Petrol Prices

[Lardmeister]

Just a quick look at current US Dollar prices per US gallon of petrol in different parts of the globe:

US 3.85
UK 5.80
Norway 6.30
France 5.55
Japan 4.25
Russia 2.10
Kuweit 0.80
Venezuela 0.12

[Chaky]

Croatia 7.7 (3,7 l)

[ChrisHunter]

Don't get me started of petrol prices in the UK ! I'm spending £60-£70 on the stuff in an average week at the moment.

The tanker drivers are planning on going on strike in a weeks time too so it's going to be like something out of a Mad Max film at the pumps this time next week !

[SHOVON222]

The prise is really increasing.

[cereal]

Here in Italy is high: 9.50$ (in euro 7.17€) per gallon.. ~1.895€ per liter but in some places we arrive to 2€ per liter... this happens because almost 60% of the final price is composed by government taxes and vat..

[Agilemind]

Canada varies from 5.45 - 6.36, Although I doubt that is above the actual full price if you considered all the extra costs (health costs and crop losses due to pollution, costs due to natural distasters due to climate change etc...)

[Ancient Dragon]

Don't get me started of petrol prices in the UK ! I'm spending £60-£70 on the stuff in an average week at the moment.

I think I would ditch the auto and ride a bike. That's terrible price for petro.

[Chaky]

I think I would ditch the auto and ride a bike. That's terrible price for petro.

With these gas prices, I can't afford the new bike.

[ChrisHunter]

I think I would ditch the auto and ride a bike. That's terrible price for petro.

I'm thinking of investing in a motorbike, more expencive than a bicycle but cheaper than a car (which is £2000 for insurance per year).

[vegaseat]

If you are rich enough to buy one of those new electric cars, you most likely won't mind paying 8 to 10 bucks for gas/petrol.

Just took a look at:
http://www.chevrolet.com/volt-electric-car/

and:
http://www.nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car/index
http://www.nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car/index#/leaf-electric-car/index

They are sweet little cars though! In the USA there is a nice tax credit too!

[Chaky]

Maybe the petrol isn't so expensive after all:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS-gHtYge74

[jwenting]

If you are rich enough to buy one of those new electric cars, you most likely won't mind paying 8 to 10 bucks for gas/petrol.

The Volt has worse mileage than the average European non-hybrid car :)
The Leaf is terrible, no performance or range.

I drive a hybrid myself, without the tax credit I wouldn't as without it the cost of purchasing, maintaining, and driving one would be higher than that of a one class smaller regular car, which for me is still large enough, a regular car that is more fuel efficient btw..

[vegaseat]

According to the Chevy Volt spiel you should be able to drive the first 35 miles (after fully charging) electrically, then the gas motor kicks in.

In our area electricity prices are high (ca. 12 cents/kwh), despite the fact that Hoover Dam is only a few miles away and so is a huge solar plant. I am not sure how many kwhs equates to a gallon of fuel. Or, how many miles/kwh correspond to miles/gallon of petrol/gas.

[ZZucker]

Sooner or later all cars will run electric, then we will have to post a new thread called
"Kilowatthour Prices"

[happygeek]

Actually, I think it's more likely they will run on water. Hydrogen cell tech seems to be where the really big research and development investment is at.

[Ancient Dragon]

If you are rich enough to buy one of those new electric cars, you most likely won't mind paying 8 to 10 bucks for gas/petrol.

Whata bet? I have a 2011 Toyota Prius that gets 48-52 mpg, but I still bitch about petro prices.

[HiHe]

Well, water is not hydrogen. It takes a large amount of energy to create hydrogen from water.
All Toyota Prius owners hate to see the time their super expensive battery dies on them a few years down the road.

[jwenting]

According to the Chevy Volt spiel you should be able to drive the first 35 miles (after fully charging) electrically, then the gas motor kicks in.

Worse, they sell it as an electric car, never in the commercials mentioning the gasoline engine or mileage at all. The only hint it's not a real electric is the note that when the batteries run dry something else kicks in (I think they call it a "range extender device" or something like that).
Pure and simple fraud if you ask me.

[vegaseat]

Maybe somebody could invent a "windup car"?
The compressed air car is probably the closest thing to it.

[Stuugie]

I hate petrol prices and despise the multi-billion dollar (a day) companies that control the flow as it were. I see scare tactics when hurricanes hit oil nations and the barrel prices go up and so do the pumps, almost instantly. Yet, when barrel prices go down, the pumps do not in any timely fashion. It's all economic bull sherbert and I find it frustrating to live in a world that is run by corporations and elite regimes.