Fill up your gas tanks this weekend!

[fakesaint]

makapagpakarga nga mamya...sna umabot pa kme....

[ssaloon]

petron di yata magtataas.

[StraightSix]

Masuwerte pa rin kayo, if there's such a thing ... Dito sa England kahit wala pang crisis, ang presyo last week nang nagpakarga ako 99.9pence per liter ang 97 RON. That's Php103 per liter or US$6.95 per gallon. Tataas pa yan once the effect of the US crisis is felt here.

[odell]

nagtaas nga ba? kakakarga ko pa lang kanina. 33.50 un sa shell. ata.. hehehe. nakalimutan ko un exact price..

[zechs]

yup petron hasnt increased their prices yet. shell and caltex did early this morning.

unless the resolution of holding back the evat on oil and power would pass and take effect up to june of next year, a 2.89peso increase on gasoline will be met.

[ILuvDetailing]

Di pa nga nagtaas Petron, karga ako kanina ng Petron Unleaded 33.10, sa shell mag 34 na, buti na lang di ako nagkarga sa Shell offline ang CC.

[seung]

Sa Shell Commonwealth, near UP, 33.59 ang unleaded. Tindi...

[odell]

sayang naman.. dapat sa petron ako nagpakarga. nagfull tnak na ako kala ko kasi mamayang gabe pa.. hai.. sayang

[niky]

Time to install those bike pedals in the car... :lol:

Just paid 34.80 for Velocity... 34.92 pa siya in Laguna, so I filled up in QC when I got here.

[fr3d3rick]

guys,

please make sure na before friday midnight, nakapag-fill up na kayo ng gas tanks ninyo.
gas price increase take effects after friday midnight. Expect it almost on a weekly basis ang pagtaas ng presyo....

[shadowfax]

copy on that brother . . . thnx for the info . . .

[sequoia]

Murang shell unleaded 32.70 sa shaw malapit sa 9de pebrero.

[j_avonni]

My solution is to minimize the use of my car. Tiis na lang sa pag-commute in going to and from work. SeaOil is now selling 10% ethanol mixed gas. It is cheaper by 60 centavos, has more mileage, and has cleaning mechanism. I think I would try it.

[mazdamazda]

be still thankful... we still have low pump prices compared to others...

RP'S PUMP PRICES STILL LOWEST DESPITE SURGING PRICES WORLDWIDE

MEDIA RELEASE
August 30, 2005

Despite the skyrocketing prices of oil in the world market, the country's pump prices are still considered the lowest in the region. In particular, the price of unleaded gasoline in the local market is at P32.93 per liter compared to the P93.81 per liter in Hong Kong and P36.25 per liter in Thailand. For diesel, the retail price in the country is P30.95 per liter against P58.31 in Hong Kong and P31.95 in Thailand.

ASEAN countries, particularly Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia imposed subsidies to depress domestic oil prices. However, these countries infused huge amounts of money to keep the subsidies. Indonesia spent $7billion, Thailand $1.5billion and Malaysia $1.4 billion. With subsidies recently lifted, inflation in these countries is seen to jump double digit, negatively affecting their economies.

"We cannot afford any form of subsidy. But we have to drastically reduce our consumption of imported oil in a regime of extraordinary oil prices to cushion its impact on the economy and to protect our foreign exchange reserves," Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla pointed out.

Notwithstanding the government policy not to provide subsidy to stabilize oil prices, monitoring shows that despite the escalating prices in the world market, local retail prices increased relatively lower. Pump prices of unleaded gasoline and diesel rose only by 18 percent and 33 percent respectively from their December 2004 levels compared to the 61 percent and 42 percent increase in their prices in the international market for the same period.

"While there is a wide sentiment among analysts that we have not seen the worst in prices and that volatility will continue to linger, prices in the local market remain one of the lowest compared with that of other countries," Secretary Lotilla stressed.

One of the ways to cut consumption is to introduce the widespread development and utilization of alternative fuels for the transport sector which uses about 46 to 58 % of the country's demand for imported oil.

Yesterday, independent players Seaoil Petroleum, Flying V and Eastern Petroleum have started selling at the pump pre-blended ethanol gasoline which uses 10% bioethanol made from sugar. Consumers are also expected to benefit from this as preblend ethanol gasoline is offered 65 centavos to 71 centavos per liter cheaper than the regular unleaded gasoline.

Another alternative transport fuel already in the local market is pre-blended coco methyl ester (CME) diesel which is produced from coconut.

Estimates show that mandating the use of 5% blend of bioethanol will displace 236 million liters of gasoline or equivalent to US$129 million of forex savings while 10 percent blend will result in potential gasoline displacement of 536 million liters equivalent to US$294 million of forex savings.

For diesel, estimates show that the country is expected to earn forex savings of about P1.2 billion from 1% blend of CME on diesel.

"Oil prices are really beyond our control. But what we can control is our use of oil. I am reiterating our call, let us save oil by using this precious resource responsibly," Secretary Lotilla said.

[Ungas]

Oil price every weekend is inevitable. No need to panic. Just be light footed whenever you're driving.

[baiskee]

pa full tank ka nga...

pag empty rin nyan, papakarga ka rin ulit.

[revoGSX]

3 days lang tumatagal ang full tank ko... mas nagpapanic ako pag umilaw na yung low fuel warning light..

[j_avonni]

Before ang full tank ko good for one week only. Ngayon inaabot na ng 2 weeks. I just minimize the use of my car - I drive it to work 2 or 3x a week na lang at pag umuulan.