Nationwide gas prices average just shy of 3$ a gallon

[Joanne98]

Nationwide gas prices average just shy of $3 a gallon
Associated Press
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/15001616.htm

CAMARILLO, Calif. - U.S. gas prices jumped nearly 11 cents per gallon in the past two weeks with the national average for self-serve regular just shy of $3 a gallon, according to a survey released Sunday.

The average price for the grade was $2.995 per gallon Friday, up 10.73 cents in two weeks, according to the Lundberg Survey of 7,000 gas stations across the country. The price was less than 2 cents below the all-time high of $3.01 set Sept. 9, analyst Trilby Lundberg said.

The average mid-grade price was $3.10 a gallon while premium ran $3.20.

The lowest price for gas was $2.70 a gallon in Charleston, S.C., while the highest - $3.27 a gallon - was in Honolulu.

Among California cities surveyed, the highest average price for self-serve regular was $3.26 a gallon in San Diego. The lowest, $3.08 a gallon, was in Sacramento.

ON THE NET

Lundberg Survey: http://www.lundbergsurvey.com

[Ice4Clark]

1. We are now 3.05.9 .. up six cents since this morning

We are a very small community and most commute to jobs in the big city. It's killing the fixed/middle/low income here.

[Joanne98]

2. $3.00 is a psychological number. Watch * poll numbers tank .

[high density]

4. Yeah but we conditioned to $2.75+/gal awfully fast!

I'm sure these crooks want to try $3.75 next.

[cornermouse]

8. Speak for yourself, Herman.

I haven't been conditioned since $2.00 a gallon.

[high density]

12. I'm paying it.

Aren't you? And everybody else seems to be paying it as well.

[cornermouse]

15. I'm paying more than 2.75.

I'm just not conditioned to accept it. I don't think I ever will be.

[entanglement]

21. Well, you'd better get used to it

If you thought cheap gas was forever...

[cornermouse]

23. Nationalize the oil companies.

I'm thinking that is the logical outcome to overwhelming greed.

[Tesha]

25. Who did they vote for?

> It's killing the fixed/middle/low income here.

Who did they vote for? Nowadays, my sympathy is strictly
rationed by the answer to that question.

Tesha

[cornermouse]

3. A lot of angry people about the gas prices.

And at $3.00 a gallon, they aren't likely to forget their anger just because the oil industry happens to lower the prices a month or two before the election in November.

[INdemo]

22. Its not just the gas prices.......

the high fuel orice is affecting everything..groceries,etc,,,,,
There is absolutely no reason for it but they can get away with it.......

[RebelOne]

5. I paid $2.94 yesterday here Woodstock, Georgia,

which is just northwest of Atlanta. But down the road in Marietta, which is next door to Atlanta, the prices were as high as $3.09 a gallon for regular. Seems the closer to Atlanta, the higher the price.

[Sherman A1]

6. Best I have seen in St. Louis is 2.92

Everyone is just soooooo happy.

[u4ic]

7. Over $4 a gallon

up north here. My area - $4.17 gallon, or $1.09.9/litre.

[Hekate]

9. oh c'mon; "cheap" gas here was $3.45/gal this week

Where do they think Goleta and Santa Barbara are? Who are these people? Sheesh.

Hekate

[whistle]

10. $2.89 to $2.92 for regular unleaded in Orlando FL

....up from $2.74 just three weeks ago. I expect gas to go up $.20 to $30 more a gallon by mid-August

[peacebird]

11. ga$ prices up, corp profit$ up=bu$h$ number$ DOWN.

Sad to say - there will be a lot of Americans suffering with high prices caused across the market by fuel costs. BUT to look on the bright side it should help us remove the republican deathgrip on the house and senate in the fall!

Pathetic tho it is, many people do not pay attention to politics until they are feeling pain - and there will be many families feeling the squeeze of this latest fuel "crisis". Let's get some ads on the air with bush assuring amurikkka that there was NO PRICE GOUGING after Katrina.... Remember that bit? LOL!

Run it side by side with a grpahic of the record profits for the big oil companies last year.

Maybe THAT would get their attention.

[flamingyouth]

13. It's been over $3 a gallon in Seattle for a long time.

Though I did find a station that had 2.95 the other day.

[onehandle]

14. Imagine how high it would be if we weren't occupying Iraq.

:eyes: :eyes:

[lutefisk]

33. What's the daily cost of the Bush/Iraq oil surchage?

I would love to see "Bush-Iraq Gas Tax" stickers on gas pumps. I wouldn't doubt that there are people out there blaming Clinton and Gore as they fill their gas tanks.

[cprise]

16. Don't forget to fill up at CITGO.

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0516-25.htm



And avoid Exxon/Mobil.

[LibDemAlways]

17. I paid 3.61 in So. Cal the other day. Ouch.

[CatholicEdHead]

18. Regular is $2.96/gal in southern Minnesota

And it was $3.58 on Kauai, Hawaii on Saturday.

[Historic NY]

19. $3.17 Reg upstate NY..............

I stopped at another store it was down the street at 3.13 and they asked if I wanted to fill up.:silly: I told them I could wait until next week.

[hadrons]

20. gas prices haven't really gone up in NYC, but they didn't really drop low

holding steady in the $3.20 range

[llmart]

24. Oh, stop all this nonsense already..................

and stop your whining. I just read another article here on DU that said the economy is "flourishing". What's the matter with you people? Can't you see the "flourishing" economy?

[Historic NY]

35. Are you sure its not "flushing economy"............

Please check your spelling and get back to us, meanwhile the beating will continue until morale improves.

[afrosia]

26. I live in the UK and pay circa $9.00

...Eat that! I win, I win! "Wow, what have you won?" An empty f**king wallet!

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

27. You won healthcare.

[coalition_unwilling]

38. And the "Dole," a guaranteed annual income. (eom)

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

39. And the "Welfare," a guaranteed annual income. (more)

:rofl:

Oh! And mass transit!

[leftyladyfrommo]

28. 2.869 in Kansas City

Boy, I'm really getting careful about where I drive. Unless its business I just stay home.

[RCinBrooklyn]

29. $3.27 for Regular out on Long Island, NY

[Skink]

30. Meanwhile Latin America uses revenue from high oil prices to

modernize and help the poor. The Russian Federation rebuilds its military and ponders retaking it's now resource rich breakaway republics.
All the while the American military is streatched dangerously thin and can only watch as North Korea readies to lash out at a world content to watch it starve.
These are historic times all in the name of profit.

[coffeenap]

31. Exactly $3.19 at every station I have seen in my county. nt.

[slackmaster]

32. Yay San Diego

We're Number One!

We're Number One!

:argh:

[paparush]

34. Gas Prices have Turned the Corner!!

Mega Super Profits for PetroChem "Gold Club" donators.

War is just too damn profitable not to pursue.

[rayofreason]

36. Never so cheap again....

Oil has not run out, but cheap oil has. In a couple of years when gas is $5/gallon, we look back to those cheap $3 days.

[NickB79]

37. One strong hurricane through the Gulf and it will be $4/gallon

The oil rigs in the Gulf are still not back to 100% capacity from last year, and another hurricane would be devestating.

If a hurricane makes landfall anywhere near a refinery city, I predict $5/gallon AND rationing ala the 1970's.

Gonna be a fun, fun summer...

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

40. One word:

:scared:

[HockeyMom]

41. I can't remember when it was UNDER $3.00

Six months ago, maybe?