Gas prices to spike 4.5 cents per liter on Wednesday.

[rafterman]

Ha ha ha it's because of "summer" gas. Will hit levels not seen since 2008 when oil was $149 a barrel.

http://money.ca.msn.com/investing/news/business-news/gas-prices-could-spike-overnight-by-45-cents-3

And in a related story car sales heat up as people trade into new more fuel efficient models.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/auto-sales-sizzle-as-recovery-heats-up/article2390410/

 

[milehigh]

We should start playing games... boycott alternating oil companies a month at a time.... but we are too nice.

 

[Moraff]

We should start playing games... boycott alternating oil companies a month at a time.... but we are too nice.

Do we really have to go through the argument of why that doesn't do anything more than hurt the local owners and their staff who have no control over the prices again?

 

[TeasePlease]

Ha ha ha it's because of "summer" gas. Will hit levels not seen since 2008 when oil was $149 a barrel.

Yeah, except Brent crude is $124 now.

 

[onthebottom]

Could be worse, paid 1.84 euros today in northern Italy, multiply that by 1.3 to get the price in CAD.

OTB

 

[Questor]

I look forward to these humorous threads every spring when people bitch and whine about rising gas prices and strategize over useless boycotts.

 

[groggy]

I'm also amused by these threads.
Its ass if nobody has heard of peak oil, and instead they just get surprised every time prices go up.

 

[Tony321]

What peak oil? Haven't heard of it for a while because of new oil discoveries around the globe.

 

[oil&gas]

Peak oil? There is no peak when global oil production is going downhill although
the downward trend is barely noticeable on a daily or monthly time basis. So far
the decline has been moderate and the Hubbert curve is like it is a portion of a plateau.
Wait until the decline enters the 2nd (T2) phase of transition to the post-oil era in Dr
Ali Bakhtiari's model. Decline in the 2nd phase won't be just barely perceptible but
more than remarkable. By then your hobbying activities will become more local.

 

[SuperCharge]

What really baffles me, is that gas in the states is just under 4 bucks per gallon, but we're paying 1.45 per litre. We're almost paying double what the american's are paying but our dollar is roughly the same. What gives???

Oh by the way, filled up last night and it was like the blind leading the blind at the pumps. Another one of my pet peeves are people who don't pull up to the first pump when there is obviously a huge waiting line to fill up, or those gas station shoppers who decide to do grocery shopping after they've filled up. KEEP IT MOVING PEOPLE!!!!!

 

[rafterman]

What really baffles me, is that gas in the states is just under 4 bucks per gallon, but we're paying 1.45 per litre. We're almost paying double what the american's are paying but our dollar is roughly the same. What gives???

Ha ha ha it's a little thing called "taxes" which takes about 2/3 of your gasoline dollar.

And while we are on the topic of gas station pet peeves what's up with paying a dollar for the air compressor to top up the air in your tires?

 

[SuperCharge]

Ha ha ha it's a little thing called "taxes" which takes about 2/3 of your gasoline dollar.

And while we are on the topic of gas station pet peeves what's up with paying a dollar for the air compressor to top up the air in your tires?

The taxes are included in the gas, this I understand but not 50 percent tax? Am I wrong?

What about paying the buck for the vaccum that doesnt suck up anything, or the car wash that never ever cleans the car properly. They push for the touch-less car wash but those don't work worth a shit. (Sorry for the language)

 

[rafterman]

http://retail.petro-canada.ca/en/fuelsavings/2139.aspx

 

[SuperCharge]

http://retail.petro-canada.ca/en/fuelsavings/2139.aspx

Thx for the link. Still not sure why the americans are paying half as us, even withstanding all our tax. I mean, by no means am I a mathematician but our prices just seems outrageous. I wondered last night as I was driving, around 9:30 p.m last night there was quite a bit of traffic, where everyone was going, especially with the gas prices the way they are.

 

[mrsCALoki]

Imagine filling up a 3,000 gallon tank

 

[elmo]

Buy oil company stock.

 

[LKD]

wtf is going on? I thought Canada had one of the biggest oil reserves.... Why is Canada talking about building pipelines to direct oil to the States? or shipping oil to China?

 

[LateComer]

What really baffles me, is that gas in the states is just under 4 bucks per gallon, but we're paying 1.45 per litre. We're almost paying double what the american's are paying but our dollar is roughly the same. What gives???

The price is $1.37/litre today (Lakeshore/Leslie). This translates to $5.19 per US gallon (Assuming the dollars are at par). It's still a rip off but we're not paying anywhere near double the US price.

 

[SuperCharge]

The price is $1.37/litre today (Lakeshore/Leslie). This translates to $5.19 per US gallon (Assuming the dollars are at par). It's still a rip off but we're not paying anywhere near double the US price.

Our gas should be 98 cents per litre to equal New Yorks price at 3.71per gallon today because our dollar is equal. Why are we paying more? I thought this was free trade!

How I came up with this figure I took 98cents per liter times 3.79 which is a US Gallon. And if you go further south like Tennessee it's even cheaper. So not only are we taxed to death, we are getting ripped off with over-priced gas too.

We're getting f*cked, bottom line.

 

[gww]

Our gas should be 98 cents per litre to equal New Yorks price at 3.71per gallon today because our dollar is equal. Why are we paying more? I thought this was free trade!

How I came up with this figure I took 98cents per liter times 3.79 which is a US Gallon. And if you go further south like Tennessee it's even cheaper. So not only are we taxed to death, we are getting ripped off with over-priced gas too.

We're getting f*cked, bottom line.

It is, your free to spend to go to Tennessee or where ever else to buy cheaper gas. Free to trade your car in for a bike or hybrid or a horse/buggy.