September 10, 2006

HAD ENOUGH?:

Survey: Nationwide gas prices drop nearly 22 cents (The Associated Press, 9/10/06)

U.S. retail gas prices dropped nearly 22 cents a gallon in the past two weeks, the second decline in a row since a mid-August peak, according to a survey released Sunday.

The national average for self-serve regular stood at about $2.65 on Sept. 8...


The Fed can't cut fast enough to compensae for its overestimate of energy costs.

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 10, 2006 6:19 PM
Comments

They should not really be raising on energy costs anyway.

Posted by: JAB at September 10, 2006 7:42 PM

$2.179 in Cincinnati this weekend. $2.079 with at Kroger with a frequent shopper card.

Posted by: Greg Hlatky at September 10, 2006 8:28 PM

No, they shouldn't have been.

Posted by: oj at September 10, 2006 9:06 PM

I demand a congressional investigation! Why now? Who's behind this? It must be a conspiracy of some sort! I see that Rove's weather machine caused a magnatude 6.0 earthquake in the Gulf! How is he involved in this oil price manipulation? How? How? How?

Posted by: Jayson at September 10, 2006 10:14 PM

I saw it for $2.19 in Des Moines this afternoon. It is still around the high $2.20's in Omaha.

Posted by: pchuck at September 10, 2006 10:59 PM

High $2.20s????!

Don't we wish, $2.77 @ Wal-Mart - still over $3 for primo which is what my car uses.

Posted by: Sandy P at September 10, 2006 11:16 PM

Just switch to regular.

Posted by: oj at September 10, 2006 11:20 PM

Sandy, where are you?

Posted by: pchuck at September 10, 2006 11:36 PM

Today I paid $2.84 here in Seattle. What a surprise.

Posted by: Patrick H at September 11, 2006 1:59 AM

greater chicagoland.

We have a high state gas tax.

Posted by: Sandy P at September 11, 2006 2:17 AM

$2.37 at our local Meijer's! A vast big oil conspeeeracy no doubt.

Posted by: Dave W at September 11, 2006 6:22 AM

Actually, the lowar prices here in Michigan must somehow be Dick DeVos' doing.

Posted by: Dave W at September 11, 2006 6:24 AM
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