Gasoline price - where would it end up at this summer?

polkatese
polkatese Posts: 6,767
edited April 2008 in The Clubhouse
$3.85 unleaded 87 octane

http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/wrgp/mogas_home_page.html

At what point before we all agree that it is a problem, domestically?

I can see that it will hit $4/gallon average, before August. West Coaster will be paying more than that by then.
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited April 2008
    Just passed by a gas station today, and it was $3.79 for regular unleaded (87 octane).

    I think it might go past $4 a gallon this summer but I'm not sure.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited April 2008
    There already is a problem.

    Between overinflated gas prices and adjustable rate mortgages catching up with people, we're in for trouble.

    I have a feeling we haven't seen the worst yet.
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited April 2008
    Face wrote: »
    There already is a problem.

    Between overinflated gas prices and adjustable rate mortgages catching up with people, we're in for trouble.

    I have a feeling we haven't seen the worst yet.

    Long Island gas prices are even worse. Here in Queens it's already a problem and prices are going up by the minute...
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited April 2008
    Face wrote: »
    There already is a problem.

    Between overinflated gas prices and adjustable rate mortgages catching up with people, we're in for trouble.

    I have a feeling we haven't seen the worst yet.

    Yes sir, it's going to be an ugly year for alot of people!
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited April 2008
    Unfortunately, yes.

    And Premium gas here is $3.99 for 93 octane! I have to use Premium!
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  • polrbehr
    polrbehr Posts: 2,834
    edited April 2008
    Face wrote: »
    There already is a problem.

    Between overinflated gas prices and adjustable rate mortgages catching up with people, we're in for trouble.

    I have a feeling we haven't seen the worst yet.


    Amen to that... three houses on my street looking like they are facing foreclosure already.
    And there are only thirty or so houses on my street. :eek:
    So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?


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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited April 2008
    that motorcycle i always wanted is looking better and better.....
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,196
    edited April 2008
    $50.00 in my tank this morning. Drove around town doing normal business. Gas tank empty @ 4:00PM. Yeah.....problem's already here. Damnit. :mad:
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited April 2008
    treitz3 wrote: »
    $50.00 in my tank this morning. Drove around town doing normal business. Gas tank empty @ 4:00PM. Yeah.....problem's already here. Damnit. :mad:

    Look at it on the positive side,

    At least gas in NC is cheap compared to here in NY...
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,341
    edited April 2008
    Most of you folks don't remember the last gasoline crisis in 1979. People were waiting line long lines at gas stations. Some gas stations were closed. Talk of rationing gasoline, etc. In Pennsylvania they had an "even and odd" system. You could buy gas according to the last digit in you license plate. Even numbers bought gasoline on even days (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday), odd numbers on odd days (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) and everyone could buy gas on Sunday but many stations were closed. People will buy gasoline as long as it's available, no matter what it cost. To a reasonable point of course. We're a long way from that point. When people can't afford to drive to work, then we got problems.
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  • mrmusicman
    mrmusicman Posts: 303
    edited April 2008
    Gasoline on the west coast is already @ $4.00+ per gal and diesel which is what my truck runs is $ 4.45 per gal.This subject is getting harder to discuss without bringing politics into it.Between the mortgage meltdown and fuel prices sombody was definatley asleep at the wheel:rolleyes:
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  • Serendipity
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    edited April 2008
    $4.00 a gallon? That's crazy!
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  • Libertyc
    Libertyc Posts: 915
    edited April 2008
    Gas prices are killing me. I run a small business with 2 cargo vans running daily. The more my expenses go up the less I make.
    Time to start riding a bicycle.
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited April 2008
    That has got to be tough.

    Seriously, I'm going to start riding my bicycle more for small errands (post office, etc.)
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  • wizzy
    wizzy Posts: 867
    edited April 2008
    Oh man it's horrible!

    I just changed the oil in my car in October and I checked, in five months I've already put 2,300 miles on my car!

    The thing is I only get 30MPG so I've filled up SIX TIMES already in only five months!
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  • Serendipity
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    wizzy wrote: »
    Oh man it's horrible!

    I just changed the oil in my car in October and I checked, in five months I've already put 2,300 miles on my car!

    The thing is I only get 30MPG so I've filled up SIX TIMES already in only five months!

    What kind of car?
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  • Meeks32
    Meeks32 Posts: 330
    edited April 2008
    You could move to Carcas venezuela, its only 12 cents for a gallon there. But as much as it sucks I think americans need something like this to help them move away from the heavy gas guzzlers they are used to driving because too few people in this country actually care about the environment. I used to work Valet at a golf course & too many times I would see people drive up in a Excursion with nothing in it but the person driving it & one golf bag which is insane.
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  • wizzy
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    edited April 2008
    anonymouse wrote: »
    I think the people asleep at the wheel was us collective group of morons driving SUV's and buying houses we could not afford. Plain collective stupidity looking for someone to hang to not take accountability for our own actions. Not saying the leadership is not incompetent, but when we point a finger at someone, three digits point back at where we should be looking for answers.

    Amen.

    I've cut down my driving, keep lists of what I need so I can combine my trips, stop driving needlessly, check tire pressure regularly, drive my older car that gets slightly better gas mileage, etc.

    Not because I can't afford gas. Because we should all be contributing to lower the amount of oil we need to import and refine.

    If everyone would do this it would go a long way.
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  • wizzy
    wizzy Posts: 867
    edited April 2008
    appadv wrote: »
    What kind of car?

    Honda Accord.
    Meeks32 wrote: »
    ... too many times I would see people drive up in a Excursion ...

    I call them Ford Excretions.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited April 2008
    wizzy wrote: »
    Oh man it's horrible!

    I just changed the oil in my car in October and I checked, in five months I've already put 2,300 miles on my car!

    The thing is I only get 30MPG so I've filled up SIX TIMES already in only five months!
    Dang, what the heck do you have to complain about?? I don't do 'that much' driving, in my opinion, but I'd drive 2300 miles in about two months.

    And I usually average 16.5mpg. Fill ups, which are just about weekly, cost anywhere from $55 - $65.
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    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited April 2008
    audiobliss wrote: »
    And I usually average 16.5mpg. Fill ups, which are just about weekly, cost anywhere from $55 - $65.

    That's actually not that bad. On the Maxima, fill ups cost between $55-60 too.

    Oh yeah, how much is gas in NC?
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  • Face
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    edited April 2008
    Lasareath wrote: »
    Eventually it'll be $12 a gallon, hopefully we are in hybrids and electric cars by then

    Let's not get crazy now. If that happened anytime soon, it would cause a major depression, maybe anarchy.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited April 2008
    To be fair, and I don't want to have this start anything, but to be FAIR, we have been on the low end of the global scale for YEARS. I don't like Europe comparisons, but over there they've been paying several dollars a LITRE (where there's 4+ litres in a gallon) for a while now. SO you could say we're kind of catching up with where things are around the world.
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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited April 2008
    Filled up today....when you only get back 2 dollars and some change from a hundred dollar bill , you start to drive a little less.
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  • Gadabout
    Gadabout Posts: 1,072
    edited April 2008
    My Jeep runs diesel it's close to $4 per gallon already. On a trip to Denver there were a couple spots that were approaching $4.25 a gallon. While I know most of you don't drive diesels, the cost of transporting goods depends mainly on the trucking industry. Part of the reason everything is going up in the stores too.

    The increase in prices have made a huge difference on what I spend on gas a month. (I average just under 3k miles/month)

    The odd thing was that gas and diesel were both cheaper in the Denver area than the Metroplex here. That has never happened in 12 years of driving there from Dallas.

    Makes me wonder what is really going on?
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    edited April 2008
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,201
    edited April 2008
    It's a horrible time. The gas thing makes me sick. It actually took luster out of my love for cars. I just want a Hybrid or electric car of some kind to avoid all this extra cost.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,204
    edited April 2008
    anonymouse wrote: »
    I think the people asleep at the wheel was us collective group of morons driving SUV's and buying houses we could not afford. Plain collective stupidity looking for someone to hang to not take accountability for our own actions. Not saying the leadership is not incompetent, but when we point a finger at someone, three digits point back at where we should be looking for answers.

    This will be the only political based post you will likely see from me. I somewhat agree for the housing/mortgage collapse, although that's a pretty broad statement. Many people are in trouble not of their own doings. Ever seen a very good mortgage broker work on a customer; they are very very convincing; not a 100% excuse but damn they can really convince one that the house is affordable. I agree many homeowners *should* take responsibility for their actions.

    As far as the gas thing goes; it's not a supply issue at this point. It is and always has been a finite commodity but even if we had all driven hybrids gas would still be outrageously high because most of it is due to inflation and decline of the dollar. Granted had we all been driving hybrids the effect on our budgets would be slightly less but prices would be the same.

    Right now food and gas are outrageously priced compared to what we have been used to.

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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited April 2008
    To answer the OP's question, I *think* it might end up somewhere around $4.39 this summer for regular unleaded.
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  • fossy
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    edited April 2008
    heiney9 wrote: »
    Right now food and gas are outrageously priced compared to what we have been used to.

    H9
    I work for a grocery chain here in texas & the food prices are increasing daily.And believe you me, our customers let us know about it. H9 said it right-- the dollar has declined in value drastically.
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