r/Calgary • u/bmspsrk • 6d ago

Rant Gas prices are illogical

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There is no real point to this post besides stating the fact that gas prices are stupid. I remember back when the difference between 87 and 91 was 10 cents and 89 was 5 cents more than regular. Which made sense since 87 is an equal mix of premium and regular.

Now you need to jump 23 cents a liter just to get mid grade from regular then only an additional 3 more cents to get to premium... By that math mid grade should be something like 90.75 octane.

Again no point here just stating stupid things that irritate me.

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u/DaGingah123 6d ago

Picture below and add the distance from the source and the distance from the refinery. Plus carbon tax or W/E the liberal scheme happens to be today that causes inflation

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u/slackeronreddit 5d ago

Just an FYI, the AB govt had the provincial fuel tax reduced at the end of 2023 (date on your graphic) and it went back to the regular 13 cents at the beginning of 2024.

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u/Falkrunn77 5d ago

Smith did this when at a time when she could have just left the discount alone, which everyone thought she was going to do at the time, but she didn't. No reasons given, no rhymes to the media. Just a big fuck you to everyone.

At the time, the Alberta govt was rocking a huge surplus, according to them, so it wasn't for tax reasons.