World Fuel (gas) Costs? - What are YOU paying

[TeeJay]

With the recent shocking rise in fuel (petrol/gas) costs at the pumps :(, just really curious as to what people are paying in the various parts of the world per Litre/Gallon. There are one or two sites offering similar comparisons but they only cover europe and a way out of date.

Are the UK's prices really as bad as we think? (I have a sneaking suspicion they are!)

Maybe you could quote Petrol and Diesel prices, so I'll start the ball rolling....

Locally petrol is 110p per litre (= £4.90 per gallon)

Diesel is 120p per litre (= £5.35 per gallon)

(to convert Litres to gallons I'm multiplying by 4.454)

Currently in the UK the cost of a litre of fuel (petrol) is roughly made up as follows:-

Product = 33 pence
Retailer = 9 pence
Duty = 51 pence
VAT = 17 pence (Yes, in the UK we pay VAT on t5op of the Duty!!)

Total 110 pence per litre.

TJ

[Jim G]

How much is that in USD or AUD? :p

I paid $1.51/litre a couple of days ago, and that's Australian dollars.

[Maxed Out]

$3.57

Florida

[Jim G]

$3.57

Florida

A litre or gallon!? Gallon, hopefully :p

[Becca]

How much is that in USD or AUD?


£4.90 is around $10 USD.

Ours went up to $3.47/gallon yesterday. We don't have a lot to complain about. Our friends in other parts of the world pay more than twice what we do.

[powerslave]

Approx Indian Rupee 52 per litre in india.

[Spark_man]

I paid $4.39/gallon for Diesel last night in Annapolis, Md, USA. If it gets much higher, I won't be able to afford to go to work.

[John_B]

(to convert Litres to gallons I'm multiplying by 4.454)
TeeJay,
Hmm.... isn't there 3.78 liters per gallon? ???
We pay $3.65 a gallon here now for cheap gas :(

This will end up affecting cost of all photography equipment because you need fuel to deliver / disperse :(

[Spark_man]

(to convert Litres to gallons I'm multiplying by 4.454)


If I remember correctly, the conversion factor for liters to gallons was ~3.78. 4.454 is the conversion factor for Imperial Gallons which is equivalent to about 1.2 Gallons U.S.

[qtaran111]

Be careful with the difference between the different gallons.

1 US gallon = 3.79 litres
1 imperial (UK gallon) = 4.54 litres

OK, to make sense of all this (and using TJ's UK prices):

In the UK:

Petrol: £1.10 per litre
Diesel: £1.20 per litre

If you convert that to US gallons & dollars (£1=$1.99)

Petrol: $8.30 per US gallon!
Diesel: $9.03 per US gallon!

So we are paying more than double US prices (so they should stop moaning about "high gas prices" ;-) )

(Jim, in Oz looks like you are paying £0.70 per litre, or alternatively we are paying the equivalent of AUD2.39 per litre in the UK)

[sm1rf]

Well were on £1.09 litre for petrol and £1.19 litre for diesel, which is £5.40 a gallon. Thats an imperial gallon which is 4.54lt, unlike the US gallon which as John says 3.78lts.
So equivalent uk price per us gallon is about $9, which is a rip!!

[sm1rf]

qtaran just beat me to it, and so much better presented than my explanation.

[qtaran111]

qtaran just beat me to it, and so much better presented than my explanation.

Or the simple answer to the thread title: TOO MUCH! :)

[TATER64]

$1.58 litre rulp,premium alot more,diesel $1.60 + a litre
living in a small country town we pay alot more for fuel than our city folk :(

[SoaringUSAEagle]

$3.36 for now. That's at the cheap places though. I can go down two blocks and pay $3.49

[Grace]

3.60 a gallon here in East Texas

[jenwales]

$3.62 in the Maryland suburbs of D.C. I've started taking the bus to the Metro rather than driving.

One thing I've noticed when visiting Europe is that most European cities/towns are built for walking whereas things are much more spread out here. Poor planning on our part.

[Stocky]

Mine is all free right now thanks to the US tax payers. The locals pay closer to $3.
My wife says she pays $4.00 a gallon for the cheap stuff in NC, and about $.50 more to fuel the little Subaru.

[digirebelva]

[quote=So we are paying more than double US prices (so they should stop moaning about "high gas prices" ;-) )[/quote]

And taxes account for how much of that price? 50% maybe...maybe more..;)

[qtaran111]

And taxes account for how much of that price? 50% maybe...maybe more..;)

About 65%. :evil:

[LBaldwin]

We are hovering right around $4 USD per gallon her in San Jose, CA right now. There are several stations that are above 4 up in SF and on the coast and smaller towns it is as high as 4.50. Diesel is through the roof.

Those in the US know that our EU, UK, and AZ counter pay more but we drill, crack and refine right here in CA and still get no break.

go here to see different prices across the US and abroad
http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx

The oil companies are making ungodly sums of cash - it's not just one country, company or gov't. They have us by the b*lls (yes i said bills)....

[Travisj]

Just paid $3.67 two days ago. I'm just glad my company takes care if it now....;)

[SuzyView]

I was at Sam's Club the other day and paid $3.47/gallon and was quite happy. How sad is that?

I was only 1/3 full so I put in about 13 gallons. It didn't hurt as much as when I'm on empty. I can pay up to $65 on one tank now for my Sienna. Even my husband's Prius on empty, he pays $32. He paid around $18 a tank last year.

I think people are finally going to have to realize that oil is limited and we have to find another way. The demand is only going to get worse as the world is becoming more developed and populated. I just wish we started years ago to realize this.

[TeeJay]

Interesting guys - thanks.

So it appears that the US is paying equivelant to .48 pence per litre, with Australia about .75 pence (assuming my maths - or should that be the calculations in my spreadsheet are correct)

That really makes me mad when the oil companies have just posted massive quarterly profits and the government is still going ahead with another tax increase in September! :evil::evil:

Keep the figures coming!

TJ

[qtaran111]

That really makes me mad when the oil companies have just posted massive quarterly profits and the government is still going ahead with another tax increase in September! :evil::evil:

OK, now I'm not defending the oil companies but they are making their massive profits from the price of crude oil. They make little profit (relatively) from sales of the refined stuff (petrol, diesel, etc)

[SoaringUSAEagle]

11 digit profits just arent enough for them quarterly. :rolleyes:

[tommykjensen]

This topic can only end in one way so I am ending it before it gets to that.

Also please remember the rule for threads in general chat

"An area for subjects not appropriate for the other forums. Keep it related in some way to photography even if only in the abstract. Political and religious discussions are absolutely prohibited."