Rising Gas Prices

[MrockStar]

That's not to bad a distance from town, a real workout on a bike.

 

[geist1223]

I paid $3.779 per gallon at Costco in Salem, Oregon yesterday. With the 4% discount that works out to $3.63.

 

[pedro47]

Jeff, Happy Aloha Friday.
I was informed everything is higher in Hawaii? True or False?
So what is the average gas prices in Oahu?

 

[Bucky]

I can't say anything because it would be so political. But I thought some one said the inflation would only last a short period of time. I think it was said about 8 months ago

and yet you did anyway!

 

[Icc5]

My wife likes to buy pork tenderloins at Trader Joe's which she was getting for something like $3.59 or so a pound. Yesterday she went to get a few and they have jumped to something like $7.59 a pound. In the South Bay (Cupertino,California) and retired we of course watch,make adjustments and if we want something we either pay the price or find an alternative. It's just getting harder to wrap our minds around how fast everything is adjusting. Our gas,food,water,electricity,car prices, you name it and it is skyrocketing.
Bart

 

[slip]

Jeff, Happy Aloha Friday.
I was informed everything is higher in Hawaii? True or False?
So what is the average gas prices in Oahu?

I think that $4.79 was the average. Costco does have the best prices if you don't mind the long lines and the wait. It's usually about .70 cents less there. So about $4.09 a gallon.

 

[pedro47]

I think that $4.79 was the average. Costco does have the best prices if you don't mind the long lines and the wait. It's usually about .70 cents less there. So about $4.09 a gallon.

Thanks

 

[MrockStar]

I think i would consider an E-bike if i lived on Molokai depending on the traffic and width of the roads there.

 

[CalGalTraveler]

No, from California it won't be too much of a change for you. I think Oahu was $4.79 a gallon when we left.

It was surprising to see gas about .50c cheaper in Hawaii than in California when we visited in Feb. California also has a special formulation to reduce smog in LA so the price is always higher. FWIW When I visited LA over the past few years, it has seemed to have made a difference in LA smog. You can see the mountains on more days than I remember in the past.

 

[CalGalTraveler]

I'm in the process of buying a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. So, I'll get gas. H2, specifically. But I won't actually pay anything for it for three years.

This works out to "free car for me." It's a shame there aren't more H2 stations. 20 seconds on a calculator proves the numbers are outstanding.

Sounds interesting. Can you share more details? What brand, Financials, incentive etc. We are needing a new car in the next 3 years so are evaluating options.

 

[TravelTime]

I think that $4.79 was the average. Costco does have the best prices if you don't mind the long lines and the wait. It's usually about .70 cents less there. So about $4.09 a gallon.

The nearest Costco to us is 25 miles away so 50 miles round trip. Plus the long wait makes it unattractive to us. If it were nearby, I might consider it. Costco was going to open a store in our town but the locals fought it and won. The old timers are against big box stores. However, we have a Home Depot so go figure.

 

[slip]

I think i would consider an E-bike if i lived on Molokai depending on the traffic and width of the roads there.

Roads would probably be good for that ride here on an E-bike. I'm not much of a rider so I won't go that option. I'll start out walking for some excersize.

 

[slip]

The nearest Costco to us is 25 miles away so 50 miles round trip. Plus the long wait makes it unattractive to us. If it were nearby, I might consider it. Costco was going to open a store in our town but the locals fought it and won. The old timers are against big box stores. However, we have a Home Depot so go figure.

It was close when I lived on Oahu but the crowds turned me off. Plus I did put on a lot of miles there so the savings weren't large enough for me to make it worth while. I only filled up every 2 to 3 weeks and I usually filled up when on a half a tank.

 

[Passepartout]

We are visiting Southern Cal. Gas is hovering about $5 a gallon. One TV station showed a Shell station at $5.79 for regular. I won't be topping off at that one. There is an Arco near me at $4.50ish. I paid $3.18 at home last week.

It will be back to using the ebike for errands pretty soon!

 

[pedro47]

We are visiting Southern Cal. Gas is hovering about $5 a gallon. One TV station showed a Shell station at $5.79 for regular. I won't be topping off at that one. There is an Arco near me at $4.50ish. I paid $3.18 at home last week.

It will be back to using the ebike for errands pretty soon!

Two years ago, it was the Covid pandemic, next the shortage of labor / workers wanted to work for low pay, the increase in the federal minimum wage, and now there is inflation, a war in Ukraine plus the raising gasoline prices around the world.

 

[joestein]

My wife likes to buy pork tenderloins at Trader Joe's which she was getting for something like $3.59 or so a pound. Yesterday she went to get a few and they have jumped to something like $7.59 a pound. In the South Bay (Cupertino,California) and retired we of course watch,make adjustments and if we want something we either pay the price or find an alternative. It's just getting harder to wrap our minds around how fast everything is adjusting. Our gas,food,water,electricity,car prices, you name it and it is skyrocketing.
Bart

Yet they say we only have inflation of 7%. I think they exclude food and energy.

 

[BJRSanDiego]

We are going to Tahoe on Sunday.

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Drivers 'blown away' by spiking gas prices as Ukraine-Russia crisis fires up oil — Yahoo Finance

Gas prices are marching toward $4 per gallon, and in California are already above that level, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine puts oil prices on a tear.

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If you are taking highway 50 past Echo Lake or Echo Lake Summit (south of lake Tahoe), check with Caltrans first. They had a "cabin sized" boulder roll down and block the road. So the road is closed until they blast the thing into pieces that can be moved. There is currently no estimate of when that will be.

 

[Tia]

McD's medium combo meal Filet 0 Fish was $7.89 where I'm at this week. I am thinking they changed the fish sandwich after all these years. Wasn't what it used to be at all sadly. Taste wise not the same, looked like ? minced fish possibly , 1/2 the cheese they used to have and a toasted bun. Did not like it. Will try again to see if it was a change or just a one time bad sandwich

I think higher prices are likely here to stay. Labor costs are way up so how can prices go down? Everything will adjust upwards and we will just be living at a new higher pricing level. Our local McDonalds is paying $18 to start and we are 3 hours outside the San Francisco Bay Area. I can only imagine what McDonalds pays in the San Francisco Bay Area.

 

[dioxide45]

McD's medium combo meal Filet 0 Fish was $7.89 where I'm at this week. I am thinking they changed the fish sandwich after all these years. Wasn't what it used to be at all sadly. Taste wise not the same, looked like ? minced fish possibly , 1/2 the cheese they used to have and a toasted bun. Did not like it. Will try again to see if it was a change or just a one time bad sandwich

I am pretty sure the Filet-O-Fish has always come with half a slice of cheese.

 

[emeryjre]

I understand gas prices are moving up an average of 10 cents a gallon per day in Bismarck, ND. There is a refinery just across the river in Mandan, ND.

So what you saw last week may be different than what you see today or Monday. The situation with Russia is certainly contributing to the price rise.

 

[swditz]

We are visiting Southern Cal. Gas is hovering about $5 a gallon. One TV station showed a Shell station at $5.79 for regular. I won't be topping off at that one. There is an Arco near me at $4.50ish. I paid $3.18 at home last week.

It will be back to using the ebike for errands pretty soon!

May want to get it when you see it. A local station here went up an additional 23 cents in less than 6 hours. Expecting $4 by tomorrow.

 

[Passepartout]

May want to get it when you see it. A local station here went up an additional 23 cents in less than 6 hours. Expecting $4 by tomorrow.

Agreed. The referenced Arco was mobbed by the time we got there! It will be good to get back home to the plug-in car.

 

[bogey21]

My Son fracks wells in the Permian here in Texas. About a year or so ago he got laid off. 3 or 4 months ago he got called back at about 3/4 his previous pay. He told me yesterday that his pay has just been increased to a level higher than when he got laid off. What happens is when the oil companies cut back on drilling the service companies they hire to do the drilling have to cut back on what they charge just to stay in business. When the oil companies gear up and start drilling more, the service companies have more business than they can handle and jack up their prices. My Son is now the beneficiary of $110 WTI...

George

 

[Tia]

I said 1/2 the cheese it used to have , so now it's like 1/4 of a slice it looked like to me

I am pretty sure the Filet-O-Fish has always come with half a slice of cheese.

 

[Lydlady]

I said 1/2 the cheese it used to have , so now it's like 1/4 of a slice it looked like to me

I just finished one of these sandwiches about ten minutes ago. Now I'm embarrassed to say I was so hungry I didn't pay attention but I thought it was half a slice of cheese.