Gas Prices Drop Below $4 per Gallon

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Gas Prices Drop Below $4 per Gallon

August 9, 2022 at 9:59 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 105 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/08/09/gas-prices-drop-below-4-per-gallon/

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The U.S. national average price of gas today has fallen back under the $4 mark to $3.99 per gallon for the first time since early March, according to GasBuddy.

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[Rebl2]

1. It was

3.45 in my town in Midwest yesterday.

[grumpyduck]

2. $5.49 at 7-Eleven this morning in CA. nt

[rurallib]

3. $3.37 in eastern Iowa yesterday

[AZSkiffyGeek]

4. I paid $3.29 in Phoenix yesterday

That was after grocery reward points. Across the street it was $3.63.

[MontanaMama]

5. $4.49 yesterday in Missoula, MT.

It takes a bit for the lower prices to make it up here.

[sop]

6. $3.64 in North Florida.

[Ron Green]

7. It never did stop being way cheaper than in Europe.

Just as prescription drugs have never stopped being way more expensive.

[MichMan]

9. Fuel taxes are significantly higher in Europe

Makes any price comparisons meaningless

[Ron Green]

13. Here's the meaning:

This country’s government values things more highly not for their benefit to people and planet, but for their return on investment for big political donors.

Cheap food — now there’s another meaningful comparison.

[MichMan]

14. Are you proposing that the gas taxes be raised $2 per gallon to match Europe?

[Ron Green]

17. I have no proposal; we'd need a time machine to build a different world

than the one we’ve got. I just know that when our political leaders are touting cheap gas as a worthy goal, we’re lost.

[KPN]

8. Still over $5 here -- south coast Oregon.

[bcool]

10. $3.15 @ Costco in St. Louis...n/t

[Ohio Joe]

11. $3.59 outside Boulder Colorado

The station up the road has that.

[Tree Lady]

12. $4.58 at Costco southern OR yesterday nt

[leftyladyfrommo]

15. KCMO $3.46

[Raine]

16. Not here in California, where I live it's closer to $6. 🙁 nt

[Sympthsical]

19. They're weirdly stable here, right?

It's been holding at the same price for nearly a month now it seems. Just fueled up this morning at Costco, and I think it's the same price it's been since second week of July.

But California is wacky. Part of it is our suppliers, part of it our state's formulation requirements, higher taxes than most places, etc.

So I think we always lag behind everyone else.

It does still feel weirdly disconnected from the national trend, though. Even by our weird standards.

[Deminpenn]

18. 3.57 across the border in Ohio

Still 4.25 in western PA.