Island Ga$ Prices Suck!
- ~ pimp hand ~
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Island Ga$ Prices Suck!
if you travel to/from interior as much as i do then you'll want to bookmark gastips.com ... scroll down a little on the page to find the best prices in lower mainland(20 cents per/litre difference is not uncommon) ... typically the best is always between Abbostford and Hope(most of the time i stop at either abbostford or bridal falls) ... i always leave the island with just enough gas to make it there, same thing when i come back
Last edited by ~ pimp hand ~ on Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:15 am, edited 1 time in total.
Ditto. Bridal Falls (actually the Rosedale Esso by the roundabout, near Minter Gardens just by the highway) or pop over the Sumas border as it's still cheaper there. The "American" (how original) gas station has, by many accounts, the best gas in Sumas.
Abbotsford plays little gas-war games, expect gas to rise up to 6-10 cents on the weekend starting Thursday sometimes, drops again Tues-Thurs so if it's down, don't wait another day or so to fill up near the weekend.
Duncan has best gas prices on the island, yesterday 94.4 (ya get 3.5 cents off the posted 97.9).
Abbotsford plays little gas-war games, expect gas to rise up to 6-10 cents on the weekend starting Thursday sometimes, drops again Tues-Thurs so if it's down, don't wait another day or so to fill up near the weekend.
Duncan has best gas prices on the island, yesterday 94.4 (ya get 3.5 cents off the posted 97.9).
Wish less, sail more!!
Vancouver Island Windsports
Chinook /Takuma /KA Australia (Tribal) /Aztron
You're either in or in the way....
Doing things the hard way since 1963....
Vancouver Island Windsports
Chinook /Takuma /KA Australia (Tribal) /Aztron
You're either in or in the way....
Doing things the hard way since 1963....
- ~ pimp hand ~
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Use this site for gas prices
I haven't noticed many people entering prices for the Island yet but this website may help increase competition
http://www.bcgasprices.com/
http://www.bcgasprices.com/
Paradise
Most of the gas and oil produced in BC comes from the Peace River North Region. Large oil companies have consolidated processing plants into larger ones located in Southern Alta where the product is piped. Since this processing plant consolidating event, the gas prices are actually higher in Fort St. John (for example) than here on Vancouver Island. Gas prices are somewhat similar in Fort St. John to here on Vancouver Island and the Peace region produces it. That seems hardly fair.
Gas is effectively economically cheaper closer to huge processing plants with economies of scale. Urban gas tax and proximity to the US border have an effect on prices as well.
Paradise is still lookin' pretty good to me.
I figure gas prices are going higher!
Gas is effectively economically cheaper closer to huge processing plants with economies of scale. Urban gas tax and proximity to the US border have an effect on prices as well.
Paradise is still lookin' pretty good to me.
I figure gas prices are going higher!
Heating oil
I am not sure about this one but I believe that Fort McMurray has a big processing plant (besides the tar sands project), therefore the relative distance is not that significant. There are likely loaded and unloaded truck issues. For example the garbage hauled out of the lower mainland to Cache Creek by truck is filled with wood chips on the return trip to Vancouver.
Abby up to 99 cents yesterday, never seen that here . got the last station changing their sign from 79 to 99 as I was paying for the fill-up chilliwack still at 82 cents.
Wish less, sail more!!
Vancouver Island Windsports
Chinook /Takuma /KA Australia (Tribal) /Aztron
You're either in or in the way....
Doing things the hard way since 1963....
Vancouver Island Windsports
Chinook /Takuma /KA Australia (Tribal) /Aztron
You're either in or in the way....
Doing things the hard way since 1963....
- Russian Dood
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Propane
In the big gas hike last year propane went from 56 to 62 c/L. I believe it is about 64c/L now. I am hoping that fuel will stay cheap because both my truck and my house are running on it.
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Think a gallon of gas is expensive?
Think a gallon of gas is expensive?
Diet Snapple 16 oz $1.29 ....... $10.32 per gallon
Lipton Ice Tea 16 oz $1.19 ...........$9.52 per gallon
Gatorade 20 oz $1.59 ..... $10.17 per gallon
Ocean Spray 16 oz $1.25 .......... $10.00 per gallon
Brake Fluid 12 oz $3.15 ........... $33.60 per gallon
Vick's Nyquil 6 oz $8.35 .... $178.13 per gallon
Pepto Bismol 4 oz $3.85 ... $123.20 per gallon
Whiteout 7 oz $1.39 ........ . $25.42 per gallon
Scope 1.5 oz $0.99 .....$84.48 per gallon
Evian water 9 oz $1.49..........$21.19 per gallon?! $21.19 for WATER -
and the buyers don't even know the source. (Evian spelled backwards is
Naive.)
So, the next time you're at the pump, be glad your car doesn't run on
water, Scope, or Whiteout, or God forbid, Pepto Bismol or Nyquil.
Diet Snapple 16 oz $1.29 ....... $10.32 per gallon
Lipton Ice Tea 16 oz $1.19 ...........$9.52 per gallon
Gatorade 20 oz $1.59 ..... $10.17 per gallon
Ocean Spray 16 oz $1.25 .......... $10.00 per gallon
Brake Fluid 12 oz $3.15 ........... $33.60 per gallon
Vick's Nyquil 6 oz $8.35 .... $178.13 per gallon
Pepto Bismol 4 oz $3.85 ... $123.20 per gallon
Whiteout 7 oz $1.39 ........ . $25.42 per gallon
Scope 1.5 oz $0.99 .....$84.48 per gallon
Evian water 9 oz $1.49..........$21.19 per gallon?! $21.19 for WATER -
and the buyers don't even know the source. (Evian spelled backwards is
Naive.)
So, the next time you're at the pump, be glad your car doesn't run on
water, Scope, or Whiteout, or God forbid, Pepto Bismol or Nyquil.
I wish my TOW was longer!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2281011.stm
200kms for about $3.50 filling at the pump, about $1.50 if you plug it in at your home at night.
compare that to about $20 in fuel for 200kms.
the economics will surely catch on
200kms for about $3.50 filling at the pump, about $1.50 if you plug it in at your home at night.
compare that to about $20 in fuel for 200kms.
the economics will surely catch on
kite+waves=!