Greetings All, I purchased my gasoline supply at less than 99cents/gallon. As the temperature in the southeast is not very cold, and Y2K seems to have done little to the power supply in our area I have started using some of my fuel supply set aside for emergency power. (We have a gas generator.) I think it will be 2 months before we need to stop at the local gas station if I use it all up. As I haven't been to fill up I am not sure that the latest fuel prices are in my area. Our home is in NE Georgia so I see Tenn and GA prices frequently. Last price I recall seeing was about $1.07 in GA for regular and about $1.21 in TN. Question 1: What does a gallon of regular Gas cost in your part of the Country/World? Question 2: How much do you think the price of a gallon will rise in the US after two months? (If I pay $1.07 now how much will it cost in 2 months?) Question 3: Should I be using my Y2K supply of fuel now or wait?

Thanks, Cheap

-- Cheap Fuel (usingmy@y2kfuelsupply.com), January 19, 2000

Answers

In NW GA... gas went up seven cents to $1.13 just yesterday or the day before.

gp

-- georgia peach (the.patch@worldnet.att.net), January 19, 2000.

Northern Ohio: average - $1.349 for 86 Octane, $1.449 for 89 Octane, and $1.549 for 92 Octane

-- Powder (Powder47keg@aol.com), January 19, 2000.

Good idea Cheap!

I am near Houston, TX, and my husband filled up on Monday for $1.15. I am going out later to fill up and will post the difference, if any. If everyone can post a comparison(say, last week vs. today)it will give us a better picture than current prices vs. speculation for March prices.

-- Just Curious (jnmpow@flash.net), January 19, 2000.

---h-m-m-m-m north central georgia getting ripped. Our closest "station" was 1.34$ for premium the other day. Of course, this is in the stix at a feed store, too, not sure what it is in "town", and don't use regular in our older vehicles, regular and you can hear valve chatter/ping action under load going uphill. Chainsaw likes premium, too. I did ask the dood if he was gettin hit with any increases, he said "not yet".

-- zog (tradeoffs@livin.boonies), January 19, 2000.

greenbeau,ALA.1.19 a gal.reg.unleaded

-- (forest@gump.com), January 19, 2000.

Here in Arizona (Phoenix), the prices are as follows

87 grade - $1.22 89 grade - $1.34 92 grade - $1.42 and all these prices are LOWER by 0.06" compared to December 31, 1999

-- johnny (desert_rat@yahoo.net), January 19, 2000.

1.41 for regular unleaded here in the Seattle Area.

-- (formerly@nowhere.zzz), January 19, 2000.

In south puget sound, 1.39 to 1.40 a gal for unleaded.

The suggestion is that gas (from european sources and for europe) will be at greater than 5 USD per gal in two months (mid march).

Fondly remember georgia peaches from ft benning days....

-- pliney the younger (pliney@puget.sound.cold), January 19, 2000.

I filled my tank yesterday here in Gainesville, (North) Florida for $1.29 a gallon for 87 octane unleaded. That's probably about two cents a gallon cheaper than the average price in the county just at the moment.

We'll be rotating our fuel stores but won't be drawing them down like we'd originally planned. This is about double the normal amount we have historically kept on hand.

............Alan.

The Providence Cooperative - A great source of preparedness information

http://www.providenceco-op.com

-- A.T. Hagan (athagan@netscape.net), January 19, 2000.

$1.26 for 87 octane in south central pa.

-- R. Wright (blaklodg@hotmail.com), January 19, 2000.

Tampa Bay area self-serve brand names- 1.289 for 87 octane, +12" for 89 octane, +8" more for 92 octane.

-- Mike (Mikey@TampaBay.com), January 19, 2000.

Marietta Ga:

87 octane $1.09 - $1.14

89 octane $1.19 - $1.24

-- Duke1983 (Duke1983@aol.com), January 19, 2000.

Central Ohio: as of the other day, when I filled up, $1.28 regular at Shell, $1.38 plus.

I think a better gauge of dealer costs is when the cheapo gas discounters (around here, Certified, SuperAmerica, Clark) price their gas closer to the big national chains, and that seems to be happening more lately.

-- Just (anotherbuckeye@columbus.org), January 19, 2000.

Minneapolis: $1.40 for standard grade, $1.53 for premium.

-- Dennis (djolson@pressenter.com), January 19, 2000.

Hubby filled up yesterday at a convenience store that sells 'generic' gas. Paid $1.39 for regular (87 octane).

Got heating oil bill yesterday, $1.129 per gallon. Not the highest I've ever seen, but this has been the WARMEST winter I've ever seen in all m'born days.

BTW, this is upstate NY, west of the Adirondacks, east of Lake Ontario.

Price of gas has been inching up since New Year's, but nothing dramatic yet. That fuel oil bill's got me irritated, though. Should be MUCH lower considering the very mild temps...

-- Arewyn (artemis31@msn.com), January 19, 2000.

Hampton Roads VA, reg unleaded cheapest, 1.16 to 1.24, depending on station, competator proximity.

-- Hokie (Hokie_@hotmail.com), January 19, 2000.

Amoco mid-grade was running 1.37 last week. Filled up yesterday and it was 1.46.

Jacksonville, FL

Deano

-- Deano (deano@luvthebeach.com), January 19, 2000.

West Central North Carolina. Regular unleaded: 1.16 at disc stations. 1.19 at major brand stations as of 6Pm on 1/18/00.

-- (southeastern@my-deja.com), January 19, 2000.

3 days ago....$1.06 today...$ 1.15 Southeast Missouri

-- kevin (innxxs@yahoo.com), January 19, 2000.

Location = eastern West Virginia

Gas = $1.34/1.44/1.54
Heating Oil = $1.04
Kerosene = $1.24

When I last filled with heating oil (32 days ago) I paid $0.77 Gas jumped from $1.29 to $1.34 Kerosene was $0.65 last summer when I filled a drum

-- rocky (rknolls@no.spam), January 19, 2000.

Geez, you guys are getting a good deal compared to us in Northern California. Unleaded is 1.43 to 1.49 and premium is 1.59 to 1.65. Unless you're unlucky enough to need gas in San Francisco where you'll pay something on the order of 15 cents a gallon more. Out gas prices have at or near this level for over a year due to (they say) refinery problems that occured last year.

Jim

-- Jim Cooke (JJCooke@yahoo.com), January 19, 2000.

Regular unleaded ranges from $1.26 to $1.32 in Sacramento, CA for self serve.

-- Margaret J (janssm@aol.com), January 19, 2000.

In SW Oklahoma:

last week plain unleaded was $1.09

this week it is $1.19

-- jeanne (jeanne@hurry.now), January 19, 2000.

Boy, are we getting boned here in CT!! Two weeks ago, in the greater Hartford area, unleaded reg. was approx. $1.49/gal. Now, it's closer to $1.55 and expected to climb in the next couple of weeks.

Jimmy

-- Jimmy Splinters (inthe@dark.com), January 19, 2000.

We should be so lucky!

In SW Ontario (that's Canada for you America-centrics)Regular gas jumped from 62.7 to 68.8 cents/litre in the past 2 days (Given the 3.5 litres/US Gallon and today's exchange rate of $0.683), that equates to $1.50 and $1.645 respectively.

-- jonny (jonnyb@good.com), January 19, 2000.

in denver regular unleaded about 1.30/gal. mid grade - 1.45/gal. premium - about 1.55-1.60/gal.

definitely inching up, but nothing drastic. i check the same stations everyday on the way home from work and will keep doing so until i can't afford to.

o)<

mike

-- mike (mike@knuckledragger.com), January 19, 2000.

Auburn Arco (Washington state) Reg. unleaded at 1.25.9 yesterday when I filled up Premium unleaded was 1.39.9 -- 30 Dec. it was 1.31.9 and 1.44.9 at the same station. How can it not go up with the price of crude up? Anyone know what the lag time is (usually it goes up just on the rumor that crude is going up - or at least it seems so) between crude price jumps and pump price jumps??

-- Valkyrie (anon@please.xnet), January 19, 2000.

Monterey coast-- as of a few days ago it was $1.39 for 87 level at a discount station. Regular retail stations such as Shell or Chevron and the like are about 20-25cents more. Middle and higher grades run 10-15 cents more per grade.

Expensive places on the peninsula in Silicon Valley are easily $1.69 for regular.

Got bicycle?

-- Nancy (wellsnl@hotmail.com), January 19, 2000.

$1.39 Regular Unleaded. Washington state

-- GW (namaste88@hotmail.com), January 19, 2000.

Piedmont NC, 1.25 87 oct, 1.35 89 oct 1.45 92 oct(ane)

-- Forrest Covington (theforrest@mindspring.com), January 19, 2000.

Average price in Switzerland : 98 oct. 1 Liter = 1.27 sFr. 1 US Gallon = $2.97 // Diesel 1 Liter = 1.37 sFr. 1 US Gallon = $3.22 It seems that you get your fuel nearly free of charge :-)

-- Hans Zollinger (80@active.ch), January 19, 2000.

This morning, So. Calif, Chevron, $1.89, regular at the full serve line. (Can't pump my own)

Now, when the rest of you have some price to snivel and whine about let me know.

-- Richard (Astral-Acres@webtv.net), January 19, 2000.

In the town of Troy, Ohio which is 7 miles from my house it is $1.43 a gallon. In my area it is $1.28. A .15 difference. I think Saddam Hussein sneezed harder today and has caused the price of gas to climb.

-- Richard Markland (MARKL98@WESNET.COM), January 19, 2000.

Unleaded regular still $1.13 (el cheapo stations) here in Midlands of SC. Has been $1.13 since before Christmas (went up from $1.07 to $1.13 in one week before Christmas).

-- SC (SC@sc.com), January 19, 2000.

Northeast Oklahoma 1.179 gallon.

-- Joyce (kcklein@flash.net), January 19, 2000.

---ya, Hans, still pretty cheap here. OT, you in the reserves/militia there? got a full auto in your closet? Just curious. Here, most states you can have full auto, the fedgov just makes you wait and wait for a permit and pay a 200$ tax, plus only legacy firearms in the loop for the common guy, so the prices are outrageous and kep climbing. Bet your crime rate is lower, too. Like I said, just curious. Had a boss used to take his vacations in switzerland every year, kept saying he loved it there, wanted to be able to retire there, get a farm or something. He would go on and on how clean and pretty it was, and how honest the people were.

-- zog (zzoggy@yahoo.com), January 19, 2000.

Made a quick trip to Ann Arbor, Mich. this past weekend. Prices at pump: $1.29 - regular; $1.39 - mid grade; $1.49 - premium.

Stopped in Marshall, Michigan on way home, had to make a pit stop :) Prices at pump: $1.40 - regular; $1.50 - mid grade; $1.60 - premium.

Filled truck up when we got back to Indiana. Prices at pump $.02 less than in Ann Arbor.

Checked prices at local staion on way home from work tonight, they're still the same as this past weekend.

-- justme (justme@myhouse.com), January 19, 2000.

Gas in New Hampshire at its cheapest the other day was $1.32/gal. Up here in the cold north, our electric rates increase in the winter (tell me the logic for that!), so a 2000 square ft house with an oil furnace for heat gets a monthly electric bill of about $230!!! And that's no counting heating oil!! We are getting our heating oil for about $.98/gal and we use about 70 gals every 3 weeks. And yes, we also burn wood. Whew!! I'm heading south this year!

-- woman in vermont (rohana@sover.net), January 19, 2000.

Central CT...near Waterbury. Mobil regular 87 octane...$1.47 per.

-- Irving (irvingf@myremarq.com), January 19, 2000.

Gas prices in Cedar Rapids IA went DOWN 3 cents to 1.23 per gal. I suspect they are about to go the other way very soon.

-- y2k dave (xsdaa111@hotmail.com), January 19, 2000.

Boise, Idaho

Unleaded ranges from:

$1.28 at the cut rate stations

to

$1.52 at stations by the interstate.

My parents live La Grand OR and they are alway about 10 to 15 cents a gallon higher than we are.

-- WeSeemHigherThan (Most@ThePump.com), January 19, 2000.

Boise, Idaho

Unleaded ranges from:

$1.28 at the cut rate stations

to

$1.52 at stations by the interstate.

Also my parents live La Grande, OR, and they are alway about 10 to 15 cents a gallon higher than we are.

-- WeSeemHigherThan (Most@ThePump.com), January 19, 2000.

saw $1.49 at an Exxon in Wash. DC -s-

-- Scott Johnson (scojo@yahoo.com), January 19, 2000.

After all the conversions are factored in the price in Sydney is approximately $2.00 per US gal and slowly increasing. Have noticed that the price has increased by 8% over the past month.

Enjoy this forum very much. Keep up the good work.

Regards

-- downunder (downunder@aust.com.au), January 19, 2000.

Midcoast Maine: $1.46 to $1.53 depending on the station. If this keeps up, I'm going to cross country ski to work.

-- Jan Cunningham (janhame@midcoast.com), January 19, 2000.

$1.40 -1.44 regular and $1.58-1.61 for super Rochester, NY add an average of 2-5 cent in our own little town to it.

-- RickJohn (rickjohn1@yahoo.com), January 19, 2000.

Central Missouri:

Shell (regular unleaded) was 1.09.9 on Monday. Today it was 1.06.9. It has been dropping for the last week and a half.

Best wishes,,,

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), January 19, 2000.

In NE Georgia (Elbert County), Amoco today was 1.17, 1.27, 1.37. Shell was a penny more across the board. BP is a penny less. These prices have been stable for over a week.

-- Craig (sofpj@netscape.net), January 19, 2000.

cleveland has 2 sets of prices 1.34 -44 -54 or 1.44 -54 -64....

Chuck

-- Chuck, a night driver (rienzoo@en.com), January 20, 2000.

Excluding my Sunoco at 55th and Cedar where it'a 1.29, 1.34 and 1.39

chuck

-- Chuck, a night driver (rienzoo@en.com), January 20, 2000.

Quick, everyone drive to Central Missouri to purchase your next tank of Gasoline! That 1.06 price is good.

-- Cheap Fuel (usingmy@y2kfuelsupply.com), January 20, 2000.

Monday gas was 1.159, last night it was 1.239 for Premium stations, a bit of a jump.

Cheap stations went from 1.149 to 1.169, nothing special, considering we are heading into the weekend.

-- Just Curious (jnmpow@flash.net), January 20, 2000.

1.29 for Reg, 1.38 for plus, 1.54 for Premium in Boston

-- ExCop (yinadral@hotmail.com), January 20, 2000.

Regular unleaded in the KC metro area on 1/18 was $1.09 as of 10:30pm.

Regular unleaded in the KC metro area on 1/19 was $1.19 as of 8:30am.

-- Wilferd (WilferdW@aol.com), January 20, 2000.

At a Greater Boston self-serve station (prices typically lower than other stsations), 1/20 am: regular (87) = $1.39; premium (93) = $1.55

-- Brooks (brooksbie@hotmail.com), January 20, 2000.

1.19 gal. reg last thursday. 1.29 gal. reg today

-- Cahrles (chatcher@hcnews.com), January 20, 2000.

sorry11 that is in Ft. Worth,TX

-- Charles (chatcher@hcnews.com), January 20, 2000.

~15 miles NW of D.C., around Gaithersburg, MD...cheap, cash-only is at $1.30, normal stations range from $1.37 to $1.54 (87 octane) depending on closeness to highway.

scott, there is a cash-only place on Rockville Pike, close to where Rt. 28 comes in, that is $1.30. it's ALWAYS crowded though.

-- sarah (sarahlyao@aol.com), January 20, 2000.

Gassed up in Topsham Maine Tuesday in heavy competition area (five/six stations within three blocks just off I-95). Paid $1.19 for regular and watched them change the price to $1.23 as I drove away. Went through again today and cheapest I saw was $1.35. Other stations are even higher. fuel oil is also through the roof -- paid $1.14 yesterday, highest in my memory, and I remember paying 10 cents a gallon in college!

-- Cash (cash@andcarry.com), January 20, 2000.

And I remember paying .99 for gas ten years ago. Price here in Pittsburgh is 1.21-1.26 for regular (down about .05 from Dec. 31). Overall, I'd say we are all still getting a good deal on gas.

-- Freethinkr (ima@nut.com), January 20, 2000.

Filled up last Friday at $1.279 (unleaded, lowest octane). Have watched the prices climb all week. Most places the lowest level of gas is now $1.399. Southern Wisconsin.

-- (can't@ffordthe.commute), January 20, 2000.

Cheap Fuel:

You missed your chance. It went from 1.06 yesterday to 1.27 this morning [Shell].

Best wishes,,,,

Z

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), January 20, 2000.