Today’s fuel price musings - Gas prices up, diesel down

March 27th, 2008 at 02:06pm Thomas V. Bona

Slightly bad news for motorists, slightly good news for truckers (data courtesy of AAA’s fuelgaugereport.com):

Gasoline: Rockford’s prices rose almost two cents to $3.32 a gallon, joining the state and national increases. Most of the state increased, most notably Springfield (up 6.7 cents to $3.31 a gallon), Chicago (up 3.7 cents to $3.45) and Quincy (up 2.5 cents to $3.27). We’re still fourth in the state in gas prices. The state average increased two cents to $3.38 a gallon. The national average increased almost a cent to $3.27 a gallon. Illinois has the 8th-highest gas prices in the country.

Diesel: Rockford dropped more than two cents to $4.08 a gallon, the largest decline in the state. Every metro area except East St. Louis (up three cents to $4.04) dropped or held steady today, but assume it’s a blip absent a trend. We’re still at fourth place for diesel prices in Illinois. The state as whole dropped half a cent to $4.14 a gallon today. The national also dropped half a cent to $4.02. Illinois still has the 10th-highest prices in the country.

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