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Are you set for $1.50 a litre?
Thursday, May 22, 2008
The Globe And Mail -- The chances that the price of gasoline will hit the $1.40 to $1.50 a litre range this summer have increased now that crude oil has surged past $133 (U.S.) a barrel, analysts say.

The price at the pump averaged around $1.27 (Canadian) a litre across Canada this week, but the combination of a usual summer spike and high crude prices will likely cause a further jump of at least 10 to 15 cents a litre, said Cathy Hay, senior associate at MJ Ervin & Associates Inc., which tracks gas prices.

"What we haven't seen yet is that seasonal rise in gas prices related to supply and demand," she said.


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Thursday, May 22, 2008
The Globe And Mail -- The chances that the price of gasoline will hit the $1.40 to $1.50 a litre range this summer have increased now that crude oil has surged past $133 (U.S.) a barrel, analysts say.

The price at the pump averaged around $1.27 (Canadian) a litre across Canada this week, but the combination of a usual summer spike and high crude prices will likely cause a further jump of at least 10 to 15 cents a litre, said Cathy Hay, senior associate at MJ Ervin & Associates Inc., which tracks gas prices.

"What we haven't seen yet is that seasonal rise in gas prices related to supply and demand," she said.

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magnumCA
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up up and away
kanmandoo
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Try 1.60 / 1.75.
eddmac
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Message Posted: 5/23/2008 10:03:50 AM  Ignore eddmac Report Abuse
Are you set? It should read "What ya gonna do about it bucko"
ramshot412
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GREED!! They got it in Canada, too, eh?
frede2
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greed just gets more and more daily
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I need to get a Vespa
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Hey gasforus,

You may buy gas in gallons, but your vote still doesn't count. Thanks DNC!
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I'm not going anywhere for the holiday.
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They have the oil sands too! Somebody's making money.
rustyOR
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We feel your pain
white_fang
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10 - 15 cents more per litre? you'd better expect more.. like 15 - 70 cents more per liter... the gas prices are on a skyrocket path
KO292
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oh canada!!!
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at $1.50 for a litre, that's close to CDN$6.00, which, because the US Dollar is in the toilet because of the reckless atittudes of our White House Idiot and his Oil Pal and puppeteer, DIckieBoy, is equivalent to almost US$7.50...

And Canada has vast oil reserves they are pumping, so get this straight: MORE DRILLING WILL *NOT* BRING PRICES DOWN... if fuel costs are bugging you, go to alternative fuel sources (NOT the ones Big Oil is touting!) but electric cars with solar chargers, or compressed air engines... and biomass fuels
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I do. I mean, true, I don't live in Canada, but I'm still not heartless!
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Premium gas prices are already at $1.40. Ouch!
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Ugly
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wonder at what point driving will become an option instead of a necessity?
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Soon to follow is a COST of Living increase for everyone, to off set the cost of gas in order to get to work.. (watch the whine from Washington then. Also min wage will have to increase..

[Edited by: Don20 at 5/23/2008 10:31:45 AM EST]
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Consider this...Bottled water runs about $7.00 a gal. Gas don't look so bad compared to this.
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I feel sorry for them, but I think their gas taxes are higher than in US.
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thats way too high for fuel.....
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sorry canada...got our own problems
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old news
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the US is also feeling the pain...believe me
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we don't have a choice anymore
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no
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Canada will go under just as fast as the U.S. unless this madness is stopped soon.
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Demand will take a drop this weekend. Not many people going far.
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suckers
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I'm just chompin' at the bit!
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Same old!
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And the drama continues.....
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who cares
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We purchase in gallons here you Canucks.
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Do we have a choice?
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No but it will come!!
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Sometimes I think that if the so called pundits would shut up, which only causes panic, things would settle back to somewhere near supply and demand.

However it looks like the socalled pundets` need to see their name in print overrides their common sense. So they get their name quoted and the consumer is hurt again as the ego ef those experts revel in their prophecies are read.
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Thats $5.80/gal.....Oh Canada!
mmene
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Anyone kow what $1.50/litre is in USD/gallon?
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y u gotta pick on people polelane
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which is larger; a liter or a litre?
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How about $2.00/litre
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okietree - as long as you continue to purchase gasoline, you ARE contributing to that cause.
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I agree with canescommuter . . . my car burns my money as fast as I can make it!
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The Dog Doo-Doo just keeps getting deeper.
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I don't buy the litre and I don't live in a socialist country, so my gasoline taxes aren't as high.
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Yes.. we are getting shafted by the high oil prices, but yet we continue to help all these countries and be everyones' big brother, but the Middle East can't be considerate. They need their millions so they can build the snowslide and ski palace in the middle of the desert!!!! Let's all continue to donate to THAT cause!
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I'm sorry, but can someone translate this from litres to gallons.
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Wouldn't it be nice if a cheap fix was found and all of those big oil countries had to get food aid from America.
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No because my car doesn't take litres... :))
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