What's the price of gas where you live?
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Quote:. Credit card delinquency rates have jumped to 13.1%, marking a 16-year high. Student loan delinquency rates have also soared past 10.3%.
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Yet my credit cards constantly raise the amount I can borrow and I never even ask them for it. Doesn't matter to me I seldom use them anyway
Quote: AZDuffmanQuote: billryanI got my license in 1976, and the only gas lines I remember were in the summer of 1979 and those only lasted a short time. In NY, after a week or so of lines, they began alternating days. If your plate ended in an odd number, you gassed up on odd days. Once half the cars couldn't get on line each day, the lines pretty much went away. One of the problems in 1979 was the pumps themselves. They weren't designed for triple figure gas so some stations chose not to sell gas until their pumps were fixed, others sold gas by the half-gallon, which was illegal agt the time.. They also had gas lines for a few weeks in 1973/74, but I wasn't driving yet. The next time I waited in line for gas was after Superstorm Sandy
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There were several problems in 1979. Oil prices were regulated. "Old" wells had prices capped but "new" wells did not. Idea was to encourage new drilling, but it more made people limit production.
Back then you had to pull up to the right pump and you had to wait if a car on the other side of the island was using it first. Today pumps have all grades (except special stuff like E-0) at all pumps on both sides.
Stations are far larger even if far fewer in number. But it is more efficient.
There were other price regulations as well.
I would rather pay more and be able to buy all I want than have to wait for a limited supply USSR style.
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The Iranian Revolution was the drivin g force behind the lines. It took about 10% of the worlds oil production off line.
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Alexa says the average household has spent an extra $800-$1,000 just in extra fuel costs.
I spent less than $140 filling up my car this passed year.
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What did you pay in insurance on it?
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Close to $1000. Apparently my insurance company forces me to keep the same coverage limits on all of my vehicles insured by them.
E10 grade Petrol is about $7 per US Gallon.
These prices are about 30% up on the pre war price.
Quote: OnceDearHere in the UK, Diesel has just passed £2 per Litre which translates to almost exactly $7.60 per US Gallon.
E10 grade Petrol is about $7 per US Gallon.
These prices are about 30% up on the pre war price.
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But you have nowhere to go in the UK. There's a guy I follow on Youtube from the UK who says a 15 minute trip is considered exhausting. He was here for three weeks this summer for the World Cup and he said he drove more in the United States in three weeks than he ever drove in his entire life in England. Drove him crazy. He would sometimes drive 600 miles a day and was constantly complaining about the sheer size of the United States.
Quote: OnceDearHere in the UK, Diesel has just passed £2 per Litre which translates to almost exactly $7.60 per US Gallon.
E10 grade Petrol is about $7 per US Gallon.
These prices are about 30% up on the pre war price.
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This morning, I saw $5.09 gas ("petrol"), and $7.85 diesel in Washington on the I-5. (Somewhat more sensible inland.)
No idea what that works out to in crumpets per pint, but that's a lot of freedoms per eagle.
I keep mentioning diesel prices since farms, and the grocery supply chain both run on diesel, so we should expect secondary effects.
Quote: DieterQuote: OnceDearHere in the UK, Diesel has just passed £2 per Litre which translates to almost exactly $7.60 per US Gallon.
E10 grade Petrol is about $7 per US Gallon.
These prices are about 30% up on the pre war price.
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This morning, I saw $5.09 gas ("petrol"), and $7.85 diesel in Washington on the I-5. (Somewhat more sensible inland.)
No idea what that works out to in crumpets per pint, but that's a lot of freedoms per eagle.
I keep mentioning diesel prices since farms, and the grocery supply chain both run on diesel, so we should expect secondary effects.
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UK Petrol and Diesel prices are made up mostly of tax and historically we'd pay for a litre what you guys would spend on a gallon. It must be quite stressful for you. I wonder how long it will be before you pay more than we do.
Quote: OnceDearQuote: DieterQuote: OnceDearHere in the UK, Diesel has just passed £2 per Litre which translates to almost exactly $7.60 per US Gallon.
E10 grade Petrol is about $7 per US Gallon.
These prices are about 30% up on the pre war price.
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This morning, I saw $5.09 gas ("petrol"), and $7.85 diesel in Washington on the I-5. (Somewhat more sensible inland.)
No idea what that works out to in crumpets per pint, but that's a lot of freedoms per eagle.
I keep mentioning diesel prices since farms, and the grocery supply chain both run on diesel, so we should expect secondary effects.
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UK Petrol and Diesel prices are made up mostly of tax and historically we'd pay for a litre what you guys would spend on a gallon. It must be quite stressful for you. I wonder how long it will be before you pay more than we do.
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What's the octane rating on your petrol? For some reason, I thought it was RN92 or RN95, where common out here is RN87. Our high test gasolines can probably already match your prices.
Quote: EvenBobQuote: OnceDearHere in the UK, Diesel has just passed £2 per Litre which translates to almost exactly $7.60 per US Gallon.
E10 grade Petrol is about $7 per US Gallon.
These prices are about 30% up on the pre war price.
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But you have nowhere to go in the UK. There's a guy I follow on Youtube from the UK who says a 15 minute trip is considered exhausting. He was here for three weeks this summer for the World Cup and he said he drove more in the United States in three weeks than he ever drove in his entire life in England. Drove him crazy. He would sometimes drive 600 miles a day and was constantly complaining about the sheer size of the United States.
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Fair point. When I visited the States I was awestruck by distances, even having to drive between adjacent stores and struggling to find a simple food supermarket in Vegas and Orlando
Different strokes for different folks. Here we don't Need to drive far. We are generally within 10 minute WALK from recreational green-space and 5 minute drive of open countryside, farms, fields, country public footpaths. We are also typically a ten minute walk away from a number of grocery stores. Since each of our towns are pretty much clones of each-other, it's rare to have to drive more than an half an hour to buy what we need. E.g. every town will have a retail park with equivalents of Home Depot, Ikea, Aldi/Lidl/Tesco,MacDonalds, KFC, A proper Restaurant. Each town will typically have a small central Shopping Centre(Mall) with a bigger 'Out of Town' Retail Park a couple of minutes away.
I did a quick comparison between our shopping habits. You have Power Centres and Strip Malls which we don't have a close equivalent to, while we have Out of Town Retail Parks. Interesting differences.
Incidentally, no point in the UK is more than 70 miles from the coast and our coastline is almost always free access public space.
Exactly fifty years later, a slightly different coalition tried the exact same thing and I imagine the long-term effects will be similar.
Not naming any specific countries of course ;) If this is too political please ban me after G2E or just delete my post because I desperately need to share some new games tomorrow :D
Quote: harrisApproximately fifty-three years ago some countries decided to launch a failed "special military operation" against the a certain Middle Eastern state. When that failed the coalition, decided to make oil super expensive for the West in order to cause division to pressure them into giving up support in this proxy conflict. It didn't work and actually caused that coalition to lose influence in the long term.
Exactly fifty years later, a slightly different coalition tried the exact same thing and I imagine the long-term effects will be similar.
Not naming any specific countries of course ;) If this is too political please ban me after G2E or just delete my post because I desperately need to share some new games tomorrow :D
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Yeah, but what's the pump price by you?
Quote: ChumpChangeTruckers strike on October 1st? I've been seeing some TikToks repeated elsewhere of trucks already jamming up the highways with stopped traffic...
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What cause do the truckers give for striking? Are your truckers not mostly self employed rig operators?
I'm reading that the strike is something of a viral rumour rather than fact
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Let me go outside
I went outside and the nearest station's cash price was 4.49, which is about the average price of gas where I grew up (Cali) when I started driving a decade ago.
Quote: OnceDearQuote: ChumpChangeTruckers strike on October 1st? I've been seeing some TikToks repeated elsewhere of trucks already jamming up the highways with stopped traffic...
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What cause do the truckers give for striking? Are your truckers not mostly self employed rig operators?
I'm reading that the strike is something of a viral rumour rather than fact
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They are blaming everything but the cause.
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Let me go outside
I went outside and the nearest station's cash price was 4.49, which is about the average price of gas where I grew up (Cali) when I started driving a decade ago.
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You grew up in Colombia? Interesting.
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What's the octane rating on your petrol? For some reason, I thought it was RN92 or RN95, where common out here is RN87. Our high test gasolines can probably already match your prices.
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95 is most common i Europe, (You also find 98 and in some countries 92)
But the scale is different so 95 equals about 91 in US.
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What's the octane rating on your petrol? For some reason, I thought it was RN92 or RN95, where common out here is RN87. Our high test gasolines can probably already match your prices.
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95 is most common i Europe, (You also find 98 and in some countries 92)
But the scale is different so 95 equals about 91 in US.
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I didn't know that. I always see the Russians queueing up for 95 and was surprised they wanted the good stuff.
35 miles east, Western North Dakota: $4.15 gas, $6.49 diesel.
I did see more activity in the North Dakota oilfields than I remember recently, and I feel I only noticed the tiny tip of the oilberg.
With cooler weather, lows around 40, my battery is not lasting like it used to. It's 5 years old so maybe it's time for a new one this winter. It's an AGM battery for the start/stop feature that only works when the battery is charged up enough. I saw a new video for solid state batteries that cost $600-$700 before the $200 discount. They are supposed to last for 10 years and have a 3-5 year warranty. I don't drive enough between starts so the battery just doesn't get recharged enough. I have to make special half hour trips to recharge it so it doesn't die at the supermarket when I park. The voltage is critically low at times. It takes a 2-3 hour drive to get it charged up again properly. I check my car app after 5 days of the car just sitting there and it's gone into power-saving mode and won't tell me much.
I'm also noticing my car tire pressure is dropping with the lower temperatures so I will have to pump up the tires soon, when the forecast settles down into the 50's.
