$3 gas coming to a station near you

[mentalfloss]

In the United Shtashe.


$3 gas coming to a station near you


The national average price is up to $2.81 a gallon according to AAA, an increase of 3 cents in the last week, and 15 cents in the last month. This is the highest prices have been since 2014.

And more price hikes are on the horizon. The Oil Price Information Service, which tracks prices for AAA, expects the national average to rise to about $3 a gallon sometime this month.

"Most of this recent increase has to do with speculation that the Trump administration will take a hard line with Iran," said Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst for OPIS. The president has until May 12 to decide whether the US will stay in a deal with Iran meant to curb its nuclear program, or pull out of the agreement and once again impose sanctions on the country.

$3 gas coming to a station near you

 

[Hoid]

Vancouver prices are about $7.50 a gallon.

$3 a gallon is about 65 cents a liter

Sounds pretty good to me.

 

[Curious Cdn]

Bring it on! I'll take $3 gas, any day!

 

[Danbones]

From The IDJIT with the "gas price is falling" thread

CANADA IS SETTING WORLD RECORDS FOR GAS PRICES!!!!

Gas prices are hitting records in Canada
https://ptcnetwork.ca/gas-prices-are-hitting-records-in-canada/

Thank MFs MORONIC FAKENEWS BUTT SCREW carbon tax for schmucking y'all right in the face.

Bring it on! I'll take $3 gas, any day!

Yes, the future carbon tax liter price...Enjoy your carbon tax price facial sex act.

Hitlery's pal Weiner would love it.

 

[petros]

Vancouver prices are about $7.50 a gallon.

$3 a gallon is about 65 cents a liter

Sounds pretty good to me.

Holy shit are you ever bad at math.

$3 a gallon US is $0.7915567282 per litre or $1.055408971CAD

A gallon in Vancouver is $5.9517CAD

Regina a gallon is $4.5859CAD

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Holy shit are you ever bad at math.

$3 a gallon US is $0.7915567282 per litre or $1.055408971CAD

A gallon in Vancouver is $5.9517CAD

Regina a gallon is $4.5859CAD

I assume his math is for the now not used anywhere imperial gallon which we used to have in Canada. But he should have known the US has and had it's own gallon.

Big difference between US and Canadian prices is the taxes upon taxes in Canada.

 

[Curious Cdn]

Holy shit are you ever bad at math.

$3 a gallon US is $0.7915567282 per litre or $1.055408971CAD

A gallon in Vancouver is $5.9517CAD

Regina a gallon is $4.5859CAD

We're currently paying around CDN$1.35/litre. US$ 3/US gallon is a deal.

 

[petros]

$1.21 for name brand in SK which high because of the refinery shut down.

 

[mentalfloss]

Holy shit are you ever bad at math.

$3 a gallon US is $0.7915567282 per litre or $1.055408971CAD

A gallon in Vancouver is $5.9517CAD

Regina a gallon is $4.5859CAD

Someone struck a nerve :lol:

 

[petros]

I must have.

 

[Danbones]

3 bucks a liter in beercan-adian dollars here we come.

line forms at left.

 

[Twin_Moose]

Gas prices spike and Canadians keep filling up

Gas prices keep climbing across the country, yet Canadians show no sign of slowing down how much gas and diesel they pump into their cars and trucks.
Pump prices have jumped almost 20 cents per litre across Canada over the last three months for regular gasoline and are expected to continue rising this summer.
On Wednesday, a litre of gasoline was more than $1.60 at some stations in Vancouver.
Suncor, the parent company of Petro-Canada, announced on Wednesday record volume sales at its retail and wholesale operations in Canada. Even with drivers griping about ever-increasing fuel bills, they show no sign of cutting back on their travels. "We're not seeing it. We're not seeing it at the moment," said Steve Williams, Suncor's CEO after the company's annual general meeting in Calgary. "Demand from customers continues to be robust."
At some point, Williams says customers will react when prices climb too high, just as they usually drive more when prices fall significantly.
But he doesn't seem to think current prices will impact sales.
"It's possible," he said. "We watch it closely."
When drivers do decide to change their behaviour, it's usually only for a short period of time before they return to their normal travel patterns. That explains why between 2012 and 2016, when oil prices spiked and then crashed dramatically, gasoline sales in Canada were relatively unchanged.
Vehicle sales hit record
Vehicle sales hit a record in 2017 , largely because of people buying trucks and SUVs. Meanwhile, passenger car sales hit their lowest level since 1964.
"One of the things we have found in our research is that consumers change their buying behaviour for about three months when gas prices rise," said Rebecca Lindland, an auto analyst with Kelley Blue Book, a vehicle valuation company based in Irvine, Calif.
"So they will go to a smaller vehicle but then after about three months, people start buying bigger cars again. And they buy a car that meets their long-term wants and needs versus the short-term pain of paying a little bit more at the pump."
Summer driving season, weak loonie at play
Reasons behind the price spike are plentiful , including that oil prices are at a three-year high, the loonie is weak against the American greenback, and the summer driving season is just underway.
The oil industry in general doesn't seem concerned that rising oil prices will impact demand on crude around the globe.
"I hear people starting to talk about what if we get to $80 or $90 on Brent [crude oil], what will that do for demand? It's still unclear at this stage," said Martin King, a commodities analyst with GMP FirstEnergy, an energy-focused investment bank in Calgary.
"Right now, pricing at $70, possibly $80 possibly $90 may not have that big of impact on demand simply because income has grown so much in the last 10 years since the great recession."

Pretty much admitted to gauging to the point of Canadian push back wow