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Argh! The Petrol prices have went up again in my country. Please, make me feel better by claiming your petrol prices are higher than mine :D.

The Petrol prices in my country is all fixed by the government.

It's currently Rm1.62 per litre.

Or USD 0.43 cents per litre.

Or USD 1.64 per Gallon.


C'mon, it's human nature that we feel better by looking down at other people's misery. :) Well, it hurts because this time last year, the prices was only Rm1.25 per litre. :(

for regular unleaded 91, it's around NZ$1.35 per litre, or roughly US$0.92 per litre.

If you want it out of metric, work it out yourself :P

for regular unleaded 91, it's around NZ$1.35 per litre, or roughly US$0.92 per litre.

If you want it out of metric, work it out yourself :P

Thats USD $ 3.48 per gallon.

Man that sucks. I hate to be you.

NEXT!! Who's NEXT! I'm not feeling better yet! :D

Quoting from a previous thread:

Originally Posted by German Nightmare
By the way, comparing gas prices is a pain in the ass:

1) € vs. $
2) gallon vs. liter
3) miles per gallon vs. liters per kilometer
Not to mention that UK gallons differ from US gallons. Anyway, once you take all that into account, British petrol costs about US$6.50 per US gallon.

Quoting from a previous thread:


Not to mention that UK gallons differ from US gallons. Anyway, once you take all that into account, British petrol costs about US$6.50 per US gallon.

Oh dear God. I guess riding a bike in the fair *cough*wet*cough* english weather is fun.

Argh! The Petrol prices have went up again in my country. Please, make me feel better by claiming your petrol prices are higher than mine :D.

The Petrol prices in my country is all fixed by the government.

It's currently Rm1.62 per litre.

Or USD 0.43 cents per litre.

Or USD 1.64 per Gallon.


C'mon, it's human nature that we feel better by looking down at other people's misery. :) Well, it hurts because this time last year, the prices was only Rm1.25 per litre. :(


Well, here in my part of the Northeastern United States, we are paying approximately $2.19 USD per gallon.

A bit higher than that if you go over to New Jersey.

And I hear that the city of Chicago...and the West Coast...are even higher than we are!

Gasoline costs about $2.25 per gallon. I drive a couple of miles further to get it for $2.13. I'm cheap that way ;)

Well, here in my part of the Northeastern United States, we are paying approximately $2.19 USD per gallon.
In New York it can get to $2.79 per gallon, because of the taxes here. New Jersey is where people go to get gas.

Or USD 1.64 per Gallon.
Quit complaining, you've got some of the best gas prices in the world.

Gasoline costs about $2.25 per gallon. I drive a couple of miles further to get it for $2.13. I'm cheap that way ;)

How does the $2.25 station survive? Here if one station put their price down by just a few cents everyone would flock to it. The petrol stations generally don't compete with price here though, if one changes they often all change to match it.

Gasoline costs about $2.25 per gallon. I drive a couple of miles further to get it for $2.13. I'm cheap that way ;)


I used to live in Austin, only moved up here a few months ago, because the economy sucks so hard I could no longer find work and had to move home with Mommy, for Christ's sake!! Sounds to me as though maybe you live in Austin, too. Is that where you are, you lucky dog?? Wish I could be back in Austin!!

in sunny and warm socorro new mexico the cheapest price for gas is $2.21/gallon at the circle K.

new mexico is an oil producing state. we are making so much money on production taxes that the state is considering giving the citizens a tax rebate.

$AUS 1.10 to 1.20 per litre ... in some places near $1.50

I can't remember the exact price, but it's somewhere around or just above 11:- SEK / litre. = 1,17€ / 1,42 USD.

Quebec, Canada

Rigth now it is about:

0,81 US$ per litre
or
3,07 US$ per gallon

But the price change a lot around here you can have +/- 0,05 US$ per litre change in the same week (usually higher on payday). Also, about 50% of the price are tax.

...Also, about 50% of the price are tax.

Same in Australia - fuel excise and then 10% GST on applied this amount.

About $2.19 USD per gallon.

South West of England, they're about87p per litre for unleaded, an about 90p per litre for diesel

South West of England, they're about87p per litre for unleaded, an about 90p per litre for diesel

a little better when i am near oxford its 84p for unleaded

$2.13 per gallon on average.

I bought Mid-grade unleaded gas for $2.11 per gallon in Virgina yesterday. Regular Unleaded was $2.07 and Prem was $2.22.

Here in North Carolina where I live, Regular is $2.17 Mid-grade $2.25 and Prem $2.35 but gas prices go up and down like a yoyo here so it could change by morning.

And I hear that the city of Chicago...and the West Coast...are even higher than we are!
They are. $2.71/gallon in the suburbs of Chicago.
I'd bet it is $2.86/gallon donwtown. :eek:

$2.09 in my little part of PA

Where I am it comes out at about $1.5 USD per gallon, if you ask me, that's just SICK and WRONG

Here in the Northwest part of Missouri regular is running around $2.23 per gallon but diesel is higher. ;) But this changes often and is suppose to be heading up again as everyone wants to get those vacations in before school starts.

good ole' SW of England. big up yo-sel fortopia the 2nd.

Moscow, Russia. Approximately 53 US cents per litre.

Quit complaining, you've got some of the best gas prices in the world.

Yes I know, benefits of being a oil producing nation, government subsidies are good. I'm just rubbing it in to the rest of ya, just to make the pain of pumping petrol (which i did this morning) go away :D.


Russia seems really cheap, (If he converted correctly). God Bless Roman Abramovich. :)

Argh! The Petrol prices have went up again in my country. Please, make me feel better by claiming your petrol prices are higher than mine :D.

The Petrol prices in my country is all fixed by the government.

It's currently Rm1.62 per litre.

Or USD 0.43 cents per litre.

Or USD 1.64 per Gallon.


C'mon, it's human nature that we feel better by looking down at other people's misery. :) Well, it hurts because this time last year, the prices was only Rm1.25 per litre. :(

Oklahoma USA it is about $2.10 per gallon for regular unleaded. Your cars are also smaller than ours on the average so use less fuel.

Kuala Lumpur also has an excellent public transportation system. I loved those trains in the tube without a driver; they are so neat and inexpensive to ride. In this part of the US, public transportation is very limited.

Oh dear God. I guess riding a bike in the fair *cough*wet*cough* english weather is fun.


Sitting in the English garden waiting for the sun.
If the sun don't come you get a tan from standing in the English rain.

I am the egg-man, they are the egg-men,
I am the walrus, goo goo g' joob, g' goo goo g' joob.


yeah.

Between $2.20 and $2.40.

Argh! The Petrol prices have went up again in my country. Please, make me feel better by claiming your petrol prices are higher than mine :D.

The Petrol prices in my country is all fixed by the government.

It's currently Rm1.62 per litre.

Or USD 0.43 cents per litre.

Or USD 1.64 per Gallon.


C'mon, it's human nature that we feel better by looking down at other people's misery. :) Well, it hurts because this time last year, the prices was only Rm1.25 per litre. :(

$2.25 per gallon of 87 octane (regular) gasoline at the Broadway BP in Nashville

With all the damn gas-guzzling SUVs on the road (most of them in cities, where they're not needed for any practical purpose that a regular car can't meet), demand is super-high here in the US... and when demand is high, price will follow.

Germany:
Last I heard it was € 1.23 per liter of gas. That's about € 4.66 a gallon. That's roughly $ 5.65 a gallon.

$2.34/gal is the cheapest I found yesterday, which is ~$0.62 /litre.
That's for 87 octane.

The state of Oregon is screwy. We not only have all the taxes on gasoline, we also have to pay extra because "Self Serve" is illegal here. So, depending on where you are, the price varies extraordinarily.

In Salem, about 40 miles southeast from where I live, it is $2.29 per gallon.
In McMinnville, about 30 miles northeast from where I live, it is $2.39 per gallon.
In a little podunk town about 20 miles northeast of McMinnville going toward Portland, it is $2.27. Or it was.
Where I am at, within a couple miles of one of Oregon's casinos, it is $2.49 per gallon.
On the coast, 30 miles west from where I live, it varies from $2.44 to $2.54, depending on which tourist trap you visit.
In Tillamook, about 50 miles northwest of where I live, I paid $2.41 last week.

With a car that barely gets 15 miles per gallon, it is not quite worth driving to Salem for the lower price, but it is tempting.

They are. $2.71/gallon in the suburbs of Chicago.
I'd bet it is $2.86/gallon donwtown. :eek:

That sounds about right. I've a cousin I'm very close with, who drives a school bus in the chicago suburbs, and this is about what she was saying prices for gasoline were.

Unleaded 95 octane (the most common type of petrol used) is 11,7 SEK/litre ~ €1.24/litre ~ $1.5 US/litre ~ $5.68 US/gallon*.

* US liquid gallon, not UK gallon or US dry gallon. (You people really need to get a sane system of measurements.)

South Boston, Virginia

The lowest prices for 87 octane regular we have here are at Sheetz and Kangaroo: $2.07 per gallon

Quoting from a previous thread:


Not to mention that UK gallons differ from US gallons. Anyway, once you take all that into account, British petrol costs about US$6.50 per US gallon.


eekk and I thought paying $2.50 US was bad.

Around here, it's between $1.96 and $2.29 a gallon; the closer you get to the highway, the higher the prices get. However, I am thankful for the Wal-Mart and the Sam's Club around here; their gas stations sell cheaper and drive down the prices for all of the stations aroun them. $2.29 is price gouging.

I take the bus to work so I don't pay attention to the price of gas, but in Venezuela it is a wopping $ 0.12 a gallon.

http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/

I take the bus to work so I don't pay attention to the price of gas, but in Venezuela it is a wopping $ 0.12 a gallon.
http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/

You guys are lucky. You've got an assload of oil, refining capacity, and the government pays for it. Nice deal.

I'm guessing oil revenues keep the taxes low too?

You guys are lucky. You've got an assload of oil, refining capacity, and the government pays for it. Nice deal.

I'm guessing oil revenues keep the taxes low too?

The Venezuelans are lucky, I'm not Venezuelan. But I am lucky in that I'm close enough to work to take a taxi, a bus, or walk.

The Venezuelans are lucky, I'm not Venezuelan. But I am lucky in that I'm close enough to work to take a taxi, a bus, or walk.

Oh, I thought you were. Misread it.

Still, I imagine it's a lot cheaper to take a bus then drive a car, especially in a city.

It's about €0.97 per litre here. Americans don't pay nearly enough.

Oh, I thought you were. Misread it.

Still, I imagine it's a lot cheaper to take a bus then drive a car, especially in a city.

And even cheaper to walk.

But if you are interested in how nationalized oil revenues are affecting Venezuela, from what I understand Chavez has negotiated a trade with Cuba in which oil is sold at prefferential prices in exchange for doctors that Castro is sending over to treat the poor and train Venezuelan interns. He has also started a university that is open to anyone with a highschool diploma and does not charge tuition (I'm not sure what criteria is used for entry) and is implementing inner city literacy programs.

By comparison Colombia, which also has oil reserves but relies on the U.S. to refine the crude oil, has a very high price on gas (I'm not sure what the current numbers are) but people actually make a living from driving across the boarder to buy gas in Venezuela for resale in Colombia.

Argh! The Petrol prices have went up again in my country. Please, make me feel better by claiming your petrol prices are higher than mine :D.

The Petrol prices in my country is all fixed by the government.

It's currently Rm1.62 per litre.

Or USD 0.43 cents per litre.

Or USD 1.64 per Gallon.


C'mon, it's human nature that we feel better by looking down at other people's misery. :) Well, it hurts because this time last year, the prices was only Rm1.25 per litre. :(
I don't even have a car right now and I'd love to have those gas prices. Here in south Florida, regular unleaded is averaging $2.35 a gallon.

It's about €0.97 per litre here. Americans don't pay nearly enough.

If the European governments didn't tax the bejesus out of it, you'd have a right to kvetch. You can't blame the US for your own government's taxation policies.

"Many European nations tax gasoline heavily, with taxes making up as much as 75 percent of the cost of a gallon of gasoline, said a spokesperson for AirInc."
http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/

(totally off topic, but im talking to you)

your in malaysia! damn do i envy you right now.

Argh! The Petrol prices have went up again in my country. Please, make me feel better by claiming your petrol prices are higher than mine :D.

The Petrol prices in my country is all fixed by the government.

It's currently Rm1.62 per litre.

Or USD 0.43 cents per litre.

Or USD 1.64 per Gallon.


C'mon, it's human nature that we feel better by looking down at other people's misery. :) Well, it hurts because this time last year, the prices was only Rm1.25 per litre. :(


Where do you live? If that calculation is correct your prices are insanely low.

UK:

£3.0742 per US gallon or 5.44 $'s

:rolleyes:

too high. E1.08/L

RIP OFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!

Here in Central Mississippi, it's around 2.12 a gallon (US). However, thanks to an insane deal, I got the 92 octane for 1.97 a gallon!

I feel like I robbed someone. :D

$2.34/gal is the cheapest I found yesterday, which is ~$0.62 /litre.
That's for 87 octane.


About the same here in Berlin/New Britain/Newington (Central Connecticut)

But CT also doesn't have toll booths. Our gas tax is there to replace it, but since it was discovered that the gas tax got thrown in with all the other taxes and didn't really go to improve the roads, it really isn't that high.

About the same here in Berlin/New Britain/Newington (Central Connecticut)

But CT also doesn't have toll booths. Our gas tax is there to replace it, but since it was discovered that the gas tax got thrown in with all the other taxes and didn't really go to improve the roads, it really isn't that high.

The feds tax 18.4 cents per gallon.
Connecticut taxes an additional 25 cents per gallon. It's high -- certainly in the top third.
http://www.oklahomagasprices.com/tax_info.aspx

I'd rather they brought BACK the tolls on the Interstates. A lot of the truckers tend to gas up in Jersey & New Hampshire anyway... so they don't pay the tax as much as the average Nutmegger...

The feds tax 18.4 cents per gallon.
Connecticut taxes an additional 25 cents per gallon. It's high -- certainly in the top third.
http://www.oklahomagasprices.com/tax_info.aspx

I'd rather they brought BACK the tolls on the Interstates. A lot of the truckers tend to gas up in Jersey & New Hampshire anyway... so they don't pay the tax as much as the average Nutmegger...

Assumption (semi-educated guess):

-Germany's Autobahn is paved so that they hardly ever have to do road construction/re-construction/re-paving... because they built the Autobahn about two feet deep with asphalt.

America's roads, conversely, are thinly laid with paving material, by comparison... something like 8 inches of asphalt. And they have to be repaired every two or three years.

Question:
Should we go to a different paving system, in which we use Germany's Autobahn method of making deeply-paved roads so that they don't crack every few years? Think of how nice it would be not to have to dodge orange cones all the time... how nice it would be not to have three lanes bottle-neck down to one lane on your nightly drive home.

Assumption (semi-educated guess):

-Germany's Autobahn is paved so that they hardly ever have to do road construction/re-construction/re-paving... because they built the Autobahn about two feet deep with asphalt.

America's roads, conversely, are thinly laid with paving material, by comparison... something like 8 inches of asphalt. And they have to be repaired every two or three years.

Question:
Should we go to a different paving system, in which we use Germany's Autobahn method of making deeply-paved roads so that they don't crack every few years? Think of how nice it would be not to have to dodge orange cones all the time... how nice it would be not to have three lanes bottle-neck down to one lane on your nightly drive home.

I'd love to see that, but given that Germany is about the size of two Colorados, it's a lot easier for them to do that than for the US to.

$1.50 per litre. That's (according to google) $5.80 per gallon. 70% of that is tax. (Sweden)

here in Iowa it's $2.10

In the UK near me, the price of Unleaded Petrol is 87.9 pence per litre

70-odd% of that is tax

Unleaded 95 octane (the most common type of petrol used) is 11,7 SEK/litre ~ €1.24/litre ~ $1.5 US/litre ~ $5.68 US/gallon*.

* US liquid gallon, not UK gallon or US dry gallon. (You people really need to get a sane system of measurements.)Hombre... en LITROS es mas simple...ya?

so far its most expensive in UK and Sweden at around US$ 1.50/L

and least expensive are 0.53/L at Moscow...and 0.43/L at KP

did I miss anyone?

The feds tax 18.4 cents per gallon.
Connecticut taxes an additional 25 cents per gallon. It's high -- certainly in the top third.
http://www.oklahomagasprices.com/tax_info.aspx

I'd rather they brought BACK the tolls on the Interstates. A lot of the truckers tend to gas up in Jersey & New Hampshire anyway... so they don't pay the tax as much as the average Nutmegger...


Better idea. Up the taxes on automobile and truck registrations, which must be renewed annually. That way, you don't create traffic jams at fucking toll booths, which cause additional polution...as well as aggrivation.

And interstate truck drivers should have to get a special NATIONAL license plate...and the funds for registration for those plates would be divided among the states in accordance with which states had the most truck traffic.

That would be the fair and equitable way to deal with the problem. that way, you make sure the states most negatively impacted by truck traffic get the funds needed to fix what the trucks fuck up. no way around that one, is there??

And there is no need to create huge traffic jams of people paying ogddam tolls every 27 feet, either!

I mean...shit, having lived in New Jersey once (Garden State my ass, the ought call it The Toll-Booth State!!) I mean...you can't back out of your DRIVEWAY in New Jersey without some schmuck in a hat wants 50 cents!!

And I don't mind paying tolls, but every 27 feet?? Bullshit!! I say let me give ya a blank check when I enter the state, and I'll sign it when I leave, YOU fill it out. You can't make any gas mileage in New Jersey, you're in a constant state of SLOWING DOWN!! By the time I get to Pennsylvania, I need a fuckin' brake job!!

Well, here in my part of the Northeastern United States, we are paying approximately $2.19 USD per gallon.

A bit higher than that if you go over to New Jersey.

And I hear that the city of Chicago...and the West Coast...are even higher than we are!

Indeed. Chicago's average gas prices are anywhere from 2.30 USD per gallon to 2.70 USD per gallon.; Prices almost hit 3 dollars when they were really really high a couple of months ago. You'd think something like the increase in gas prices would prompt Americans to stop buying 15 MPG SUVs they dont need, but no, we still buy our Ford Excursions and our HUmmer H2s.

The most laughable SUV: The Nissan Armada. The SUV that has more space then you need and fuel efficiency that will have you filling up the tank so much, all the money you spend could pay for the car/tank.

R5,26 per litre = $0.86. :( :(

That's why you should use public transport. :) :)

The price for unleaded 95 octane in the nearest station to where I live in Helsinki is 1.58$/litre.

Luckily I live a 10 minutes walk away from work! ;)

Some international prices (http://polttoaine.net/index2.php?kaupunki=maat) (Sorry, the website's in Finnish only!)

I paid $2.19. per gallon yesterday in New Jersey,USA. The price has come down about .10 per gallon in the past week

Argh! The Petrol prices have went up again in my country. Please, make me feel better by claiming your petrol prices are higher than mine :D.

The Petrol prices in my country is all fixed by the government.

It's currently Rm1.62 per litre.

Or USD 0.43 cents per litre.

Or USD 1.64 per Gallon.


C'mon, it's human nature that we feel better by looking down at other people's misery. :) Well, it hurts because this time last year, the prices was only Rm1.25 per litre. :(

Petrol??? Ah yes, you must mean gasoline. Apparently you're in Malaysia? Anyway, in Northern California it seems to be running around $2.58 a gallon right now. $1.64 a gallon would be great!

Yeah, 1.64 would be great compared to our 2.38 dollars.

Better idea. Up the taxes on automobile and truck registrations, which must be renewed annually. That way, you don't create traffic jams at fucking toll booths, which cause additional polution...as well as aggrivation.

UGH!! I already pay over $400 in local taxes on my 2000 Chrysler, and paid $68 for registration already. People already register their cars in New York and Vermont to avoid CT taxation. This just gives them more incentive.

And interstate truck drivers should have to get a special NATIONAL license plate...and the funds for registration for those plates would be divided among the states in accordance with which states had the most truck traffic.

If that'd come to pass, fine. Otherwise, get those SpeedPass lanes up!

That would be the fair and equitable way to deal with the problem. that way, you make sure the states most negatively impacted by truck traffic get the funds needed to fix what the trucks fuck up. no way around that one, is there??

And there is no need to create huge traffic jams of people paying ogddam tolls every 27 feet, either!

I'm not saying do that. But tolls on 84, 91 and 95 at the state borders would at least tithe the trucks, which have taken out 3 CT bridges in the last 30 years and tie up traffic worse than anything else.

I mean...shit, having lived in New Jersey once (Garden State my ass, the ought call it The Toll-Booth State!!) I mean...you can't back out of your DRIVEWAY in New Jersey without some schmuck in a hat wants 50 cents!!

And I don't mind paying tolls, but every 27 feet?? Bullshit!! I say let me give ya a blank check when I enter the state, and I'll sign it when I leave, YOU fill it out. You can't make any gas mileage in New Jersey, you're in a constant state of SLOWING DOWN!! By the time I get to Pennsylvania, I need a fuckin' brake job!!

I agree, that's the other extreme and not a good idea.

in Serbia i have calculated it is 1 litar of petrol [95 oktain number] 0,90 dollars.

Here in Nova Scotia, Canada regular unleaded (self serve) gas is 98.9 cents per litre (or 81.7 cents US). :headbang:

The highest price was $1.049 in June of this year. :upyours:

1.1 USD/litre


two observations from this thread:
- US has unbelievably low petrol prices
- system which uses gallons is terrible

Better idea. Up the taxes on automobile and truck registrations, which must be renewed annually. That way, you don't create traffic jams at fucking toll booths, which cause additional polution...as well as aggrivation.

And interstate truck drivers should have to get a special NATIONAL license plate...and the funds for registration for those plates would be divided among the states in accordance with which states had the most truck traffic.

That would be the fair and equitable way to deal with the problem. that way, you make sure the states most negatively impacted by truck traffic get the funds needed to fix what the trucks fuck up. no way around that one, is there??

And there is no need to create huge traffic jams of people paying ogddam tolls every 27 feet, either!

I mean...shit, having lived in New Jersey once (Garden State my ass, the ought call it The Toll-Booth State!!) I mean...you can't back out of your DRIVEWAY in New Jersey without some schmuck in a hat wants 50 cents!!

And I don't mind paying tolls, but every 27 feet?? Bullshit!! I say let me give ya a blank check when I enter the state, and I'll sign it when I leave, YOU fill it out. You can't make any gas mileage in New Jersey, you're in a constant state of SLOWING DOWN!! By the time I get to Pennsylvania, I need a fuckin' brake job!!

yeah, tolls suck... way to make things easy on the people. it's great to take your car from 80 mph to 0 mph in a span of 500 feet (lol, those toll plazas can sneak up on you. hehe)

1.1 USD/litre


two observations from this thread:
- US has unbelievably low petrol prices
- system which uses gallons is terrible

+ The US doesn't tax it like European nations do.
+ Works for us!

In america we pay 2-3 dollars a gallon, which is very little compared to europe. Of course my famil has 3 trucks and an average of 10 miles per gallon

+ The US doesn't tax it like European nations do.


Probably. Here taxes is approximately 50% of price. I just do not understand why Americans make such fuss of rising fuel prices if it influences them so little. Especcially compared to income level. Here with the country average monthly gross salary, person could buy ~400 litres of fuel.

I guess in America this number could be about 4000 litres (How much btw is average month salary in USA? my guess: USD 2000-3000). Why worry about rising fuel prices?!

Probably. Here taxes is approximately 50% of price. I just do not understand why Americans make such fuss of rising fuel prices if it influences them so little. Especcially compared to income level. Here with the country average monthly gross salary, person could buy ~400 litres of fuel.

I guess in America this number could be about 4000 litres (How much btw is average month salary in USA? my guess: USD 2000-3000). Why worry about rising fuel prices?!

Because in the US, most people live in suburbs, not cities. This is contrary to Europe. Thus the average American drives more.

It also increases the price on everything in the stores. America is very spread out, and tractor trailer is the #1 method (by far!) of transporting goods medium distances.