Just for the record we are at 1.048 down from about 1.399 a couple of weeks ago. I saw under a buck on the road to Peterborough. $41.92 for a tank down from $55.96.
Here is a comparison chart for average prices in Ontario, NB and regulated PEI using this tool. The odd thing is that the Maritimes have local production from Venezuelan oil. I have never understood why oil-less Ontario is cheaper but someone might be able to explain.
Update: a photo of my neighbouring gas station with a line up:
Comments
Alan - September 22, 2005 5:06 PM
Freaky rumour mill stuff.
Alan - September 22, 2005 5:26 PM
Some gas station owners apparently set prices according to rumour as well.
Alan - September 22, 2005 8:51 PM
Line ups in Kingston this evening despite no increase in gas prices from $1.04.
Alan - September 22, 2005 11:04 PM
More pathos.
Alan - September 23, 2005 8:56 AM
The Kingston situation yesterday from <i>The Whig</i>.
Alan - November 4, 2005 1:05 PM
For the record gas is now in the 80s and went from 85.6 cents a litre to 88.8 or so this morning.
Alan - November 4, 2005 10:30 PM
Yet, later this evening, 84.8 was seen twice in town.
Alan - November 5, 2005 8:56 AM
Gasoline is at about 60% of its height of about two months ago.
Humblebub - November 5, 2005 9:27 AM
It was 1.349 at peak here. Now 94.9 I believe.
Alan - November 5, 2005 9:29 AM
Yes, you have to feed the bureaucrats.
Alan - November 5, 2005 9:41 AM
<center><img src="images/2005f/peiontgas.JPG" vspace="20"></center><p>There is a graphical representation of information. <p>Never mind the price differential but do note the absense of factual basis for the two main arguments related to gasoline price regulation by the bloatocracy. The first is the protection of the fragile nerves of the PEI motoring public from extreme price fluxuation. PEI takes much greater jumps. The other is the ensuring of lower average prices. You can see that the pattern of delay in price dropping creates a regular windfall for gas companies in PEI which do not occur in Ontario.
Humblebub - November 5, 2005 11:05 AM
...and I am sure that IRAC boss Moe Rogerson (is that a male or female, by the way) thanks the good people of our wee island each night as he prays to the oil companies.
Humblebub - November 5, 2005 11:07 AM
..and another thing..your happy friendly PEI link is rude <chuckle> - accurate, but rude.
Alan - November 5, 2005 3:21 PM
I know. I have just not suffled the sideblog posts fast enough. It was a one day story that is still above the fold.
Alan - November 7, 2005 7:05 PM
83.5 this afternoon.
Alan - November 14, 2005 3:22 PM
79.9 now.
Alan - November 16, 2005 10:51 AM
78.9 today and diesel has finally dropped from 99.7 to 96.7. Odd that diesel was quite stable throughout the September spike and the drop since. Gas is at 56.4% of its height in early September.
David Janes - November 16, 2005 11:03 AM
Weird. It's almost consistently 10 cents higher than that at my closest gas station.
Alan - November 16, 2005 11:17 AM
Kingston definitely has a bubble in prices. When we travel west I notice the best prices anywhere are in Newmarket. We are usually five cents higher than in Ottawa, too. Go figure.
David Janes - November 16, 2005 12:03 PM
Sorry, I phrased that ambiguously: the price here is _higher_ than Kingston. I suspect this is because we're at the last stop on Highway 10 (i.e. Avenue Rd) before you reach the 401.
Alan - November 16, 2005 12:05 PM
Ahhh - I think the fault was mine in the reading. But why is Newmarket the land of cheap petroleum?
Alan - November 18, 2005 10:45 AM
Oddly - now 85.6.
Mike - November 19, 2005 7:30 AM
As usual, here in Hali we are way above you guys, but, relatively speaking from the summer, these are nicer prices. http://www.halifaxgasprices.com
Alan - November 29, 2005 8:23 PM
Now there is 75.9 going around.
Alan - February 13, 2006 10:11 AM
Now after a month at 86 cents to 96 cents a litre there is a drop to 79.7 over the weekend which, with the high Canadian dollar makes a US gallon 2.63 US here in this part of Canada.