Posted by LisaWI on 5/8/08 10:38am
Msg #246700

My Prediction, $4.00 by Memorial Day......

or the weekend before or after. Got to hit those travelers you know.

Reply by LisaWI on 5/8/08 10:40am
Msg #246701

OK, how the heck did that happen, I was replying down below, and I just saw CA, I spoke too soon, LOL

Reply by trnsa_IL on 5/8/08 10:48am
Msg #246705

A several months ago the "experts" predicted gas to be

over $4.00 by summer, and Memorial Day is pretty much the start of that.

I think everyone in the oil industry is doing a "raindance" to make it happen!

Reply by ColleenCA on 5/8/08 10:57am
Msg #246707

Re: A several months ago the "experts" predicted gas to be

I just paid 3.99 yesterday in Ventura County, CA. I predict it will be up to 4.50 in California by mid summer and will continue to climb.

Reply by Philip Johnson on 5/8/08 11:49am
Msg #246719

Of course Wisconsin has the highest gas tax in the union,

32.1 cents + 18.4 cents(federal) per gallon in the badger state.
I am not a shill for the gas companies, but the average profit for big oil is 13 cents/gallon and for the station is anywhere from 1 cent to 10 cents/gallon. So it looks like to me that the folks in Madison are way ahead in collecting their 32.1 cents/gallon and they don't have to do any of the dirty work.

Reply by JenCA on 5/8/08 12:32pm
Msg #246724

Sacramento.....

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I just filled up yesterday.. $4.02 a gallon!!!By the end of next year our gas is going to be like in the movie I am Legend where it was $6.00 a gallon!!! And milk is going to be $4.00!!!

Reply by jba/fl on 5/8/08 1:40pm
Msg #246736

Re: Sacramento.....

Milk is already close to $5 gal. in central FL

Reply by CJ/Alaska on 5/8/08 2:00pm
Msg #246742

Re: Sacramento.....

Anchorage, AK:
Gas (87unleaded) is between $3.74 and $3.79 station to station.
Milk is 2 gallons for $7 as long as you buy both together.
$3.99 a gallon one at a time. Basically, $4.
Its not the oil companies sticking it to us, per se..
Its the way oil is offered up for auction (think eBay) and the guy
with the most money gets the barrels of oil (think Speculators..)
THATS what is driving prices up.. and also the weakening US Dollar.

Reply by RickG/CA on 5/8/08 2:11pm
Msg #246749

Re: Sacramento.....

Dang Jen, where'd you fill up on the high octane stuff. I just filled up for $3.8399999999 and saw a $3.79 on the way to the freeway.

Of course, I'm in the burbs....

Reply by MistarellaFL on 5/8/08 11:39pm
Msg #246838

"And milk is going to be $4.00!!!"

Milk is already $4/gallon here in SW FL
If your predcictions are correct, milk and gas should both be around $6/gallon.

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 5/9/08 7:43am
Msg #246857

I pay $5.69/gal of milk here in No Central FL

and you'd think we'd be a bunch cheaper cuz all you see around here is cows!!! That's it!! I'm gonna start ninja-milking in the middle of the night from now on - <G>

Reply by LCS_CA on 5/10/08 12:33am
Msg #246992

Re: Sacramento.....

$3.95 - $4.05 in San Luis Obispo County

Reply by MikeC/NY on 5/8/08 4:57pm
Msg #246765

NY has you beat...

We pay about .45/gal in state and local tax, depending on where in the state you gas up. It fluctuates by county; part of it is fixed per gallon, but we also pay state sales tax of anywhere from 8% to 8.625% on the price at the pump. I'm not sure whether that tax is on the price before or after the fixed taxes are added in, but the amount of tax we pay definitely increases as the price of gas increases. Add in the federal tax, and we're over .60/gal in tax - and climbing.

Reply by Kate/CA on 5/8/08 2:17pm
Msg #246750

CA is already there!

I live up in the mountains near a lake. Ther are 7 gas stations up here around the lake in different little towns. If you come up from the east the very 1st station is $4.06 for reg, those poor people who stop there and then proceed down the road come across to stations that are at $3.95. $ .12 cents a gallon is a lot when the majority of the customers are pulling in with motorhomes, 90 gallon tanks.

Reply by ChristineHI on 5/8/08 7:58pm
Msg #246807

Hawaii is the most expensive in the nation

Gas is $4.25 a gallon today in Maui for the cheapest gas.
Well, milk has been around $6 or more a gallon for years now over here. Food and everything really is crazy expensive here. Cost to live in paradise.
Gas, though, is a big one. A big consideration when taking signings here. Have to make sure I charge for longer drives.

Reply by claudine osborne on 5/8/08 9:43pm
Msg #246822

Gas in Ohio

Gas here is between $3.75 - $3.95 depending on the time of day and town or county you are in. Milk in my area is $2.50 a gal on sale this week at the box store!