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Gas prices fall: Five days and counting
Friday, September 05, 2008
CNN Money -- NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Gasoline prices eased for the fifth straight day, even as Tropical Storm Hanna bears down on the Carolinas, according to a nationwide survey of gas station credit card swipes.

The average price of regular unleaded gasoline fell 0.4 cents to $3.674 a gallon from $3.678 a day earlier, motorist group AAA said Thursday.

Gas prices were mixed in the three states that lie in Hanna's direct path. Prices were slightly lower in Georgia, slightly higher in North Carolina and unchanged in South Carolina. Nationwide, Alaska and Hawaii remained the two states with gas prices still tracking above $4 a gallon. The cheapest gas was found in Delaware, where prices averaged $3.451 a gallon.


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Friday, September 05, 2008
CNN Money -- NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Gasoline prices eased for the fifth straight day, even as Tropical Storm Hanna bears down on the Carolinas, according to a nationwide survey of gas station credit card swipes.

The average price of regular unleaded gasoline fell 0.4 cents to $3.674 a gallon from $3.678 a day earlier, motorist group AAA said Thursday.

Gas prices were mixed in the three states that lie in Hanna's direct path. Prices were slightly lower in Georgia, slightly higher in North Carolina and unchanged in South Carolina. Nationwide, Alaska and Hawaii remained the two states with gas prices still tracking above $4 a gallon. The cheapest gas was found in Delaware, where prices averaged $3.451 a gallon.

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magnumCA
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whats the problem
Bill313
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still don't see a pattern
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Connecticut Prices. In March the cost of a barrel of oil is that same as it is now. Gas at the pump then was $3.35 gallon now it is $3.78 a gallon. I would say there is some gouging going on here.
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Not our gas prices. We had a 27 cent increase on Wednesday on our gas prices around here. Most of our stations raised their gas prices to $3.75 Wednesday, and since then they have been ripping us off.
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Kinda old info.
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not enuff
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Up in some places in Mi.

[Edited by: Jacks45 at 9/7/2008 10:29:37 AM EST]
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Not falling enough.
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Yep
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VERY Old news.
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Maybe a little reality has surfaced.
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Still need to fall further.
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SEVEN NOW!
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same comment as for the six day in a row article
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Prices are dropping with a steady pace here in Southern California.
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Haven't noticed that here yet.
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Hiccup's a comin'!
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Ike will be here shortly.
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Unlikely to continue short term.
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Theorectically, the price of gas is purchased at different time on the commodities market than oil is. However, if you look at the price charts comparing gas and oil prices, there seems to be a direct correlation most of the time - except for the recent drop in oil prices not reflected by comparable prices in gas.
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Nope
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wish full thinking, no change here.
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Every penny saved at the pump is a penny earned!
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This is BS--cost of gas is NOT following the drop in oil at the same rate.
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how can gas prices in Alaska be high with all the oil they have
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gas needs to follow drop of oil!
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is this 6
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ONLY 5 DAYS?
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Has anyone ever figured out what the C in CNN really stands for?
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People are going to quit posting if the news articles are as bad as today. Repetitive.
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Still up here
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There are some independent stations here that are below $3.40 a gallon.
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Keep posting. Use less.
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ours droped a penny...
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according to the gas price chart on this website, Detroit has gone up five cents in the past three days.
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The other article say six days?
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Not in BC they go uip
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prices still up here also
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prices still up here
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Thats really great news. Gas prices jumped in one day, now after dropping for days in a row it still hasent dropped to the level of the one day jump.
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Down to 2.99 please...
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Wow, a .4 cent decrease. Maybe I will fill up a 300 gallon tank and save a total of $12.00.
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Keep falling.
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Hopefully the new news would be gas dropped to below $1/gallon.
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old news
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keep on going down
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The only article that I like more is the one about gas prices falling for 6 days.
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yep
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But not at the Pump
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AAAANNNDDD we hit 6!
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