{"id":58089,"date":"2014-11-25T08:21:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T13:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=58089"},"modified":"2014-11-25T08:21:34","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T13:21:34","slug":"gas-prices-at-lowest-level-since-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2014\/11\/25\/gas-prices-at-lowest-level-since-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas prices at lowest level since 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Gasoline price information<\/i><\/p>\n<p>CHICAGO &#8212; With the U.S. average price of gasoline at $2.80 today, the national average is at its lowest level since December 2010. Especially this week, Americans should be grateful that 80 percent of the nation\u2019s gas stations are reporting prices under $3 per gallon, compared to just 22 percent at this time in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile many of us are convinced that gas prices automatically go up in advance of every travel holiday, our price tracking has proven that to be a widely-held misconception,\u201d said Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst with GasBuddy. \u201cIn some years we\u2019ve seen occasions, particularly during the Thanksgiving and Christmas travel periods, when prices remained flat or even posted a decline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Gasoline-price-map2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-58091\" alt=\"Gasoline price map2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Gasoline-price-map2.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"241\" \/><\/a>In 2011 for example, the national average went from $3.32 on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving to $3.28 on the Monday immediately following.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the inventory reported by the Department of Energy and the supply build following last week\u2019s snow storms, we anticipate that retail gas prices in most parts of the country will show another decline this week, even though millions of us will be driving for Thanksgiving,\u201d said DeHaan. \u201cIt may seem counter-intuitive, but it\u2019s been a very unusual year!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Key Stats:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New York has the highest average ($3.18 a gallon) in the lower 48 states, followed by Connecticut at $3.11.<\/li>\n<li>South Carolina has the lowest state average in the country at just $2.55 on Monday.<\/li>\n<li>There are 41 states with averages under $3 per gallon today, while\u202840 states have at least 50 percent of their stations reporting prices under $3, compared to only nine states at this time last year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWith so many of us driving for Thanksgiving, it\u2019s imperative to put safety first,\u201d added Gregg Laskoski, another senior petroleum analyst with GasBuddy. \u201cIf it\u2019s late or folks are fatigued they\u2019ll be much better off staying overnight rather than trying to drive while struggling to keep their eyes open. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>Motorists should keep in mind that gas prices can vary dramatic from city to city, and especially when crossing state lines implemented taxes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gasoline price information CHICAGO &#8212; With the U.S. average price of gasoline at $2.80 today, the national average is at its lowest level since December 2010. Especially this week, Americans should be grateful that 80 percent of the nation\u2019s gas stations are reporting prices under $3 per gallon, compared to just 22 percent at this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 21:21:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58089\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}