Record $4-plus gas prices greet July Fourth holiday
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Jul 03 2008, 04:06 PM
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Karen Datko
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This post comes from Joe Benton at partner blog ConsumerAffairs.com.
The July Fourth holiday will see $4 gasoline throughout most of the country.
Consumers will spend more money per gallon on gasoline celebrating the national holiday weekend than they have ever spent in the history of the nation.
Retail gas prices set a record price for the fourth consecutive day, rising to a national average of $4.098 for a gallon of regular gasoline, according to the AAA Fuel Gauge Report.
The new record is a little more than a half-cent higher than the price just the day before.
Mid-grade gasoline now sells for an average $4.351, and premium goes for $ 4.508 a gallon. Diesel sells for $4.767, 3 cents short of the record price set June 16.
One month ago regular gasoline sold for $3.978 a gallon, and one year ago a gallon cost $2.949.
Gasoline now sells above $4 in 36 states and the District of Columbia.
Here is a look at some gasoline prices from around the country in the ConsumerAffairs.com July Fourth Gas Price Roundup:
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California. Regular gasoline sells for an average price of $4.574 throughout the state. The record price was set June 19 at $4.610.
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Texas. Regular gasoline sells for an average price of $3.957 in the Lone Star State and that is a record price for Texans.
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Florida. The average retail price for regular gasoline in the Sunshine state is now $4.059 and that is a record high.
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