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gasoline prices plummet in Omaha (Nebraska)
« on: November 04, 2008, 03:25:23 PM »
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10477905

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Gasoline under $2 a gallon in metro area

Motorists across the Omaha-Council Bluffs metro area were delighted today to find gasoline at less than $2 a gallon at certain stations, a level not seen for at least three years.

The sign at Bucky's Express in Council Bluffs sports the new price Tuesday.“This just thrills me,“ said Sue James of Omaha, a retail merchandiser who drives from store to store to ensure that displays are up and products are stocked.

James was filling her car’s gas tank with the ethanol blend, at $1.96.9 a gallon, at Bucky’s Express in Council Bluffs. Signs at several other stations along West Broadway showed $1.99 a gallon.

Rose White of AAA Nebraska said regular unleaded gasoline averaged $2.28 a gallon across the state today. Prices were even lower in some places, such as Omaha, where there is strong competition, White said.

The last time prices for regular unleaded were below $2 a gallon was February 2005, White said.

In Iowa, AAA reported, regular unleaded averaged $2.14. The national average was $2.39 per gallon.

Prices could go lower.....
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Re: gasoline prices plummet in Omaha (Nebraska)
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2008, 03:27:15 PM »
I just filled up on 1.97 a gallon. My evil SUV cost me 35.00 to fill up from E with the light engaged to over Full! WOOT!!!! I'm thinking I gotta take a drive to enjoy the new found freedom :-)
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Re: gasoline prices plummet in Omaha (Nebraska)
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2008, 03:41:49 PM »
Paid $1.93 yesterday.  Makes me want to go drive the whole tank out and fill it up again.  LOL

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Re: gasoline prices plummet in Omaha (Nebraska)
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2008, 03:45:39 PM »
$1.91 here at Phillips 66. Not the "ethanol blend", either.
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Re: gasoline prices plummet in Omaha (Nebraska)
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2008, 03:47:19 PM »
$1.98 here in Richmond

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Re: gasoline prices plummet in Omaha (Nebraska)
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2008, 04:07:28 PM »
Filled up yesterday at $2.15, today the price dropped to $1.99. Lousy  :censored: timing on my part.
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Re: gasoline prices plummet in Omaha (Nebraska)
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2008, 04:25:39 PM »
$1.81 here in KC....

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Re: gasoline prices plummet in Omaha (Nebraska)
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2008, 05:34:10 PM »
Still paying $2.27 in Seabrook, some station in North Hampton is supposedly at $2.07.  Prices still $2.39-2.45 in Rochester.
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Re: gasoline prices plummet in Omaha (Nebraska)
« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2008, 05:37:04 PM »
Was $2.39 at Pilot on Saturday night and didn't notice if it's changed since.
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Re: gasoline prices plummet in Omaha (Nebraska)
« Reply #9 on: November 04, 2008, 05:43:20 PM »
Kroger was at 2.15... I am waiting for it to drop below the $2.00 mark (my parents saw it below that in Atlanta, at a Costco).
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Re: gasoline prices plummet in Omaha (Nebraska)
« Reply #10 on: November 04, 2008, 10:24:51 PM »
Exxon at $2.09 in Austin, TX.  Costco and HEB (grocery) probably cheaper.

Oil looks like it'll stabilize at $50 a barrel for the next year, which (I think) means gas at just under $2.

Hint: Used SUVs are really cheap right now...
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Re: gasoline prices plummet in Omaha (Nebraska)
« Reply #11 on: November 04, 2008, 11:05:23 PM »
Quote from: Woody on November 04, 2008, 10:24:51 PM
Hint: Used SUVs are really cheap right now...

I'm thinkin' of picking up a nice, plush Crown Vic.  :lmao:
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Re: gasoline prices plummet in Omaha (Nebraska)
« Reply #12 on: November 05, 2008, 12:08:31 AM »
Bah, we're still paying in the $2.30's here in central FL, but we do have some of the highest fuel taxes in the country. :censored:
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Re: gasoline prices plummet in Omaha (Nebraska)
« Reply #13 on: November 05, 2008, 02:51:33 AM »
I'm thinking we are going to see oil start rising again. Now that the messiah has been elected, Pelosi will get her wish about banning drilling again.
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Re: gasoline prices plummet in Omaha (Nebraska)
« Reply #14 on: November 09, 2008, 11:06:38 AM »
Quote from: thundley4 on November 05, 2008, 02:51:33 AM
I'm thinking we are going to see oil start rising again. Now that the messiah has been elected, Pelosi will get her wish about banning drilling again.

Hold onto your wallets because you will see the largest increase in federal gasoline excise taxes in the next couple of years. Probably double or triple the present amount. Gotta pay for all those social programs.

Nixon and Carter proclaimed 30 some years ago that we will rid our dependence on foreign oil. Now that the price has dropped, the oil companies will cut back on production and the Congress will reduce the amount invested in alternative energy. We have not learned a damn thing because 30 years from now our dependence on foreign will be the same amount or even greater.   
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Re: gasoline prices plummet in Omaha (Nebraska)
« Reply #15 on: November 09, 2008, 01:01:04 PM »
$2.18 here.
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Re: gasoline prices plummet in Omaha (Nebraska)
« Reply #16 on: November 09, 2008, 01:34:53 PM »
Quote from: debk on November 09, 2008, 01:01:04 PM
$2.18 here.

There's a pair of stations down the street selling for $2.05.
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Re: gasoline prices plummet in Omaha (Nebraska)
« Reply #17 on: November 09, 2008, 01:56:23 PM »
Quote from: Chris on November 09, 2008, 01:34:53 PM
There's a pair of stations down the street selling for $2.05.

$1.86 yesterday.
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« Reply #18 on: November 09, 2008, 01:58:10 PM »
Quote from: freedumb2003 on November 09, 2008, 01:56:23 PM
$1.86 yesterday.


You're not in California right now, are you? :-)
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Re: gasoline prices plummet in Omaha (Nebraska)
« Reply #19 on: November 09, 2008, 02:01:53 PM »
We were going through Terrell the other day and saw "$1.91" at the Racetrack.  We stopped to fill-up.  Unfortunately, their credit card system was down and I didn't want to hassle with cash, so we drove on.

Now, gas is $1.96 at the Little Store up on the highway.   We can live with that.
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« Reply #20 on: November 09, 2008, 02:05:32 PM »
Quote from: Chris on November 09, 2008, 01:58:10 PM
You're not in California right now, are you? :-)
Man, sometimes your wild guesses can be SO right on!


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Re: gasoline prices plummet in Omaha (Nebraska)
« Reply #21 on: November 09, 2008, 05:25:10 PM »
I've seen gas down to $1.99 the last few days.

The strange thing about diesel, this one Shell station has it for $3.39, but every other station is around $2.99 or a few cents less.  I saw one station yesterday with diesel at $2.89/gallon.

w00t!  Diesel is under $3!
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« Reply #22 on: November 10, 2008, 11:04:41 AM »
Regular unleaded is now $1.61, and diesel is $2.39 in places here in KC....

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« Reply #23 on: November 10, 2008, 11:15:00 AM »
$1.95 in Savannah.   :yahoo:  I don't need to fill up at the moment, but by the end of the week, I will.  Usually, there is still about 3 gallons in the 6's 18 gallon tank when I fill up (car will beep like crazy to get me to fill up at that time, for some reason. :mental:) So, at today's price, it would only cost me $30 to put 15 gallons in.
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« Reply #24 on: November 10, 2008, 11:38:29 AM »
$2.13 this past Saturday...down from $2.27 a week ago.  I had budgeted in excess of $500 in gasoline alone to drive home this Christmas.  Paying less than half of that would certainly help.
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