Today’s fuel price musings - We keep on sliding

2 comments September 29th, 2008

Prices are down 20 cents nationally and 40 cents locally in the past two weeks on the gasoline side. The Gulf is still not fully turned out after the hurricanes, but getting there. That’ll bring more supplies up here, lowering prices more. And with oil dropping, gas should keep going down. Call it a little good news amid all the bad news.

Here are the prices (as always, courtesy of AAA’s fuelgaugereport.com):

Gasoline: Rockford dropped two cents to $3.79 a gallon. We have the third-highest gas prices in the state. The Illinois average dropped a cent to $3.85. The national average dropped a cent to $3.64. Illinois has the fifth-highest gas prices in the nation.

Diesel: Rockford dropped a cent to $4.06 a gallon. We have the fourth- or fifth-highest diesel prices in the state. The state average remained at $4.19. The national average dropped a cent to $4.08. Illinois the ninth-highest prices in the country.