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harls
May 23, 2008, 6:36 PM
^129.9 posted, which would translate into 126.4 at the pump.
(everyone here does the 3.5 cents off the posted price)
I never understood the point of that. If some independent guy decided to post the real price, the competition would likely give him a public flogging.
drew
May 23, 2008, 7:29 PM
^ some independents do. But it doesn't matter, everyone here knows it's 3.5 off the posted price.
Some places even go 7 to 10 cents off during the weekend.
In Winnipeg it's mostly so the national brand stations are somewhat competitive with the Red River Co-op chain that is expanding like crazy and routinely gives customers annual rebate cheques worth about ~13+ cents per litre for all the fuel they pruchase.
francely57
May 26, 2008, 8:53 PM
Today they keep saying on the news that it's now over 143 in Montreal, and all day I could still see 131-133 everywhere in Laval... :koko:
Nicko999
May 27, 2008, 11:38 PM
Well, this morning it was 143.4:rolleyes:
142.4 in the afternoon
Nicko999
May 29, 2008, 3:25 AM
After that new record yesterday, it's 140.4 today!
youngregina
May 29, 2008, 5:01 AM
135.9 here in regina. it raised 4 cents today!!!
Nicko999
May 29, 2008, 11:00 PM
One station was 137.9 today, so by tommorow everyone will lower they price to that.
feepa
May 29, 2008, 11:48 PM
123.9 to 128.9 here in Edmonton today... and pretty steady at that for about the last week or two
feepa
May 29, 2008, 11:49 PM
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/4991/gasbj4.jpg
Shodan
May 30, 2008, 1:19 AM
Here we go....
After cheap oil:
Soaring energy costs are about to change everything
JASON KIRBY AND COLIN CAMPBELL | May 28, 2008 | - macleans.ca
Back in the 1990s, when Osama bin Laden was still giving interviews to journalists and didn't have a $50-million bounty on his head, one of his biggest grievances with the West was over the price of oil. At around US$30 a barrel, it was far too cheap, he reasoned. The Western world was ruthlessly bleeding the Middle East by not paying fair market value for oil. It had to be stopped. A more appropriate price? At least US$100 a barrel, he once said, maybe even US$200.
Mission accomplished. Suddenly a world in which oil costs well over US$100 a barrel isn't just the dream of a terrorist bent on destroying the United States and its allies. It is reality. Oil recently hit US$135 a barrel, more than double where it was a year ago. And the once unimaginable prospect of oil at US$200 a barrel is gaining currency among the world's most respected oil watchers. Jeff Rubin, chief economist with CIBC World Markets, predicts oil will rocket to that level by 2012. Goldman Sachs figures we'll get there even sooner. Other analysts, meanwhile, have begun to float more startling figures, of oil at US$250, even US$300 a barrel.
The world is now facing an oil crisis few predicted and even fewer are prepared for. It's impossible to understate how crucial cheap oil has become to our way of life. It's shaped how we get our food, what we buy, where we live, how we work, and the way we play. Cheap oil opened up the world to millions of travellers via discount airlines, allowed thousands to buy their first homes in sprawling suburbs, and enabled consumers to get their hands on ever cheaper goods, shipped just in time, from around the globe. Now economists say all of that is at risk. Exactly how the end of cheap oil will change our lives is still far from clear. But change them it will, in profound and dramatic ways. If the price of oil continues to climb to US$200 a barrel, it won't just be that people will have to drive a little bit less or skip the family trip to Disneyland. Across the board the cost of living will explode, not just for luxuries but basic necessities as well. To hear some experts tell it, we're headed for nothing short of Oilmageddon. At the very least, they say, the age of plenty is over.
The pain has already begun. Gasoline prices in Canada now stand at around $1.30 per litre, up 30 per cent over the past year. That jump has hit car sales. Ford Motor Co. is slashing production of SUVs and pickups, putting thousands of already struggling auto workers out of their jobs. A poll last week found half of Canadians have either cut back on how much they drive or are planning to. And with gas prices so rich, a wave of gasoline theft has swept the continent. Forget locking gas caps, thieves are crawling under cars with cordless drills to drain tanks of their liquid gold. The police, meanwhile, may have to chase down those criminals on foot. Rising prices have many police departments parking their cruisers. In Georgia, the state police have been ordered to cut back driving time by 25 per cent.
In the skies, the price crunch is even worse. The airline industry is grappling with a 95 per cent jump in the price of jet fuel and companies are passing those costs right along to passengers through fuel surcharges of as much as $130 for a round trip ticket. Air Canada and American Airlines have even started charging for checked bags, while AA slashed 1,300 flights last week to cut costs. Air Canada is thinking of similar cuts. Now, there are fears of bankruptcies akin to the industry's post-9/11 meltdown.
It seems every day companies announce another round of price hikes, for everything from beer and vinyl siding to Starbucks coffee and diapers. Even then, rising energy prices take time to filter their way into the economy. Experts say we're only now feeling the effects of US$100 oil, and with no sign of a return to the carefree days of double-digit crude, the real storm has just begun to gather. Should oil hit US$200 in the next few years, the world will be scarcely recognizable.
James Howard Kunstler isn't one to mince words about what's coming. "The suburbs will turn to slums, salvage yards and ruins," says the author of the book The Long Emergency. "Expensive oil will thunder through the economic system cutting a wide swath of destruction." As Kunstler sees it, sometime during this decade half of the world's recoverable petroleum will have been extracted. From here on out, we'll be living on a dwindling supply of hard-to-reach fossil fuels. This is the cornerstone of the "peak oil" theory and Kuntsler foresees apocalyptic fallout. It will become unfeasible for people to drive from the burbs to distant jobs, and as the petroleum refugees flee their McMansions, the sprawling cul-de-sacs will turn to ghost towns. As the global supply chains collapse, major importers like Wal-Mart will go out of business.
Kunstler has often been dismissed as a crank. And the dismal picture he paints of the future comes straight out of the wildest fantasies of the anti-consumer, anti-development crowd. Yet the fact is a growing number of economists are starting to echo similar ideas that just two years ago were seen as the domain of the lunatic fringe. As the predictions for $200 oil grow louder, so too does the realization that huge changes are coming.
The agony that's been felt at the pumps so far is nothing compared to what will transpire if oil keeps marching higher, and the repercussions will ripple out from there. More than 60 per cent of the oil consumed in North America goes to fuel transportation, with the largest amount used to power passenger vehicles and transport trucks. By some estimates, eight out of 10 Americans rely on cars to get back and forth to work. (In cities like Toronto, that figure is more like 55 per cent, according to Statistics Canada.) If oil tops US$200 a barrel, Rubin at CIBC World Markets has said the average price of gasoline could reach $2.25 per litre, a 75 per cent jump over what it is today. At that price, it would cost $135 to fill up the average gas tank; $180 for those with deep enough pockets to still be driving SUVs (double that for the two-car garage suburban set). Someone earning $12 an hour, the average wage of Canadians between the ages of 15 and 24, would have to put in a day and a half's work just to afford a fill-up. And for those who get behind the wheel of a large vehicle for a 100-km round trip commute, the average annual fuel bill could surpass $10,000 — enough to buy a sub- compact car with better mileage. "If the price of oil gets to US$200 a barrel, one of my cars is going up on blocks," says David Carson of the Canadian Centre for Energy, a non-profit research group in Calgary, referring to his gas-guzzling Mustang. "I really envy my daughter for her Honda Civic."
Long before gasoline prices get that high, though, many people will have radically altered their driving habits. Cathy Hay at MJ Ervin & Associates, a Calgary firm that tracks gasoline prices, believes $1.60 gas could be the tipping point at which people dramatically cut back. Whether suburbs like Markham, Ont., Richmond, B.C., and Laval, Que., are destined to waste away is a matter for debate. But there are signs the sudden rise in oil prices has already had a profound impact on real estate prices in the U.S. Last month Joe Cortright, an economist in Oregon, published a report for the Chicago-based organization CEOs For Cities that looked at downtown versus suburban housing markets. He found far-flung neighbourhoods had both greater price declines and higher foreclosure rates than those closer to a city's core. What's more, he concluded the current housing crisis is about more than subprime mortgages. Years of rising gasoline prices have simply made suburban living too expensive. "The collapse of the housing bubble, punctured by the gas price spike, marks a watershed point for the nation's suburbs," Cortright wrote. "As the more severe decline in housing prices on the urban fringe over the past year illustrates, $3 a gallon gas has made low density development a false economy across the nation."
And don't think for a moment that Canada, even with its surprisingly resilient housing market, can escape unscathed. Experts see two separate real estate markets forming — neighbourhoods that offer easy access by bicycle and public transit, and those accessible only by car. "They're going to be the losers in the next economic downturn," says Anthony Perl, director of Urban Studies at Simon Fraser University. "Those people who didn't think it mattered where you lived and felt transportation would always be cheap made the wrong bet. They probably didn't even know they were betting."
Regardless of whether people live downtown or in the burbs, the soaring cost of heating residences through the chilly winter months will affect everyone. The price of home heating oil, at $1.29 per litre, has already jumped 115 per cent since 2004, gaining 30 per cent so far this year, according to data from MJ Ervin. Roughly 10 per cent of Canadians heat their homes with oil, particularly those in rural communities who must already contend with sky high gasoline prices. The annual bill to heat an older home with an old oil furnace has, in some cases, reached $4,000 a year. Mary Maifrini, who co-owns Ernie's Woodstove Repairs and Sales in Durham, Ont., says there's been an increase in sales at the store as oil prices have risen. "That's what frustrates people the most about oil — they can't control it," she says. And that sense of helplessness applies even to those who heat their homes with natural gas and electricity. Prices for natural gas in Ontario are set to jump 20 per cent on July 1.
Even if Canadians ratchet down the thermostat to save a few bucks come winter, there's almost no way to avoid the crippling effect that US$200 oil will have on the price of everything we buy, from food to home electronics to airline tickets. It's often said that it takes 400 gallons of oil equivalent to feed each person in America every year. The stuff is crucial to getting food from the farm to our tables, whether it's in the production of fertilizer, harvesting, processing or transporting fruits and vegetables halfway around the world. And as oil prices reach the stratosphere, there will be more demand for alternative fuels such as corn and grain-based ethanol, putting even more upward pressure on food prices. There have already been riots around the world as people find they can no longer afford to feed themselves the way they had just a few months ago. And just as bananas would emerge as luxury items if oil continues to climb, economists warn people will find the era of cheap clothes and home electronics will screech to a halt. Marine shipping rates have already jumped 72 per cent since last year. In the same way airlines are passing their costs on to consumers, so too will manufacturers. "Our way of life depends on freight transport and the whole thing is beginning to unravel," says Richard Gilbert, a transportation consultant in Toronto and one of the authors of Transport Revolutions.
No sense worrying about the price of airline tickets though — chances are, you won't be flying much in the future anyway. While US$100 a barrel oil has airlines in a panic, at US$200 the industry's business model completely falls apart. "Aviation will be truly, dramatically changed," says Gilbert. Short commuter flights from Toronto to Montreal, or Calgary to Edmonton, will be phased out. Air travel will only work with large, fully occupied planes flying medium distances, says Gilbert. Most air travel will need to be replaced by European-style rail networks. There are about 330 airports in the U.S. today with scheduled flights. Gilbert predicts by about 2025 that number will dwindle to 30 or 40.
In other words, after years of feeling like the world really was shrinking, our big old blue sphere is going to start seeming awfully large again, and it will redraw everything from how we work to how we socialize. "I think people will look back on the 1940s to early 2000s as an exceptional period and it will seem very strange that people would fly off to Las Vegas or Florida for the weekend, or drive their kids 20 km to play hockey and take piano lessons," says SFU's Perl. "Some people are going to have to adjust every aspect of their lives."
The idea of a 21st-century oil spike is by no means new. Back in the early 1980s it was widely believed that by the year 2000 oil supplies would falter and prices would hit US$100 a barrel. But throughout the 1990s, prices remained amazingly stable around the US$30 a barrel mark. By the turn of the century, oil was hitting 30-year lows and those dire predictions seemed downright crazy. Turns out they were just a few years off. Last week, the International Energy Agency said it will re-examine the oil supply in 400 major oil fields around the world — a sobering acknowledgement that there may be even less oil than once thought. Even industry insiders are waking to the idea that the world is nearing the supply wall. Last year, former U.S. energy secretary James Schlesinger declared, "the battle is over, the peakists have won." Peak oil theory isn't about the world running out of oil — that won't happen anytime soon. It simply describes the point at which the supply of oil can no longer keep up with the world's growing demand, which these days is coming more and more from the fast-growing economies of China and India. When supplies run short oil prices don't just go up, they skyrocket. A 2005 U.S. government report concluded that a four per cent shortfall would result in a 177 per cent increase in oil prices. It is possible that new reserves, like Alberta's tar sands, will help temper that jump in prices. But there's no avoiding the fact that the world has entered a whole new realm.
There could yet be a small silver lining in this grim future. In a society where drive-through banks and communities without sidewalks are commonplace, overweight North Americans might do well if forced to park their cars and walk a little. And there's no shortage of ways in which people could cut back their energy use. The U.S. Department of Transportation found that 67 per cent of car travel and 50 per cent of air travel is discretionary. "Oil has been so cheap and food so cheap that we use it in incredibly extravagant ways," says Gregory Clark, an economist at the University of California at Davis. Clark argues society could adapt in the long run to a world of US$200 or even US$500 a barrel oil. "In the ordinary course of technological advance we're getting about two per cent richer each year. A doubling of oil prices, at maximum, would take away about two or three years of growth." Overall, incomes might decline by about eight per cent, he says.
But even optimists like Clark admit that a painful period of adjustment is unavoidable. North America's car-crazy cities won't transform overnight. And even seemingly modest declines in income resulting from rising fuel costs can seem crippling to those already struggling in tough economic times. If the U.S. isn't already in a recession, as many economists believe, rising oil prices could provide the final nudge into a long and tumultuous downturn. Ditto for Canada, which last week reported a jump in inflation for the first time in six months, thanks largely to rising fuel costs, according to Statistics Canada. A 2005 report by the U.S. Department of Energy warned a sustained rise in oil prices would trigger inflation and unemployment and the "degradation of living standards." "The world has never confronted a problem like this," it concluded, "and the failure to act on a timely basis could have debilitating impacts on the world economy."
Unfortunately, failing to act in a timely way is precisely what we seem to be doing. "You can't replace hundreds of millions of private automobiles throughout the U.S. overnight. You can't even do it in five years," says Daniel Lerch, author of Post Carbon Cities. Public policy — from decisions to invest in multi-billion-dollar freeway projects to airport expansions — remains stubbornly rooted in the idea that oil will be available and affordable far into the future, says Lerch.
The cost of oil, however, is beginning to hit public purses. If filling your SUV up with gas has you feeling queasy, think how the U.S. military must feel. It buys about 340,000 barrels of fuel a day. Its bill last year was US$13.6 billion — a nearly 25 per cent jump from the previous year. It is now trying to cut its oil use and experiment with alternative fuels, but the widespread use of such alternatives is at least a decade away — probably too far for politicians in search of a quick policy fix. Hillary Clinton ran into trouble recently when she proposed a summer gas-tax holiday to ease pump prices. A nice gesture, but one that would accomplish nothing, except maybe further boost demand for gas, economists pointed out. Any serious public talk about energy has focused squarely on global warming — "a huge distraction" that has got in the way of dealing with the much more urgent issue of oil security, says Gilbert.
In Canada, politicians will likely find themselves fighting new fires, like the growing division between oil-rich Alberta and Newfoundland, and the erstwhile economic heartland in Ontario and Quebec, with their ailing manufacturing sectors.
All signs suggest that planning for real change won't come until it's too late. "People don't wake up until things are flying apart," says Matt Savinar, a California lawyer who runs the website Lifeaftertheoilcrash.net. Savinar is the kind of observer who not long ago would have been considered a dooms-day prophet. Nowadays, he says he feels more frustrated than he does vindicated by the surging oil prices. Everything that he's been preaching is coming true, but still no one is listening. "I bet that once we get within a few years of oil production peaking you'll see the U.S. invade the last large deposits. Oh wait, that already happened. You'll see rising food prices. Oh wait, that already happened. You'll see sky rocketing oil prices. Oh wait, that already happened. If you imagine your worst nightmare, we're right on track for that to come true. Just look at the news."
http://www.macleans.ca/business/economy/article.jsp?content=20080528_21002_21002&page=1
Run for cover!............:ahhh:
Nicko999
May 31, 2008, 3:20 AM
136.4 today!
Nicko999
May 31, 2008, 9:57 PM
134.4 today! 133.9 was the lowest
Nicko999
Jun 2, 2008, 9:14 PM
131.4 Pretty much everywhere
youngregina
Jun 3, 2008, 12:58 AM
134.9 here in regina
Greco Roman
Jun 3, 2008, 1:08 AM
131.4 Pretty much everywhere
Dude. Your picture is hilarious! You must get all the chicks ;)
Nicko999
Jun 3, 2008, 10:38 PM
Dude. Your picture is hilarious! You must get all the chicks ;)
I'll leave this picture for 3 months or 4 months. But when hockey restart I'll change it.
PS. That's not me:D
miketoronto
Jun 4, 2008, 1:19 AM
How high are these prices compared to the oil crisis of the 70's????
Is it worse or about the same??
worldwide
Jun 4, 2008, 6:35 AM
138.2 is the highest ive seen yet, that was this past weekend.
today it was 136.5 when i checked
luckilly i dont have to fill up a hummer jeep cause i roll on urethane... bikes are fun too, and fast
Nicko999
Jun 4, 2008, 11:15 PM
The price of oil went down... but gasoline price in Montreal EXPLODED!
From 130.4 to 145.4 15 cents up in only a day.:rolleyes:
And the lowest price in Canada is in Mount Forest, Ontario at 114.3. This is even lower than some American cities.
More than 30 cents difference between Montreal and the lowest price:koko:
urbanfan89
Jun 4, 2008, 11:46 PM
The price is 128.3 where I am.
Yesterday I saw a Hummer up close for the first time. I can't imagine how grumpy its owner is feeling right now.
I haven't been seeing Hummers as often as I used to, only about once a week now. People here buy them because they're insecure. (The average penis length in Thunder Bay is the lowest in Canada, or so I have noticed.)
I saw prices at 135.9. For the first time in a while, we don't have Ontario's highest prices.
IntotheWest
Jun 5, 2008, 10:33 PM
^GM is looking seriously at the future of Hummer - whether to change its direction/focus for the brand, or more likely, sell it off. Sales are not only down for Hummer - but the association to GM is being a drag on their other brands (especially since the arrival of the H3, and being based on the Canyon platform).
Also, it was reported in USA Today the last couple days that the F-150 is not the best selling vehicle in the US this year...the first time in 16 years. In fact, 4 other vehicles have sold more (Civic, Accord, Camry, Corolla).
Sales for all cars were down 8%, but sales for the smallest (and, thought to be far more fuel efficient in most people's minds) cars were up 33%.
There will always be a need for pickups (the core cowboy/contractor buyers), and once the new engine choices finally emerge, crossovers might pick up again.
But there's a FMF (Funk Master Flex) Edition Expedition at the local Ford dealer right now, and I'm thinking of placing bets on how long it takes to sell such an eyesore of a vehicle :-)
francely57
Jun 6, 2008, 7:02 PM
OK, this summer will definitely be rough at the gas pump.
The oil barrel went from $127 yesterday to $139 today...
waterloowarrior
Jun 6, 2008, 9:28 PM
gas going up 6cents tonight.... 134.9 in TO, 148.8 in MTL
http://www.mcteague.ca/WebPages/gas_price_today.htm
mersar
Jun 7, 2008, 7:38 AM
Calgary is still 128.9 in some places, but Cochrane jumped to 131.9 today.
Nicko999
Jun 7, 2008, 7:15 PM
gas going up 6cents tonight.... 134.9 in TO, 148.8 in MTL
http://www.mcteague.ca/WebPages/gas_price_today.htm
That's wrong!!! Gas is still 140.4 in Montreal.
Nicko999
Jun 7, 2008, 9:33 PM
Yesterday, Labrador City became the first city in Canada to pay more than 150c with an amazing price of 150.5:koko:
The lowest is still in Mount Forest with 112.2!!! That's 38.3c difference!
Nicko999
Jun 9, 2008, 10:49 PM
136.4 this afternoon, but 20 cars waiting in front of every stations to fill their cars because it's going up to 151.4
It's time to buy electric car everybody:koko:
Aylmer
Jun 9, 2008, 11:06 PM
When my bus passed by the Vanier/Allumétières Gas station at 8h36, the price was exatly $1,29.
At 16h27 the same day, it was $1,42.
I'm glad we have a hybrid and that we are close to everything!!!
:)
mersar
Jun 9, 2008, 11:10 PM
Ouch. I'm not looking forward to the next few weeks, I pick up my new Versa tonight and they have a tendency to be really hard on the gas for the first couple thousand km until the engine is worn in. That won't take too long, as my commute is around 80km each day, but it will still hurt. Fortunately it looks like there are still a few stations down around 122 in Calgary
francely57
Jun 9, 2008, 11:42 PM
136.4 this afternoon, but 20 cars waiting in front of every stations to fill their cars because it's going up to 151.4
It's time to buy electric car everybody:koko:
Yeah I've just seen this on local news: Montreal is over 151 cents/litre...
I bet Laval is still at 136...
Look at these poll results from CTV:
http://montreal.ctv.ca/cfcf/news/polls&id=1033
Seems like 22% are not affected whatsoever.
Surrealplaces
Jun 10, 2008, 12:49 AM
I definitely won't be driving as often as I used to.
I saw 131.4 today... Ontario gas prices says we've got some places selling it at 142 though, which according to their home page is among the highest in the province.
Nicko999
Jun 10, 2008, 11:50 PM
Yeah I've just seen this on local news: Montreal is over 151 cents/litre...
I bet Laval is still at 136...
Look at these poll results from CTV:
http://montreal.ctv.ca/cfcf/news/polls&id=1033
Seems like 22% are not affected whatsoever.
Don't know about you but the stations here did not pass the 150 mark. I saw 149.4 this morning and now it's 148.4
Rob D
Jun 11, 2008, 1:01 AM
146.9 downtown Vancouver this morning.
131.9 at the Couch Turd down the street. Still. Maybe their sign is broken? 142.3 at the Canadian Tire earlier this evening.
graupner
Jun 11, 2008, 8:13 AM
It's nice to see oil rise and see suburbia understand the fundamental problems with their lifestyle!!!
Aylmer
Jun 11, 2008, 11:16 AM
But it doesn't have to be so:
Aylmer, for example, is a suburb but you don't have to take your hummer out every time you need to go to the grocery store, or for a good restaurant, or
the librairy, or the arena, or a beach, of the arena, or a movie on the cheap
or even a good, big, federal park.
It's the lifestyle that needs fixing, but maybe not the suburbs...
:)
Nicko999
Jun 11, 2008, 10:33 PM
down to 145.9 today
francely57
Jun 12, 2008, 2:37 AM
131.9 at the Couch Turd down the street.
:haha:
Don't know about you but the stations here did not pass the 150 mark. I saw 149.4 this morning and now it's 148.4
down to 145.9 today
I thought Greater Montreal in general was more or less around:
June 11, 2008
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e24/francely57/IMG_4937.jpg
MolsonExport
Jun 12, 2008, 2:49 PM
131.9 at the Couch Turd down the street. .
:jester:
harls
Jun 12, 2008, 4:11 PM
138.4 in Aylmer this morning.. as seen from my bus window. :D
Nicko999
Jun 12, 2008, 10:10 PM
144.4
vid
Jun 12, 2008, 11:14 PM
I saw 139.4 today and Canadian Tire. Couch Turd is still at 131.9. I guess they haven't gotten the memo that prices are up. I think their sign is broken.
Nicko999
Jun 14, 2008, 5:10 AM
143.4
Ayreonaut
Jun 14, 2008, 6:12 AM
Jesus, I didn't even look today when I filled up. I think my total was over $70 though, I don't think I've ever broken $60 before.
mersar
Jun 14, 2008, 7:40 AM
I paid 130.4 when I filled up tonight, was a $53 fill, though with the mileage my new car is getting compared to my old that $53 is a bit easier to swallow (about a 25% increase in mileage)
Nicko999
Jun 14, 2008, 6:28 PM
down to 142.9
vid
Jun 15, 2008, 12:16 AM
Couch Turd is now 139. It's 142.9 everywhere else.
Nicko999
Jun 17, 2008, 9:41 PM
137.4 this afternoon
vid
Jun 18, 2008, 12:16 AM
142.9 at the Esso up the street. 143 at Couch Turd.
worldwide
Jun 18, 2008, 9:32 AM
148.6 in vancouver... yesterday and today.
come on lets see 1.50
Nicko999
Jun 18, 2008, 10:04 PM
up to 147.4 today
urbanfan89
Jun 19, 2008, 5:15 AM
Actually crept down to 132.9 today.
Nicko999
Jun 19, 2008, 7:18 PM
144.9 today.
139.4 again. And just before the weekend, too.
graupner
Jun 20, 2008, 12:50 AM
Oil dropped 4% today. It is expected to keep coming down as China slows down its consumption.
Nicko999
Jun 20, 2008, 1:14 AM
Oil dropped 4% today. It is expected to keep coming down as China slows down its consumption.
Not 4%, 4$:tup:
Nicko999
Jul 6, 2008, 10:34 PM
Gas prices in Montreal are bullshit...:rolleyes:
Was 144.4 15 days ago when oil was around $135
Came back from Florida yesterday, stations were showing 142.9 and oil was $145:koko:
Nicko999
Jul 9, 2008, 6:24 PM
147.4
francely57
Jul 9, 2008, 6:50 PM
147.4
^ like you said, most places in Montreal vary between 147.4 and 149.4.
I've heard it's a bit lower in The 400-year-old City, like 3 cents or something.
harls
Jul 9, 2008, 6:52 PM
Gatineau must be the cheapest place in Quebec for gas... it was 139 here yesterday.
Nicko999
Jul 9, 2008, 7:33 PM
Gatineau must be the cheapest place in Quebec for gas... it was 139 here yesterday.
I think it's Chicoutimi at 135.4
SpongeG
Jul 9, 2008, 11:41 PM
dinner time it was 14.6.4-147.9 range midnight it was 150.5-152.0 range
today - afternoon - it was 150.0 still
KrisYYC
Jul 10, 2008, 12:21 AM
127.9 pump price at the Downtown Gas Plus here in Calgary. The big chains are around 130.4-133.4 at the pump.
SpongeG
Jul 10, 2008, 1:21 AM
its kinda funny - on july 1 the new carbon tax kicked in - so on june 30th the news was using its scare tactics on people - saying the new tax hits at midnight and gas prices will be up - oh no so scarey - so you better go fill up now to avoid the price increase at midnight blah blah blah
so I was out on my break and the superstore gas station hwas like chaotic - huge line ups of cars getting gas most of the stations were busier than usual and some had small lines
anyway cut to a week later and gas is the same price and lower at times than it was last monday/tuesday
Nicko999
Jul 10, 2008, 6:42 PM
down to 145.4
141.4 at Canadian Tire, 137 at a couple corner stores though.
Nicko999
Jul 12, 2008, 4:44 PM
Oil went up to 147$ a barrel but gas prices in Montreal are falling!!! 143.4
Just wait to Monday night:rolleyes:
SpongeG
Jul 13, 2008, 8:11 PM
it was 140.0 on friday eve
today its 150.2
Rob D
Jul 13, 2008, 10:50 PM
It varies here in Vancouver - lowest I've seen is 142.9 to 147.4
Nicko999
Jul 16, 2008, 4:02 AM
149.4, here we are still on the verge of the 150 but haven't hit it yet.
harls
Jul 16, 2008, 12:49 PM
1.27 in Ottawa (Kanata) today... prices dropped 5 cents/L overnight.
SpongeG
Jul 16, 2008, 9:06 PM
depending on th corner it was 150.6 at petro can and 151.7 at esso just 30 minutes ago
francely57
Jul 16, 2008, 9:57 PM
149.4, here we are still on the verge of the 150 but haven't hit it yet.
1.27 in Ottawa (Kanata) today... prices dropped 5 cents/L overnight.
???
(harls did you mean 1.37? or is there really a 22 cent difference between OTT and MTL?)
...last weekend I travelled to eastern QC (Gaspésie), and everywhere in between they all seemed to have it 2-4 cents cheaper than in Montreal.
harls
Jul 16, 2008, 11:47 PM
yes, its really 1.27, francely! gatineau is a bit higher tho (1‚35 last I saw..)
Nicko999
Jul 17, 2008, 3:54 AM
147.4 today.
Oil dropped to 134$ a barrel.
Nicko999
Jul 17, 2008, 7:34 PM
143.9 today
Oil is now 129$ a barrel. It was 147$ just a week ago.:rolleyes:
Greco Roman
Jul 18, 2008, 1:57 AM
Gasoline in Fort Nelson, BC as of July 16, 2008 : 152.9$
Diesel in Fort Nelson, BC as of July 16, 2008: 165.9$
:eek:
Nicko999
Jul 19, 2008, 5:12 AM
Below 140 today, 139.9
Oil fell to 128$
harls
Jul 19, 2008, 1:50 PM
I filled up at 1.22 yesterday. what a bargain.
ok, not really.
Nicko999
Jul 20, 2008, 5:06 AM
down to 137.4 in Montreal
SpongeG
Jul 20, 2008, 8:14 PM
wow it was 139.9 at all the petro canada stations - most of the others were 144.6 or 146.7
Nicko999
Jul 22, 2008, 5:26 AM
down to 135.9
Nicko999
Jul 24, 2008, 2:56 AM
Just yesterday it was 135.9 and now it's 129.9. I never imagined I could see prices under 130 this year!
Oil went down to 124$
Ontario 129.357
Alberta 130.399
Quebec 132.673
Manitoba 134.048
Saskatchewan 134.592
PEI 135.500
New Brunswick 139.439
Nova Scotia 141.197
British Columbia 142.187
Newfoundland 149.900
Toronto 127.136
Hamilton 127.169
London 127.298
Edmonton 128.036
Calgary 129.584
Montreal 131.725
Saskatoon 133.517
Regina 133.580
Winnipeg 135.342
Quebec City 139.483
Halifax 140.200
Vancouver 142.810
Victoria 145.071
Nicko999
Jul 25, 2008, 2:44 AM
In Montreal some stations are showing 127.9
It's only 11 cents higher than the cheapest price in Canada in Kanata, Ontario (116.9)
Nicko999
Jul 26, 2008, 5:40 AM
down to 125.9
mersar
Jul 26, 2008, 6:11 AM
Stations in Cochrane were still at 130.9 this evening, though the price in Calgary has been dropping like a rock. Number of stations at 125-127
SpongeG
Jul 27, 2008, 8:45 PM
most stations are 141.7 some were 139.9
but at costco it was 132.8
ScotM
Jul 29, 2008, 6:01 PM
123.4 at the Esso on 102nd and 124th street and 127.4 at the Husky on Jasper.
shogged
Jul 30, 2008, 12:03 AM
filled up for 119.4 @ the gas station in dewinton. Always cheaper out there for some reason, and its literally only 5 minutes out of Calgary. When all the gas stations in calgary were at 139, this place was at 127. Maybe because they're independent!
mersar
Jul 30, 2008, 2:01 AM
Filled up last night at Gas Plus in Bowness at 121.9, the stations in Cochrane finally dropped to 128.4 today.
RHINO
Jul 30, 2008, 4:12 AM
1.34 in Kamloops today down from 1.46 last week :(
Nicko999
Jul 30, 2008, 4:05 PM
127.9 yesterday in Montreal
Oil is now at 121$ a barrel.
ScotM
Jul 31, 2008, 4:52 PM
123.4 at the Husky on Jasper and 116.
Nicko999
Aug 6, 2008, 4:45 AM
130.9 tonight
Oil down to 118$!!! Can Oil go under 100$?
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3194/2731562460_93f593b75e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vidioman/2731562460/)
worldwide
Aug 6, 2008, 7:59 AM
nice pic
Thank you. I love the irony in it. It is truly fantastic.
LeftCoaster
Aug 6, 2008, 3:51 PM
Haha great pic... I've noticed a huge increase in trucks for cheap in the paper, 30,000 for an H2. Still a ripoff.
One thing I've been seeing out here alot too is cheap power boats... and expensive sail boats. You guys think Hummers are pigs on gas, try putting $500 in your boat only to get several hours of run time out of it. Something tells me sailing is going to be coming back in a big way... somewhere at the bottom of the ocean Christopher Columbus is smiling.
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