Average gasoline price for early January is highest ever
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin motorists are paying record prices for unleaded gasoline for early January - nearly $1 more than a year ago. And experts say it likely means some bigger bills in spring when prices historically spike.
AAA Wisconsin says the statewide average price today is $3.14 a gallon.
Oil Price Information Service analyst Tom Kloza says it's likely Wisconsin will set a new all-time high price for gasoline in the spring. But he doesn't expect prices to remain that high for long.
The record set last May is $3.43 a gallon.
Experts say they do not expect prices to reach $4 a gallon, despite the record January price.
A year ago, the average price for a gallon of unleaded gasoline in Wisconsin was $2.28.
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Jan 11, 2008 at 11:55 a.m.
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I did find some information on the net from an article in the New York Times on 1/11/08. It stated that when adjusted for inflation, gas prices from 1980 to 1982 are actually 30% to 40% higher than today.
hmmmmmmmm
Jan 11, 2008 at 11:43 a.m.
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I would like to see what the current price of gas is compared to to the past 25 years corrected for inflation.
Jan 10, 2008 at 4:58 p.m.
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This is just a question I've pondered for a while. I know this is a wisconsin paper, but why is it that If I'm in Loves Park IL and I drive 1 mile to a different gas station, it can be .10 to .25 cheaper a gallon? Or vice versa. Is it really the goverment that is controlling prices or is it these money mongers who own these certain Gas stations?
Jan 10, 2008 at 2:23 p.m.
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And whenever a gas station owner wants to give discounts for various things, the state threatens to shut them down.
Jan 10, 2008 at 1:11 p.m.
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if some conveience store in Madison can pass out "Doyle Dollars" -why cant ALL the gas stations pass out "Bush Bucks"?????? Do you realise what gas was when Clinton left office.
Jan 10, 2008 at 12:07 p.m.
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Gasoline prices are outrageous. They're even higher out here in California. I'm just wondering, though, if the prices might have been higher in the 80's when adjusted for inflation.
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