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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 02:32 PM
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$2.75/Gallon. YEAH BABY!! up, up and awaaaaaayyyyyyy
Edited on Wed Aug-17-05 02:32 PM by matcom
just hit an even $2.75 here. :eyes: how YOU doin?
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 02:33 PM
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1. yesterday it was $2.55. So that means today it will be
$7.49.
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 02:33 PM
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2. Wish it was that low here.
$2.959 in Chicago for regular.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 02:33 PM
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3. Cost me $37.50 to fill my van two weeks ago
and $44.95 Sunday. Both times, took 16 gallons plus.

Thank God we have another smaller car.
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 02:34 PM
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4. $1.10 per LITRE in Vancouver
Almost 4 litres per gallon.
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MissMarple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 02:40 PM
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6. How much of that is taxes?
Ed Schultz and Larry Kolb (guest on The Young Turks) said we should have had a tax on gas to at least we would have been getting the money instead of the Saudis, etc. Kolb was an assistant Secretary of Defense under Reagan. He didn't have much good to say about the neocons' strategies, either.

Schultz also said we could pay for health care and other social programs with a gas tax. I don't know how other countries tax gasoline.
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 02:47 PM
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11. I'm not sure how much - a lot
The cost of a barrel of oil is the same for us. There are lots of different taxes applied to our gas but it is hard to tell how much because they are all rolled into the price per litre. I know we have our GST which is 7%, Vancouver has a transit tax, there is a portion that's tagged for debt reduction...
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 08:04 PM
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22. For every $1.10 / litre we pay for gas there is 38.2 cents of tax
They did a story on the news tonight.
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MissMarple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 08:13 PM
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23. Thanks, that provides some insight.
:hi:
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jus_the_facts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 02:38 PM
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5. $2.49 for regular as of this mornin'......
....fucktards keep price gougin'! :rant:
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Dukkha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 02:41 PM
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7. $2.69 Ohio
Last night I rode my bike 10 miles just to buy cat food. I enjoyed it. Good exercise and no gas used.
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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 02:41 PM
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8. Yeah, Bring it onnnnnnnnn
C'mon bushwacker tell us about it.
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Ellipsis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 02:44 PM
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9. 2.59 in Madison (10% ethanol.)
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Cyndee_Lou_Who Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 02:45 PM
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10. $2.85 a lil East of you in Pewaukee....
ridiculous.
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 02:48 PM
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12. $2.69 is the cheapest in SoCal
Hell, even living where the Target store around the corner has an oil pump in the parking lot doesn't help much. Or the refineries a few miles away. They're going to gouge ya.
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huskerlaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 02:55 PM
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13. $2.60 in Lincoln, NE
for 91 grade, ethanol enhanced. That's the cheap stuff here.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 02:58 PM
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14. I honestly have no idea
I don't pay much attention to it unless there are several gas station choices. I fill up everytime and that I notice ($25 to now what $35 :shrug: ) other than that it isn't worth worrying about because I have to buy it either way*.

* I would of course like gas to cost less especially due to the fact that the OIL COMPANIES ARE FUCKING RIPPING US OFF AND MAKING THE MOST LAME ASS EXCUSES FOR IT AND WE HAVE TO FUCKING PAY THEIR TAXES other than that I don't pay it much mind.
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ramapo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 03:16 PM
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15. $2.859 in North Jersey
Cost me $40 for a fill today at a bargain $2.679.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 03:20 PM
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16. I went out yesterday - regular unleaded is 2.479.
Premium is 2.659 - I desperately wish my husband would UNLOAD THAT FUCKING CAMARO.

Me? I'm not going anywhere until Friday afternoon. I have been in serious gas conservation mode.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 03:21 PM
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17. It's up to $2.80 here in La La Land...
Edited on Wed Aug-17-05 03:25 PM by EOO
At some places it's up to $3 / gal. Hell in San Diego I saw a place that was $3.13 if you pay with a credit card. :puke:
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 03:23 PM
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18. Most expensive is BP @ $2.69
Costco is among the cheapest @ $2.45

And in the Triangle, Durham is the most expensive.
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 03:24 PM
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19. paid $2.77 today.
:mad: Up from $2.63 a week and a half ago.
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 03:24 PM
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20. recovering from gas pump shock ~ thank you for asking
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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 03:29 PM
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21. yesterday unleaded (87) on credit card
$2.729
Midgrade (89)-paid cash at same pump $2.769-but it would have been $2.829 on the card
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 08:14 PM
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24. Here's a little blast from the past:
"Oh, they're OILMEN! Gas will be CHEAP! *involuntary orgasm* They'll run the country like a BUSINESS!"

:puke:
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Clintmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 08:37 PM
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25. $2.69 here in Tallahassee, Florida!
I paid $2.61 yesterday. Gas prices suck.
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RummyTheDummy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 08:37 PM
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26. I started driving in 1989. ....75 cents a gallon
That was the first year I had my license and had my first car. The good old days.
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freethought Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 08:47 PM
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27. It's up to over $2.80 in mid coast Maine
That's for premium. It is up to over $2.70 for regular.
We're climbing Hubbert's Peak baby! And we're not at the top yet!!!
:woohoo:
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 08:56 PM
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28. 2.48 W Cen MO.
Doesn't sound like much but the average person only makes about $8 an hour around here so it's hurting alot of people.
I went to the local bike shop the other day (layaway a new bike for Christmas for my daughter) and he said he's making a killing right now.
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Ultra Liberal Donating Member (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 09:10 PM
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29. Gas Prices are Mr. Bush's fault
Gas is extremely expensive. I heard that it will go to $3.00 soon and that will just be the regular price of gas from now on. Isn't that weird??!!! But does Mr. Bush care?> NO! He doesn't care about true Americans. I post frequently on another website and somebody pointed out something very true and made a good point. How comes conservatives give all the credit to Mr. Bush about all the GOOD things (that he had nothing to do with in the first place) and the high gas prices are President Clinton's fault according to the Republicans?! Conservatives just don't make sense. Thanks for posting updates on the gas prices. Keep up the good work :)
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Ladyhawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-17-05 09:13 PM
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30. I was thinking about joining the symphony chorus in the nearest real city.
Um, I don't think so, now. :( :( :( :(
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