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[Mike K.]

BC working hard at making life more affordable.

[LJ]

Gas in the UK runs at &1.30 which is about $2.60. Funny country, pounds in money, weight in pounds, miles in distance, litres in gas, celsius in temps, feet in height, you're never quite sure what you're getting.

[lanforod]

Oughta go back to stone and furlongs.

[Bambam]

Well once upon a time especially in the East End of London England was the land of jellied eel and blood pie. Yum. 

[Bambam]

No idea how that post got on this thread it was supposed to be a response to the other thread talking about LJ's vacation in the UK and all the odd things found there - not on a "gas prices" thread. Feel free to delete lol.....

[Matt R.]

Why don’t they have “summer gas” pricing elsewhere in bc, only the southwest coast? 1.28 all across highway 16, 1.24 outside or Calgary today.

What’s gas in Victoria right now?

[lanforod]

167.9 i think i saw last night.

[Matt R.]

So forty cents a litre more, for what? Prince George has busses. Is it just plain old price fixing and gouging? If so, why don’t they charge $1.65 in Smithers?

[LJ]

How much did getting rid of the carbon tax drop prices? How long did it take for the prices to go right back up sans tax? We're getting hosed! (that's a gas pun for aastra)

[Matt R.]

It took about a week on salt spring, then right back to where it was with the tax, right down to the tenth of a penny.

I’m not very sophisticated, so I struggle to understand the huge price differential we see. Sure, a little more due to freight to the island I can understand. But 40 cents a litre?

[lanforod]

I do feel like prices are a lot lower than a year ago though. Am I wrong? 167.9, wasn't it in the $2 range last year at start of summer?

[marks_28]

I do feel like prices are a lot lower than a year ago though. Am I wrong? 167.9, wasn't it in the $2 range last year at start of summer?

 

It was 203.5 last May and 186.5 last June.