Gas Prices??

[+rusty_da_dog]

And has it slowed down your caching? I know this is an international forum, so people from all countries please feel free to reply, that way when I see how much you pay for a litre I can feel good that I am paying $2.00 a gallon in Arkansas.

 

As for me, well it has slowed me down some, but I am still going.

Cya on the trails,

Rusty

[+robert]

About $2.07 here, just south of Baltimore, MD.

 

FWIW, there's a fairly recent thread about gas prices:

 

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=92641

[cacheaholik]

They just said the average gas price for my state (Arizona) is $2.20 on the news, but where I live (Roosevelt Lake) It is $2.49. It has slowed me down in everything we do from caching to trips into town which is about a 20 mile trip one way. They also said on the news that prices are expected to keep rising until the end of summer.

[vagabond]

$2.19 In Escondido Ca north of San Diego last Thursday. Heard it was $3 something in Malibu, average around here is $2.27 right now

Edited March 21, 2005 by vagabond

[+robert]

$2.19 In Escondido Ca north of San Diego last Thursday. Heard it was $3 something in Malibu, average around here is $2.27 right now

i saw that, too (re: malibu) similar price increases in higher-income areas in maryland as well though not quite that high.

[WH]

I just paid $1.87 per gallon for gas. By today's standards, they're practically giving it away.

[+jamrasc]

I just filled half a tank and it cost me $25. It was $1.93 a gallon. So far we are still going places caching. We don't have too many caches near us so we have to travel to cache. I hope it doesn't get much higher. Forgot to add we are in SC, just south of Charlotte, NC.

Edited March 21, 2005 by jamrasc

[+StarBrand]

$2.17 a gallon here in rural Western Nebraska

 

Hasn't slowed me down much but some.

[+EScout]

$2.48 for the middle grade of gas, in the south end of Los Angeles County. My son just filled one of cars and brought home a receipt for $50, a new record. Lets see........ 3 cars, and car insurance for 6 people (wife and I and 2 males under 25 years old = 6 regular people.) plus about $300 for gas a month. The pain is quite intense.

[+Blue Bomb]

$2.19 here in Ohio. Hasn't slowed me down, but has caused me to change my first choice of vehicle. Caching mobiles used to be the '79 truck or 4X4 Suburban. Both about 15 MPG. Lately it has been the Geo Prizm, which goes more than twice as far on the same amount of gas.

 

If I run the Suburban dry it'll cost me $92 to fill up. That's a LOT of trade swag... Heck, that's what I paid for my Etrex!

[+Marcie/Eric]

About $2.15-$2.20 is the average around Sacramento, CA.

 

Lowest grade Arco.

[gridlox]

$1.97 a gallon here in Rome GA at the K-mart gas center.

 

But if you watch for their blue light to be flashing on their signs it's on sale for $1.92.

 

Saved $2 on a fill-up last night!!

 

Hey! Every little bit!!

 

D-man

Edited March 21, 2005 by gridlox

[+Crew 153]

Hope I got my maths right

 

Here is Australia at present on special paying AU$0.90 per litre

1Gal US= 3.785 litres ---- AU$3.40 per gal

AU$1 = US$0.79 ---US$2.70 per gal

 

Govt gets about half of that.

[+Anonymous']

Something like 2.07 here

[+MercRocks]

Similkameen BC Canada

91.1 cents CDN a liter = $3.45 US

[+Night_Hawk]

$2.19 a gallon in Eugene OR

 

I've seen it as high as $2.65 at one of those out of the way stations.

[+Riddlers]

Driving from Eugene Oregon to LA, California we were able to find it for $2.19 all the way down and back. Yes, it has slowed us down some. We tend to only go out for several instead of just to pick up one or two.

[+oltimer]

I drive a diesel truck filled it up yesterday in Imperial Beach CA $ 2.49 a gal. What get me upset diesel is the first step in Making Gas. I know in Canada diesel is always 15 to 20% less than gas

[+Chillibusher]

I just filled up tonight after a day of placing caches. Price was $0.64/litre in Chilliwack, BC, Canada. That should work out to:

 

1Gal US= 3.785 litres ---- Canadian $2.49 per gal

With the exchange rate today that will work out to $2.05 US/Gallon.

 

Crooks , although that is some of the cheapest gas in Canada right now. I try to combine a few caches together before I go out to save on the fuel a little bit.

 

Oltimer Wrote:

I know in Canada diesel is always 15 to 20% less than gas.

 

Not right now. Our gas prices are at $0.64/litre. Diesel is at $0.89/litre. My father has a dodge diesel and I know he isn't happy about it.

Edited March 21, 2005 by Chillibusher

[+Divine]

I bought gas yesterday at about 5,65 USD/gallon.

[Kybra]

I'm paying the equilevent of $5.46US a gallon in country Western Australia ($1.14AUS a ltr) and there are areas where it is more expensive in this state, it hasn't been under $1.00 a ltr for 4 years

[Stony2008]

Something like 2.07 here

 

ditto

[+jamrasc]

Hubby filled up this morning at the same station I did last night and the price was raised 5 cent per gallon over night. He paid $1.97.

[ATMouse]

We've been paying $2.12 lately and now it's gone to $2.18. I gotta tell you, it's going to definately impact my caching. I live in the back of beyond (2 hr drive to get to a real mall, for instance) and any concentration of caches tends to be far away...(at least the ones I ain't done yet.)

 

However, caching is just a hoot when you are on vacation! We just came back from Fredericksburg and had a great time caching on and off the battlefield.

 

ATMouse

[+bthomas]

$2.21 in the Sacramento Valley, during yesterday's 400 mile marathon. For 200 miles of caches, it worked out to about 50 cents per cache.

[+Jeep_Dog]

Compared to our North American neighbors and European friends, we don't have much to complain about, but wow, fuel prices certainly are climbing.

 

I've always tended to logically lump caches together to avoid excessive or unnecessary driving. So, my caching won't be impacted too much.

 

In addition, I had a feeling we were going to see more increases, so I traded in my gasoline Jeep and got a new diesel Jeep. I'll squeeze every mile out of that costly fuel.

 

Anyhow, the cheapest diesel in this area is $2.09. Most likely that's already gone up. So, I'll just get the nearly 500 miles out of this tank and pray for lower prices relief. I, too, am disgruntled that diesel, less refinement and the step to gasoline, costs more. There's something terribly fishy about this...

[+ChileHead]

$2.25 in Rochester, NY. Not sure if it's slowed me down (winter and less new caches do that on their own), but there have been a couple times a new cache appeared 17 miles away that I decided not to waste fuel on just to be FTF.

[Mr. TSP]

Some stations in town are at $2.09 while others are at $2.25.

 

I have about 50 unfound caches within 20 miles of my house and ALL will be done by combining my caching trips with biking trips this year. I do have a 1600 mile, one-way, trip to Texas in April that I plan to do some caching on, but these are all the caches I plan to do while driving.

 

Next year, when gas is over $3.00 I doubt if I will do any caching by driving.

[+Greymane]

Paid $2.15 in Ithaca, NY on Saturday, but have seen higher around here.

[Tenniskid]

Here in Central Washington the cheapest (AMPM) is up to like 2.12 a Gallon with some of the more expensive stuff at 2.30 a gal. I just took a trip to see some people and gas is cheaper in this big town (spokane) with Chevron gas at only 2.05 a Gal.

 

~D

[+mortaine]

We're up to $2.42 over the weekend. It'll probably be $2.55 or $2.60 when I fill up today after work.

[+Larry_Rymal]

$2.04/gallon here in Pasadena, and we are across the street from all the petroleum refineries!

[+Team Perks]

I bought gas yesterday at about 5,65 USD/gallon.

Crikey! That would cost me $165 to fill my tank! And to think I was going to gripe about what it costs me now...

[+thumperness]

Here in Mt.Pleasant SC we paid $1.97 on our last fill up. But if you close your eyes when you put your credit card in and don't get a recipt it doesn't hurt as much.

[+robert]

Here in Mt.Pleasant SC we paid $1.97 on our last fill up. But if you close your eyes when you put your credit card in and don't get a recipt it doesn't hurt as much.

that's the same logic i use to eat a box of cookies. i didn't look at the label, so there are no calories.

 

[+Mr. Fantastic]

Here in the far western suburbs of Chicago, I can find gas for $2.10/gallon. It makes me wonder when the prices fluctuate so much from day to day, but it has not yet slowed my caching. Coaching a spring sport at the school where I teach has slowed it down a great deal more.

[+RB_Nielsen]

$2.05 in SE Iowa -

[+rusty_da_dog]

Well, its up to 2.03/2.07 a gallon here in Western Arkansas. I am going on a trip next week, so gonna do a little drive by geocaching along the way......

[Mvillian]

and in Iraq I hear its something like 25 cents???

[+planetrobert]

2.19 in southern oregon

 

good thing my "new(38 years old)" car gets about 35mpg

[+4WheelDriveFun]

and in Iraq I hear its something like 25 cents???

Yha but the car beside you dont blow up while your pumping here now does it!

[+baloo&bd]

and in Iraq I hear its something like 25 cents???

Actually, it's .05 in Iraq however what that means is in reality you are paying more here than you think.

 

Iraq may be a major crude producer but does not have the capability of refining it's own gasoline, so the U.S. Goverment pays about $1.50 per gallon from neighboring nations and has it delivered to Iraqi stations in an effort to "jumpstart" their economy.

 

I try to keep telling myself that the rest of the world has been paying $4 to $5 a gallon for a few years now and it makes it easier as I go to Ditech.com to sign the mortgage papers when I need to fill up for the week.

Edited March 22, 2005 by baloo&bd

[OzzyUK]

In England (I think I've got this right):

 

1 English litre = 0.2642 US gallons

 

therefore 3.785 English litres = 1 US gallon

 

petrol (sorry, gas!!) = £0.897 / english litre x 3.785 = £3.40 / US gallon

 

Through the currency convertor = $6.46 / US gallon

 

And we were told in the newspapers the other day rising oil prices could mean it going over £1.00 per English litre which will mean over $7.19 / US gallon.

 

What fun

[+briansnat]

$1.86 this morning for regular in NJ. I guess there is something to be said for having all those refineries here.

[+Team Tigger International]

As of Yesterday the going rate in most gas stations in my little corner of Indiana is 2.19 per gallon . I find it hard to comprehend why there is such a widespread cost per gallon myself.

 

Star

[+cache_test_dummies]

$1.86 this morning for regular in NJ.  I guess there is something to be said for having all those refineries here.

I remember at one time you couldn't pump your own gas in NJ. Are all the stations in NJ still Full Service?

 

Edit: OT: not sure what gas costs here (southern NH) right at the moment, as I haven't filled up in the last twenty minutes or so. But I think the last time I checked regular was hoverin' just below $2.00/gal. Of course you can always find the odd station which is charging at least $.10 more per gallon if you look around.

Edited March 22, 2005 by cache_test_dummies

[Azaruk]

South Africa:

 

I drive a diesel LandRover.

 

Cost per litre is around $1.00 depending on whether it bought inland or at the coast (refineries are at the coast = cheaper)

[+cache_test_dummies]

Cost per litre is around $1.00 depending on whether it bought inland or at the coast (refineries are at the coast = cheaper)

$1.00 per Litre. Hmm. Let me think. There are 2 pints in a quart, 4 quarts in a gallon, 5280 feet in a mile, uh ...

 

Wow - that's about $4.00 dollars a gallon!

 

I hereby cancel my plans to drive to South Africa this summer.

[+cudlecub]

I passed up some stations early yesterday that were 1.99 and when I got off work prices were in the 2.04 range. Then after bowling last night the prices were up AGAIN to 2.10. I found one station still sitting at 2.04 and filled er up.

 

I work in sales on the road and average about 2500 miles for work only. I don't have a gas allowance and it's a straight commission job. It's definitely helped on my closing of sales and I'm also picking up a few urban micros while in the field now. I keep hiking boots in my car to switch into and sometimes get those that involve a short hike.

[+briansnat]

I remember at one time you couldn't pump your own gas in NJ. Are all the stations in NJ still Full Service?

 

You still can't. Generally the lowest gas prices in the nation and someone else pumps for ya. Can't beat that!

Edited March 22, 2005 by briansnat