Gas
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- Ferrara, Italy
- gardo91fe
Here in good old (but lately not very sunny) Italy:
Petrol is 1.60-1.80 €/L (8.30-9.30 $/US gal.)
Diesel is 1.55-1.70 €/L (7.80-8.80 $/US gal.)
LPG 0.70-0.80 €/L (3.60-4.10 $/US gal.)
Methane 0.90-1.00 €/L (4.70-5.20 $/US gal.).
That's pretty expensive now, if you compare with early 2002 prices (around 1€/L for petrol, 0.80€/L for diesel and 0.50€/L for LPG). That is mostly due to the (rather high) amount of tax levied by the state: 0.41€/L in excise taxes*, PLUS a manufacturing tax, with VAT on top of that, bringing the total to almost an euro.
They're not only high in amount, but also in obsolescence: we're still paying for:
Petrol is 1.60-1.80 €/L (8.30-9.30 $/US gal.)
Diesel is 1.55-1.70 €/L (7.80-8.80 $/US gal.)
LPG 0.70-0.80 €/L (3.60-4.10 $/US gal.)
Methane 0.90-1.00 €/L (4.70-5.20 $/US gal.).
That's pretty expensive now, if you compare with early 2002 prices (around 1€/L for petrol, 0.80€/L for diesel and 0.50€/L for LPG). That is mostly due to the (rather high) amount of tax levied by the state: 0.41€/L in excise taxes*, PLUS a manufacturing tax, with VAT on top of that, bringing the total to almost an euro.
They're not only high in amount, but also in obsolescence: we're still paying for:
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- 12,389
- Betelgeuse
- Beeblebrox_237
Holy thread revival, Batman!
- 11,985
- Australia
- I_Grayson_Fox_I
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- 7,703
- Indy
- xXKingJoshXx
Why is everyone making such a big deal over the "bump"? 
They are currently going up but there are still a few places where you can get "cheap" gas at $3.47/gallon.
They are currently going up but there are still a few places where you can get "cheap" gas at $3.47/gallon.
- 7,703
- Indy
- xXKingJoshXx
Gas here went up $0.60 in three days. We're sitting at about $3.65-$3.75 per gallon. Sources say the spike is due to the Ukrainian conflict. Jeez, if they're going to lie to us, at least make it believable.
They told us here it was because they had to "reformulate" the gas, causing it to go up an average of $.10, but it's gone up a lot more than that. Other places are saying it's because of Venezuela.
- 2,114
- England
- NINE_HUNDRED
£1.30 a litre at the moment where I am. Cheapest it's been in a while.
- 636
- Alexandria, MN
- TurboLefty78
I don't get why it's so much cheaper in Mexico than here in USA. The conversion rates are accurate as stated too, I checked them here: http://www.rubicon.com/passport/currency/currency.html
Man, to be under a dollar a gallon again! I haven't seen that since about 1989-1990.
- 629
- Ontario, Canada
- B-Line98
I guess the thread originally died because we didn't have much of a reason to complain or talk about the gas due to fair and cheap pricing.
Well we certainly do now.
Well we certainly do now.
- 2,298
- Sauga City
- Bluntified
Last time I filled up (Wednesday morning) it was $1.33/L.
- 19,655
- Alabamamania
One problem with my work is that I never know whether the local or "normal" price is for gas...I might be pumping up by San Francisco's airport (and thus, getting extra-gouged) one day, paying $4.30/gallon, and then the following week will be $2.99/gallon, because I'm outside of Baton Rouge or some rural area. (Nice to have the company pay for right-by-the-airport gas stations.)
Seems like $3.20-3.25/gallon for regular in Northern Alabama last week.
For me: December 31st, 1993 - at $0.999/gallon. The local Amoco dropped their prices because a 15-cent state gas tax was coming by for the new year. And to think we bitched when it hit $1.38 for high-test, a few months later.
I feel sorry for the younger crowd today; you can't just go for a long drive for the hell of it anymore, unless you've got $40-50 lying around. I could fill my Accord's tank for under $10, and have enough for a snack and soda...(okay, I'll stop acting like Grandpa Simpson)
Seems like $3.20-3.25/gallon for regular in Northern Alabama last week.
For me: December 31st, 1993 - at $0.999/gallon. The local Amoco dropped their prices because a 15-cent state gas tax was coming by for the new year. And to think we bitched when it hit $1.38 for high-test, a few months later.
I feel sorry for the younger crowd today; you can't just go for a long drive for the hell of it anymore, unless you've got $40-50 lying around. I could fill my Accord's tank for under $10, and have enough for a snack and soda...(okay, I'll stop acting like Grandpa Simpson)
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- 6,697
- Mexico City
- MoLieG
And probably we won't see that again...
I remember when we could fill the tank of our good old Renault Clio with just $170.00 pesos... Now, we need $250.00 or EVEN more to fill it...
2004... yep, it's been a while
- 5,300
- Tijuana, B.C.
- MRT_Cinnamon
It is actually 3.60 per gallon for magna (normal) fuel, 3.79 for premium fuel and 3.72 for Diesel, pretty even, I must say
Oh god I remember when the Premium fuel costed around 9 pesos per liter, around 2.60 dollars per gallon
and I'm talking about 2004-2007
CodeRedR51
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- 55,296
- United States
$3.21 ~ $3.31 depending on the station.
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