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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.

Update on Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 3:41PM by

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?