Average gas price tops $2/gallon for first time

[ASUmusicMAN]

down to 2.20 here...better than the 2.50 two weeks ago

[Guest .::BeatFactory::.]

In one station in houston, gas was 1.69 two weeks ago... and a friend told me it was down to 1.59 now... locally it's averaging about 1.70

Here is a link if ya'll wanna keep up with the nations gas prices.... I refer to it every Monday b/c that's when it's updated.

http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/d..._home_page.html

[ASUmusicMAN]

lucky...it cost me over twenty bucks to fill up my cheap four cylinder car...that's the only advantage of having a crappy car with no power is cheap fill ups...now that's not even true

[DudeAsInCool]

Still $2.50+ a gallon for me here in the Golden State - Ive never quite understood why things should be higher here than anywhere else.

[Guest .::BeatFactory::.]

california and their fight to keep clean air, costs residents about .75 - 1.00 extra at the pump for the additives... crazy stuff.

[DudeAsInCool]

In that case, I dont mind spening it. The air has improved vastly since I first came to LA

[cjules13]

It's bad in Chicago too $2.42 last week, $2.13 this week.

It cheaper when you go south, cheaper when you go north... must be city taxes like LA...

[ASUmusicMAN]

I dunno why it's cheap...AZ is the land of no taxes and no gas is trucked in here...it's all through a pipeline. Probably just supply and demand; the further west you go the more cars people have

[Potato]

I read something about how the number of refineries in the US is affecting the prices as well. The station I work at... we get a fax daily with the lowest legal price we can ask for gas, the number is generally different per refinery (within pennies though).

[Redneck4sure]

Still $2.50+ a gallon for me here in the Golden State - Ive never quite understood why things should be higher here than anywhere else.

The taxes on gasoline varies greatly from one state to the next. That may also be a major factor. I will pay attention and see what the taxes are on gasoline in Tx and get back with you. Then you will have a little better idea of where your money is going. :)

[Guest .::BeatFactory::.]

According to the Energy Information Administration, gas has dropped another 1.6 cents nationwide. According to this page, Minnesota and Ohio actually rose in price. Last week, Ohio was the lowest in the nation according to this website at $1.719 / gal.

On a side note, I personally filled my car last week with some regular unleaded gasoline in SPring, TX for only $1.689 ... and filled up again Sunday with supreme for $1.909

EDIT: Oh yeah... and if you have a truck that uses diesel, I saw a station on Hwy 290 that offered it for $1.48 / gallon.

[alliercollins]

It was $2.30 here in NY for me, but now I just saw it at $2.15... Oh Boy...

[DudeAsInCool]

Premium is dipping under 2:50 for the first time in ages here in LA

[Redneck4sure]

I saw premium for 1.87 but it is mostly in the 1.90- 1.97 range around here the last few days. I didn't notice regular prices.