Gas Up: July 3
Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 9:11PM 
Were you hoping the price of gas at my regular gas station would change so you could see a new photo? Well you’re out of luck. My gas prices are high—$1.449 per litre—but holding.
You? With all the scary stories in the news this week about the price of a barrel of crude, the price of gas must have changed—and probably not in a good way—for some of you.
The price of gas is up 8¢ a gallon for Dorothy.
Tell me your gas price stories.
- From Heidi A. in Tucson, Arizona:
Down here in Tucson, Arizona, we have not only been watching gas prices fluctuate from $3.79 to $3.85 but our local station has switched companies 3 times in the last month! What? The latest company has a digital readout of the price of gas so the price literally changes within the day. As of yesterday afternoon, “holding steady(?)” at $3.84 per gallon.
rebecca
On the price of gas in the Ukraine from Columbine:
Gas prices here in Ukraine are rising, too. At a local filling station yesterday Regular was going for 6.85 UAH per liter. The dollar has been doing terrible since the US news has repeatedly insisted the US is in a recession (the facts disagree with that, but it is an election year and I am digressing!). So, the dollar has fallen from 1$ = 5.42 UAH down to 1$ = 4.53 UAH as of yesterday. Doing some quick calculations, I come up with a liter of gas selling for $1.51, or a US gallon selling for $6.05. This is impacting the cost of public transportation. Route taxi buses and minibuses have gone up from 1 UAH to 2 UAH this year already (from $.22 to $.44). Doesn’t sound like much until you multiply for most people’s use: 2 times per day, 6 days per week minimum, and then figure that the average ‘above the table’ wage here is around $300 a month (I won’t go into what is paid under the table :) ) It seems to me that it’s almost impossible to really compare the gas price here and in the States/Canada. To try, I also need to compare average wages and cost of living, etc. All of which is a little too much for me on a nice Saturday morning.
Complicated, yes?
Reader Comments (6)
I enjoy peeking in to your blog and seeing the prices of gas all around the northern hemisphere. Down here in Tucson, Arizona, we have not only been watching gas prices fluctuate from $3.79 to $3.85 but our local station has switched companies 3 times in the last month! What? The latest company has a digital readout of the price of gas so the price literally changes within the day. As of yesterday afternoon, "holding steady(?)" at $3.84 per gallon.
I'm happy to know you're checking in now and then, Heidi, and thanks for giving us your gas price info.
Gas prices here in Ukraine are rising, too. At a local filling station yesterday Regular was going for 6.85 UAH per liter. The dollar has been doing terrible since the US news has repeatedly insisted the US is in a recession (the facts disagree with that, but it is an election year and I am digressing!). So, the dollar has fallen from 1$ = 5.42 UAH down to 1$ = 4.53 UAH as of yesterday. Doing some quick calculations, I come up with a liter of gas selling for $1.51, or a US gallon selling for $6.05. This is impacting the cost of public transportation. Route taxi buses and minibuses have gone up from 1 UAH to 2 UAH this year already (from $.22 to $.44). Doesn't sound like much until you multiply for most people's use: 2 times per day, 6 days per week minimum, and then figure that the average 'above the table' wage here is around $300 a month (I won't go into what is paid under the table :) ) It seems to me that it's almost impossible to really compare the gas price here and in the States/Canada. To try, I also need to compare average wages and cost of living, etc. All of which is a little too much for me on a nice Saturday morning.
Rebecca, I'm glad to see that your gas price is staying the same!
Thanks for taking the time to do all that calculating, Columbine. $1.51 US makes it not all that much higher than I pay for gas, but then, when you factor in the $300 income per month--wow!
Having just returned from holiday in the Highlands of Scotland, I took this photo.
1.33 doesn't seem bad until you realise that this is pound/litre - if you convert, that is £9.96/gallon.
Back home in Edinburgh it is a bit lower at £1.16/litre. Note that well over half of this is tax.
Hello Neil,
I'll be doing this week's gas price post later on today, and I'll use your comments in it. Thanks for giving us those gas prices from Scotland.