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.

JC · 20-01-2016, 11:41 AM

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

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.

foxtrot3 · 20-01-2016, 12:17 PM

Quote:

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

Quote:

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

**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

Quote:

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!

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!

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.

snowcone · 20-01-2016, 02:55 PM

Quote:

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

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

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

Quote:

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

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.

sexyxe · 20-01-2016, 03:57 PM

Quote:

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

Silver' · 20-01-2016, 05:19 PM

US fuel is still government subsidised isn't it? 20 billion a year I just read.
Would YOU want to pay more tax so they can reduce the price of fuel?

Blue Shadow · 20-01-2016, 05:27 PM

No, just less tax per litre. All taxes in fuel were to go into roads, if you are in QLD you would see thats crap. Only 25% of fuel taxes and tolls go back into roads.

.:4:. · 20-01-2016, 05:34 PM

Dont bash me for this opinion..Firstly, why does America go to war? For the oil and wars create jobs that help recessions. Second is that Australia is the highest taxed country in the world, possibly due to the government selling their assets of which telstra was the only one that turned a profit, and thirdly, to try and look like they are being responsible, the three things they tax the hardest are petrol (let's all go out and by hybrids and charge them with coal powerstations..), alcohol (fair enough), and tobacco(again fair enough). If your an eco warrior with the hope of a better civilisation it works. But if you are like me and love a beer, but before you crack one gas it down to the servo for a deck, life gets expensive. Whilst the man tries to limit everyone's intake of all 3, they will never completely ban any of them because it's fools like me who get them the revenue. As previously stated, just an opinion

MDS69 · 20-01-2016, 05:47 PM

I paid US$1.84 per gallon last week in Orlando.
I am in Hawaii this week and noticed fuel is around the US$2.40 per gallon mark. I don't know if there is a refinery in Hawaii or if all fuel is imported.

Qwerty321 · 20-01-2016, 06:14 PM

Just in case some of you are interested. I was bored and did some research and here is the NZ petrol/car tax system. Hope some of you find this to be a good read. I've wasted about 45 minutes on it

The tax split per litre (for petrol) at the pump is :

59.524 cents - National Land Transport Fund (Directly used to fund roads - I'm happy to pay this)
6.90 cents - ACC Motor Vehicle Account (Goes into ACC fund - Again I'm totally happy to pay this. ACC is a very good system)
0.66 cents - Local Authorities Fuel Tax (City/District Council - Depends. Some are innefficent buggers like Auckland, some are okay)
0.045 cents - Petroleum or Engine Fuels Monitoring Levy (Idk, some bureaucratic authority)
~10 cents - GST (Goes to the state/central government general budget. Happy to pay this)

Diesels don't have any tax at the pump, but they pay RUC which I'll cover later.

Overall the pump final price right now is $1.70 for Petrol and $0.90 for Diesel.

Now we move onto the yearly Registration costs (I used my 05 Fairlane for this) :

$43.50 - Licence Fee
$68.46 - ACC Levy Band 4 (Each car will pay different prices depending on which band they fall in. Band 4 is the safest and Band 1 is the least safe. This way drivers of safer cars get rewarded for being both less likely to be in a crash, and being less injured in a crash, saving the health system money. It's a pretty good system IMO. Band 1 pays $160 I believe)
$1.64 - Other Levies
$3.74 - Admin Fees
$17.61 - GST

Now onto Diesels (I used an 05 Hilux Diesel for this) :

$43.50 - Licence Fee
$186.76 - ACC Levy
$1.64 - Other Levies
$3.74 - Admin Fees
$35.35 - GST
$1240.00 - RUC (I calculated based on the car travelling 20,000 Km a year, which is the same as my Fairlane)

P.S. I've just worked out by changing to Diesel I'd save $1400 a year on fuel after factoring in the RUC. However, when factoring in the additional costs for servicing, spares, insurance etc. the gap starts to close in to a point where Diesel cars really aren't worth it for me. I've been told (I'm quoting the AA here) that Diesel only starts being financially better than a petrol alternative when annual mileage is 20,000KM or more. I'm exactly on the border, so I could go either way. Happy with petrol for now though.