USA Petrol Prices !!! We are so Ripped Off!!!

csv8 · 20-01-2016, 10:33 AM

USA Gasoline prices, liter
Gasoline prices: We show prices for USA from 12-Oct-2015 to 18-Jan-2016. The average value for USA during that period was 0.62 U.S. Dollar with a minimum of 0.58 U.S. Dollar on 18-Jan-2016 and a maximum of 0.68 U.S. Dollar on 12-Oct-2015. For comparison, the average price of gasoline in the world for this period is 1.20 U.S. Dollar.

USA12-Oct-201519-Oct-201526-Oct-201502-Nov-201509-Nov-201516-Nov-201523-Nov-201530-Nov-201507-Dec-201514-Dec-201521-Dec-201528-Dec-201504-Jan-201611-Jan-201618-Jan-20160.5600.5950.6300.6650.700
Year USA
12-Oct-2015 0.68
19-Oct-2015 0.66
26-Oct-2015 0.65
02-Nov-2015 0.65
09-Nov-2015 0.65
16-Nov-2015 0.64
23-Nov-2015 0.62
30-Nov-2015 0.61
07-Dec-2015 0.61
14-Dec-2015 0.61
21-Dec-2015 0.60
28-Dec-2015 0.60
04-Jan-2016 0.60
11-Jan-2016 0.59
18-Jan-2016 0.58

USA: The data for the country and other countries in our database are obtained from official government sources, regulatory agencies, petroleum companies, and major media sources. We update the data every week.
http://www.globalpetrolprices.com/USA/gasoline_prices/

sexyxe · 20-01-2016, 10:45 AM

The USD to AUD sees that come out to about 1AUD, then add 25% of taxes, there's the answer.

Bit of tax on your tax, with a side of tax. And then some roads are still kept in poor condition.

ute83 · 20-01-2016, 10:47 AM

Yep, then add about 40c federal tax and 10c plus gst and then the Australia tax and you come up with our price.

bangm001 · 20-01-2016, 10:54 AM

And they wonder why us aussies arent going on as many road trip family holidays anymore! Cheaper to go overseas ;-)

chizzy86 · 20-01-2016, 11:03 AM

Keep in mind there are A LOT of toll roads in the US on the east coast. It is extremely difficult to drive around many cities on he east cost without paying tolls. In Miami they're everywhere! Many of interstates in the east are tolled as well. To drive from DC to NY costs about 25 USD in tolls! on I95. In the west fuel is a lot more expensive but far fewer toll roads.

Sprint · 20-01-2016, 11:24 AM

I notice the signs in the American shows I watch, $3.50 a gallon and such, that's 4.5 litres.

chevypower · 20-01-2016, 11:44 AM

They must have been taped a while back. And in areas with high prices like California. Even there is mostly in the $2.50 range now. I got it for $1.77 the other day. That's about 46cpl.

Qwerty321 · 20-01-2016, 11:54 AM

Tax. America has really badly maintained roads (compared to us) and a lot of toll roads. NZ on the other hand has one toll road (a tunnel north of Auckland that costs $2.60) and really well mainained roads (never seen a pothole in my life. No wait, saw one but they filled it up in a week - it was near my house). However we pay $1.70 a litre due to a 51% petrol tax. I believe Australia is somewhere in the middle.

P.S. When new american cars start marketing on automatic pothole avoidance and tyres talk about pothole protection, you know how bad their roads must be.

irish2 · 20-01-2016, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwerty321

Tax. America has really badly maintained roads (compared to us) and a lot of toll roads. NZ on the other hand has one toll road (a tunnel north of Auckland that costs $2.60) and really well mainained roads (never seen a pothole in my life. No wait, saw one but they filled it up in a week - it was near my house). However we pay $1.70 a litre due to a 51% petrol tax. I believe Australia is somewhere in the middle.

P.S. When new american cars start marketing on automatic pothole avoidance and tyres talk about pothole protection, you know how bad their roads must be.

Funny they have higher speed limits, and less speed enforcement then.

Qwerty321 · 20-01-2016, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by irish2

Funny they have higher speed limits, and less speed enforcement then.

The well used Interstates are well maintained (well some of their bridges are structurally ******, but no potholes). Mind you a lot of them are tolled and privately managed.

Its when you go to the less used roads, or start going into the council maintained suburban roads in lower-middle class areas that you start seeing a lot of potholes.

You could go into the ****tiest part of Auckalnd and I promise you won't see a pothole. Roads are well maintained all across the board. I assume Australia is the same.

foxtrot3 · 20-01-2016, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Sprint

I notice the signs in the American shows I watch, $3.50 a gallon and such, that's 4.5 litres.

Hi. Sorry but thats WRONG, 1 US Gallon = 3.785 litres. makes it a lot closer to $1.00 per litre. Cheers MD

sexyxe · 20-01-2016, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Sprint

I notice the signs in the American shows I watch, $3.50 a gallon and such, that's 4.5 litres.

Not quite, a US gallon isn't the same as an imperial gallon.

US gallon 3.8 liters.

Edit: Beaten to it

JC · 20-01-2016, 11:41 AM

How do US pay scales compare to ours? It's all relative....

**Giant Cranium** · 20-01-2016, 12:21 PM

i filled up for $1.96 a gallon the other week, but to drive into and out of manhattan was $10 each way

**GasoLane** · 20-01-2016, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Giant Cranium

i filled up for $1.96 a gallon the other week, but to drive into and out of manhattan was $10 each way

Swings and Roundabouts

sexyxe · 20-01-2016, 01:11 PM

Watching the news. Seems that fuel is below $1 a litre in many places in Melb and Syd now. Lovely. Won't see this in Darwin - gas is $1.20 here!

snowcone · 20-01-2016, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by sexyxe

Watching the news. Seems that fuel is below $1 a litre in many places in Melb and Syd now. Lovely. Won't see this in Darwin - gas is $1.20 here!

It's rarely under $1.20 here in Newcastle and we have a pipeline straight from Sydney.
We are royally reamed at every opportunity by the oil companies and the government

Vekgib · 20-01-2016, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by snowcone

It's rarely under $1.20 here in Newcastle and we have a pipeline straight from Sydney.
We are royally reamed at every opportunity by the oil companies and the government

Dirt cheap.
148.9cpl in Bowral today.

GXL078 · 21-01-2016, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Vekgib

Dirt cheap.
148.9cpl in Bowral today.

Your kidding, My local was 92c. But no self respecting car enthusiast uses e10 right.

theBlake · 20-01-2016, 01:18 PM

I was in USA last year and petrol prices were about the same.
Also the surveyed prices quoted above probably don't include sales tax. All Usa retail prices are ex-tax because many its state based

**Giant Cranium** · 20-01-2016, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by theBlake

I was in USA last year and petrol prices were about the same.
Also the surveyed prices quoted above probably don't include sales tax. All Usa retail prices are ex-tax because many its state based

And it's the most painful thing. Everyone thinks the US is cheap. Eating at a restaurant you see the listed price. Add tax, add 20% tip and convert it to aud the price doubles. After living here for 2 months Australia is looking very reasonable!

**FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0** · 20-01-2016, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Giant Cranium

And it's the most painful thing. Everyone thinks the US is cheap. Eating at a restaurant you see the listed price. Add tax, add 20% tip and convert it to aud the price doubles. After living here for 2 months Australia is looking very reasonable!

And then the tax is some strange amount (like 8.154%) so working out how much something is going to cost you is not as easy as adding on 10% as you would in Aus.

Yep, the Aus system of incorporating into the price is much easier....

Sorry to go

chizzy86 · 20-01-2016, 01:48 PM

Its painful! Some places you even pay more for "gas" if you use card (not just credit card, but any card)

Tassie f100 · 20-01-2016, 02:14 PM

If you look at World petrol prices we are around the middle of the field.Venezuela is the go 8cents per US gallon thats about 2 cents a litre.

blackf6 · 20-01-2016, 03:21 PM

Everyone hates on the oil companies. What a joke. Just because a servo is branded as a major oil company, doesn't mean it is owned and run by them. There is 3 markups from a refined barrel. The terminal gate price, the cartage price, and the servo price. Anyway back to the conspiracy theories.

Blue Shadow · 20-01-2016, 03:31 PM

How do you think the pommies feel

sexyxe · 20-01-2016, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by DeJaVu GT

Everyone hates on the oil companies. What a joke. Just because a servo is branded as a major oil company, doesn't mean it is owned and run by them. There is 3 markups from a refined barrel. The terminal gate price, the cartage price, and the servo price. Anyway back to the conspiracy theories.

ACCC investigated high prices in Darwin late 2013 early 14. Turns out the petrol stations were making around 1.2million in profit, each. They compare that to 100-200k which is typically the station owners profit elsewhere. Something like a 37c/l mark up. So, now that's been fixed, prices dropped 50c and it isn't completely horrible now. Under $2 for 98!

Blue Shadow · 20-01-2016, 04:01 PM

Thete is also the Govt price 38% fuel tax then after thats added on 10% GST, double wammy

daturtle · 20-01-2016, 03:41 PM

Premium 98
UK $2.39 (1.50 EUR)
France $2.12 (1.33 EUR)
NZ $1.76 ($1.89 NZD)
Prices for Jan 2016 average.

We aren't too bad globally.

vztrt · 24-01-2016, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by daturtle

Premium 98
UK $2.39 (1.50 EUR)
France $2.12 (1.33 EUR)
NZ $1.76 ($1.89 NZD)
Prices for Jan 2016 average.

We aren't too bad globally.

Petrol could be 30cpl and people would have a sook.

Australia land of sooks.