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Weekly
U.S. Retail Gasoline Prices, Regular Grade
Dollars per
gallon, including all taxes
Weekly
Retail On-Highway Diesel Prices
Dollars per gallon, including
all taxes
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How about the bus?
For less than $1, riders can travel
on nearly 30 routes throughout the city and Buncombe County. Fares
range from free to 75 cents per ride depending on destination. Visit
www.ashevilletransit.com.
Henderson
County residents can use Apple Country Transportation. For 75 cents a fare, residents can
travel between Hendersonville, Fletcher and Asheville. Visit
www.cojoweb.com/henderson-co-transportation.html.
Gas alternatives
Hybrid cars have soared in popularity
recently, but you could be in for a wait. Fans of the Toyota Prius,
the nation’s No. 1 selling hybrid, will have to wait one year to get
their own at Jim Barkley Toyota in Asheville. Customers looking for
a hybrid model of the Honda Civic or Accord may not have a long wait
at AppleTree Honda in Fletcher. Some models were in stock Tuesday,
but models with specific colors and amenities may take 30 to 60 days
to arrive. Honda Insights are available only through special order.
Visit
www.hybridcars.com.
Watching for gas drive-offs
Asheville Police Department Spokesman
John Dankel said local law enforcement hasn’t noticed an increase in
drive-offs, when someone gases up and leaves without paying. Yet.
“It’s probably reasonable to expect that if gas goes up suddenly as
much as people are saying — like on the order of 20 to 25 cents in
coming weeks — that it might lead to an increase in incidents like
this,” Dankel said. If caught, you could be charged with a
misdemeanor and lose your driver’s license.
“It’s a lot of risk for a $20 theft,” he said.
Try carpooling
In Asheville, plans are underway to
formalize carpooling networks via
www.sharetheridenc.com. It helps
North Carolina commuters find others who have similar work hours and
destinations.
Save gas
Here are some tips to help you save
gas:
• AAA Carolinas says underinflated tires can reduce fuel economy
by as much as 2 percent per pound of pressure below the
recommended level.
• Rapid accelerating,
tailgating and waiting until the last minute to slow down will
reduce fuel economy.
• Loading up a car’s roof rack can reduce mileage 10 percent to 20
percent in highway driving because of the increased wind
resistance.
Biodiesel
"On the Road Again”
means something new for Willie Nelson these days — a chance for truckers
to fill their tanks with clean-burning biodiesel fuel.
Nelson and three
business partners recently formed a company called Willie Nelson’s
Biodiesel that is marketing the fuel to truck stops. The fuel, called
BioWillie, is made from vegetable oils, mainly soybeans, and can be burned
without modification to diesel engines.
Background on
Willie Nelson's Biodiesel is online at
www.wnbiodiesel.com .
Also See:
www.gasbuddy.com
can help you find cheap gas prices in
your city. It is comprised of 170 gas price information web sites that
help consumers find low gasoline prices. All web sites are operated by
GasBuddy. GasBuddy has the most comprehensive listings of gas prices
anywhere by far.
AAA's
Daily Fuel Gauge Report
is updated
each business day and is the most comprehensive retail gasoline survey
available. Everyday over 60,000 self-serve stations are surveyed.
Get
The Current Fuel Costs For A Trip
And in Canada ?
www.ottawagasprices.com
Frustrated
by the ups and downs of gas pricing? OttawaGasPrices.com provides you a
realtime forum where the best and worst prices in the Ottawa area can be
tracked, whether they be in Centretown, in the Valley, or in West Quebec.
And while we're at it ---
Energy Pricing
USA
WISE
WORDS FROM A FOUNDING FATHER OF OUR GREAT NATION
"There is in the nature of government an impatience of control
that disposes those invested with power to look with an evil
eye upon all external attempts to restrain or direct its
operations. This has its origin in the love of power.
Representatives of the people are not superior to the people
themselves."
Alexander Hamilton -
Federalist Papers, 1787.
We hear
much about a looming Energy threat, but is it for real? The answer is
emphatically YES!!
This summary, and the separate USA and World sections linked below, will
tell you WHY.
Canada
This
shows the monthly index natural gas prices in Cdn $ / GJ and ˘/M3.
Historical prices courtesy of
Enerdata Ltd..
The forecast is created for educational purposes and considers
analyst opinion, weather, oil prices, gas storage, drilling
rates and economic indicators.
http://www.energyshop.com/es/homes/gas/gaspriceforecast.cfm
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