Gas price way up!

Are you sure you want U.S. Government regulation of gas prices? Do you remember when the "peanut farmer" from GA did that back in the late 70's. Look what the government has done with EPA regulations, immigration regulation, minimum wage regulation, taxes, robbing the Social Security "Trust Fund", ..... ..

Gas price regulation is another issue. The provincial politicians caved to the stupid masses here about a year ago as gas price became an election issue. So, in their infinite wisdom, they went ahead with gas price regulation.... where the price was set once every two weeks, and is based on the NewYork price. They've just changed this bi-weekly practice last week, and are now going to adjust it weekly. Regardless of how they do it, it's been a total, unmitigated disaster. Price regulation was supposed to slow the closure of small stations and allow the rest to make a living, while at the same time providing a stable price to the consumer. At least it's given us a stable price.... albeit about 6 cents higher than everywhere else. See, we get all the increases, and none of the decreases.
The real problem in Eastern Canada is that there are 2 refiners who work in collusion with each other right down to the distribution level. The rest of the independant distributors, wholesalers and retailers never have a chance against Esso and Irving... because they must, by necessity buy from one or the other. Until some competition develops at the refiner level, nothing will change here on price.

Rod

$1.20/litre x 3.78 litre/US gallon x 0.923 US$/Cdn$ = $4.19 per US gallon equivalent.

That's obscene.....but not nearly as bad as the $5.44 equivalent per gallon Dave claims!

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Note: The 0.923 US/Cdn $ exchange quote is as of early this morning

On quality, back in the early 80 my 79 Oldsmobile 403, 4 barrel would do 2 miles per imperial gallon better on New England gas than than eastern Canadian gas. My current Buick Lesabre is about the same either side of the border. today I'm burning SW Ontario and Mid west US gas.

Do you know what burns me, the auto industry makes all kinds of claims about efficiency, yet my dad's 57 Chevy 6 cylinder got precisely the same fuel milage as my 6 cylinder Buick, and I'll bet there was not 200# difference in the two cars.

In 1975 and my neighbor did these figures and both were imperial gallons. My Delta 88, 455, 4 barrel 22.9 mpg his Chevelle 305, 2 barrel 18.6 mpg. My brother bought a Chevelle about the same time, claimed he could get 23 if he spent $50. for a tume up every 2 months. My 74 and 79 Oldsmobiles were never back to the dealer for anything, warrenty or otherwise. You talk with folks buying new vehicles today, and it's run, run ,run to the dealers. Progress be damned.

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Yes indeed! I too have observed easier starting, improved fuel mileage, far superior shelf life, etc. when using gas purchased in Ontario.

Canadian gas even has an entirely different smell from the lousy "reformulated gas" refiners offer us here in NY state.

I think we are paying our dues for letting too many wacko's run things.

Gene