Every year forces beyond our control seem to be getting worse and worse. What's this season gonna be like?In BC, we have had record high gas prices this month at $1.639 a liter (almost $5 US a gal.)!! Can't wait to see what the summer will bring. :(BC has had several small wildfires this year already. We haven't even had our annual snow melt and flood threats. 2018 was pretty bad for wildfires all over and it looks like they are to be expected every summer now. Seems like planned trips need to take into account what wildfires can do to your routes and reservations. We're going to do our annual long trip (3 weeks) earlier in June this time and stay nearer to the coast instead of our usual late Aug./early Sept. and have to dodge fires.We've always started our camping season on the Easter long weekend. We've had CG reservations for weeks and I took the cover off our TT a few weeks ago in preparation. After a lot of snow & cold in Feb., we had a few really nice days in late Feb./early March. I even unearthed the lawn tractor and mowed our lawn in a T-shirt. But the last few weeks has been miserably cold and wet. :M We cancelled our Easter camping trip yesterday. What's the point of sitting inside and watching TV when we can do the same at home? Not sure when the weather will turn around and stay with us, pffft. Can't count on Mother Nature playing nice anymore. On the bright side, I can't get outside to wash 'n wax the TV or TT and that doesn't bother me at all. :B

At 1.639 a litre the actual cost per gallon in USD based on today's exchange is $4.63. Not as bad as $5/gal but still outrageous. Here in Eastern Ontario the price is 1.19/liter or about $3.36 USD a gallon. Still a bit high and mostly due to various tax scams being perpetrated on the Canadian public. Can't wait until October.

IB853347201 wrote:At 1.639 a litre the actual cost per gallon in USD based on today's exchange is $4.63. Not as bad as $5/gal but still outrageous. Here in Eastern Ontario the price is 1.19/liter or about $3.36 USD a gallon. Still a bit high and mostly due to various tax scams being perpetrated on the Canadian public. Can't wait until October.The high prices here are supposed to be due to a nearby refinery in WA that shut down for maintenance or repairs. There isn't enough gas available for us from Canada so some gets imported from WA. Doesn't help that the Vancouver area only has one refinery nearby.If California is in short supply, WA state gas will get shipped to them before us. Another reason why we can have sky high prices.If we can slip across the border, gas is around $3.29 - $3.44 USD/gal. It's times like this you see a lot of Canadians filling several extra gas cans at a time there.We get killed on gas taxes in Canada, and the Vancouver area is worst - fed. tax, prov. tax, carbon tax, transit levy, GST/PST. Wouldn't be surprised it there's a hidden tax, "other" tax or surcharge in there too, lol!There's been an oil war going on between Alberta & BC for a couple of years. Production there is way down. Don't understand why we don't get more oil from Alberta and build another refinery here.By 2040, our provincial gov't wants all cars and trucks sold to be electric. Will be interesting to see how that works out.

Yeah, noticed that. We're up in BC every weekend now recently and noticed a few major differences since last year.Gas is ungodly expensive (even moreso), the drinks at the Keg were weeeeak (but cost more than gas) and the service at Boston Pizza $ucked. What're you guys doing to the place up there?? Lol

Meanwhile no one in America and to have noticed that gas prices ticked up $1.50 since our last election. Oil lobby? We don't have anything to do with special interests.

Grit dog wrote:Yeah, noticed that. We're up in BC every weekend now recently and noticed a few major differences since last year.Gas is ungodly expensive (even moreso), the drinks at the Keg were weeeeak (but cost more than gas) and the service at Boston Pizza $ucked. What're you guys doing to the place up there?? LolInteresting you mention the Keg. Last time we were there, and it's been a few years, my mixed drink was rather weak and I complained to the waitress about it. Guess it's not a great place for a good stiff drink.But it's about that time of year to grab a "two four" and go camping. (Bob & Doug Mckenzie reference.) Don't be a hoser and forget your toque tho., it's still cold out.You can blame our prime minister, Justin Trudeau for what's going on. I used to like him but he's turned out to be an @ss lately and not likely to get reelected. Now that I'm an official senior citizen, I'm just glad to wake up every morning and not be looking up at the grass. The world is a crazy place theses days and not getting better. I'll let the next generation deal with it, lol. :)

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aftermath
Explorer III
Apr 30, 2019
My daughter said to me that we have lost our August. It is now a month of smoke from the fires. I think she is right. Until we can agree on what to do with the forests we will not see any real changes.

Gas prices on the west coast remain higher than average. We have huge demand and few refineries and we are a long way from the oil producing fields. On top of that, our oil companies continue to push for an oil pipeline that will end at the Gulf. Why the Gulf? So they can export oil and make better profits. We are producing more oil than ever and yet our prices continue a slow growth upward. Who really benefits from the oil pipeline?
rk911
Explorer
May 01, 2019
CavemanCharlie wrote:
...But, stopping to get gas at a half a tank sounds silly to me. Stopping at a quaver of tank is OK....

just last week we stopped for fuel at a FJ. tank was half empty and we usually plan our fuel stops at that point. pulled in and was greeted with 'out of service' covers on all of the pumps on the left side of the RV lanes. we were able to maneuver around the lot and pulled in the 'wrong way' to use the pumps that are normally on the right. thank goodness they weren't 'slave pumps'. we almost certainly could've refueled elsewhere but it could've been a lot more stressful if the tank had been near empty. why tempt fate?
Airdaile
Explorer
May 01, 2019
aftermath wrote:
We are producing more oil than ever and yet our prices continue a slow growth upward. Who really benefits from the oil pipeline?

Gee, I dunno. All the workers eeking out a living building the thing?

Truckers getting paid a few cents a mile moving it from the oil field to the pipeline.

Have you been to Williston ND? They aren't looking the oil gift horse in the mouth.

Once you look outside your particularly weird part of the country, things look a lot different. There is no price for specifically American consumers. There is a price per barrel on the open market and the overhead of refining it into something we can use. $13 an hour minimum wage dictates that the cost of refining is higher here. That's a distinctly west coast idea.

Thanks a lot.
ppine
Explorer II
May 01, 2019
Yesterday in Douglas Co, NV diesel was 30 cents cheaper than reg gas. It was 55 cents cheaper than premium gas.

Log trucks are rolling all over CA and the PNW. That is the answer to our recent megafires.

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