Comments on: What’s Cheaper than a Gallon of Gas?

By: Daan Berg

Daan Berg — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:56:33 +0000

Think about ice cream: it’s now way cheaper than a gallon of gas in the Netherlands. I don’t know how it has been in the U.S., but ice cream has been a big business in the Netherlands, so ice cream has been pretty expensive for a while.

By: Leo Wan

Leo Wan — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:29:43 +0000

go to a 99 cents store

By: OmniDragon

OmniDragon — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:02:55 +0000

The first flashdrive I bought was a 512mb Sandisk for $70. And right now, I can’t even get 3/4 of a tank of regular gas for that. I don’t know what else I could get that’s equivalent to the price of a gallon of gas. I think gas here is like $3.80 right now, so I could get almost 4 songs on iTunes for that :O

By: Conner

Conner — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:48:37 +0000

for less than a gallon of gas i could get a new cell phone :P so i just got a scooter it gets 99mpg :D

By: Todd B

Todd B — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:40:47 +0000

Gas in the U.S. has long been cheaper than in Europe. The European governments intentionally inflate the price with taxes to – get this – ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO LEAVE THE CAR AT HOME. They figured it out years ago. It’s cheaper for the gov. to pick up the tab for (massive) mass transit than building all their infrastructure around the car would be. We’re finally learning this lesson the hard way.

Many say mass transit works in Europe because the countries are so small. There is some truth to that but given enough pain at the gas pump even the most ‘patriotic’ American will give in and take the bus. If we’re lucky the price will go even higher! Let’s hope it hits us hard and fast and the politicos actually take the right steps.

1. Cut taxes on train lines (owners pay property tax on the entire length of track.)
2. Add taxes to long haul truckers (8 times more efficient to move a ton of freight by train than truck – truckers are supported by the AFL/CIO the most powerful lobby ever to exist. More trucks = more members = more power.)
3. ADD taxes to gasoline. (If it don’t hurt, we won’t convert.)

By: Alec Pozner

Alec Pozner — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:50:29 +0000

I recently heard that they were going to advertise the half gallon prices for gas as opposed to the full gallon. This’ll make it seem like you’re not paying as much, but in the long run, you’re paying the same exact amount, it’s just advertised cheaper.

By: roalgumo7

roalgumo7 — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:26:43 +0000

Wow, usbs are really getting cheaper, a bit reasonable tough. And I got to say, we must find a way to stop using current gas and use some other sort of fuel that’s cheaper and won’t end up with petro :O

By: ZiggyFish

ZiggyFish — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:53:50 +0000

Just to be pedantic (don’t forget today is the cheapest day of the week), Note prices are in AUSD, and conversion is is based on 3.78541178 liters per gallon.

In format of ‘Date – $PerGallon ($PerLiter – type)’:

04/06/08 7:36 AM – $5.37 ($141.9 – ULP (unleaded))
04/06/08 7:06 AM – $5.71 ($150.9 – PULP (premium unleaded) – the standard petrol)
04/06/08 7:14 AM – $6.54 ($172.9 – Diesel)
04/06/08 7:36 AM – $2.49 ($65.9 – LPG)

By: ZiggyFish

ZiggyFish — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:28:00 +0000

$4.07, that’s not that much, we pay 5.67 (Australia, 1.50 a liter) for a gallon of petrol

By: docharv

docharv — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:52:44 +0000

Not exactly on point, but, for us oldtimers who remember when gas prices first went ballistic back in 1974 with the oil embargo. Let’s say we have an average of $4/gallon. Well in 1974 that would have been only 92 cents. At the onset of the embargo the average price was around $1.10. By the next year it was up to $2.45/gallon. That would be equivalent to a per gallon price today of $10.68!

By: S.Dalrymple

S.Dalrymple — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:49:20 +0000

Well to offset the prices, I invented a new cologne. I am marketing it as GAS-So-Lean. It smells exactly like gas! EXACTLY! My sales pitch is.. Smell like a million dollars. I even charge 4 times more than what it should be, and I am thinking of doubling the price at the end of June. -Sound familar? §

By: C.S. McClendon

C.S. McClendon — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:02:36 +0000

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8794067&type=product&id=1205537712348

Here, a full featured cordless phone for less than half a tank of gas here in Orlando.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8454576&type=product&id=1183767792894

And here, Mcafee Anti virus.

By: Travis Reynolds

Travis Reynolds — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:51:25 +0000

Oh yeah, you should mention for people that do not know, that after all the salary deductions, taxes paid, and everything else.

Exon had 40.6 BILLION dollars in profit. So thats 40.6 billion dollars of spending money.

By: Travis Reynolds

Travis Reynolds — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:50:28 +0000

Here is what I came up with that’s cheaper than gas:

A disposable Camera: Those are just under $4
3 Top Quality Songs on iTunes: Thats just under $4
Blank DVD’s: Just under $4

So basically you can get about 30 pictures at $4, 12 minutes of music for $4 or about 2 hours of home movie for $4.

Man they are really rippin us off with the gas.

By: trebor422

trebor422 — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:34:39 +0000

We don’t drive it because we want to, we’re FORCED into driving smaller cars in the UK because petrol prices have always been high.