From $2.00 gas to $5.00 gas in 4 years

Who would of thought?
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Quebec filling stations fixed prices: watchdog
Thu Jun 12, 5:17 PM ET
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada's competition watchdog said on Thursday 13 people and 11 companies were charged with price-fixing at gasoline stations in Quebec following an investigation that included wiretaps, searches and informants.

The Competition Bureau said a Quebec court imposed C$2 million ($2 million) in fines against three of the companies and one person who pleaded guilty to the conspiracy against a backdrop of sky-high pump prices.
Criminal charges were laid under competition legislation after the bureau gathered evidence of agreements among station operators to set pump prices .

Ya really, I grew up in Montreal when the Mayor was Drapaue (not sure about the spelling?), this is going way back now.
The Gazette kept reporting all the electronic goodies and cars that he kept getting from the Mafia on regular basis, yet I believe he was the longest running Mayor in Montreal's History and the people loved him.

*see also story about overpasses collapsing due to shoddy construction.

I drove the east coast of the US this week. My car requires premium gas, so I was only really paying attention to the price for 93 octane. The most I paid was $4.29 and I found it in NJ for $4.21/gallon.
I filled my tank in Jersey so I should be good for the remainder of my trip to Rhode Island. I don't think the prices will go down as I drive nearer to more expensive real estate.

Hi,

To complete the info I stared to post earlier this week:

I refilled here in Nthn Germany today for €1.48 a litre or USD $8.61 a Gallon.

This makes the fuel cost alone for that journey to be €184.84 or $285

K1W1: you've done a very cheap trip,
here in flensburg regular is somewhere around 1.5€, premium somewhere over 1.6€

even diesel is around 1.5€ - this is insane :|
(i'm working at a gas station by the way, i see those rises every day -.-)

yeah - but what's with the way of departing from being addicted from oil?

nobody would ever talk about 5$ per gallon

Hi,

The Dutchman must be confused, it is not the World Cup on right now , that was two years ago. The current tournament is Euro 2008 and Russia have just beaten the reigning champions Greece and they are now eliminated from the contest

yeah - and germany is almost beaten out -.-

guys: we're getting off topic

Ah yeah Ken, Love that Vince Lombardi rest stop. Last shot at cheap gas. You skipped NY . Out here on the island we're paying $4.29 for 87 and I believe $4.59 for 93. Of course, I'm in the cheap seats. Head out to Southampton and it's $4.69 for 87, and I get a migrane just looking for the 93 price . You'd have seen your first $100 fill up.

You sound like a knowledgeable oil guy. With future oil currently higher than spot, i.e., in contango, and the reverse of which is backwardation, who/how/why did those odd-sounding terms come to be anyway?

Why so much more

Can someone tell me why the cost of diesel fuel is so much more than gas. I can remember when diesel was so much cheaper. Is it the same in the country you are in ?

Triple D,

Your post has been moved under an existing topic. In the future, please search for relevant discussions before posting new questions.

Hi,

I just caught a news article on the BBC that said that Diesel was £1.99 a litre somewhere in Devon , UK.

This works out to $14.78 a US Gallon and $17.72 an Imperial Gallon.

This must be a new record and the blame was laid at the feet of Shell Road Tanker drivers who are on strike this week.

Well, that's a lot of bull. Like the oil companies need any excuse beyond raging greed to hilke prices.