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lastlib

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12. I'm near KCMO also...

Reply to LongTomH (Original post)

Fri May 25, 2018, 01:06 PM

May 2018

Mid July 2008, I paid 4.099/gal. Highest in 2011 was 3.809 (in May); highest in 2014 was $3.549 (in June) but that was probably somewhere closer to Lake of the Ozarks, not metro KC. The $3.809 in 2011 was the highest post-Bush price.

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How high did the price of gas go during the Bush administration? [View all] LongTomH May 2018 OP

Was $4.25 in 2007 or 8. Archae May 2018 #1

We paid a max of about $4.59/gallon in our area. MANative May 2018 #2

We are already at 3.89 a gallon here in parts of California Caliman73 May 2018 #3

It's around $3.50/gallon in the more expensive towns just south of here. MANative May 2018 #9

its very dependent on the area of course (california vs other places for example) drray23 May 2018 #4

According to the link you posted.... MichMan May 2018 #10

According to GasBuddy's 10 year chart, the local average for regular got as high as $4.71. haele May 2018 #5

In Chicago mikeysnot May 2018 #6

I was in L.A. once and saw nearly $5 DFW May 2018 #7

It was also $4 a gallon in 2014 MichMan May 2018 #8

here is the chart. National average with two other areas. drray23 May 2018 #11

I'm near KCMO also... lastlib May 2018 #12

It was about $4.98 at its highest; it's now at $3.19 & predicted to keep rising. Some winning. catbyte May 2018 #13

Summer 2015 - we were paying $1.08 on the west side of Cleveland hexola May 2018 #14