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Gas Gauge: Down a Dime, and Could Go Lower!

Gas prices are down to $3.79 this week, and the national and international outlook hints that it might continue in that direction.

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Check your gas gauge lately?

I checked mine this morning, and it's a good time to fill 'er up, because it's a dime lower than it was a week ago.

That reflects a nationwide trend—it's down a dime all over the place this week—and the prognosis is good for the fall, according to an article on the IBtime.com website.

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Apparently, oil prices went up about $20 a barrel this summer because of all the to-do in Libya. Now that Muammar Gaddafi has exited stage right, the price is down to about $85 a barrel. Also, prices usually go down in the fall.

All of which means—unless something goes blooey—we should continue to see steady or falling gas prices this fall.

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The high price on Monday morning was $3.88 at the West Side Citgo, and the average price of a gallon of regular was $3.80.

 

STATION Aug. 22 PRICE Aug. 29 PRICE Sept. 6 PRICE Sept. 12 PRICE Sept. 19 PRICE Citgo, Batavia Ave.  $3.79  $3.85 $3.92 $3.93 $3.88 BP on West State $3.74  $3.89 $3.89 $3.89 $3.79 Meijer on Randall $3.74  $3.89 $3.89 $3.89 $3.79 Citgo, East State and Crissey $3.75   $3.89 $3.89 $3.89 $3.79 Fuller's, East State $3.75  $3.89 $3.89 $3.89 $3.79 Shell, Kirk and E. State $3.75  $3.89 $3.89 $3.89 $3.79 Marathon, Kirk and E. State $3.75  $3.89 $3.99 $3.89 $3.79 AVERAGE PRICE $3.75  $3.89

 $3.91 $3.90 $3.80

* Price of a gallon of regular, not including the .009 that's always tacked on at the end.

 

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