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I was just reading a CNN article where AAA reports that gas prices have on fallen to an average of $2.266 (US) per gallon.
After running it through a metric conversion table, that's 59.86 cents (US) per litre. After putting that number into a currency conversion calculator, that works out to 74.1 cents Canadian per litre.
Canadians are paying close to a dollar per litre right now (Salmon Arm is 97.9) so I can't understand how Americans are freaking out about high gas prices.
Converted the other way, $1 Canadian per litre equals $3.06 US per gallon.
bluemeanie
4-12-05, 4:15 PM
It's all relative. They're not so much complaining about 'high' gas prices, but rather escalating prices. We're complaining, yet in places like Sweden and even the UK, they're paying close to CAN $2 per litre. I saw a poll about 'what price would gas have to hit to make you stop driving or change your driving methods'... Something like that, anyhow.
45%+ said $1.00 +
then the percentages just kept going down as the price reached $2
The second highest percentage was for "Never... driving is one of life's great pleasures".
go_leafs_go02
4-12-05, 4:16 PM
Right here its around 81 cents, and that was about 15 minutes ago.
If I ever get a permanent in town job, I'm buying a scooter. Saves on gas and I hear the ladies like them.
Where can you find such a conversion table?
I fail to understand how gas can be at 97 cent in Penticton and Salmon Arm, and 68 cents in Chilliwack or at the coast... does it cost that much more to bring it to the BC interior? :confused: :mad:
Where can you find such a conversion table?
I fail to understand how gas can be at 97 cent in Penticton and Salmon Arm, and 68 cents in Chilliwack or at the coast... does it cost that much more to bring it to the BC interior? :confused: :mad:
I used http://www.xe.com/ucc/ for the monetary conversion and a US gallon is 3.7854 litres.
As for high prices in Salmon Arm, I've been told by several gas station owners here that Salmon Arm is half way between Vancouver and Calgary so people tend to fill up here. So the gas companies make lots of money off travellers. Same goes for Kamloops.
As for cheaper gas at the coast, I'm stumped. Salmon Arm's gas comes out of Kamloops, which is a lot shorter distance down the pipeline from up North than Vancouver.
We are paying 91 cents a litre. I hear it is over a dollar in some places.
scorpionn
4-12-05, 6:45 PM
Prices are ridiculous!!!
Right now its hovering around 80 cents/litre, I remember not long ago when it was in the 60s...
How the hell can "common folk" afford to own a car, like really. I am a new driver, so after a $600 drivers ed course, insurance and an actual car.... look at all that pissed away cash.
Americans have had it better for so long for gas...
As Burn said, "Prices are ridiculous!" Just last week in my neighbourhood prices ranged from 99.9cents to over 1$ per litre! The prices are absolutely ridiculous. What are we going to do in the coming 10-30 years when we run out of fossil fuels? Shall we all have electric cars? :cry: :coffee:
habguy
slapshot™
4-12-05, 10:50 PM
Prices are ridiculous!!!
Right now its hovering around 80 cents/litre, I remember not long ago when it was in the 60s...
I remember telling myself back in the early '80's, "I'm gonna quit smoking if and when they go up past 2 bucks a pack". (I'm currently paying $8.50/pack) :violin: People will pay whatever they charge...be it smokes or fuel.
Americans have had it better for so long for gas...
They don't have the fuel hefty taxes like we do in Canada.
Canadian Taxpayers Federation (http://www.taxpayer.com/main/news.php?news_id=596)In more recent years, however, fuel taxes have become synonymous with "sin taxes" like alcohol and tobacco taxes and the government?s perception and use of gas taxes began to change.
Today, gas taxes are an enormous source of general revenues for our governments to the point where taxes now make about 50% of the pump price.
For every litre of gas you buy, Ottawa walks away with 10 cents plus GST. The Saskatchewan government?s take is another 15 cents per litre.
And these are just the surtaxes. In addition to these taxes, there is also a whole slew of gas taxes levied on the gas companies and the local retailers that is already built into the retailers portion of the price. These include royalty fees, corporate income taxes, business taxes, and property taxes, which are passed along to motorists.
But even on fuel taxes alone, Ottawa is making a killing - about $5 billion per year. Yet only a mere 5% finds its way back to Canada?s roads.
What really ticks me is the price we have to pay for asphalt oil. Working for a road const. company I can tell you it also affects us again as taxpayers:
The bitumen that asphalt oil is extracted from also produces excellent low sulphur diesel. With such a demand for that product in the last 10 years or so, the oil companies have jacked the price up because they can make more charging for that than they can just cracking at a lower temp and producing asphalt oil. We're caught paying more because of the oil companies' greed.
...passed on to the municipalities who in turn pass it on to us taxpayers.
Iced Tea
4-12-05, 11:24 PM
According to a sticker on the gas pump of my local Petro Can, the government's take is 42% of the money for every litre we buy. The money is supposed to all be going to pay for highway improvements including four laning the Trans Canada all the way from Vancouver to the Alberta border. I remember that every time I drive over the potholes, bumps and dangerous curves on the two lane parts of the Trans Canada Highway here in BC.
Gas here in Cold Lake is sitting at 89.9, and diesel is running at 82.9
Iced I wished that we seen a fraction of that tax money they suck in. :cry:
If I ever get a permanent in town job, I'm buying a scooter. Saves on gas and I hear the ladies like them.I think Iced would look good bombing arounbd town in this http://www.electric-bikes.com/scoots1.jpg I hear scooters are quite the chick magnet ;)
The Insider
4-13-05, 12:47 AM
I just filled up here in Toronto for 80.1, which has been the average which I usually get. It's not that bad to me, mainly because I can run a tank of gas for about a week and a half. I guess it depends on how much you drive, if you are going an hour to and from work/school each day, of course it will add up and you'd probably be ripping your hair out.
<Sigh> I guess I'm getting older, I can remember when I was younger going to the pumps and watching my dad fill up at under 40 cents, those days will never come back, and I will never see those kind of prices :cry:
hockeyman
4-13-05, 9:57 AM
$2.49 a gallon for 87 oct last time i filled up.
$.89 / litre?
so let's see that's .... liters... so and so ..... gallons .... Candian ..... currency...... converted....... times 15 ....... petrol........ exchange rates..... metric system ....... fluid ounces............ that would be....
$1,822.54 US per gallon? :confused:
bluemeanie
4-13-05, 2:30 PM
When I enter my credit card into the gas pump, I expect the screen to tell me that my loan hasn't been approved. >insert cymbal beat here<
Actually I'm one of those guys that doesn't complain about gas prices. My old man on the other hand... he can tell me what the price is at every station between here and MooseJaw... and what it was yesterday morning. I don't get it. If I can justify paying $80 on a litre of scotch, I have no problem with gas prices. Heck, we still pay more for a litre of bottled water.
$.89 / litre?
so let's see that's .... liters... so and so ..... gallons .... Canadian ..... currency...... converted....... times 15 ....... petrol........ exchange rates..... metric system ....... fluid ounces............ that would be....
$1,822.54 US per gallon? :confused:
First thing you did wrong was the times 15, and the fluid ounces only matters in the size of Big Gulps at 7 - 11. :laughing:
$.89 (Can)/litre * 3.7854 (litres in a US gallon) = $3.369 (Can)/US gal
$3.369 (Can)/US gal translated in US dollars is $2.72 (US)/US gal.
Btw, I remember when gas was 29.9 cents (Can) per litre and I've only been driving for 20 years. There were gas wars every week in Salmon Arm and then the first Gulf War happened, gas prices just kept climbing after that.
Bob burns
7-31-05, 8:04 PM
If Lance Armstrong has taught us anything it's that driving is for suckers. You all complain about the high gas prices, get a bike. It's 104.9/litre here in Vic and I've never seen so many bikers in all my life here on the wetcoast. Almost ran into several riders on the Lockside trail today coming back from Sidney. Bastids...
http://www.4asandiegohotel.com/picture_for_san_diego/Bicycle-Tours2_B.jpg
It is $.82 a litre right now. If I go to the Reserve I can get it cheaper than that. Got to love the aboriginal people for that. They are only supposed to sell it to those with band status, but they have a way around it. :thumb:
Canadian26
8-01-05, 3:24 PM
In edmonton gas has been at 92.4 in the city for a while now....
slapshot™
8-05-05, 9:29 PM
You all complain about the high gas prices, get a bike.
Here's a pic of my new wheels.....
http://options.cjwheels.com/pickofthelot/2005-04-06/dickedwards-04f150.jpg
4x4 package and fully loaded. Best thing about it are the 4 fuel cards that come with the truck.
Bob burns
8-05-05, 10:05 PM
Here's a pic of my new wheels.....
http://options.cjwheels.com/pickofthelot/2005-04-06/dickedwards-04f150.jpg
4x4 package and fully loaded. Best thing about it are the 4 fuel cards that come with the truck.
Haha too bad. Give your mechanic my best wishes...you'll be seeing lots of him/her!!!! :laughing:
It's now 99.5 here. I just about sh(pick a vowel)t myself when I saw the price.
Newfie John
8-12-05, 12:09 AM
Here's a pic of my new wheels.....
http://options.cjwheels.com/pickofthelot/2005-04-06/dickedwards-04f150.jpg
4x4 package and fully loaded. Best thing about it are the 4 fuel cards that come with the truck.
My father has the same truck, only with the 4 big doors. 5.5 foot box. Fully loaded. I'm not allowed to touch it. :(
Anyway.. gas prices here are now at 1.05 a litre.
My father has the same truck, only with the 4 big doors. 5.5 foot box. Fully loaded. I'm not allowed to touch it. :(
Anyway.. gas prices here are now at 1.05 a litre.
I wonder why you are not allowed to touch it. That will wear off BTW. ( I was never allowed to touch dad's new cars until the newness wore off, 2 or 3 months).
$1.05 a litre? OMG I would take the bus ... if we had good service out here.
Canadian26
8-12-05, 4:10 AM
Gas jumped to 97.5 here the other day :cry: ... why is gas so much cheaper in toronto? :confused:
leaferfan87
8-12-05, 1:21 PM
Gas jumped to 97.5 here the other day :cry: ... why is gas so much cheaper in toronto? :confused:
I think it had to do with how the individual provinces tax gas. The gas tax in Quebec is much higher resulting in higher gas prices and that is what has happened in Quebec.
Canadian26
8-14-05, 8:10 PM
I think it had to do with how the individual provinces tax gas. The gas tax in Quebec is much higher resulting in higher gas prices and that is what has happened in Quebec.
Good pnt, but its werid cause I live in alberta... We make gas here...
Good pnt, but its werid cause I live in alberta... We make gas here...
Yeah.
All I know is that gas is 50% tax.. sigh.
Atleast my car gets fairly good fuel economy...
All I can say is that when I first started driving I could fill my car for $5.00 now a car with a smaller tank costs $40.00 to fill. :gulppint:
KB in Kelowna
8-14-05, 10:51 PM
Petroleum is a finite resource. Most of the world's accessible supply has been tapped, and reserves are declining. Why are people surprised that the price is going up?
Newfie John
8-14-05, 11:12 PM
Petroleum is a finite resource. Most of the world's accessible supply has been tapped, and reserves are declining. Why are people surprised that the price is going up?
Actually, I did a class on this last year. There are A LOT of reserves left out in the middle of the ocean, but really far off and deep in the continental shelf. There is a lot of oil out there, not yet tapped. If they do tap it, then the current prices go down, oil companies don't want that. They're going to leach us for every penney before they go out to those other reserves.
KB in Kelowna
8-14-05, 11:16 PM
Actually, I did a class on this last year. There are A LOT of reserves left out in the middle of the ocean, but really far off and deep in the continental shelf. There is a lot of oil out there, not yet tapped. If they do tap it, then the current prices go down, oil companies don't want that. They're going to leach us for every penney before they go out to those other reserves.
What is the cost of accessing this oil? What is the sot of getting it to a refinery and then distributed? Somehow I think high prices are here to stay.
TimmyTabasco
8-14-05, 11:16 PM
Here's a pic of my new wheels.....
http://options.cjwheels.com/pickofthelot/2005-04-06/dickedwards-04f150.jpg
4x4 package and fully loaded. Best thing about it are the 4 fuel cards that come with the truck.
You'll most likely need that during the winter! :thumb:
What I don't get, is people here in Vancouver. They buy SUV's, big trucks, and just drive around the city :confused: :nod:
KB in Kelowna
8-14-05, 11:18 PM
You'll most likely need that during the winter! :thumb:
What I don't get, is people here in Vancouver. They buy SUV's, big trucks, and just drive around the city :confused: :nod:
Compensating for a lack of endowment?
Newfie John
8-14-05, 11:19 PM
What is the cost of accessing this oil? What is the sot of getting it to a refinery and then distributed? Somehow I think high prices are here to stay.
Oh the costs are definately high, and with the way things are being runned the prices will stay high. But, if the oil companies starting tapping into these untouched resources now, the customers will get a break. Maybe bring it down to 60-80 cents a litre. But no, they insist to wait until later when it is the last resort, so they can keep their prices high and still make a premium. In the end though, who can blame them? It's not like government gives a s@!t... except for Danny Williams, but he's an idiot right? :laughing:
You'll most likely need that during the winter! :thumb:
What I don't get, is people here in Vancouver. They buy SUV's, big trucks, and just drive around the city :confused: :nod:
I hate these "Mall Parking Lot 4 X 4's" The biggest bump that they run over is the speed bumps at the mall!
The next truck I get will more then likely not be a 4 X 4, I rarely use the 4 X 4 option even in Northern Alberta where at times during winter we drive on pure ice with a sprinkling of sand/salt.
The Automoblile companies need to scale back on the vehicles, eventually they are going to be going back to the comapct sized car, it is inevitable, we cannot keep up nor can we afford these massive blocks of metal.
Record smashing profits. @&*# the consumer. Buy oil stocks and feel better.
The great cash gusher
By Sylvia Pfeifer (Filed: 14/08/2005)
Lord Browne had just one word for it. "Staggering" was how the head of BP, the oil giant, described his company's performance earlier this year.
It is not often that chief executives, especially ones as heavyweight as Lord Browne, are quite so effusive about their company's performance - in this case, BP's generation of cash - but he was stating the obvious. Thanks to crude prices that have averaged more than $40 a barrel over the past 20 months and which last week broke through the $67 a barrel barrier in New York, the oil giants are drowning in cash.
BP and Shell operating cashflows
BP, ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell have given a new meaning to the concept of "record profits". Last year ExxonMobil, the world's largest oil company, generated more than $43bn (?24bn) of cashflow from operations and asset sales - mainly thanks to the benign operating environment.
BP and Shell have not been far behind. Last month BP established a new record for a UK company when it announced first-half profits of $10.4bn (?5.7bn) - equivalent to generating ?33m a day, ?1.4m an hour or ?382 a second. Jeroen van der Veer, the Shell chief executive, was hard on BP's heels just a few days later, reporting profits for the first half of ?5.6bn - ?1.3m an hour. To put that into perspective, BP could buy 129,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom cars every single day.
And things can only get better - or so it seems. According to analysts at Goldman Sachs, the US investment bank, at $50 a barrel, BP and Shell combined will generate $70bn of cash in this financial year - a figure that is greater than the economic output of Qatar, Luxembourg and Lebanon combined, or 4 per cent of UK GDP.
Tight supplies, coupled with a lack of refining capacity in America, have been the main drivers behind the high prices. Last week the International Energy Agency urged the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) to pump more oil as supplies from outside the cartel are falling short of expectations.
...more (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2005/08/14/ccoil14.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/money/2005/08/14/ixcoms.html)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/graphics/2005/08/14/ccoil.gif
KB in Kelowna
8-15-05, 11:28 AM
All I can say is that when I first started driving I could fill my car for $5.00 now a car with a smaller tank costs $40.00 to fill. :gulppint:
I saw something the other day, and I am not able to verify this but, adjusted for inflation gas is as cheap now as it was in 1981.
I saw something the other day, and I am not able to verify this but, adjusted for inflation gas is as cheap now as it was in 1981.
Gas prices in March 1981 would be $3.03 per gallon expressed in today's dollars, Lundberg said, while a barrel of oil would be about $90.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/15/national/main778349.shtml
bluemeanie
8-15-05, 11:38 AM
I saw something the other day, and I am not able to verify this but, adjusted for inflation gas is as cheap now as it was in 1981.
I wouldn't doubt it. Fuel prices were still high in 81, after skyrocketing in the 70's. Few things do stay on par with the rise of inflation, but gas I think makes leaps and bounds to stay on coarse.
It's still cheaper then bottled water.
Compensating for a lack of endowment?
I don't have an SUV, but I do have a big a$$ed car with an 8 cylinder engine. I still get 30 MPG (< 9 litres per 100 km) on the highway. "Compensating for a lack of endowment" *looks in pants* .... my "endowment" is just fine thanks :] I guess Freud drove a Ford Excursion.
Leafs_Fa_Life
8-15-05, 12:10 PM
Gas jumped to 97.5 here the other day :cry: ... why is gas so much cheaper in toronto? :confused:
Don't worry c26, we've caught up. On the weekend gas prices were between 90 cents and a dollar in the big smoke :curse:
slapshot™
8-15-05, 1:55 PM
Top off the SUV, pay the gas jockey and get some change left over for a bag of chips.....
http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/banknotes/graphs/photos/general/1986bg/1287a.gif
bluemeanie
8-15-05, 2:05 PM
As long as you don't mind sacrificing the "horse" power, there are more fuel-efficient alternatives available...
http://www.bmwworld.com/driving/signs/donkeycar.jpg
Iced Tea
8-15-05, 10:16 PM
If I could afford it, I'd buy a scooter.
http://powersports.honda.com/assets/images/model/model_hero_shot/Scooters/2005/small/Metropolitan.jpg
If I could afford it, I'd buy a scooter. Try a bicycle or even a bus pass. :thumb:
Today was the first day that The W. Region saw gas prices at $1.00 or more per litre.
Iced Tea
8-15-05, 10:30 PM
Try a bicycle or even a bus pass. :thumb:
Today was the first day that The W. Region saw gas prices at $1.00 or more per litre.
Kind of difficult to haul around my work stuff (lunch and some tools) on a bike, plus we are working 25 minutes from town right now.
Also, the bus doesn't conform to my work hours and ruins my mobility for switching sites as needed.
Just thought I'd add that gas is 108.9 cents in Penticton, 101.9 in Salmon Arm. I'm thinking of hitchhiking to work but the truckers haven't stopped to pick me up; even after I show some thigh. :D
Not to make anyone cry but the gas in Montreal is 1.18 $ / L ... Here in Gatineau it's around .98 $ and 1.02 $. Must be cheaper in Ottawa though.
go_leafs_go02
8-16-05, 1:39 PM
We hit !.00 mark last Friday, and latest i saw was roughly 1.04 per litre.
Man, i feel old remembring when it was 56 cents.
bluemeanie
8-16-05, 1:46 PM
If you're using premium, you've been paying over a dollar/L for about a year now, life doesn't change any after 100... relax.=]
We hit !.00 mark last Friday, and latest i saw was roughly 1.04 per litre.
Man, i feel old remembring when it was 56 cents.
You feel old?
When I started driving 20 years ago, gas was 27 cents per litre. Wish I had bought a million litres storage tank, buried it in a secret location and filled it up with 29 cent gas. I'd be laughing now. Sadly though, I didn't and now I'm taking out loans each week to fill up my SUV. :(
Just went up from 97.9 to 102.9 here :curse:
Just went up from 97.9 to 102.9 here :curse:
That an increase of almost 5 cents.
That an increase of almost 5 cents.
Almost? :conspire:
TimmyTabasco
8-16-05, 2:26 PM
People should stop whining about the gas
Do you know how much they pay in europe? :nod:
I remember it was something like 2 dollars canadian, and that was a few years ago!
People should stop whining about the gas
Do you know how much they pay in europe? :nod:
I remember it was something like 2 dollars canadian, and that was a few years ago!
NA is designed for transportation by the car.
Europe isn't.
TimmyTabasco
8-16-05, 2:41 PM
NA is designed for transportation by the car.
Europe isn't.
Europe is nuts man..
Cars are everywhere. Sure, its not as long distances, but they use them a lot more :nod:
bluemeanie
8-16-05, 2:42 PM
NA is designed for transportation by the car.
Europe isn't.
They designed the continent around the car? I didn?t know that?they should have used more ash fault. =]
Newfie John
8-16-05, 2:42 PM
I just bought a car that's fuel efficient compared to my other vehicles(Mustang, F-150, and Santa Fe). I now have a saturn. That thing still costs 40.00 to fill on about 450 km in the city. It's not bad, but not cheap enough for me.
They designed the continent around the car? I didn?t know that?they should have used more ash fault. =]
You don't like driving on grass? ;]
NJ: How on earth did you afford having 4 different vehicles at 17?
Honey ... I'm just going to drive over and visit, uh, Belgium... I'll be back in an hour. If Europe was bigger and had -40 dgeree winter nights, they might have one of these... :]
http://www.northwestoffroad.com/images/parts/ford-v8.jpg
TimmyTabasco
8-16-05, 2:46 PM
NJ: How on earth did you afford having 4 different vehicles at 17?
Well..he is "The Codfather" :thumb:
bluemeanie
8-16-05, 2:48 PM
I just bought a car that's fuel efficient compared to my other vehicles(Mustang, F-150, and Santa Fe). I now have a saturn.
Keep a stock pile in case you total one again? =]
NJ: How on earth did you afford having 4 different vehicles at 17?
NJ is loaded thanks to his extracurricular activities such as drug running and pimping. :pimp:
Newfie John
8-16-05, 2:49 PM
NJ: How on earth did you afford having 4 different vehicles at 17?
I didn't pay for them all, I paid for the Saturn only. My parents bought the others, and I'm allowed to drive them every now and then, except for the truck, which I drive VERY rarely. How did I pay for the saturn? Insurance baby... :nod:
Newfie John
8-16-05, 2:50 PM
Keep a stock pile in case you total one again? =]
LMAO.. you could say that I suppose. :laughing:
bluemeanie
8-16-05, 2:52 PM
You don't like driving on grass? ;]
Not unless I'm drunk, or I have Golf clubs strapped to the back... either way, I'm usually drunk. So, I really don't remember if I like it ot not.
Iced Tea
8-17-05, 12:45 PM
Just got back from the hospital; I had a heart attack when I saw that gas was 108.9 cents/litre last night.
I just read some interesting articles on OPEC losing control of the price of oil. No matter how much they increase production, the traders don't believe them.
Is OPEC losing control over oil price? (http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/D6E08A21-3A15-4D95-9256-9B801D9540BE.htm)
OPEC barks, but it's losing its bite (http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/15/markets/opec_oil/)
Canadians' fuel cost
http://www.caa.ca/gasprice/images/img_gaspie.gif
So on a 108.9 cents/litre fillup, taxes account for 46.8 cents per litre.
Another tidbit from Canadian Automobile Association,
Fuelling Canada's Road Transportation System
Gasoline is one of the most heavily taxed consumer products in Canada ? in fact, gasoline taxes comprise almost 50 per cent of the retail gasoline pump price. Although gasoline taxes were originally intended for fixing and maintaining our roadways they have now become an important revenue source for governments. The federal government collects almost $4.7-billion in annual gas taxes but invests less than 3% in road construction and highway development. Studies have shown that federal and provincial governments together receive an estimated $10 billion per year in gasoline taxes.
CAA link (http://www.caa.ca/gasprice/infrastructure.html)
The Feds are using the money to pay for screwups like the crappy subs when the highways should be in top condition everywhere in Canada. Feds can go to heck. :curse: :mad:
Max Power
8-17-05, 1:14 PM
Canadians' fuel cost
http://www.caa.ca/gasprice/images/img_gaspie.gif
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The Feds are using the money to pay for screwups like the crappy subs when the highways should be in top condition everywhere in Canada. Feds can go to heck. :curse: :mad:
This tax structure has been in place for years at the same % Petro can has been using that exact image on their pumps since gas was 50 cents a liter
I could explain some other reasons why gas prices are so high but it would turn into a political debate =]
This tax structure has been in place for years at the same % Petro can has been using that exact image on their pumps since gas was 50 cents a liter
I could explain some other reasons why gas prices are so high but it would turn into a political debate =]
Start a thread in the Politics section and let's get it on. http://www.ps2-scene.org/forums/images/smilies/fence.gif
Max Power
8-17-05, 1:45 PM
Start a thread in the Politics section and let's get it on. http://www.ps2-scene.org/forums/images/smilies/fence.gif
lol
Yah it's not a big deal but at the same time I don't feel like looking up the articles or trying to argue the topic.
All it comes down to is oil prices are heavily influenced by how much the US government keeps in reserve. If they overstock reserves it generates uncertainties over supply. With strong demand also combined it makes a very lucrative market for oil companies who have been recording record profits every quarter in the last year. Ironically many people in Bush's staff like Chaney and Bush's family are heavy investors in theses companies like Exxon
KB in Kelowna
8-17-05, 8:01 PM
I am pleased to announce the bank approved my 2nd mortgage so I will be able to fillup the Taurus this week :nod: :cry: :cry: :eek:
I am pleased to announce the bank approved my 2nd mortgage so I will be able to fillup the Taurus this week :nod: :cry: :cry: :eek:
My Taurus gets great mileage.. quit complaining ;).
My Dad has to drive an SUV due to a bad back; imagine how he feels!
slapshot™
8-19-05, 7:31 PM
Here's a link to a site that lists updated fuel prices for many locations in North America -> GasBuddy.com (http://www.gasbuddy.com/)
GasBuddy.com can help you find cheap gas prices in your city. It is comprised of 170 gas price information web sites that help consumers find low gasoline prices. All web sites are operated by GasBuddy. GasBuddy has the most comprehensive listings of gas prices anywhere by far.
http://www.dannyveghs.com/popcorn/gaspump.jpg
The Ontario listings are silly. They only include Toronto Hamilton and London. There is nowhere in eastern On. listed not even Ottawa.:curse:
Here's a link to a site that lists updated fuel prices for many locations in North America -> GasBuddy.com (http://www.gasbuddy.com/)
I'm a member of Gastips.com (http://www.gastips.com/), a strictly Canadian site, not as popular as GasBuddy but the Okanagan and Shuswap are throughly covered.
I'm a member of Gastips.com (http://www.gastips.com/), a strictly Canadian site, not as popular as GasBuddy but the Okanagan and Shuswap are throughly covered.
It has a few gas stations listed from around here. Much better, thanks for the link.
Canadian26
8-19-05, 11:24 PM
Petro canada, and Esso give a 3 cent discount of the showing price. So they're usualy the cheapest. For some reason, the internation airport in Edmonton is always cheaper than the city buy a good 4 cents or so. One time it was a good 12cents cheaper. So for those driving in Edmonton, check out the internation airport, its worth drive sometimes.
$1.24 here. :curse: :curse: :curse: :curse:
Someone is making a killing.
I haven't paid more than $1/litre yet. Just saw a $102.9/litre sign in Westboro.
98.6 cents/litre yesterday.
$1.069/litre this afternoon.
I didn't fill up when I was out yesterday. :curse:
FTR, it was 101.4 when I woke up today.
It went up 25% in 24 hours. Absoultely ridiculous. I still haven't seen the 125, but apparently it's hit all of the small towns in the metropolis.
And.. why in the blue ***ing hell is gas ****ing cheaper in Ontario than Alberta? ****!
KB in Kelowna
8-31-05, 7:52 PM
was $1.08/9 this morning when I filled up on the drive to work. I heard it is up to $1.32/9 in Vernon this afternoon. So how come when a crisis hits the price goes up immeaditely and when the price of a barrel from OPEC falls it takes a month to 6 weeks to work through the system? :rolleyes:
So how come when a crisis hits the price goes up immeaditely and when the price of a barrel from OPEC falls it takes a month to 6 weeks to work through the system? :rolleyes:
Amen.
Word is that other provinces want handouts from Alberta.
How about this? Go screw yourselves, where were you when the States closed their borders to beef?
Amen.
How about this? Go screw yourselves, where were you when the States closed their borders to beef?
Hoping that you guys would open your own slaughter houses and packing plants so that we could forget the US altogether.
Other than that I was eating high priced beef that someone (the middle person) was making a huge profit on.
Amen.
Word is that other provinces want handouts from Alberta.
How about this? Go screw yourselves, where were you when the States closed their borders to beef?
Are you serious? Ontario and the other provinces,and the Federal government were gathering together $460 million in aid for the cattle farmers. We were also eating beef. *&^% $#@
PS and with a quick hunt I see that:
March 22, 2004: Federal government releases $680 million in mad cow relief to cattle farmers.
slapshot™
8-31-05, 9:27 PM
Are you serious? Ontario and the other provinces,and the Federal government were gathering together $460 million in aid for the cattle farmers. We were also eating beef. *&^% $#@
PS and with a quick hunt I see that:
March 22, 2004: Federal government releases $680 million in mad cow relief to cattle farmers.
I think that PDO has forgotten that the border was closed to ALL Canadian beef...not just Alberta beef. He's a silly boy at times. http://hockeystation.com/images/smilies/clown.gif
And.. why in the blue ***ing hell is gas ****ing cheaper in Ontario than Alberta? ****!That surprises me. On Canada.com they have been tracking gas prices across the country and have been for a few months now. This is what today's board shows. That's why I was so surprised to see that you were paying $1.25/litre.
AUGUST 31
Average price: 104.4?
One year ago: 83.8?
CURRENT PRICES:
VANCOUVER - 105.6?
EDMONTON - 99.6?
WINNIPEG - 106.6?
TORONTO - 119.6?
MONTREAL - 120.0?
HALIFAX - 110.9?
I think that PDO has forgotten that the border was closed to ALL Canadian beef...not just Alberta beef. He's a silly boy at times. http://hockeystation.com/images/smilies/clown.gif
Yes, yes I am.
I'm eating some crow for a short memory caused by a 25% increase in the cost of fuel ;)
TimmyTabasco
8-31-05, 11:29 PM
Yes, yes I am.
I'm eating some crow for a short memory caused by a 25% increase in the cost of fuel ;)
As a punishment for your insolence, you will be eating much more than crow
You shall be eating tuna for a week. Only tuna..thats it, and thats all
As a punishment for your insolence, you will be eating much more than crow
You shall be eating tuna for a week. Only tuna..thats it, and thats all
Can I have a dash of tobasco? :)
Yeah, B. Put that in your next smoothie and drink it! :nod: ;)
TimmyTabasco
8-31-05, 11:35 PM
Can I have a dash of tobasco? :)
No you may not, you dirty heathen!
My special sauce is reserved for ladies only! :nod: :thumb:
No you may not, you dirty heathen!
My special sauce is reserved for ladies only! :nod: :thumb:
Hopefully for you sake it doesn't go bad if not used often enough! :pimp:
TimmyTabasco
8-31-05, 11:42 PM
Hopefully for you sake it doesn't go bad if not used often enough! :pimp:
:laughing: :laughing:
Touche
Hopefully for you sake it doesn't go bad if not used often enough! :pimp:
It turns into gas, expensive gas.
*a4l's way of bringing it back on topic* :gulppint:
It turns into gas, expensive gas.
*a4l's way of bringing it back on topic* :gulppint:
Sh.. I'm a mod.. I didnt' do it I swear.
I blame Tabasco. If you don't use it, ya lose it!
TimmyTabasco
8-31-05, 11:47 PM
I blame Tabasco. If you don't use it, ya lose it!
Yeah, your right
Thanks for letting me know. I understand you have much experience in this area. Or maybe we should all take a look at your poster of pronger? :laughing: :nod:
bluemeanie
9-01-05, 11:35 AM
I paid $1.37 this morning... well, at least it's all going to a good cause. Now some poor guy in the middle east will sleep better tonight knowing that he'll be able to feed all of his wives tomorrow...
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b217/mrbluemeanie/ATT92019.jpg
Ottawa residents can shop ahead...
http://ottawagasprices.com/
Max Power
9-01-05, 12:35 PM
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1125576643773_51/?hub=Canada
CTV.ca News Staff
Updated: Thu. Sep. 1 2005 10:38 AM ET
A Toronto MP is blaming Canadian oil companies for the soaring gas prices at the pumps.
Liberal MP Dan McTeague said the price hikes were caused solely by the monopoly the oil companies have in Canada.
"The oil industry has to come clean, they are taking advantage of a desperate situation ... it's terrible ... it has to
stop," he told CTV's Canada AM Thursday.
McTeague, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, accused the companies of profiteering from the disaster caused by Hurricane Katrina in the U.S.
"Refineries in Canada have decided they've got a good thing going here ... someone is fleecing the public," he said.
McTeague told Canada AM that Canadian oil companies had jacked up prices almost ten cents a litre above international prices set by the U.S.
He said what they were doing should be outlawed.
"We should have moratoriums on refinery shutdowns in Canda ... it creates artificial demand," he said.
"This is a recipe for government involvement to restore market forces."
Weary motorists have been struggling as gas prices soared across Canada during the past two days.
In Barrie, Ont., Thursday, some stations were reportedly
charging $1.40 per litre. In Toronto the cost of gas was about $1.26 per litre.
Motorists faced similar prices in Canada's largest city early Wednesday after the price of gas jumped as much as 20 cents a litre from the day before. But by the end of the day prices at some stations had fallen to just over the $1 mark.
Ontario wasn't the only province hit by high prices. Across the country consumers were shelling out more to fill up at the pumps.
In Saint John, N.B. and Dartmouth, N.S. prices hit $1.29 a litre. In Montreal some stations were charging as much as $1.35 per litre. While out west consumers in Edmonton and Vancouver faced prices of $1.15 and $1.13 per litre respectively.
Even in Newfoundland and Labrador where the Petroleum Pricing Office sets automotive (and other) fuel rates on the 15th of each month, gas was $1.156 at St. John's pumps.
Many analysts have blamed the sudden jump in retail gas prices on the surge in wholesale prices in the U.S., where numerous refineries in the south have been shut down by the hurricane and a supply shortage looms ahead of the Labour Day weekend, when millions of drivers hit the road and gasoline demand surges.
As well, oil production in the Gulf has been disrupted by the hurricane and it could take weeks before rigs begin operating normally.
While crude oil remains around $69 US, gasoline futures prices for the month of October have risen nearly 40 per cent this week on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
These explanations, however, seemed to do little to ease anger in Canada.
"Who knows? They always come up with some explanation as to why it's high," one woman told CTV News in Toronto.
Another consumer at the pumps said: "It sucks. Big Time. But there's not too much we can do about it if we want to drive."
Bart Melek, a senior economist with BMO Nesbitt Burns, said gasoline prices in Canada have also gone up quickly because in a global market, the supply shortages in the United States have also created a sudden surge in demand for Canadian crude for U.S. refineries normally supplied by Gulf oil.
"What we have now, all of a sudden . . . is even tighter markets where we have the potential for gasoline shortages in some areas of the United States," he told The Canadian Press.
"Markets will respond to pressures by lifting prices."
The price hikes came amid reports of extensive damage to oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, where a major chunk of U.S. oil production and refining is located, said Matt Barasch of RBC Dominion Securities.
It is now estimated that more than 95 per cent of the daily output of the Gulf, and 88 per cent of its natural gas output, are offline.
Ok I am going to sue the person who sold me my Cavalier. They told me that I would find it cheaper to drive. HA! It only cost $25.00 to fill up the Buick Century but to-day it cost $42.00 to fill up the Cav.
Time to take this to the politics forum. I am starting a new thread.
Ok I am going to sue the person who sold me my Cavalier. They told me that I would find it cheaper to drive. HA! It only cost $25.00 to fill up the Buick Century but to-day it cost $42.00 to fill up the Cav.
Time to take this to the politics forum. I am starting a new thread.
Yeah, but if it has a tank that is 1.68 times bigger, then it's the same economy :).
Yeah, but if it has a tank that is 1.68 times bigger, then it's the same economy :).
I am going to pretend that I am stupid. That often wins cases!
go_leafs_go02
9-03-05, 9:32 PM
Well its 128.1 at the neigbourhood pump right now
I was gone at camp..and had no clue..monday morning the last time i saw gas prices it was 97.8, and then outside of camp on friday it was 132.9!!!
Went up to 147,9 in Montreal, now back to 139,9 I think. It's around 126,9 here.
Newfie John
9-04-05, 2:41 AM
It's a 1.50 a litre here now. Just rediculous.
Ours went down from 133.9 to 131.2.
Max Power
9-08-05, 2:31 PM
Catchy song about gas prices
http://toccionline.kizash.com/films/1001/178/
112.9 here, diesel is up to 94.9........
charlio lemieux
9-08-05, 3:17 PM
Catchy song about gas prices
:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
bluemeanie
9-08-05, 3:21 PM
112.9 here, diesel is up to 94.9........
112.9??? I might have to drive up to Cold Lake to fill up. That's something my old man would say... he sits by the radio waiting for the report sighting the cheapest pump in the city... he'll drive there even if it costs him $7 in mileage.
When we were in Calgary last week gas averaged 114, and I fueled up with diesel for 84.9 if memory serves me right.
TimmyTabasco
9-08-05, 4:39 PM
and I fueled up with diesel for 84.9 if memory serves me right.
Yeah, and I could hear you heading home..all the way from Vancouver :nod:
slapshot™
9-08-05, 10:12 PM
It's @ $127.9 here.
Holy high octane Batman! At that rate it would cost $15,987.50 to fill my truck (125 litre tank).
scorpionn
9-08-05, 10:28 PM
Prices were down here a bit today, at the flying J near the 401 it was $1.07... $1.08 at most places though..
Still not cheap, but at least its not 30 cents more ;)
charlio lemieux
9-08-05, 10:30 PM
1.11
leaferfan87
9-08-05, 11:58 PM
I was quite shocked to see that gas in Gatineau (124.4) was just as expensive as Ottawa's gas. I usually remember there being a difference.
Yahooooooooo it went down to $117.2 here.
go_leafs_go02
9-09-05, 10:06 PM
just filled up for an incredibly cheap 108.6 cents per liter!!!
Prices range from $1.30 about 20 km out of London in Strathroy, to about $1.07 along the 401 east of London.
Gas prices are dropping in Ottawa. Paid 110.9 last week. Saw 103.4 later that day. Doh! Topped the beast up with some 104.9 yesterday. Gas in rural Quebec is still high.
go_leafs_go02
9-11-05, 5:24 PM
its 103.9 which is just about back to pre-Katrina prices...hopefully it keeps on dropping and dropping..though I know it won't.
Prices range from $1.30 about 20 km out of London in Strathroy, to about $1.07 along the 401 east of London.Why is that? It's the same here about 100 kilometres east of London. The gas is cheaper near the 401 (Canada's busiest highway) than it is in the more northern parts of the city(ies). I would think it would be the other way around with companies trying to capitalize on highway drivers. By the way, I saw $1.005 at a Sunoco station near the 401 today. Hopefully we'll be back to talking about cents, not dollars tommorow.
leaferfan87
9-12-05, 1:07 AM
Gas prices are dropping in Ottawa. Paid 110.9 last week. Saw 103.4 later that day. Doh! Topped the beast up with some 104.9 yesterday. Gas in rural Quebec is still high.
Yeah I saw it for some high price on the way to Mont Ste-Marie the other day. I can't figure out why I have norecollection of the price.
Yeah I saw it for some high price on the way to Mont Ste-Marie the other day. I can't figure out why I have norecollection of the price.
Playing golf there? I played a round there in July. Nice course.
http://www.ottawagolf.com/montstmarie/tour/pictures/hole15.jpg
leaferfan87
9-12-05, 12:13 PM
Playing golf there? I played a round there in July. Nice course.
http://www.ottawagolf.com/montstmarie/tour/pictures/hole15.jpg
You really didn't want to see half the kids with golf clubs at that point myself included.
Hopefully we'll be back to talking about cents, not dollars tommorow.Update: Just as I suspected. I held out until today and went to a full serve station for 99.6 cents per litre, which is directly across from a self serve station that was charging seven cents more per litre. I couldn't believe that it was costing drivers more to fill up on their own, without service. It wasn't only one location like that either. It was both on the east side of the city where I live and on the south side where I work.
Down to 106.4 in Edmonton (After that ridiculous 3.5 cents off a litre.. just mark it down :curse: ).
go_leafs_go02
9-12-05, 9:45 PM
According to http://londongasprices.com/index.aspx gas is now reaching the 1.02 a litre mark.
Woo Hoo!!!
scorpionn
9-21-05, 10:47 PM
They say gas prices are going up again, thanks to the next hurricane...
On londongasprices.com, one place is already listed at $1.60 a litre *gulp*
Yikes! Ours is still 104.4
I spent $50.00 today to fill up at $1.039 per litre. I thought it was wise to do so before it potentially could be back up in the $1.30 - $1.45 range in a couple of days.
go_leafs_go02
9-25-05, 8:17 PM
so, I guess gas didn't go up.
Rumours had it at 2.25 in some places here in S. Ontario, but it never went above 1.05 here, and now is at 95 cents.
KB in Kelowna
9-25-05, 8:32 PM
It is holding steady at $1.11/9 here.
Canadian26
9-26-05, 3:41 AM
We've been at 100.4 for a couple days now.. our prices have actually been falling. At the pumps you actually get a price of 97 something, its always lower than whats showing.
102.9 for gas, 94.9 for diesel this morning.
There was pandamonium at the pumps on Friday as someone spread a rumour that gas was going up to 1.76 on Fri and 2.20 by Tuesday.
slapshot™
9-26-05, 1:34 PM
102.9 for gas, 94.9 for diesel this morning.
There was pandamonium at the pumps on Friday as someone spread a rumour that gas was going up to 1.76 on Fri and 2.20 by Tuesday.
I fueled my pickup this morning....$136.00. With the amount of driving I do that's a twice a week event.
Yeah but doesn't your company pay for your fuel?
I hear Ralph is going to give us more money for being Albertans next year as well!!!!!!
slapshot™
9-26-05, 2:30 PM
Yeah but doesn't your company pay for your fuel?
I hear Ralph is going to give us more money for being Albertans next year as well!!!!!!
They do pay my fuel...but I'm very concerned about my consumption.
Yeah....I dunno what I'm gonna do with all these "royalty cheques". Maybe wallpaper a room (or two) in the basement with them...dunno. *wink*
KB in Kelowna
9-26-05, 3:48 PM
Yeah....I dunno what I'm gonna do with all these "royalty cheques". Maybe wallpaper a room (or two) in the basement with them...dunno. *wink*
Buy vacation property in the Okanagan, like the rest of Alberta? :eek: :laughing:
slapshot™
9-26-05, 3:53 PM
Buy vacation property in the Okanagan, like the rest of Alberta? :eek: :laughing:
Isn't the minimum age 65 to do that?
On average, the price of gas has surged down to $0.955 per litre in this area. :)
Canadian26
9-26-05, 8:48 PM
They're down to 99.9 right now, I filled up at 96.4 at the actual pump price.
Still getting screwed over at 111.9 in Salmon Arm. Good thing I'm not working right now (knee injury) so I rarely have to drive anywhere. :mad:
go_leafs_go02
9-27-05, 4:19 PM
anyone else noticing a trend with high gas prices in the morning and lower prices in the afternoon?
This morning it was 107.4 cents per litre. This afternoon it was 95.9.
This has been going on for the past 2 weeks..Gas at least 1.05 in the morning, and under 97 cents in the afternoon.
Oh well, at least I know when to get my guess.
Gas has come back down where I live. They spiked it after Katrina from about $2.60 to $3.50 per gallon.
I wasn't paying attention and went to fill up and the total was over $50, I had to double-take because my vehicle had never even passed $40 on a fillup in 6 years previous.
Filled up the other day and it's back "down" to about $3.05 / gallon.
Canadian26
9-27-05, 10:53 PM
anyone else noticing a trend with high gas prices in the morning and lower prices in the afternoon?
This morning it was 107.4 cents per litre. This afternoon it was 95.9.
This has been going on for the past 2 weeks..Gas at least 1.05 in the morning, and under 97 cents in the afternoon.
Oh well, at least I know when to get my guess.
Yo know whats weird I see the exact opposite trend here. The gas station by the airport is always cheaper before like 1pm then its sometimes higher.
scorpionn
10-02-05, 7:48 PM
Great thing happened to me and my dad today.
He picked me and a friend up from work. On our way driving home we pass a 7-11/Esso.. gas is listed as 15 cents a litre, guess someone screwed up ;)
We went in and argued that by law they had to give us gas for 15 cents a litre, they couldn't do anything at the moment since it was really supposed to be 105.0, but we were promised the store manager would refund us later on. My dad filled $68 worth of gas into the van..
go_leafs_go02
10-02-05, 9:04 PM
where is this place? Only place I can think of as a 7-11/Esso is Oxford & Hyde Park.
Was that the one? Many stations do that, if gas is 1.05, they'll have it as 105, so it looks like 10.5.
I doubt you'll get the refund...either you'll drop it, or it will go to court..which makes it not really worth it.
It was 106 this morning and has crept up to 115.9 this evening. There is no way in Hades they can justify a rise of so much.
scorpionn
10-02-05, 9:48 PM
where is this place? Only place I can think of as a 7-11/Esso is Oxford & Hyde Park.
Was that the one? Many stations do that, if gas is 1.05, they'll have it as 105, so it looks like 10.5.
I doubt you'll get the refund...either you'll drop it, or it will go to court..which makes it not really worth it.
It was the one at Pond Mills and Commisioners. Our name and number was given to the store clerk to be given to the store manager immediately. If the manager doesn't call in a few days we're going to stop by to complain, since its a 3 min drive from my house :laughing:
One of the clerks screwed up, as soon as we said the price was at 15 she ran outside to change it to 105.
leaferfan87
10-02-05, 9:52 PM
Gas seems to be a little pricey here in Ottawa. I saw it for 109.2 at the Petro Can on the corner of Rideau and King Edward.
go_leafs_go02
10-03-05, 12:29 AM
Alright..good luck on that...I should try to find some loopholes while i'm out getting gas.
BTW, if you're a cheapie on gas like me..check out londongasprices.com. Its very handy to use, and it gives you the best prices around on gas. (also links to the rest of Canada/US as well)
I just read this in the Telegraph and just about choked when I got to the part that I highlighted in red. I feel sooooo sorry for them. NOT
Hurricanes leave behind ?4bn bill for oil giants
By Christopher Hope, Business Correspondent (Filed: 05/10/2005)
The world's biggest oil and gas companies are facing a $7.5billion (?4.3billion) bill from the hurricanes that lashed the Gulf of Mexico.
The news emerged as BP, the world's number two oil and gas company, said the impact of hurricanes Rita and Katrina had knocked $700m (?400m) off its third-quarter profits.
Analysts at Wood MacKenzie estimated that 45m barrels of oil and 220billion cubic feet of gas, worth between $4billion and $5billion in lost revenues, had been "shut in" by the storms.
With production slow to come back on stream, the energy consultancy said that the figure could grow by another $2.5billion by the end of the year.
Ian Ashcroft, a Wood MacKenzie analyst, said: "This is a bad one. I can't recall it being this bad and I have been doing this for 20 years."
Mr Ashcroft said the slow speed at which big companies such as BP, Shell, Chevron and Exxon were building up production after the storms was remarkable. He said: "It has been slower than you might imagine."
BP said the storms had disrupted output between June and September, forcing daily production down from 4.1m barrels of oil and gas equivalent per day (boepd) in the last quarter to 3.8m boepd.
Normal production from the Gulf region - 500,000 boepd - was down to 175,000 boepd. The company is now unlikely to meet its 2005 production goal of 4.1m to 4.2m boepd.
However, the $700m figure is likely barely to make a dent in BP's forecast pre-tax profits of $31billion, more than twice last year's $15billion.
Bruce Evers, an analyst at Investec, said: "It is a big hit but BP is a pretty big company. It is more of a blip than anything else."
Mr Evers warned that BP could take another $650m hit before the end of the year as production slowly ramps up.
BP also lost output to planned maintenance, mainly in the North Sea, which like the Gulf of Mexico is an area of high margins for the company.
BP added it would incur costs of $100m to secure and repair its massive Thunder Horse platform in the Gulf of Mexico, which was badly damaged by Hurricane Dennis in July.
A further update is due later this month. BP shares fell 18 to 655?p.
Similar problems are likely to dent Shell's third-quarter figures with production from the Gulf down from 450,000 boepd to 160,000 boepd because of the storms at the end of last month. Shell's shares were down 50p at ?19.19.
The news came as the US government said that Gulf Coast refineries left reeling by the hurricanes would take up to a month to resume full operations.
About 3m barrels a day of refining capacity remained shut down, it said.
link (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2005/10/05/cnhurr05.xml)
go_leafs_go02
10-06-05, 5:45 PM
we are back under a buck a litre here.
neighbourhood gas station was at 97.4
leaferfan87
10-15-05, 11:50 PM
It's finally below $1.00 here in Ottawa and "cheap" gas reigns again.
It's below a dollar here as well. FNALLY!
Newfie John
10-16-05, 11:05 AM
Congrats guys.. 1.17 here.
go_leafs_go02
10-16-05, 5:05 PM
we're below 90 cents in some places...haven't seen a dollar a litre for about 2 weeks now.
Down to 91.4 in Edmonton.. not sure if they still have the "3.5 cents off" deal however.
KB in Kelowna
12-15-05, 3:52 PM
Over the past few weeks, the day after I fill up the price has gone down 1 or 2 cents per litre. It is now hovering around 94.9.
93.9 here this morning, had to trade the wife my Tundra for her Civic for the last couple months as I put on a lot of miles every day. She didn't want to at first (hard to believe), but now I don't know if I'll ever get it back (not hard to believe). Oh well, saves lots of $.
Iced Tea
12-15-05, 4:28 PM
90.9 in Salmon Arm for the past two weeks. Kamloops, after discounts, is 86.9. :D
Poor KB, hehehehe :wicked:
90.9 in Salmon Arm for the past two weeks. Kamloops, after discounts, is 86.9. :D
Poor KB, hehehehe :wicked:
Well if I fill up at Crappy Tire right now I get .10 off per litre, so I guess that makes it 83.9 with discounts. :D
Newfie John
12-15-05, 4:37 PM
99.9 here.. lol.
Madferret
12-15-05, 4:38 PM
Discounts?
What discounts?
Newfie John
12-15-05, 4:46 PM
Discounts?
What discounts?
Senior Citizen?:laughing: :wicked:
I love the way gas prices change daily. I knew the cheaper prices wouldn't last long.
go_leafs_go02
12-15-05, 9:18 PM
Weird prices here...low as 78.9.
Morning it is always 88-89 cents a litre..afternoon its always 78-79 cents a litre...strange.
KB in Kelowna
6-27-06, 3:58 PM
$1.15.4 never saw point 4 in my life got used to something .9
KB in Kelowna
5-08-07, 10:05 PM
So this morning it was $1.12.9 per litre, at luch heading for the dentist I see it had shot up to $1.17.9 per litre, OUCH:mad: and the summer has just started.
So this morning it was $1.12.9 per litre, at luch heading for the dentist I see it had shot up to $1.17.9 per litre, OUCH:mad: and the summer has just started.
Here on Vancouver Island we're paying $1.20.9 and thats been like this for almost 2 weeks now.The manager at the Shell station I go to was saying it will be up to $1.30 by summer.
Cheers
Iced Tea
5-10-07, 12:22 AM
117.9 in Salmon Arm. I need to take out a loan to fill the tank up tomorrow and buy some painkillers for the continued sore ass I get when dealing with the oil companies.:mad:
THE HACK
5-11-07, 11:19 PM
I filled up this morning and the gas is upto $1.24.9,just in time for the weekend and my trip to Vancouver.:burning: This is just not right,we're being ripped off!:burning:
Cheers
KB in Kelowna
6-01-07, 5:18 PM
So prior to the Victoria Day Weekend gas hits $1.289/litre in Kelownifornia, less than 10 km down the road in Lake Country it is $1.269/litre:conspire: Now the holiday weekend is over it is $1.219, but on the weekend in Vancouver I paid $1.116/litre and on the trip back I topped up in Merrit ( not the middle of nowhere but you can see it from there;) )I paid $1.239/litre. I am not big on conspiracy theories but....
We finally dropped to under 1.20 and are at 1.19 which to me is still to high.Our government sucks!
Cheers
KB in Kelowna
6-08-07, 4:32 PM
I fill up Wednesday at $1.189, this morning It is $1.169/litre. I am beginning to think the Conspiracy is directed at me:conspire:
Oh and my 95 Tuarus finally gave up the ghost this past weekend. After 211000 km, the fuel pump gave out. RIP
Newfie John
6-08-07, 11:19 PM
I fill up Wednesday at $1.189, this morning It is $1.169/litre. I am beginning to think the Conspiracy is directed at me:conspire:
Oh and my 95 Tuarus finally gave up the ghost this past weekend. After 211000 km, the fuel pump gave out. RIP
RIP? Over a fuel pump?
1.18 here.. Hard to believe we're actually on par with the rest of Canada.
KB in Kelowna
6-09-07, 12:34 PM
RIP? Over a fuel pump?
1.18 here.. Hard to believe we're actually on par with the rest of Canada.
Well the fuel pump replacement a common occurance here in Kelownafornia, is going to run about $500. The car is 12 years old, it is time for a new one.
Down to $1.149 this morning
Well the fuel pump replacement a common occurance here in Kelownafornia, is going to run about $500. The car is 12 years old, it is time for a new one.
Down to $1.149 this morningYou need to buy a Smart Car, 5000 miles per gallon in the city, 7500 miles per gallon on the highway and the fuel tank holds 3 gallons so the sky is the limit.
Only problem is the Smart Car looks like those mall shopping carts with the toy car attached to the front. So watch out for little kids getting mad at you for stealing their ride. :laughing:
KB in Kelowna
9-15-07, 3:54 PM
A couple of updates. We bought a new 2007 Honda Accord. My mother in law offered to buy the Taurus from us if we got it fixed and put new tires on it. I did and I was about half a kilometer from the tire store when I was rear ended, the back of the Taurus accordioned and my front end was dented as I was propelled forward into a YJ infornt of me. I am in Physio right now for neck and shoulder pain.
Gas is $1.129 in Kelowna this morning.
KB in Kelowna
11-24-07, 10:56 AM
Holding steady at $1.10.9 but 10 minutes up the road in a small town called Lake Country it is 2 cents a litre cheaper, and always is and has been that way :conspire:
LiAmTrAnSdEmOn
11-29-07, 5:42 PM
Prices are sitting around $3.00 a gallon here in PA/NJ. I fill up in NJ but $20 will only fill about half my tank.
Kinda scary what a drop in gas prices can do though. Riding with my dad about a year ago, we saw a car completely destroyed in front of a gas station which had some lower prices than what other gas stations had. Looked as though the car was switching from two lanes over, in front of a truck, to get into the station when he got hit. Try to save a few bucks and completely total your car and whatever other damages most likely occured. Wouldn't doubt that the guy was killed in the accident.
KB in Kelowna
7-27-08, 5:44 PM
So the price is sitting at $1.3990 per litre after hitting as high as $1.5204 per litre about 3 weeks ago.
rustybadcock
7-29-08, 7:45 AM
So the price is sitting at $1.3990 per litre after hitting as high as $1.5204 per litre about 3 weeks ago.
Man, I filled up the Safari van a few weekends back at this price, 115 bucks! However, she did pretty well on it; about 500 KM's to the tank, mostly city sooo.....gotta find the positive somewhere eh!
RB
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