It’s been almost a week since my last gas price update, and the price has jumped another 10¢. I am not sure if it was a gradual or sudden increase, but it occurred at some point over the past 6 days. Apparently, it’s not going to get better any time soon. Expect $4 to be on the low end of the price range.

Here are today’s gas price at Olympic/Bundy Shell and Chevron stations:

Regular: $4.59

Plus: $4.89

Premium: $4.99

Diesel: $5.39 (a 20¢ jump since 6/5/08)

SIGH. Maybe I should look into an electric scooter for some of my longer trips.

Thank you Shell! Thank you Chevron! Thank you for raising gas prices yet another 10¢/gallon in less than 48 hours! Here’s today’s rundown from the intersection of Olympic and Bundy:

Regular: $4.49

Plus: $4.79

Premium: $4.89

Diesel: $5.19

After yesterday’s gas post, I didn’t think I’d be posting about gas prices again for at least a week. Boy, was I wrong!

The gas fairies were hard at work overnight, raising prices a whopping 10¢/gallon in less than 24 hours.

The lowdown from the Shell and Chevron at the Olympic/Bundy intersection:

Regular: $4.39

Plus: $4.69

Premium: $4.79

Diesel: $5.19

I guess it should be somewhat encouraging that the price of diesel dropped 20¢/gallon, but somehow I can’t get too excited about it. I have a feeling it will be back up soon enough.

The Shell and Chevron at Olympic and Bundy have new record high gas prices:

Regular: $4.29

Plus: $4.59

Premium: $4.69

Diesel: $5.39

With the exception of diesel, gas prices have risen 14¢/gallon in less than 11 days. Sigh. Los Angeles needs much better public transportation if gas is going to continue to rise.

The good news is that I am getting a lot more exercise, since I have decided to officially forgo driving anywhere within one mile of my house. I am sure cutting out a lot of short trips is probably much better for the environment and the car anyway. The bad news is that I am rapidly wearing out my favorite pair of running shoes. But at least that gives me an *excuse* to do some shoe shopping!

I nearly fell over when I saw the gas prices at the Chevron and Shell stations at Olympic and Bundy today. Just in time for the holiday weekend and the official start of summer, I guess!

Regular: $4.15

Plus: $4.45

Premium: $4.55

Diesel: $5.39

Great googly-moogly, this is insanity! I need a biofuel vehicle ASAP!  Or one of these:

My friend S’s theory about gas prices has unfortunately fallen to pieces. Here are the prices at both the Chevron and the Shell at the intersection of Olympic and Bundy in West LA:

Regular: $4.05

Plus: $4.23

Premium: $4.33

Diesel: $4.69

I think I saw the price of regular listed as $4.25 at the 76 at San Vincente and 26th, but I am not 100% sure because I was driving by, so I *hope* I just mis-read the sign. Because that is really, REALLY bad.

Well, the Chevron and the Shell by my office both agreed on $3.99/gallon today. The rest of their gas prices are the same:

Plus: $4.09/gallon

Premium: $4.19/gallon

Diesel: $4.69/gallon

My friend S has a theory that it will hang out at $3.99/gallon for a while, because people will only grumble if it’s $3.99/gallon, but people will be outraged if it’s officially $4/gallon, even though it’s essentially already $4/gallon. I guess will see, because I am already on the way to being outraged.

The gas prices around here are getting so absurd I have decided to start a regular feature of gas price reports. Yesterday I posted that the price of regular gas at the Chevron station across from my office was $3.99/gallon for regular unleaded. What I didn’t mention yesterday was that the station Shell next to my office had regular unleaded for $3.95/gallon. Both prices seemed ridiculous and I thought yesterday’s post would be a one-off, so I went for dramatic effect and talked about the higher price.

Little did I know that the gas fairies would cause some havoc last night, because this morning, as I was coming into work, I noticed the price of regular unleaded at the Chevron dropped to $3.97/gallon, while the price of regular at the Shell increased to $3.99/gallon. I can’t even begin to explain that. But all of their other gas prices were identical:

• Plus: $4.09/gallon
• Supreme/Premium: $4.19/gallon
• Diesel: $4.69/gallon

None of those look good to me. I found a website called GasBuddy.com that helps people locate the cheapest gas in their area; however, all the “cheap gas” ($3.59/gallon) in my area is at least 10 miles away.

This is so depressing.

It’s official–gas has gotten REALLY expensive in Southern California. The gas station across from my office is now selling regular unleaded for $3.99/gallon. It’s premium brands are $4.09 and $4.19/gallon. Sheesh! Partner-in-Climb and I were serendipitously invited to Joshua Tree this weekend by friends who scored a campsite, and now we are furiously doing some post-tax season budgeting to pay for the gas. I think it will take about 2 full tanks to get us there and back, so that’s at least $150.

I am trying to focus on the fact that I have REALLY REALLY wanted to go to J Tree on this particular weekend for months. It’s the full moon weekend, and it gets so bright in the desert that you can scramble around on some of the boulders at night. It is SO much fun. If it’s not windy, it’s also a great time of year to sleep outside without a tent. Plus, it’s probably the last weekend before it gets to be what I consider “way too hot” in the desert. So there are a lot of good reasons to go. It will just suck to pay that much for gas.