Holy Crap, Alberta Shell Stations Are Selling Gas At 1984 Prices
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Is gas really actually expensive, or does it just feel expensive to the average consumer?
[QUOTE=Ericson666;46184345]Is gas really actually expensive, or does it just feel expensive to the average consumer?[/QUOTE]
Well, we pay 9 dollars a gallon as I said... and honestly if you take into account that they build huge rigs that cost millions of dollars and all of the huge tankerships and trucks that they need to bring the fuel to your local gasstation.
I feel somehow it's pretty cheap, weirdly.
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NO wait... 60% of that is tax, so actually they do it for 4$ a gallon.
[QUOTE=Ajacks;46183975]Good lord that's a lot of taxes, you'd quite literally start a revolution in the United States if something like that was enacted.[/QUOTE]
It's also a large part of the reason we had one in the first place :v:
[QUOTE=racerfan;46184415]It's also a large part of the reason we had one in the first place :v:[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]NO TAXATION [SUB]WITHOUT REPRESETNATION[/SUB]!!!111[/QUOTE]
Reminds me of the time two of our local stations had a price-war. One dropped their price down to a dollar a gallon, then the other station dropped theirs to 80 cents, continuing to the point where both stations were 25-35 cents a gallon.
The Fire Department forced them to stop because the roads were so congested (they were located on intersecting 4-lane streets) that if emergency vehicles had to get through, there was no way they could. People literally backed up in traffic for at least a mile in every direction, it was fucking insane.
[QUOTE=darth-veger;46184301][IMG]http://puu.sh/c4ygQ/f67084dc2b.png[/IMG]
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Gas prices in this country is a fucking joke
there were two gas stations in a price war last week. one had just opened, and they were both at $2.50/gallon.
the most hilarious part was that there was another gas station at normal price (bit more than $3/gal) that was still getting customers because the lines were so long.
[QUOTE=Ericson666;46184345]Is gas really actually expensive, or does it just feel expensive to the average consumer?[/QUOTE]
seeing that there was a huge price increase in the recent decade or so, I'd say it feels expensive but in a way it feels like it is an expense that is equivalent to water or electricity.
Gas is at a low I haven't seen since I started driving in Ontario too, it's as low as $1.18/L some places.
Can you send some of that $0.39 gas eastward, please?
[QUOTE=Pr0fane;46183790]Meanwhile in the Netherlands... 2.62 CAD per litre, or 9 dollars per gallon.
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Of which 60% is tax. Yay! Let me introduce you to Dutch car ownership:
On top of that we get to pay roadtax. The weight of your car determines the height of the tax.
And when you buy a car, you pay a certain amount of money for every gram of C02 your car emits.
Shits crazy, but everyone here is used to the high taxes (and it must be said the plusses that come with high taxation like an amazing social security system), so we all gladly pay up and pay many tens of thousands more than an American would if he were to buy the same car.[/QUOTE]
I figured out why your obesity rates are lower.
You fuckers clearly have to walk or ride bikes to get anywhere without spending loads of money.
Gas in Missouri where i am is under $3.00 at the moment. Cheapest it has been since like last year.
Cars are useless most of the time.
For long distance, you're much better off taking a plane.
medium-long distances: high speed trains(>200km/h)
short distance: public transport, bike& on foot
I guess a car's fine for taking short to medium travel trips once a year, or doing groceries, but that's about it...
[QUOTE=godfatherk;46185660]Cars are useless most of the time.
For long distance, you're much better off taking a plane.
medium-long distances: high speed trains(>200km/h)
short distance: public transport, bike& on foot
I guess a car's fine for taking short to medium travel trips once a year, or doing groceries, but that's about it...[/QUOTE]
Perhaps the state of public transport is shit where you live, or there aren't any really big bike and foot roads. You have to take into account that not everybody lives in a Utopia. What if the place you want to reach is not touched by any of what you said?
[QUOTE=CrucialSeBBi;46184721]Gas prices in this country is a fucking joke[/QUOTE]
Really? Compared to what we earn, Norway has the cheapest gas of the top 10.
[QUOTE=darth-veger;46184301][IMG]http://puu.sh/c4ygQ/f67084dc2b.png[/IMG]
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And yet running costs for haulage firms in the UK were 50 times more expensive than Germany back in 2012 according the the IEA and [B]500[/B] times more expensive than in the US.
[QUOTE=Medevila;46185849]you clearly don't comprehend the massive scattered populous of the United States connected by essentially nothing but the world's largest network of motor vehicle roadways[/QUOTE]
Most people live in the cities and the gas usage per person is not much different in Europe.
Fuck my backwards ass shit forsaken country. I love cars but nope sorry anything bigger then a lawnmower is too expensive to maintain.
2nd highest fuel prices.
1st place with most expensive tickets in europe
1st place with MOST tickets issued.
If you were to get pulled over for speeding you'd be better off ramming your car into the nearest fucking tree
[QUOTE=BananaFoam;46185202]I figured out why your obesity rates are lower.
You fuckers clearly have to walk or ride bikes to get anywhere without spending loads of money.[/QUOTE]
I wish I could afford a car for longer journeys but for the most part I can get to most parts of the city in under an hour through bussing or biking it.
[QUOTE=godfatherk;46185660]Cars are useless most of the time.
For long distance, you're much better off taking a plane.
medium-long distances: high speed trains(>200km/h)
short distance: public transport, bike& on foot
I guess a car's fine for taking short to medium travel trips once a year, or doing groceries, but that's about it...[/QUOTE]
What the hell? When was the last time you left your hometown? Public transport becomes useless the moment your destination differs from the public. It's good for one thing, and that's bringing the same bunch of people to the same areas over and over again.
brb driving an semi with an empty tanker to Alberta
[QUOTE=godfatherk;46185660]Cars are useless most of the time.
For long distance, you're much better off taking a plane.
medium-long distances: high speed trains(>200km/h)
short distance: public transport, bike& on foot
I guess a car's fine for taking short to medium travel trips once a year, or doing groceries, but that's about it...[/QUOTE]
lol good luck finding a high speed train in the US.
[QUOTE=godfatherk;46185660]Cars are useless most of the time.
For long distance, you're much better off taking a plane.
medium-long distances: high speed trains(>200km/h)
short distance: public transport, bike& on foot
I guess a car's fine for taking short to medium travel trips once a year, or doing groceries, but that's about it...[/QUOTE]
Mass Transit in North America is by and large a sack of ass, and trains cost almost as much as flying, and don't stop in rural areas. I'd drive downtown to school every day if parking wasn't $20/day because the subways and buses are inconsistent, overcrowded, and have crazy, drunk, and/or annoying people on them.
[QUOTE=Pr0fane;46184174]Well even compared for the standard Canadian and American prices they ought to start sucking dick.
Yes, the minimum quality we get in 95 octane were I believe in America you can very well get 87 octane from a gasstation but still.
There's a 250 - 300% increase in asking price so start sucking dick.
Well to be honest, it's due to taxes so maybe not gas attendants but government officials should start sucking dick whilst I'll pump my gas.
Never mind Im going way too deep into dick sucking. We're talking about gasprices.[/QUOTE]
Note that octane is rated different in America. Our 87 is equivalent to your 92-93. We get the exact same fuel everyone else does. Except mountain states with their weird 85.5.
If they're doing this that must mean they can still turn a profit right? Just goes to show the greed oil and gas companies have.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;46184042]Tbh Americans are obsessed with large and/or heavy vehicles, and we're not about to give that up anytime soon.
Besides, a number of small cars are literally illegal here.[/QUOTE]
You should give that up soon, though. Many people could get on with a bike instead.
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[QUOTE=SnakeHead;46186333]If they're doing this that must mean they can still turn a profit right? Just goes to show the greed oil and gas companies have.[/QUOTE]
Are you 5?
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Okay, maybe a bit harsh, but I highly doubt the profit is that high. Here's break down by Forbes:
[IMG]http://b-i.forbesimg.com/sageworks/files/2014/01/Financial_Analysis_Gasoline_Price_Components.jpg[/IMG]
Profit is included in those 11%, so the profit margin is quite thin. I don't know how this would work out for a company like Shell, but I sincerely doubt they're making any money on this.
[QUOTE=godfatherk;46185660]Cars are useless most of the time.
For long distance, you're much better off taking a plane.
medium-long distances: high speed trains(>200km/h)
short distance: public transport, bike& on foot
I guess a car's fine for taking short to medium travel trips once a year, or doing groceries, but that's about it...[/QUOTE]
I always laugh when Europeans have absolutely no concept of daily life in the US or Canada even. Where I live there are barely any sidewalks, no taxis, trains or buses. It would be literally illegal to walk to my work because I'd have to cross a dangerous overpass with no foot crossings.
[QUOTE=godfatherk;46185660]Cars are useless most of the time.
For long distance, you're much better off taking a plane.
medium-long distances: high speed trains(>200km/h)
short distance: public transport, bike& on foot
I guess a car's fine for taking short to medium travel trips once a year, or doing groceries, but that's about it...[/QUOTE]
The US is a substantially different place in friend. Cars rule transport. So much so that this past summer it was cheaper to rent a Fiesta, drive 1200 miles, and go back, than it was to fly two people round trip (last minutr flights arent cheap). It was only like 400 after food and gas. As opposed to nearly a grand and that would have included driving 100 miles to larger airport anyway.
[QUOTE=Demache;46186374]The US is a substantially different place in friend. Cars rule transport. So much so that this past summer it was cheaper to rent a Fiesta, drive 1200 miles, and go back, than it was to fly two people round trip (last minutr flights arent cheap). It was only like 400 after food and gas. As opposed to nearly a grand and that would have included driving 100 miles to larger airport anyway.[/QUOTE]
Depends on the flight and how last-minute. Generally, airlines want all the seats filled, so if it's right down to the wire they will sometimes slash prices just to get passengers on the plane.
[QUOTE=DaCommie1;46186427]Depends on the flight and how last-minute. Generally, airlines want all the seats filled, so if it's right down to the wire they will sometimes slash prices just to get passengers on the plane.[/QUOTE]
They definitely werent hurting since it would have been 400 per person round trip to fly out of omaha to buffalo ny. I was near the mid-late May so it must have been busy for a couple days advance. One of our relatives had to be on standby as there were literally no seats he could afford.
