Today’s fuel price musings - Time I learn how to bike

4 comments March 28th, 2008

I’m serious, I don’t know how to bike. I also don’t know how to swim, though as fun as it is, it’s not a viable alternative means of transportation. At least not in the Midwest.

Here comes the pain (data courtesy of AAA’s fuelgaugereport.com):

Gasoline: Rockford’s prices rose almost more than three cents to $3.35 a gallon, which I believe is the highest level yet this year.We’re also less than 12 cents from our all-time record. Most of the state increased, some worse than us: Bloomington was up 6.4 cents to $3.32 a gallon and Danville was up 5.7 cents to $3.29. We’re now third overall in the state, though.  The state average increased two cents to $3.40 a gallon., 12 cents from its record. The national average increased almost a cent to $3.28 a gallon, a cent shy of its record. Illinois jumped to 6th-highest gas prices in the country.

Diesel: Rockford gained half a cent to $4.09 a gallon. Some metro areas went up, some went down, some stayed flat and the state average remains at $4.14 a gallon. We’re still at fourth place for diesel prices in Illinois. Another day at the truck stop. The nation dropped less than a cent and remains at $4.02. Illinois has the 9th-highest prices in the country.