Today’s fuel price musings - Back to the good news

October 15th, 2008 at 10:11am Thomas V. Bona

Early reports are that wholesale gasoline prices out of Chicago are back down today. We’ll see if they stay that way. If so, then you’ll see a continuing drop out here.Here’s the latest (as always, courtesy of AAA’s fuelgaugereport.com):

Gasoline: Rockford dropped more than four cents to $3.19 a gallon. We still have the second-highest gas prices in the state - eight cents above East St. Louis while 29 cents behind Chicago. The Illinois average dropped more than four cents to $3.28. The national average dropped more than three cents to $3.13. Illinois has the 12th-highest gas prices in the nation.

Diesel: Rockford dropped half a cent to $3.78 a gallon. We have the seventh-highest diesel prices in the state. The state average dropped almost a cent to $3.92. The national average dropped two cents to $3.80. Illinois has the ninth-highest diesel prices in the country.

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