AAA: Expect gas prices to drop this week
Look for gas prices to start heading downward this week, predicts AAA. Since New Year’s Day, oil prices have dropped, but gas prices climbed 20 cents a gallon nationwide, and 15 cents in Florida. That "disconnect" will end this week, according to AAA’s weekly report.
"It’s rare when retail gasoline prices are not moving in the same direction as crude oil prices; given current supply and demand, they should both be decreasing," said Gregg Laskoski, spokesman for AAA. "We should expect to see retail gasoline prices decline this week, barring any major disruptions to the oil infrastructure."
The price of a gallon of regular in the Tampa Bay area fell overnight to $1.779 from $1.78. That’s higher than the month-ago price of $1.65, but a much better bargain than last year’s price at this time: $3.10 a gallon.
Asjylyn Loder, Times Staff Writer
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GREAT, GW Bush is leaving office and gas prices drop, glad he got all his oil buddies rich...thats the only thing he accomplished in his tenure..
Posted by: Mike | January 12, 2009 at 12:48 PM
Mike, that's a very uninformed opinion.
Posted by: Brett | January 12, 2009 at 01:39 PM
Gotta go with Mike on this one!
Posted by: SickNTired | January 12, 2009 at 02:13 PM
Anyone who thinks GW is responsible for the the oil & gas hikes is not very informed at all. In fact, 60 minutes, just last night did a piece on WHY the oil prices had climbed so much & the blame was placed at the hands of speculators & speculative entities, NOT OIL COMPANIES. While GW may have made plenty of undesirable political moves in his tenure, I can not blame him nor anyone else in office for the rise we experienced in gas prices related to the hike in oil.
Posted by: | January 12, 2009 at 02:33 PM
W sets the price of oil.....right! and Al Gore created the internet, and cows jump over the moon.
Posted by: Mike is a Moron | January 12, 2009 at 02:39 PM
When Bush took office gas was $1.76. He's leaving & look where we're at now. $100 trillion in debt, a never ending war, corruption, greed and a moron who managed to steal the office not once but twice. Wake up people- especially you Republicans who defend your party until the end. This country is nothing but a joke to not only it's own people- but the entire world! We have a monkey who spent 1/3 of his tenure on vacation and the other 2/3 making money off this war he caused. WMD's & terrorists my .....
Posted by: IDIOTs | January 12, 2009 at 03:19 PM
LOLOLOLO!
Posted by: DOOLEY | January 12, 2009 at 03:34 PM
I guees the dimbulb democraps had nothing to do with it.
Nancy Lalapalozza and company.
Posted by: John | January 12, 2009 at 05:42 PM
Hey Idiot,
You got your name right. U.S national debt is 10,620,154,839,252.81. For folks who can't count that high, call it 10 trillion. Debt is not the worst thing, this country was built on debt from day 1 and has allowed us to become the most powerful nation in the history of the world. We pay our debts, why do think the entire world invest's here! Let's focus on a real problem, social security, a 50 trillion dollar ponzi scheme. Quit being such a bunch of partisan clowns and let's take this country back. We need to repeal the 16th amendment and re-do the tax system that will tie the GDP to govt. revenue. Please stop crying about George Bush, we have real problems.
Posted by: Barrack Obama | January 12, 2009 at 06:13 PM
Whatever, if Wall Street wants to drive up gas prices then so be it. I plan on hedging my gas at petrofix.com. Only problem is I have to pay Wall Street not to pay Wall Street, LOL! I n all seriousness, gas is low, I'm going to cap down here for a year. Better than $4 gas in the summer.
Posted by: Luke | January 12, 2009 at 11:15 PM
keep watching CNN and 60 minutes, if you dont think Bush got his oil buddies rich you are smoking straight crack rocks!
Posted by: Mike | January 13, 2009 at 01:31 AM
Maybe if you cut out the crack rocks you would have money to invest in oil too?
Posted by: Mike is a Moron | January 13, 2009 at 08:29 AM
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