jambey2510

1.82 in St Louis! I'm still shocked to this day how expensive gas is in England compared to here!

mrken30

I'm shocked how much more had is on the west coast compared to there.

Pulaski

The slide continues - BP is now down down to $1.899. A couple of discount brands are now
down to $1.869.

mrken30

The cost of living on the West coast.

Oregon is currently the sixth-most-expensive state in which to buy gasoline. California is the most expensive, followed by Hawaii, Alaska, Nevada and Washington.

cautiousjon

I paid $2.899 per gallon yesterday at an ExxonMobil gas station. Costco's gas is cheaper by about 20 cents per gallon, but I only needed 10 gallons, and I won't drive 10 miles (to the nearest Costco) for the sake of $2.

Rete

still holding at 199.9 here in Mississippi

mrken30

paid 2.31 this morning at Costco. Costco is only 1c cheaper than Albertsons

Rete

Ooops that is the gold that is going into the tank as well LOL

Nah it is 1.99 9/10

Pulaski

And still the slide continues - I filled up with BP for $1.829 this evening.

Sheepdip

Yep, $1.739 this morning in SC

Pulaski

Interesting. The 20¢ lock-step diffential that we noted in the past, is gone. .... Based in part on the prices Sultan has posted for northern Illinois, I have suspected for a while that local competition is driving prices a little lower than they would be otherwise.

mrken30

I now understand why electric cars are more popular on the West coast. The gas is almost 50 % more expensive. I wonder if that will ever change.

Pulaski

What will change is the western states will replace the lost tax revenue from people driving electric cars, because electric cars don't use highly-taxed gasoline, by mileage charges on electric cars, and also on hybrids, which use much less gasoline

IMO the chances of the rest of the country increasing fuel taxes to match those on the west coast is slim at most.

mrken30

They have been trialing charging tax per mile in Oregon over the past year. This was an opt in scheme. The way it worked is they would refund the gas tax and charge you the per mile tax. It used a GPS device plugged into the OBD port.

Pulaski

Well it ain't gonna be voluntary for electric cars for much longer! .... I think the tax credit for buying a Tesla is about to end too.