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« Reply #550 on: March 05, 2011, 09:30:05 PM »
I get confused in my calculations. Here in Oz we work in litres and, at present, in my neck of the woods a litre of unleaded is about $1.40. There's about 4 litres to the gallon, which makes our price about $5.60 per gallon. AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!! We have been warned that The current strife in the Middle East will result in price rise.

just read your post, Henry. I'm on the right track, then.
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« Reply #551 on: March 05, 2011, 10:13:13 PM »
$3.53 was the cheapest I found it today in Michigan.
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« Reply #552 on: March 06, 2011, 08:39:23 AM »
$3.49  SW Ohio  >:(
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« Reply #553 on: March 06, 2011, 08:54:11 AM »
$3.49 in Orlando, FL USA
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« Reply #554 on: March 06, 2011, 09:19:23 AM »
$1.23 a litre.  I think that's about $4.68 per US gallon.   We all use too much gas in North America IMO.
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« Reply #555 on: March 06, 2011, 10:37:37 AM »
$ 3.49 a gallon in Cleveland, Ohio this morning.  Ouch!!!

For three years I drove my son to a great private school 45 minutes from home.  Dropped him off and picked him up  every day.  That killed our budget for gas.  Glad I'm not doing it anymore!
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« Reply #556 on: March 06, 2011, 11:39:37 AM »
I last filled up on Thursday at a local Costco.  $3.40/gal.  I have seen prices around here (north of Seattle) be as high as $3.69/gal.  This is for regular unleaded.  A front page news story talked about a trucker paying $1000 for 240 gallons of diesel.  That's where it's really going to hit us - the price of goods.

For anyone who is interested, Ed Schultz of msnbc is going to have a series on why gas prices are going up on his daily show, The Ed Schultz Show.  He is on at 10pm EST.  I think it will be interesting to see what he finds.
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« Reply #557 on: March 06, 2011, 12:46:24 PM »
Did a conversion.... Litres to US Gallons, then Euros to US dollars, and it works out at $7.93 per US gallon!... Still feeling badly ripped off in the US???...  :rofl;

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« Reply #558 on: March 06, 2011, 01:09:20 PM »
southern california- 3.89 a gal
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« Reply #559 on: March 06, 2011, 02:10:30 PM »
Quote from: Darthvadar on March 06, 2011, 12:46:24 PM
Did a conversion.... Litres to US Gallons, then Euros to US dollars, and it works out at $7.93 per US gallon!... Still feeling badly ripped off in the US???...  :rofl;

Love to all....

Darth...
Yep, I worked it out at about $8 per US gallon in my part of the world (East Anglia, England).  Blokey actually pays more but that's because he insists on getting Super Unleaded instead of normal unleaded.  ;D

It's just a shame that we don't get mileage for dialysis like they do in other parts of the UK (we live thirty miles from dialysis ... grrr.)
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« Reply #560 on: March 06, 2011, 03:37:43 PM »
Quote from: Hephs-little-lady on May 21, 2007, 01:05:19 PM
Is that per litre or gallon?

Here in the UK, diesel is 96.9p per litre which is about £4.85 per gallon. Converted into $ thats $1.92 per litre or $9.60 per gallon.

Pretty darned expensive if you ask me!
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« Reply #561 on: March 07, 2011, 05:26:46 PM »
It was $3.45 in Lowell, IN and when I got home to IL it was $3.79
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« Reply #562 on: March 07, 2011, 06:17:33 PM »
$3.59 regular unleaded (San Antonio, TX)  :stressed;
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« Reply #563 on: March 07, 2011, 06:54:23 PM »
$3.95 today in Yorba Linda, CA
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« Reply #564 on: March 07, 2011, 07:04:47 PM »
  Today $3.35 per gallon

DRILL BABY  DRILL

No, actually I wish we could get this electric car or Biofuel thing going so we could tell foreign countries to SHOVE IT !!

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« Reply #565 on: March 08, 2011, 02:20:05 AM »
My husband has been making biodiesel and using biodiesel for years now.  Actually, now he collects the used cooking grease from restaurants, renders it and sells it to companies in Texas that make the biodiesel.  He makes the biodiesel only when he needs it.  But soon he'll be making it more and more because the farmers out here will buy from him for their equipment.

My next vehicle will be a diesel so that I can run biodiesel, too.  His truck smells like french fries.    :lol;   Seriously.
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« Reply #566 on: March 08, 2011, 03:42:06 AM »
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« Reply #567 on: March 08, 2011, 06:12:56 AM »
$3.29  Here in Central Jersey.

it will only keep going up while the Middleeast is in chaos.

If we were to drill here they say the prices would drop almost immediately.
And we have plenty of oil.  Where there is oil there is lots of Jobs.
We need jobs and oil?

Oh and the billions we send overseas to the people that wish to do us harm would be better spent here.
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« Reply #568 on: March 08, 2011, 07:08:40 AM »
Quote from: paul.karen on March 08, 2011, 06:12:56 AM
$3.29  Here in Central Jersey.

it will only keep going up while the Middleeast is in chaos.

If we were to drill here they say the prices would drop almost immediately.
And we have plenty of oil.  Where there is oil there is lots of Jobs.
We need jobs and oil?

Oh and the billions we send overseas to the people that wish to do us harm would be better spent here.

Are you allowed to pump your own gas in NJ?
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« Reply #569 on: March 08, 2011, 09:14:45 AM »
No it is illegal  LOL.

But it isnt enforced. If the pumps are busy i have pumped my own gas.  But the gas attendent has to turn the pump on.
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« Reply #570 on: March 08, 2011, 08:07:48 PM »
$1.23/litre in ontario, so $4.66/gallon
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« Reply #571 on: March 09, 2011, 06:35:13 AM »
Quote from: YLGuy on March 08, 2011, 07:08:40 AM
Are you allowed to pump your own gas in NJ?
Quote from: paul.karen on March 08, 2011, 09:14:45 AM
No it is illegal  LOL.
I was so sure this was a joke that I went to Google and started typing 'is it illegal to pump ...' whereupon Google finished it for me with ' ... your own gas in New Jersey.' 

I learnt something new today (and thanks for the giggle! < I'm easily amused, obviously.)

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« Reply #572 on: March 09, 2011, 07:00:40 AM »
In Oregon they are not allowed to pump their own gas, so when they venture up to Washington State it is funny watching them get out of their cars and read all the directions on how to do it!!!   :rofl;

Talk about easy entertainment.....
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« Reply #573 on: March 10, 2011, 07:18:46 PM »
Petrol prices expected to reach $2.50 a LITRE New Zealand dollars at the end of March.

That is around $1.80 a LITER US
1.14 pounds a litre
$1.80 Australian dollars a litre.  :waiting;
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« Reply #574 on: March 13, 2011, 10:01:45 PM »
I paid $3.49 a gallon in Shorewood, IL. I use gas buddy app on smartphone to help find low gas prices in area or by town. You can also check gas prices online with gas buddy.
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Neuropathy in legs age 10

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   -glaucoma and surgery for that
     -cataract surgery twice on same eye (2000 - 2002). another one growing in good eye
     - vitrectomy in good eye post tx November 2003, totally blind for 4 months due to complications with meds and infection

Diagnosed with ESRD June 29, 1999
1st Dialysis - July 4, 1999
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Kidney and Pancreas Transplant - December 3, 2000

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Guide Dog by end of July 2012
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