Today’s fuel price musings - Faced with a local record in gas prices
April 9th, 2008 at 06:22pm Thomas V. Bona
Sorry I was gone yesterday. Here’s today’s bad news(Data courtesy of AAA’s fuelgaugereport.com):
Gasoline: The Energy Information Administration predicted this week that national gas prices will go as high as $3.60 this summer, which could mean prices close to $4 a gallon in Illinois. On average, the EIA is projecting a 21 percent increase. That’s even taking into account a slight drop in domestic demand year-over-year. Rockford increased a cent to $3.45 a gallon today, just over a cent from our all-time record. The state average increased almost a cent to $3.46 today, about six cents from its record. Rockford maintains the third-highest prices in the state, while Illinois has the sixth-highest gas prices in the country. The national average continues to set records, and stands at $3.34 a gallon.
Diesel: Rockford jumped six cents to $4.08 a gallon Tuesday, and stayed there today. The state average dropped a cent Tuesday but gained it back today (my diet’s the same way). It’s at $4.14 a gallon, two cents shy of its record.We have the second-highest diesel prices in the state now, behind only Chicago ($4.25). The nation is up to $4.03 a gallon, less than a cent from its all-time record. Illinois has the 14th-highest prices in the country.
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1. dan | April 9th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
You can thank your elected officials who in their infinite wisdom allowed all the big oil Corporations to merge over the past few decades, including the biggest Merger- Exxonmobil.
And now there is no competition, so they can charge what ever they want and the best we get is the local paper ( also a big corporation ) that tells us where we can save a nickel per gallon, lol.
I do declare we have the best government money can buy. I say, vote NONE OF THE ABOVE from now on, as we have been sold down the river and that includes Don Manzullo who has done nothing about anything.
dan
Poplar Grove
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