<p>Per a calculator on the Bureau of Labor Statistics web site,</p>
<p>$2.29 in 2005 has the same buying power as $0.45 in 1970.</p>
<p>This is a comparison of current regular gasoline prices in the Detroit area to my (admittedly hazy) memory of cheap gas from my senior year of high school. As I stated above, I remember gas for $0.19/gallon in 1970-71.</p>
<p>$2.19 9/10 Woodbridge, VA.</p>
<p>$2.53, eastern Florida.</p>
<p>$2.23 in north Texas</p>
<p>$3.09/premium, Los Angeles westside.</p>
<p>OptimizerDad, I can remember 4 cents a gallon for regular during price wars. No foolin’. For real.</p>
<p>Woohoo! Only $2.93 a gallon for premium today–at the same station that $3.29/gallon two weeks ago. (I’m sure I could have found cheaper, but it was on my way home, and I was tired.) And they sell milk really cheaply there.</p>
<p>Which reminds me… when did a gallon of milk get to be cheaper than a gallon of gas?</p>
<p>Well, here, both milk & gas are expensive. Milk often runs $5-6/gallon. Costco has the cheapest at >$3/gallon. I saw gas @ $2.69 for regular today (just after I filled it at another station the other day).</p>
<p>I’ve read about one guy who converted his car so it can run on old vegetable oil & another guy who converted his car so it can run on wood, seriously. Solar power would be great in HI & every year we have a great team putting together a good solar powered car for the national competition.</p>
<p>$2.15 in Alliance, OH
$2.19 in Pittsburgh, PA</p>
<p>If anyone here has Giant Eagle as their grocer, there is a program called FuelPerks they run. For every $50 you spend you get one dime off your gas if you get it from their convenience store, GetGo. GetGo is pretty competitive with the other gas stations (like BP or Shell) as far as price is concerned so if you eat a lot or have a big family it’s a good way to save a few bucks on gas. Too bad the discount doesn’t work when you rent a video from Giant Eagle. (My tip–stock up on lunchmeat and dog food when you know you’re down almost a tank)</p>
<p>Personally, I’ve found that Sheetz has the lowest priced gas of the “regular” chains. The one in Alliance, OH is $2.15. Lowest cost I’ve seen in a few months. This price is for regular gas. Eastern Ohio in general seems to be relatively cheap as far as gas goes.</p>
<p>$2.57/ Anchorage, Alaska</p>
<p>2.39 regular/ Houston, TX</p>
<p>You’d think it would be lower with the refineries so close.</p>
<p>TheDad:
Then again, I remember a TV news brief (true story) where they showed filling stations at 3 of 4 corners at an intersection. Stations #1 and #2 had average prices of around $1/gallon; station #3 had deliberately raised his price to around $4/gallon.</p>
<p>The result? Station #3 had a waiting line of 2+ blocks, the other stations had no queues at all. They interviewed one of the guys waiting for #3. His explanation was “I want to be able to say that I bought the most expensive gasoline in the world”. Apparently it didn’t occur to him to buy the cheap gas, save himself a lot of time, and then brag that he’d bought the $$$gas.</p>
<p>Hey, only in America…</p>
<p>DISCLAIMER: All the cars at station#3 had male drivers. Women are way smarter than us.</p>
<p>Update as of tonight:</p>
<p>$2.15.9 in Woodbridge, VA</p>
<p>I just paid $2.67 for regular at the Shell- its coming down!</p>
<p>You guys have it so good!</p>
<p>It JUST dropped to 3.04 this morning. It was 3.11 a few days ago, and 4 bucks a month ago…I was rolling down the hills in neutral with my low gas light flashing. Good times. </p>
<p>ohhh and i’m from hawaii</p>
<p>you shouldn’t let it get so low- the guck in your tank will clog your fuel pump.
believe me I know ;)</p>
<p>$2.09/North Dakota</p>
<p>About $5.70 per gallon here. Cheapest it’s been for awhile, thanks to the dollar rising a bit against the Euro.</p>
<p>(1.25 = about $1.50 per liter. About 3.8 liters per gallon.)</p>
<p>$2.28 in Madison. Wisconsin has some really cockamamie law here that doesn’t permit competition among gas stations within a town.</p>
<p>it’s about 2.19/gallon here in PA now. a few weeks ago it was 3.79/gallon.</p>