As Temperatures Rise, Gas Prices Drop

Prices could drop to as low as $2 per gallon, according to a St. Louis AAA executive.

If you’ve got a vacation planned in the near future, there’s good news for you: gas prices are going down. In fact, the per-gallon price has hit its lowest point this year—on average, about $3.10 per gallon in the St. Louis area. “The biggest trend on gasoline prices is the significant reduction in crude oil,” said Mike Right, AAA’s St. Louis-based vice president of public affairs, noting that there has been about a 30 percent price-drop for crude oil since May. “To that, add the fact that inventories of both gasoline and crude oil in the US are quite high, and the demand continues to be very weak,” he said. “We have an abundant supply and an anemic demand—so you can only expect the prices to decline.” To check prices from Eureka or …

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Best Gas Prices: July 5

Check out today's lowest reported gas prices.

Need to fill your gas tank up after the long holiday weekend? The following are the most current, per gallon gas prices, based on StLouisGasPrices.com.   Please return to Eureka-Wildwood Patch on Friday morning for another update about the lowest gas prices in the area.

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Best Gas Prices: July 1

Check out today's lowest gas prices in Eureka and Wildwood.

Need to fill up for the Fourth of July weekend? The following are the most current, per gallon gas prices, based on StLouisGasPrices.com. Please return to Eureka-Wildwood Patch on Tuesday morning for another update about the lowest gas prices in the area.

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Best Gas Prices: June 24

Check out today's lowest gas prices in Eureka and Wildwood, just in time for the weekend.

It's Friday, which means it may be time to fill up your gas tank for the weekend. Following are the most current, per gallon gas prices, based on StLouisGasPrices.com. Please return to Eureka-Wildwood Patch on Tuesday morning for another update about the lowest gas prices in the area.

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Pain at the Pump: Gas Prices Still Rising

With gas prices in Eureka and Wildwood averaging $3.84 for regular gas, drivers are paying almost $1 more per gallon than last year. One industry expert says there's a 25-percent chance that gas will hit $4 a gallon over the summer.

Gas prices in the St. Louis area have been rising steadily, and local experts are forecasting the trend will continue. Currently, gas prices in the St. Louis area are averaging $3.89 a gallon, according to AAA of Missouri. That’s up from $2.79 a gallon the same time last year – an increase of $1.10. “It takes a significant bite out of family budgets, especially when you consider that a family with two cars uses about 1,200 gallons of gas a year,” said Mike Right, a spokesman for AAA of Missouri. “With an increase of $1 a gallon – that’s a $1,200 hit." Motorists in Eureka and Wildwood are paying four cents per gallon less than the per-gallon average, according to a survey of prices on StLouisGasPrices.com. Eight local service stations on …

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Want Lower Gas Prices? Cut Back On Eating Meat

It's all about a little thing called physics.

The rumbling's started. Gas prices are surging higher and, as usual, people are complaining and casting about for a reason. It didn't take long for one of my former high school classmates and Facebook friend, who now lives in Louisiana, to lay the blame directly at President Barack Obama's feet. In a Facebook posting, he writes: `Has anyone noticed the price of gas now? $2.87 down here in New Orleans. Does anyone remember what it was at the end of the George W. Bush Presidency (sic). $1.57 was the national average. Who got the most campaign money from BIG EVIL OIL? That's right (sic) the Obama Crime Machine. Is the fix in and has it been exposed by the media (sic). Nope. How about groceries? Ain't Hopey Changey great (sic).'  OK...So let'…

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Dennis Broadbooks

8:08 am on Monday, December 13, 2010

All you have to do is look "North to Alaska" for the answer to your question..."Want Lower Gas Prices?". We need to be seeking our own sources for new oil reserves to tap & it's right in our own backyard (well, maybe not "backyard" but certainly within our country's reach!). As for your "line of reasoning", I'm surprised you didn't employ Chick-fil-A's slogan "Eat Mor Chikin".   more ›