You are from United States. Toronto Area Gas Stations
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Loading ...We all know we’re getting scammed at the gas pumps. That’s not news to anyone. And we also know that the gas companies will use whatever excuse they can to raise the price of a litre of gas at the most inconvenient time for the rest of us… typical excuses are flood, hurricane, the price of tea in China, whatever! The excuse doesn’t have to be a good one. It just has to be a collection of words that they can shove down our throats when they get questioned on it. The day after hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, the price of a litre of gas in Toronto was at $1.30! (For any Americans reading this, that is $4.30 USD/Gallon!) There are a few problems with the stories the gasoline companies are trying to feed us.
First, they say that the price of a litre of gas at the pump is directly tied to the price of a barrel of oil. They further state that when there is a drop in the price of a barrel of oil, the effects take approximately 90 days for the price to finally trickle down to the price at the pump. Why, then, when the price of a barrel of oil goes up, that 90 days is reduced to 90 minutes? And how is it possible that the price of a barrel of oil skyrockets on the Wednesday before every long weekend in the summer? Wednesday is, of course, the day before Thursday (when the majority of people get paid from work). And why, in a country like Canada, does the price of our gasoline jump when there’s a hurricane in New Orleans?
Canada exports more oil than it imports.
Translation: We produce enough oil to sustain ourselves as a country.
Why, then, do we even give a shit how much the US is paying for their oil? Because we’re tied to the global economy, blah, blah, blah.
Well, have you noticed that many of the gas stations in the Toronto area still have price signs that are only capable of displaying 3 digits. So, when the price of a litre of gas goes above $1, they often turn the sign off and you have to guess what they are charging as you are driving by at 60kph. Or, they set the sign to 03.9 (to tell us that the price is 103.9). We should fight back with what little power we have. They already know that we can’t stop driving, and therefore, won’t stop buying their gas. But, if we are coordinated and selective about what we do as a group, we can at least stick it to the gas companies a little bit at a time. Write to the gas companies and tell them that you are not going to buy their gas until they update their signs. Then follow through. Only buy your gas from stations that have updated their price signs to 4 digits. I know, it’s not much, but at least we can force them to spend a little bit of money at each gas station. It’s really our only hope of winning any kind of war with them. We have to fight the little battles and choose the right little battles to fight! Sooner or later, we’ll win the war, one battle at a time. Screw the gas companies!
