Gas is How Much Now?
By Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (122668)
Gainesville, Florida
March 5, 2022 10:06am CST
One of the gas stations closest to my house has some of the cheaper gas prices in our city. I put gas in my truck last Tuesday, and it was only $3.59/gallon. I drove by the station the next day on Wednesday, and it had increased to $3.69/gallon overnight. By Thursday, it was $3.89.
Coming home from work yesterday (Friday), I saw what I knew was coming, but didn't think it would hit so soon....gas was at $4.19/gallon!
Has gas gone over $4.00/gallon where you live? (California myLotters, you don't count since your gas is probably like $10/gallon LOL) I'm shocked, but not surprised, since the news has been reporting that it was coming, but I still can't believe it happened so fast.
I'm already bracing for $5.00/gallon gas. I'll complain about it fervently, but in the end there won't be much else I can do since I need to fuel my vehicle to get back and forth to work.
I know...I'll just cut back on my grocery spending to make up the higher fuel costs! Oh wait, can't do that either. That 25 cent pack of ramen noodles probably costs $5.00 now too.
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@Torunn (8607)
• Norway
5 Mar 22
Today it was about 22 NOK/litre, that's about $2.45/litre.
I somehow hope it goes up, 'cause if it doesn't, that probably means that the rest of Europe's back on Russian gas. The gas is more important than the oil I think, unless you're really into sunflower oil. Russia and Ukraine produce 80 % of the worlds sunflower oil.
You might want to go for something without wheat in it, so no more ramen noodles. Potatoes might be a good choice.
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@Torunn (8607)
• Norway
6 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil I refuse to convert away from SI-units, which is why I stopped at litres 
Norway's one of the most expensieve countries in Europe, so that the price is high isn't surprising. I suppose some are driving their electrical car more than the "normal" one. We have plenty of oil and electricity, but hardly any wheat. For some reason it has been decided that what we grow here is animal food.
Norway's one of the most expensieve countries in Europe, so that the price is high isn't surprising. I suppose some are driving their electrical car more than the "normal" one. We have plenty of oil and electricity, but hardly any wheat. For some reason it has been decided that what we grow here is animal food.2 people like this
@DaddyEvil (141575)
• United States
6 Mar 22
@Torunn I have to convert it or it feels like what people in other countries are saying is gibberish to me.
The US only grows a small percentage of the total amount of wheat grown but we export most of it and then import wheat from other countries. That doesn't make sense to me. Just like we have oil here but export a lot of it and import oil from other countries. Something is off about that.
The US only grows a small percentage of the total amount of wheat grown but we export most of it and then import wheat from other countries. That doesn't make sense to me. Just like we have oil here but export a lot of it and import oil from other countries. Something is off about that.4 people like this
@DaddyEvil (141575)
• United States
6 Mar 22
That equals $9.26 per gallon of gasoline. That's the highest price so far.
The US could just stop exporting our wheat and we wouldn't need to import very much.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
5 Mar 22
Gas here is $3.89 per gallon for regular. The price keeps vacillating up and then back down again. We will just stop traveling as much, that's how we always remedy this change. Is it ridiculous, this is happening? YES!
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Mar 22
You mean they are actually dropping back down amidst these sudden increases? Lucky you!
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
5 Mar 22
@moffittjc Not very much though, maybe it goes up a dime, then, back down three cents.
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Mar 22
@kobesbuddy Even three cents is a big deal when it keeps increasing so much every day!
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@FourWalls (71430)
• United States
5 Mar 22
Yep. Last Sunday I filled up for $3.03 a gallon. $3.99 now.
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@FourWalls (71430)
• United States
5 Mar 22
@moffittjc — I know. These are the times when 35 MPG is a true blessing.
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Mar 22
@FourWalls I'm a lucky truck owner, as my commute back and forth is highway miles instead of city miles. I do get about 21 mpg in my truck, which is considered excellent by truck standards. My daughter is luckier....her care gets about 45 mpg.
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Mar 22
I think a lot of gas stations are trying to keep gas under $4/gallon, so I imagine there are a lot of places charging $3.99 right now. But it's inevitable that the price will eventually top $4/gallon.
I love owning a truck, but times like this I don't love how much it costs to fill up the tank!
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@DWDavis (25805)
• United States
5 Mar 22
@moffittjc Re:Keystone - only those who wouldn't have had the pipeline in their backyards or the waste pits from the byproducts of refining the dirty oil in their towns are probably wishing it had been completed.
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Mar 22
@DWDavis True, definitely understand that!
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Mar 22
I wonder how many people are now wishing we finished the Keystone pipeline?
As bad as we think we've got it here, Europe is going to have it a lot worse than us, as they depend very heavily on Russian oil and gas for their economies.
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Mar 22
As much as we complain here in the US, our fuel prices are much lower than in Europe and many other parts of the world. People would revolt here if our prices were $10/gallon.
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@DaddyEvil (141575)
• United States
6 Mar 22
That's about $7.62 per gallon of gasoline. That's not good, either!
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@DaddyEvil (141575)
• United States
6 Mar 22
@sol_cee You could always come visit for a while. Gas here is only $3.27 a gallon for now. I'm sure it will go up some more but not like it will in other places in the US. People in the US will stop driving if the gas prices go too high. It's happened before.
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@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
6 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil too much for my poor pocket huhu
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 22
I've already cut back on my joy driving, and started combining trips to knock out several errands at one time. I can't change how much driving I have to do to get to and from work, but I can cut out or reduce how much driving I do for other things.
Because of high food and fuel prices, I have been trying to cut back in expenses elsewhere in my life. I already live a pretty simplistic life, so it hasn't been easy finding things to cut back on.
I'm not struggling by any means, but I'm just trying to keep my budget on track as much as possible.
@Juliaacv (52286)
• Canada
5 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil Ouch, that makes it sound even worse.
I am trying to be very careful of the trips that I make.
With working from home, I do not have to drive much, but still I can cut back and walk here or there if necessary and I should be doing that. Now that you've done the conversion for me, I really won't feel as badly for walking.
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@DaddyEvil (141575)
• United States
5 Mar 22
I used the converter on your price and it comes out to $6.615 per gallon of gas. YIKES!
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@DaddyEvil (141575)
• United States
5 Mar 22
@Juliaacv I work from home, too, and am glad I do right now. Pretty claims we need to go grocery shopping but we really don't NEED to go. She's just out of favorite snack foods. The only places we drive now are to the grocery store (3.2 km from home) and to our doctor appointments (about the same distance). A tank of gas lasts us over a month.
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Mar 22
It's funny how quick they are to raise prices, but very slow to ever drop prices.
And even worse, if you look at gas and energy companies, they all recorded record profits this past year, but are trying to claim that they have no choice but to pass on price increases to customers.
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@DaddyEvil (141575)
• United States
5 Mar 22
$3.27 a gallon here. I'll fill up the tank when we go shopping later today.
We just frown and pay the gas and grocery bill. We have to eat and drive places. There's no other choice. (Pretty will eat ramen noodles but they taste gross to me.)
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@DaddyEvil (141575)
• United States
6 Mar 22
@moffittjc The shelves are full of Ramen here. Pretty picked up a case of it last night while we were shopping.
We haven't eaten out since the pandemic began, unless you want to call talking our Chinese friend into making Springfield style Cashew Chicken for us "eating out". 
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil I wish I could say the same, but I’ve always been one of those people who eat out more than I dine in. But I’m slowly changing that as I become more confident with my cooking skills.
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 22
I've resorted to eating a lot more Ramen now, when I can find it. It's always sold out.
I agree with you. No sense complaining too much about the high prices, because unfortunately I don't have many other alternatives. I have to eat, and I have to drive quite a distance to my job. I just have to try and offset those higher costs by cutting back in other areas. For example, no more dining out for me for right now.
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Mar 22
It's spring break time now, so people will be flocking to Florida by the millions, so that's going to put additional pressure on gas prices to keep increasing, since demand will be up higher than normal. I won't be surprised at all if gas hits $5.00 here before the summer.
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 22
@Elizaby I have worked many beach patrols on the Atlantic coast of Florida, so I know all about the lifeguarding routines! Even in retirement I still teach lifeguard classes!
@Elizaby (6902)
• Pensacola, Florida
6 Mar 22
@moffittjc Lifeguards stands have come out of winter storage and lifeguards are being added to the winter crews who patrol the beaches in jeeps. The new guards will man the stands w.hile the jeep will go from one to the other as they have been doing all winter
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 Apr 22
Two hours each way? Why does he have to drive so far?
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 Apr 22
@RubyHawk That's such a long way to commute to a job. Isn't there any similar type of work closer to home?
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@RubyHawk (99404)
• Atlanta, Georgia
10 Apr 22
@moffittjc He lives miles away from his job and traffic is heavy on I75. Also he drives miles on another heavily traveled highway.
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@porwest (95999)
• United States
11 Mar 22
As the old saying goes, everything goes up but our paychecks, right? lol. Funny how all the businesses will go to their customers and say, "Hey, things are going up, we need more," but when we go to the boss and make that argument we are told to suck it up and get back to work.
Oh well. lol
As for gas, it was $4.59 this morning for regular unleaded and $4.99 for diesel.
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Mar 22
My only saving grace at work right now is that I got a very hefty bonus last Friday, and another decent bonus again today.
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 Mar 22
@porwest Last week’s big bonus was a non-discretionary bonus. This week’s bonus is a quarterly performance bonus.
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@porwest (95999)
• United States
11 Mar 22
@moffittjc What's the basis for the bonus? Something to help with inflation or something else?
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 22
And of course the prices skyrocket right before I have several long distance driving trips I have to take....
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
6 Mar 22
@moffittjc That is how it always goes.
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@sjvg1976 (41700)
• Delhi, India
6 Mar 22
@moffittjc yes it as everything will be expensive then.
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 22
Everyone around the world is feeling this. It's painful.
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 22
@sjvg1976 Thankfully, I live well within my means, so although I'm not happy about all the price increases, I still have enough money to pay all my bills. I'm not struggling by any means, but that is because I make sure I spend less than I take in.
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@RebeccasFarm (92038)
• Arvada, Colorado
5 Mar 22
You are right about those Ramen Noodles. They are pricey and cant get them in the stores here. Got to order them have them shipped from whoever is hoarding them. And the price is triple.
And the price is triple.1 person likes this
@RebeccasFarm (92038)
• Arvada, Colorado
6 Mar 22
@moffittjc Yes Jeff, luckily I dont have a car so no gas for me.
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 22
I noticed the huge spike in prices, even on Ramen noodles. Yep, even the cheap stuff is expensive now!
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 22
@RebeccasFarm Oh wow, you are lucky!
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@wolfgirl569 (111641)
• Marion, Ohio
6 Mar 22
We will find out tomorrow when hubby gets gas.
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@wolfgirl569 (111641)
• Marion, Ohio
7 Mar 22
@moffittjc 3.79 a gallon at the one we usually stop at
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
8 Mar 22
@wolfgirl569 $4.59 a gallon today by my house.
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 22
Maybe he should just stay home lol. The prices might just give him quite a scare.
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@LindaOHio (183887)
• United States
6 Mar 22
Hi, Jeff! Good to see you. I don't know what gas is since I haven't been out. It was around $3.39 the last time I saw it. I'd hate to see it now!
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 22
For the love of God, don't go outside! You won't like what you see! Haha
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
8 Mar 22
@LindaOHio I don't like it at all, but I'm willing to pay higher gas prices if it puts additional sanctions on Putin and pressures him to end his war in Ukraine. Those poor people are suffering greatly.
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@LindaOHio (183887)
• United States
7 Mar 22
@moffittjc News this morning said it has topped $4. Ridiculous.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
6 Mar 22
Gas prices average cost 4.57 news says here at Oahu.
https://www.kitv.com/news/local/hawaii-gas-prices-continue-to-set-new-daily-record-highs/article_3495c6a6-9c02-11ec-9e17-cfdf557d987d.html
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
8 Mar 22
@oahuwriter Do you get free shipping with Amazon Prime? lol
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 22
That is high, but I also realize that many prices are higher in Hawaii just due to its isolated location in the Pacific.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
7 Mar 22
@moffittjc
Indeed, shipping zaps us!
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@MarieCoyle (40847)
•
6 Mar 22
I was reading news earlier, gas is very high nearly everywhere in the world. Some countries close to $10 per gallon. I don't like the high prices and it is very hard, but if I had to pay that much I wouldn't be able to go anywhere at all. As it is right now, many of us are sharply curtailing our trips or errand to everything we can to save gas.
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar 22
That's the important thing right now....just try to conserve as much as we can whenever we can. In all honesty, we really do need a good wakeup call to just how much waste and inefficiencies we have in our daily lives. Maybe this situation will help us see that and find ways to reduce our dependency on oil and gas.
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@moffittjc (122668)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 Mar 22
@MarieCoyle I’m one of the odd ones…I reuse, reduce and recycle everything I can! I also try to live as much of a minimalist life that I can.
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@MarieCoyle (40847)
•
6 Mar 22
@moffittjc
Oh, do I ever agree with your post.
Americans waste way too much of everything--fuel, resources, food, time, and energy. Don't like something, they toss it. Can't wear that shirt anymore? They throw it in the trash. If a person has stuff that they don't need and it's still usable, someone can no doubt use it. Either re-purpose, recycle, or donate!
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