Spotted gas price at $2.19/gallon yesterday here in...

[ChisolmTrailDem]

...the DFW Mid-Cities. In Hurst, TX, at the QT at the corner of Airport Frwy & Precinct Line Rd gas was $2.19 per gallon at 5:30pm. Haven't been by there today so don't know if it's changed.

I'm just sorry I already had a full tank!

Gas price check! What's the price of gas where you live and how much has it come down?

[QED]

1. I saw $2.46 in the Phoenix area

I paid $2.56 a week ago.

[yeoman6987]

3. Lucky ducks! We're still at 2.78

I can't wait till it is under 2 bucks. Actually I remember the incredible 90's when it was 90 cents a gallon. I really hope we go back to that. Talk about a raise for the poor and working class.

[Comrade Grumpy]

2. $2.83 in Santa Rosa, CA, yesterday. First time I've seen gas under $3 in years here.

[Cleita]

8. Cheapest gas I could find in San Luis Obispo was 2.99 a gal.

Yet, it was the lowest in years so I filled up my tank.

[GGJohn]

6. Low gas prices are good for those on tight budgets.

Every dollar saved on gas is a dollar spent on food, clothes, etc.

[Comrade Grumpy]

7. Not a good thing for the planet, but an immediate good thing for every cash-strapped consumer.

Every penny the price drops stays in my pocket and doesn't go to the oil companies.

Yeah, there's a contradiction.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

14. Kinda fucked, ain't it? We literally cannot survive without the very resource that is killing us!

That's pretty fucking fucked up, ain't it?

Anyway, in response to your post: What would be your solution? What would you have us do?

Meanwhile, as GG and CG say above, the less gas costs, the more people who need the money for other purposes have for those purposes. Maybe they can actually pay the electric bill? Maybe they can have enough gas to get to the promising job interview? Maybe they can pay off an outstanding debt? Maybe they can fill that prescription they've gone a week without?

Shit! I don't know how it's a good thing. I do know this: It's ALL pretty fucked up!

[Gman]

17. Unless you dont need transportation

It's good for the wallet.

[hfojvt]

5. they are practically GIVING it away

it happens every day

[BlueCaliDem]

9. $2.83 here in San Bernardino County - lower than L.A. County.

It's been pretty much under $3 for about a month now. I haven't seen it this low since President Clinton was in office!

[CountAllVotes]

10. $2.96/Costco

Here in northern Calif.

[steve2470]

11. Thanks Obama!

SARCASM......yes, I was being sarcastic, had to get that out of my system.

About 2.75 a gallon here in Orlando.

[Archae]

12. $2.64 here in Sheboygan, WI

Think we will see under $2 a gallon nationwide?

[Rex]

13. The closer you get to Galveston, the cheaper gas gets. nt

nt

[Gman]

15. I saw a story earlier about $1.99 in San Antonio

Supposed to be cheapest in the country.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

18. What spurred me to this OP is that Alex Witt just reported the cheapest gas is in

Missouri ($2.46). It made me think about the big ole $2.19 on the price sign at the QT last evening as I passed by on Airport Frwy.

Boy, did she get that report wrong. Texas was not even mentioned in the top 3 for lowest price per gallon. But we all know bad reporting (or outright lying) is now standard for TeeVee "news".

[CentralMass]

16. $2.77 outside of Portland, Oregon

[shenmue]

19. $2.45-$2.56, near Tampa, FL

[n2doc]

20. see map

http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx

[ChisolmTrailDem]

21. Thanks for the link, n2doc. This map verifies my observance at that intersection...

[rock]

22. Ah Ha! If the gas has spots in it it's probably not worth 2.19

[ChisolmTrailDem]

23. Oooor, it's $2.19 because it is the spotted variety of the species. Huh? Huh? Yeaaaa! nt

[rock]

24. Well that is the story I hear from the leopards

!

[NickB79]

25. Damn! Destroying the planet gets cheaper by the day!

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/12/04/368533781/2014-to-be-warmest-year-on-record-u-n-weather-agency-says

2014 To Be Warmest Year On Record, U.N. Weather Agency Says

[ChisolmTrailDem]

26. I think it's rather ironic that there seems to have been (and will be) just enough petroleum fuel in

the ground to give us the rope we need to hang ourselves - writ: make ourselves extinct or at least endangered.

Wow!!! There really is a God!

[NickB79]

27. In a sane country, we'd institute a minimum gas price (say $4/gal)

Adjusted for inflation, of course, over the years.

Any time the price falls below this, the difference goes into an environmental fund to reduce carbon emissions.

Or, we could just tax the fuck out of it like they do in Europe and Asia.

Either way, build more mass transit and kill the urge to drive gas guzzlers on superfluous trips.

[louis-t]

28. Filled up at 2.69. half a tank left.

2.49 this morning.

[meow2u3]

29. $2.79 in the Lehigh Valley, PA

That's b/c Pennsylvania has an exorbitant gas tax that was hike by $.10 a gallon in January, 2014.