gas prices

[Trochu]

Originally Posted by jungleboy

What happened to the tax holiday on gasoline at the pumps the the provincial government put in place? When it came into effect the price of gas dropped by about 15 to 18 cents a liter.
Now within a month the price has shot back up magically by 20cents a liter overnight. While the pice of oil has not really moved significantly.

Why is the price of gas suddenly back to where it was before the tax came off?

Certainly oil companies would never take advantage of the situation and bring in an increase just because they can. Must be some logical reason , maybe the CEO of a major oil company got heartburn a week ago. That could trigger a price increase at the pumps. Ya that’s likely it.

As per Gas Buddy, averages:

-Calgary: $1.635
-Red Deer: $1.617
-Edmonton: $1.597

-Regina: $1.778
-Saskatoon: $1.785

-Prince George: $2.081
-Kelowna: $2.083
-Abbotsford: $2.086

-Winnipeg: $1.796

Seems like the $0.15-$0.18/L savings in Alberta are still there compared to neighboring provinces.

[Mistagin]

Went out to get diesel for my little tractor a few days ago - $2.29 / l, YIKES!
Regular gas is now $2.00 / l and projected to rise another 10 - 15 c soon.
Got a jerry can of premium for the roto-tiller and other small gas engines - $2.27 / l.

This is in Kingston, Ontario.

Sure not looking forward to filling my 136 litre tank on the F-150.
I may well wait until it is nearly empty and then take all my jerry cans (100 l) and go to the nearest reserve (1/2 hr away) and fill 'em all there, or cross the border to NY, also 1/2 hr away. Probably save myself $50 - $60 doing that.

The grass (I cut about 3 acres or so) may not get cut as much this year

[MyAlberta]

2.13 in Nanaimo today

[bat119]

Tried UFA today, kind of a strange place you don't know what the price is until you purchase and do the math came out to $1.57.9 at it's Superstore $1.60.9 with 7 cents off if I use my card?

[ganderblaster]

Originally Posted by MyAlberta

2.13 in Nanaimo today

$2.04 at Duncan yet if you are heading south

[IronNoggin]

$ 209.9 here in Port Alberni.

SUCKS!

[Dean2]

High gas prices suck everywhere, however, high prices in places that helped vote the Liberals in dont bother me near as much. Under Trudeau, Canada has among the highest gas prices in the world, despite having the 3rd largest oil reserves in the world.

[MyAlberta]

Originally Posted by ganderblaster

$2.04 at Duncan yet if you are heading south

Saturday morning, looking at a house in Cowichan Bay. There yesterday and prawns were selling off the boat cheaper than gas.

[KGB]

Originally Posted by Dean2

High gas prices suck everywhere, however, high prices in places that helped vote the Liberals in dont bother me near as much. Under Trudeau, Canada has among the highest gas prices in the world, despite having the 3rd largest oil reserves in the world.

I wish it will hurt the bastards bad but knowing their shear stupidity they are most likely jumping of joy that the climate stopped changing due to the lower consumption of gasoline etc….

[Sundancefisher]

Italy is around $2.63 cdn/ l

[fishtank]

About the jump tommorow ,

[IronNoggin]

Up to $ 219.9 in Port today...

[Ken07AOVette]

it is way past ridiculous

This winter I bought a bunch of diesel, thought I would be plowing more snow.

I found 10 jerry cans in the garage I forgot about.

Half of them are 'off road only' colored, will dump them in the loader, the rest will be in the 1 ton I guess.

I have cut down driving by at least half in the last year, essential trips only. We used to go to town because we were bored, 80 mile run few times a week.

No more.

[IronNoggin]

[IronNoggin]

Gas prices hit record $2.279 per litre in B.C.'s Lower Mainland

As predicted, B.C. gas prices set another all-time record on Saturday, with some stations in Metro Vancouver advertising gas for 227.9 cents per litre.

To offer B.C. drivers a bit of a break for high prices, Premier John Horgan announced a $110 rebate for most drivers insured in the province.

The BC Liberals are calling for immediate financial relief for drivers. They propose temporarily freezing the provincial gas taxes; providing a one-time rebate through the Climate Action Tax Credit, which would be issued July 5; and suspend a 25-cent so-called "hidden import" tax on gas brought to B.C. from Alberta.

But the premier said temporarily getting rid of taxes is not the answer.

“The impact of the pump is not about taxes, the impact is inflation as a result of aggression and destabilizing of a market. And you can't solve that by just taking a penny or two here,” he said, referring to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The premier suggests people find other ways to move around.

“I encourage people to think before you hop in the car, do you need to make that trip? Is there a way you can do it with a neighbour or someone who’s going by?” he suggested.

Milobar said the premier’s comment is out of touch with reality, adding some industries require fuel for work.

“It's not that simple. People have been adjusting their driving habits for several months now,” the finance critic said. “If you are in any type of work at all that relies on transportation – the taxi industry, you name it – you're getting hammered right now. Let alone trying to just get yourself to work or your family around. So it’s a very dismissive comment by the premier.”

McTeague believes this is also an issue created by Canadians.

“At the core of all this is our willingness in this country to fool around with energy availability,” he said. “We've cut pipelines off, we've decided to hem ourselves in with regulations on refineries. We've imposed significant, punitive taxes on consumers. Is it any wonder that this is happening?”

He believes Metro Vancouver could see prices shoot up to $2.50 per litre during the summer.

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/gas-prices-hit...land-1.5903461

Ah yes... Horgan's $ 110.00 rebate from ICBC dressed up as an appeasement for high fuel prices... What a JOKE!

[Bushrat]

Originally Posted by IronNoggin

Ah yes... Horgan's $ 110.00 rebate from ICBC dressed up as an appeasement for high fuel prices... What a JOKE!

At those prices that equates to about a half tank of gas for a pickup or a tank for a small car once a year, a patronizing insult.

[IronNoggin]

Originally Posted by Bushrat

At those prices that equates to about a half tank of gas for a pickup or a tank for a small car once a year, a patronizing insult.

In my case it represents 1/3 of a tank for the 4x4. Indeed insulting.

John Robson: Congrats to the Trudeau Liberals for making their dream of high gas prices come true

To climate crusaders, $2.22 a litre is just the beginning. And if you’re wondering how high they would go, just watch them

We’re getting a major Bart Simpson from politicians over $2/litre gas, frantically blaming anything and everything for the soaring cost of essential energy including Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. And they have a point … in the short run.

Just as rising food prices will be due partly to less Russian and Ukrainian wheat reaching world markets, as well as less Russian and Ukrainian fertilizer and fertilizer feedstock, the energy shock matters. But all these things are distractions, really, because while virtually nobody except Putin wanted Russia to invade Ukraine (which typically did not work out the way he intended), they all want gasoline to become prohibitively expensive.

In the real world, you must replace existing sources of energy if you want to get rid of them without causing misery, hunger, cold and death. Which by and large our leaders do. So if you really can build a fleet of electric vehicles suitable to the Canadian climate, and a grid to charge them, and a vast array of shiny new Green Economy energy plants to power that grid, get to it, and spare me the windy verbiage and sunny ways. We’re talking next-generation nuclear here and pronto.

Whatever you do, don’t promise to make gasoline unaffordable and then when it works go “It wasn’t me.” It was. For once you did it on purpose. Congratulations. Sort of.

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/joh...ices-come-true

[Bushrat]

It is unconscionable what is going on in Canada, a country with the resources to be pretty much self sufficient on its own. There is no good reason Canada cannot supply it's own gas, oil, electricity, food, concrete, building materials, pharmaceuticals, water, automobiles, heavy equipment, fertilizer, phones, computers, the list goes on and on. Don't forget our token Military. We are living in an increasingly destabilized world and our politicians are making our country more and more dependent on this faltering world stage. They should be doing the opposite.

In fact we could, with our resources, build a wall around this country and survive with a standard of living that is the envy of the world. Our politicians have sold us out, the current regime and kook that is running this country is the worst we've ever had. The majority of politicians and officials operating this country should be hung, drawn, quartered, put on public display then fed to the pigs.

[270person]

Originally Posted by IronNoggin

Up to $ 219.9 in Port today...

I never get tired of seeing ridiculously high gasoline prices in Vacouver and Victoria.

Karma. I hope it hits $5 per L. Then they can all call Greta up and yell "how dare you?" With any luck it might swing a few of the 90% that vote socialist a little to the right when they can't afford the cost of living any longer.

[IronNoggin]

Originally Posted by 270person

I never get tired of seeing ridiculously high gasoline prices in Vacouver and Victoria.

Karma. I hope it hits $5 per L. Then they can all call Greta up and yell "how dare you?" With any luck it might swing a few of the 90% that vote socialist a little to the right when they can't afford the cost of living any longer.

Get over yourself.
Port is in the boonies.
There are one hell of a lot of rural folks in BC who vote Conservative each and every time (myself included).

You wishing the worst for fellow Canadians says a LOT more about YOU than it does your chosen target to denigrate.



Sheesh!
Nog

[270person]

Originally Posted by IronNoggin

Get over yourself.
Port is in the boonies.
There are one hell of a lot of rural folks in BC who vote Conservative each and every time (myself included).

You wishing the worst for fellow Canadians says a LOT more about YOU than it does your chosen target to denigrate.



Sheesh!
Nog

Google reading comprehension and spare me the sanctimonious preaching k? I said Vancouver and Victoria, the hotbeds of socialist idealism. I'm well aware of who votes what in BC thanks.

[KGB]

Originally Posted by IronNoggin

Get over yourself.
Port is in the boonies.
There are one hell of a lot of rural folks in BC who vote Conservative each and every time (myself included).

You wishing the worst for fellow Canadians says a LOT more about YOU than it does your chosen target to denigrate.



Sheesh!
Nog

Hey! What are you doing living in this socialist paradise? Come back to Alberta, we will forgive your past, lol!

[Grizzly Adams1]

As somebody said to me the other day, nothing is going to change until people can't afford to eat and revolt. Sounds like we might not be far off.


Grizz

[ganderblaster]

Originally Posted by 270person

I never get tired of seeing ridiculously high gasoline prices in Vacouver and Victoria.

Karma. I hope it hits $5 per L. Then they can all call Greta up and yell "how dare you?" With any luck it might swing a few of the 90% that vote socialist a little to the right when they can't afford the cost of living any longer.

I find more Greta style folks in Kelowna then on the island. The news is meant to polarize and divide. The sooner we start finding some common ground with other Canadians the better it will be for the country. The news is meant to divide. East vs West. BC vs Alberta. Vaxxed vs unvaxxed. Liberal vs Conservative. Pro abortion vs anti abortion. The world has never been more polarized and the politicians and media is feeding it. We need to have more face to face conversations and work and what we have in common vs the wedge issues. I don’t think anyone is really happy with the outrageous prices of fuel.

[Madcow]

Greta doesn’t care, millionaires don’t worry about gas prices

[MyAlberta]

2.31 in Burnaby yesterday

[Dean2]

Despite this being Friday before the long weekend, for you oil burners, UFA has real good prices on Diesel right now, down to 163.5 in Ft Sask, Morinville etc. Even Spirit River and Rycroft are down to 167. That is almost 40 cents a litre cheaper than most anywhere else. Gas is 162.7, so nearly as low as Costco.

[Ken07AOVette]

Gas jumped 6.2c overnight UFA Lloydminster

that's not greed at all

[Dean2]

Originally Posted by Ken07AOVette

Gas jumped 6.2c overnight UFA Lloydminster

that's not greed at all

This mornings price list shows gas at UFA in Lyod at 1.638 this morning and yesterday was 1.573. Now at 1.573 they were cheaper than Costco here in Edmonton so it makes a guy wonder how they actually set their prices. I know the official version about wholesale rack price, Blah, Blah Blah, when you ask for an explanation, but reality sure doesn't match up to what you see day to day.

[moniaw24]

I did hear on the radio today that gas is shooting up to $2.00L after 1:00pm this afternoon... hope this doesn't ring true