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

[sonflowerinwales]

This morning I saw unleaded and diesel at 99.9p per litre, thats $6.74 per US gallon. In the town it's at 95.9p per litre $6.47 per gallon.
Paul

 

[Antonio Vieira]

Did you know that the US has 3% of world’s population and spends 22% of all the oil's world production?
Did you know that in China and India added, have almost the same figures but vice versa?
European Union has more or less the same population that the US (400 Million people), and only spends half the oil the US does...
My car moves 25 Km with only a liter of Diesel. How many US cars can do this?
I think it’s time for all American fellows leave your 6 liter engines at home...
At least think on the environment...

 

[Randy]

Did you know that the US has 3% of world’s population and spends 22% of all the oil's world production?
Did you know that in China and India added, have almost the same figures but vice versa?
European Union has more or less the same population that the US (400 Million people), and only spends half the oil the US does...
My car moves 25 Km with only a liter of Diesel. How many US cars can do this?
I think it’s time for all American fellows leave your 6 liter engines at home...
At least think on the environment...

Yeah, your absolutely correct. What's your point? Are you jealous or mad?Your thoughts are on the verge of starting serious political and cultural controversy and we tend to try and keep that out of here.

 

[Helmut Jilling]

I think it’s time for all American fellows leave your 6 liter engines at home...
At least think on the environment...

Of course this would be a good thing. But the problem is everyone like powerful engines. Europe does, the USA does, and soon everyone else will.

In Europe's case, you have had extremely expensive gas prices for decades. Whether you like powerful engines, the price forced efficient engines. It may do the same here.

 

[Marc]

Yeah, your absolutely correct. What's your point? Are you jealous or mad?Your thoughts are on the verge of starting serious political and cultural controversy and we tend to try and keep that out of here.

Oh, I don't know that António's post is all that serious a matter, Randy. He stated pretty well established facts. See this post with oil use graph by country in this thread.

As to the opinion of people in the US moving to smaller cars and less dependence on oil, from a global standpoint I think he's correct - But I've been a mass transit supporter (especially trains and related systems) since the 1960s when I first travelled abroad and I still think mass transit makes sense. And I remember living in England in 1965 - The apartment in Wimbledon where I lived was heated by the building's central furnace. It wasn't turnd on until mid- to late November and by golly the first warm spell that furnace was turned off. Water heaters were 'On Demand' thus very energy efficient. I guess my point is we in the US will be learning what people in most other countries have had to do for years, which is to live with high energy prices.

I would hope the post does not become a serious political and cultural controversy. I see no reason why it should. Now, let's get back to the price of gasoline around the world which is the discussion topic focus.

 

[Coury Ferguson]

In South Florida, USA the prices are ranging between: $2.92-$3.10 USD per gallon.

Coury Ferguson

Just went up to over $3.16 (Regular) per Gallon. West Palm Beach County has one of the highest gas costs verses North Florida


Coury Ferguson

 

[Al Rosen]

Did you know that the US has 3% of world’s population and spends 22% of all the oil's world production?

Yes but it has almost the highest per capita GDP, second only to Luxembourg.

 

[mshell]

I paid 2.83 a gallon yesterday in Central Ga.

 

[Crusader]

$3.39 for super-duper unleaded in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA.
Has anyone been to the www.gasbuddy.com website?

 

[Antonio Vieira]

It was never my intension to start anything political here!
I’m sorry If I offended you and your way of living.
Unfortunately I can’t write here what almost everybody here thinks about oil consummation in the US, because that in fact could be seen as a “serious political and cultural controversy”.
I just wrote soft comments...
We have to learn from each other, and I think US should learn a little bit with EU and Japan on saving energy.
In other subjects, I’m pretty sure that we have lots of things to learn from US!
Anyway, in the past week unleaded 95 Octane went up more 0,1 €/Litre..., and that worry’s me a lot.

AV