With an automatic tax increase on gasoline taking effect, prices at the pump are on the rise again in the Asheville area: up 7.4 cents per gallon in the last week. That's 95.8 cents higher than a year ago and slightly above the 6.3-cent increase that's the average in the U.S.
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Average retail gasoline prices in Asheville have risen 7.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.59/g yesterday. This compares with the national average that has increased 6.3 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.63/g, according to gasoline price website AshevilleGasPrices.com.
Including the change in gas prices in Asheville during the past week, prices yesterday were 95.8 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago and are 1.5 cents per gallon lower than a month ago. The national average has decreased 9.1 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 91.7 cents per gallon higher than this day one year ago.
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A discount station near my place of employment has regular at $3.45 last Wednesday; today it is $3.65.
I hope I live long enough to see the replacement of all fossil fuels with alternative energy, both in homes, industries and for vehicular use, even if it costs more. Getting hosed financially while adding to our environmental problems is something I'd prefer to discontinue as soon as possible.
By Dionysis
07/11/2011
We all need to stop driving and 1. walk 2. ride bikes
By dpewen
07/11/2011
"We all need to stop driving and 1. walk 2. ride bikes"
I don't drive anywhere unless I have to, which means to and from work and the grocery store. Most purchases I make on-line, so don't burn gas running around shopping. I live in the country and cannot ride a bike down I-26, but would absolutely love to have efficient, dependable, fast and low-polluting mass transit to replace my daily drive (such as many European countries have now).
By Dionysis
07/11/2011
Europe is so far ahead of us because they have had very high gas prices for a long long time.
I have an advantage because I live downtown and don't drive much at all. I have a nice city bike which also helps although the drives here are very bad about sharing the road.
By dpewen
07/11/2011
I hope I live long enough to see the replacement of all fossil fuels with alternative energy, both in homes, industries and for vehicular use, even if it costs more.
There are no 'replacements'. There is only scaling back our consumption.
Getting hosed financially while adding to our environmental problems is something I’d prefer to discontinue as soon as possible.
Americans actually pay some of the lowest gas prices in the western world.
Europe is so far ahead of us because they have had very high gas prices for a long long time.
It being a fraction of the size of the us with much greater population density is also likely a serious factor.
By bill smith
07/14/2011