Today’s fuel price musings - in case you needed me to tell you prices were going up

Add comment May 7th, 2008

Let’s start with a little humorous FAQ about the proposed gas-tax holiday, courtesy of 23/6

Now on to the serious stuff (Data, as always, courtesy of AAA’s fuelgaugereport.com):
Gasoline: Rockford continued its record run, increasing two cents to $3.70 a gallon. Prices here have risen about 35 cents in the past month. Every metro area in Illinois increased other than the Quad Cities, which stood pat. The state average increased almost two cents to a record $3.76 today, a 30 cent hike in the past month. Rockford has the third-highest prices in the state. The national average increased almost a cent to $3.62, half a cent shy of the record set last week. Illinois has the sixth-highest gas prices in the nation.

Diesel: Rockford stayed at $4.31 a gallon today, a cent shy of the record set just over a week ago. The price has gone up nearly 29 cents in the past month. The state average increased almost a cent to $4.32 a gallon, just shy of the record set last week. That price has gone up about  19 cents in the past month. We have the third-highest diesel prices in the state. The national average increased half a cent to $4.24 a gallon, a cent below last week’s record. The national average has gone up almost 24 cents in the past month.  Illinois has the 16th-highest prices in the country.