$2.59 for premium at Chevron here in Simi Valley, CA as of lunch today

 

87 oct 1.93 stl

 

[QUOTE=RWD_HNDA,Mar 22 2005, 09:27 AM] Well I don't know if it will help,

 

Wrong - it could hurt:

"The St. Louis Post-Dispatch quoted Economics Prof. Pat Welch of St. Louis University who said "any boycott of "bad guy" gasoline in favor of "good guy" brands would have some unintended (and unhappy) results.

Although foreign relations wax and wane, Welch says, the law of supply and demand is set in stone. "To meet the sudden demand," he says, "the good guys would have to buy gasoline wholesale from the bad guys, who are suddenly stuck with unwanted gasoline."

So motorists would end up buying Arab oil anyway -- and paying more for it, because they'd be buying it at fewer stations."


Welcome to another Urban Legend:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/saudigas.asp

 

Lot's of good info on gas prices here:

http://www.gaspricewatch.com/usgas_index.asp

They report Concord, CA as highest gas price at $2.79.

 

I filled up on premium yesterday for $0.963/L at a Shell east of Toronto.

 

We need to buy more gas efficient cars or ride the bicycle more often. Too bad out major metro cities really arent meant for bikes.

btw, The majority of east texas home owners have atleast 1 SUV, some 1 suv, and a truck

 

In the UK the lowest RON rating you can get is 95. Most of us on s2ki.com run on 'super unleaded', 97 to 98RON. supermarket cost is .83p a litre, BP or Esso's 'optimax' is about 91p per litre in the south of the UK.

So on shell Optimax at 91P a litre thats

 

Damn gas is now $2.73 Prem in my area, that's a big jump from $2.60 four days ago

 

[QUOTE=little Chris,Mar 24 2005, 01:58 AM] In the UK the lowest RON rating you can get is 95. Most of us on s2ki.com run on 'super unleaded', 97 to 98RON. supermarket cost is .83p a litre, BP or Esso's 'optimax' is about 91p per litre in the south of the UK.

So on shell Optimax at 91P a litre thats