Retail gas prices fall for 3rd straight week (to $2.27 gal)

[UpInArms]

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/newsfinder/pulseone.asp?dateid=38474.7003328125-834956955&siteID=mktw&scid=0&doctype=806&property=symb&value=&categories=&

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Retail gasoline prices inched lower last week, falling for a third straight week, the Energy Department said Monday. The average price of gasoline fell by 0.2 cent to $2.277 a gallon, after peaking at $2.321 in mid-April. Prices rose in the East and Rockies, and fell in most other regions. In California, prices averaged $2.605, down 0.7 cent. In Texas, gas cost $2.153, down half a cent.

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[hadrons]

1. prices aren't moving in NYC`

firmly over $2.50 and $2.75 in spots

[merwin]

2. Wow! The price of oil drops 10% and we get a 1% drop in gas. That's one

hell of a deal!

[catzies]

3. Well yeah, 'cause the oil cos hit their profit targets for 1st quarter

so I'm not surprised they eased off a little bit.

But the "summer driving season" is around the corner, and the long Memorial Day weekend is 4 short weeks away. They should call it "summer gouging season."

I'll bet they start going right back up again...

[rkc3]

5. And don't forget RVP gas ocmes around in the summer in some areas.

You can usually add another dime to the cost of gas when this stuff goes in your tank.

[deadparrot]

4. When this happened a while ago,

they said it was because of less demand.

[fedupinBushcountry]

6. So

Do they expect us to jump up and down with joy, while they continue to take our hard earned money, for profit and nothing else. :argh:

[dissent1977]

7. This won't last

People will celebrate a five cent drop at the pump, while they completely ignore the overall upward trend in gas prices over the course of the last few years. $2.00 a gallon was unheard of just a couple of years ago, now it is considered a pretty decent price. Peak oil is here, and while the price is going to fluctuate you can expect the overall upward trend to continue for years to come. All while Bush refuses to require more fuel efficient vehicles.

[David Zephyr]

8. Because the Waiting Lists for Hybrid Cars is Growing Like the Blob.

Japanese patented hybrid cars and trucks are now the biggest threat of all to the global petrocorps.

[Roland99]

9. $1.99 fo 87 octane in Louisville

The $0.30 jump from a bit over a week ago is already gone.

[dweller]

10. yeah, it's fallen

and it can't get up ...


expecting $3/gal by Memorial Day myself.

dp

[all.of.me]

11. not here

it went down 4 cents about three weeks ago, but has not budged since. i'm looking forward to the days when we scouted around for the stations that were under a buck.

[jean]

12. 1.93 for 87 octane at one station -western suburb of Minneapolis,MN

[celestia671]

15. I bet they get all the business in town!

It's around $2.15 here in central La. I think we've seen the last of cheap gas for quite a while, as long as dubya tiptoes thru the tulips with his lord and master from Saudi Arabia!

[malmapus]

13. still 2.65 for regular here in Orange Co. Cali

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[MasonJar]

14. They lie about everything. Prices in Louisville are not lower.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

16. Not to Worry

Memorial Day is just around the corner. Let the summertime gouging begin!


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