Fuel prices starting to get ridiculous

Mith · Apr 9, 2005

Heard on the radio today fuel prices set to rise to £1 a litre
I make that approx. $10 a gallon. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
An incredible percentage of that is tax. Think agricultural diesel is about 20p a litre (Densleigh, MetalChicken, you know?)
Thats just nuts kinda prices, it now costs me probably 5p more each time to mow my lawn than it did 3 years ago!! /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

_RaT_ · Apr 9, 2005

Mith, out here in California we probably have just about the highest fuel prices of anywhere in the US. Regular is about $2.49/gal, premium is about $2.79/gal, diesel is about $2.79/gal as well. I think of that as high but must admit it seems to pale in comparison to most of the world. Obviously, the tax on our finished product is considerably less. I think diesel is about 44 cents per gallon tax. Gas is about 35 cents. Any idea what France and Germany are paying for fuel?

daedong · Apr 9, 2005

One consolation is that in the UK distance of travel is limited compared to the US and OZ

thcri · Apr 9, 2005

Im from Minnesota but payed in wisconsin the other day at 2.38 a gallon for regular. Wisconsin has a high gas tax so I only put in 30.00 dollars worth just to get back over the boarder where I only paid 2.19.

murph

GerardC · Apr 10, 2005

<font color="blue"> Any idea what France and Germany are paying for fuel? </font>

I heard that France is approaching $6.00 a gallon. I don't know about Germany.

widmn · Apr 10, 2005

Sorry to say this, but gas prices will do nothing but go up over the long haul due mostly to demand from US, China and India. I expect at least $5.00 gas within 3 years.

Anders · Apr 10, 2005

Norway: 1 gallon = very near $7 and still rising. And we pump this stuff up... I guess prices will be much the same in Germany.

Richard · Apr 10, 2005

I had a client in my office the other day and he was telling me about a friend of his that I think lives in W VA. none the less, seems the guy has had some successful wells drilled but he capped them.

He's sitting on them "so that when prices go up /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif, he can sell at a higher price"

True? I don't really know though I don't have any reason to doubt him.

Mith · Apr 10, 2005

Anders, are you in Norway? Update your profile if you wish, interesting to add to our global community.

A guy was laughing at my newest lawn tractor (yesterday) saying that if i brimmed the tank it would double its value. Sadly, its near the truth. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

I do find it slightly funny that you Americains worry about fuel rising to $3 a gallon

db2 · Apr 10, 2005

I don't think it is rediculous it is just the price of a commodity that is getting increasingly scarce. More world demand for a finite resource.

In Canada at C$ 00.95 per litre.......that equates to US$ 3.11 per US gallon. And going up. Better get used to it.