farrell2k wrote:Yeah, crude hit almost $54/gal. We really need to move quicker on drilling in AK.
Not quite. A barrel is 35 gallons.
55 gallons.

42 gallons

hearld500 · Post by **hearld500** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 1:51 am

Roofus wrote:
hearld500 wrote:
Roofus wrote:
farrell2k wrote:Yeah, crude hit almost $54/gal. We really need to move quicker on drilling in AK.
Not quite. A barrel is 35 gallons.
55 gallons.
42 gallons

I guess thats news to you and I.
I've never even heard of a 42 gallon drum, just 55 and 35.