What are you Paying for Gasoline? Petrol Prices Around the World

[Jim Wynne]

Within a ten mile radius of my home in far north suburbs of Chicago (just south of Wisconsin border), 87 octane (often blended with 10% ethanol from corn - a gift from Congress to ConAgra and Archer Midlands, the two major producers of ethanol) ranges from $2.20 to $2.45, depending on location (rich suburb or farm town.)

I live on just the other side of the line in Wisconsin, and the prices are similar, I think. I can't be definite because I now make a point of not paying attention to the per-gallon price. It's one of those things I know I can't control or affect, and which I know I'm going to buy regardless of the price. I drive ~50 miles each way to work, so I spend a lot of money on gas, but I have too many other things to worry about that I do have some control over. My wife, who also uses a lot of gas, spends enough time being POed about gas prices for both of us. I am also very aware that as high as the prices are here, they're still much lower than most of the rest of the world is paying, as some posts in this thread will attest.

 

[Scott Catron]

update

It's $2.10 (for 85 octane) at the Sinclair outside my work in Salt Lake City. Been that way for at least 10 days.

This was 3 cents higher today.

Forgot to include previously - June 26, for 85 octane: $1.999 at the Mavrick station in Evanston Wyoming, just off exit 5 on I-80.

 

[Marc]

August 2005 - Gas Prices - Cincinnati

Ummm, Cincinnati, premium, Speedway - US$ 2.599
Was US$1.829 1 year ago and US$1.649 2 years ago.
Not too bad for premium gas.

 

[Cordon - 2007]

ouch!!

Yesterday most gas stations were at $2.79 for regular unleaded, I lucked out and got it for $2.65 a gallon. $27 for just over 10 gallons! I was told that everywhere north of Saginaw was $2.79?

 

[Baldrick]

Read 'em and weep...

In the UK, the AVERAGE price of basic unleaded fuel has just gone past £0.90 per litre. That's around £4.09 per UK gallon, or £3.41 per US gallon. At current exchange rate of around 1.80, that means we're paying around $6.13 per US gallon. And that's an average - you can add another 10% in some areas.

We always like to make fun of North America when it comes to your love of "gas guzzlers", but I'm guessing most of us wouldn't give 2 hoots for fuel economy if our fuel was as cheap as yours...

 

[Claes Gefvenberg]

Ouch indeed...

Count yourselves lucky, gentlemen... Just like Baldrick in the UK, we can now see the prices going past $6 a gallon at a very brisk clip indeed. I am very glad I don't live too far from work. I don't have to use my car to get here.

/Claes

 

[tracey]

Yesturday we hit over a dollar a liter accross the border. $1.02 to be exact; thats $3.86 a US gallon......whew!

 

[ralphsulser]

This morning in northern South Carolina was $2.46/gal, 2 days ago at same place it was $2.42

 

[Laura M]

$2.49 in Rochester - but that was 2 days ago. My Firebird still gets premium at $2.69 - saw 2.73 recently too.

 

[amanbhai]

Gasoline prices -- developing countries?

& that's not end of it think of future what's going to happen if it continues to go like this way.
More important think is what is going to happend to countries that are called developing countries?

Yesturday we hit over a dollar a liter accross the border. $1.02 to be exact; thats $3.86 a US gallon......whew!