colonel@ellie.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) (02/11/86)
> > In the Denver area (at least Southeast Denver), prices have fallen > > on average 6-7 cents in the last 2 weeks. The lowest I have seen > > leaded regular is 92.9 cents, while Unleaded regular runs just a > > but over a dollar. (Today I paid $1.019 cash for a tank full at > > Amoco). (That is for a gallon, not for a whole tank.) > > Gas prices here have fallen off too. I know that it is still > expensive according to the rest of the contiguous 48 but the > prices are great for NY. regular 1.03 > unleaded 1.10 > super unleaded 1.17 In the Buffalo area, prices are 3-6 cents higher. Moreover, much of the gasoline here is heavily adulterated with methyl alcohol. You could probably get rich by inventing a cheap kit for measuring the methanol content of gasoline. (I'd buy two!) -- Col. G. L. Sicherman UU: ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel CS: colonel@buffalo-cs BI: csdsicher@sunyabva
gwn@ihlpm.UUCP (Novak) (02/15/86)
> > > In the Denver area (at least Southeast Denver), prices have fallen > > > on average 6-7 cents in the last 2 weeks. The lowest I have seen > > > leaded regular is 92.9 cents, while Unleaded regular runs just a > > > but over a dollar. (Today I paid $1.019 cash for a tank full at > > > Amoco). (That is for a gallon, not for a whole tank.) > > > > Gas prices here have fallen off too. I know that it is still > > expensive according to the rest of the contiguous 48 but the > > prices are great for NY. regular 1.03 > > unleaded 1.10 > > super unleaded 1.17 > In Chicago surburbia our prices are regular .949 - 1.039 unleaded .989 - 1.099 super unleaded 1.069 - 1.169 Recently I filled up with the .989 unleaded and my gas mileage went from 30 mpg to 21 mpg. My car seems to like the 1.029 gasoline, so from now on I will be buying that gasoline. I think the gas prices will be going down even further. Gary W. Novak - AT&T Bell Labs @ Naperville, Il. !ihup4!gwn
wmartin@brl-smoke.ARPA (Will Martin ) (02/20/86)
Recent news stories here (St. Louis) predict that pump prices for gas will be in the 60-cent range by this summer. Therefore, the revenue people are looking into raising gas taxes so that the present dollar-range price might remain as-is, with the falling commodity price offset by the increased taxes. As a side question, do you ever see gas prices at any other price than at <something>.9 cents per gallon? (Ignoring those areas where prices are per liter or per some other quantity.) The only time I've ever seen this was at a gas station in a National Park during a vacation in the late 60's -- the gas then was <whatever>.6 cents per gallon. We asked the pump jockey what the reason for the 6-tenths was, but he had no explanation. That's the only time I've ever noticed anything other than a 9-tenths price. Will
review@drutx.UUCP (MillhamBD) (02/21/86)
Last week in Denver 2 gas stations had a good old-fashioned price war. At the end of the day, regular was selling for $.259 / gal. (Unleaded and premium were not effected) Prices went back to normal after they sold out. The owners of the stations said that they don't plan on doing this again. -------------------------------------------- Brian Millham AT & T Information Systems Denver, Co. ...!ihnp4!drutx!review
ebh@bentley.UUCP (Ed Horch) (02/22/86)
> [Will Martin] >As a side question, do you ever see gas prices at any other price than >at <something>.9 cents per gallon? During the big Arab oil embargo in 1973-74, gas stations were charging the absolute highest prices they could, which often involved odd fractions of cents per gallon. At one point, my dad and I had a con- test to see who could find them all first. -Ed Horch
mjb@utah-gr.UUCP (02/28/86)
In article <1137@brl-smoke.ARPA> wmartin@brl-smoke.ARPA (Will Martin ) writes: > >As a side question, do you ever see gas prices at any other price than >at <something>.9 cents per gallon? The notoriously obtuse Utah legislature recently introduced a bill to make pricing gasoline at anything other than whole cents illegal. Of course, this same legislature also introduced a bill REDUCING the distance headlights had to illuminate the road, as well as the infamous "subliminal advertising" warning sticker laws. mjb. -- No matter where I go, I get there late or come too soon! ... !utah-cs!mjb