Gas prices today? - Semi-Serious Discussion

**Noodles** · 09-17-2006, 06:34 PM

We are at about $2.40 at this point, but it is dropping every couple of days.

Vampyre · 09-18-2006, 04:42 AM

Stop winging.

Its 99.9p per litre this side of the pond.

Sparky_MarkyUK · 09-18-2006, 04:50 AM

Where you buying it from Vamp? Last time I filled up (last week) it was 91.9p for Unleaded at Tesco's

Monk · 09-18-2006, 07:37 AM

Quoting: Vampyre

Stop winging.

Its 99.9p per litre this side of the pond.

So, that's basically a "pound" per liter? There are 100p in a pound, I'm assuming.

If so... what's a guinea? And no I don't mean a small non spikey hedgehog.
And the pound is, what..? Like $1.75US?

U.K. money has always confused the chit outta me.

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**Sp00k** · 09-18-2006, 08:06 AM

According to the online currency converter:

1.00 GBP United Kingdom Pounds = 1.87677 USD United States Dollars

1 GBP = 1.87677 USD

1 USD = 0.532831 GBP

I guinea = .£1.05p = 1.97081 USD United States Dollars

Vampyre · 09-18-2006, 08:27 AM

Quoting: Sparky_MarkyUK

Where you buying it from Vamp? Last time I filled up (last week) it was 91.9p for Unleaded at Tesco's

I'm fairly near london so that could push the price up a bit

And monk, we don't use the guinnea any more

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**Noodles** · 09-18-2006, 12:55 PM

When I was in England up until 1982 petrol was at about .£2.20 per imperial gallon which was already well over $4 per gallon. I was amazed.
I know a lot places in Europe are now paying the equivalent of $7-8 US dollars for petrol and diesel. I am still amazed at the difference.

wyeast · 09-18-2006, 02:42 PM

Yeah yeah. Anyone east of the Mississippi needs to shurrup right now.

My evidence? Two links.

USA Gas Price Map
Canada Gas Price Map

Us left coasters are frequently taking it from behind by the oil companies. Teach us to vote blue in the elections!

As for Europeans... at least you guys get decent diesel. We can't get anything but big gas-sucking trucks around here!

(edit) I take that back. I can find diesel pretty readily in my area, but I'm pretty close to the industrial sections of town, and near a big truck stop.

But they don't sell diesel minivans.

*wisecat* · 09-18-2006, 04:54 PM

today in my town

**Noodles** · 09-18-2006, 05:10 PM

Quoting: wyeast

Yeah yeah. Anyone east of the Mississippi needs to shurrup right now.

My evidence? Two links.

USA Gas Price Map
Canada Gas Price Map

Us left coasters are frequently taking it from behind by the oil companies. Teach us to vote blue in the elections!

As for Europeans... at least you guys get decent diesel. We can't get anything but big gas-sucking trucks around here!

(edit) I take that back. I can find diesel pretty readily in my area, but I'm pretty close to the industrial sections of town, and near a big truck stop.

But they don't sell diesel minivans.

Daimler Chrysler products will be incorporating the BlueTec diesel into their US line up. Several Mercedes models are ready for the 07 model year and one of the Jeep products already has a diesel option. There are going to be a lot of other diesel chocies once we get the clean diesel into the market very soon.

Here in Wisconsin regular unleaded is stil in the 2.40 range. Diesel is around $3.
I have a friend in Louisiana near Shreveport that is getting regular unleaded for $1.97.
The south is the place to be for the good prices as Wisecat's pic proves.

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*G_Man* · 09-18-2006, 05:14 PM

Still close to $3/gallon for regular here.

At the fair picked up some great info on converting Diesel to vegy-oil. The company here sets up with a 55gal drum and comes round every week or two to refill it.

total cost = $3000 for conversion, but then only $1.65 per gallon for the fuel, delivery included in that price. You'd make your money back pretty quickly and be helping the environment. I like the idea.

**Noodles** · 09-18-2006, 05:21 PM

I have learned how to make bio diesel from veggie oil. The problem is she gets pissed when I take some and she is a mod so I don't want to get banned.

Seriously though, diesel got so crazy here and the cheap bio diesel guys were getting tapped out and it was discovered that the house brand of veggie oil at Sam's Club was cheaper so there was a huge run on Sam's veggie oil. I am looking for 1990-1993 Benz diesel to convert. They are fairly priced, very durable and there is a lot of support for the conversion which is only $1200.

*G_Man* · 09-18-2006, 06:26 PM

Quoting: Noodles

I have learned how to make bio diesel from veggie oil. The problem is she gets pissed when I take some and she is a mod so I don't want to get banned.

Seriously though, diesel got so crazy here and the cheap bio diesel guys were getting tapped out and it was discovered that the house brand of veggie oil at Sam's Club was cheaper so there was a huge run on Sam's veggie oil. I am looking for 1990-1993 Benz diesel to convert. They are fairly priced, very durable and there is a lot of support for the conversion which is only $1200.

haha!! I told a friend that I might pick up and old 190 Diesel !!

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