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Lowest gas in Texas no longer in Alpine Avalanche staff For a few weeks in November, because of an old-school gas war between Town & Country and Uncle’s convenience stores, Alpine’s gasoline prices were among the lowest — if not the lowest — in Texas. Over the Thanksgiving holidays, you could buy a gallon of regular gasoline in Alpine for $1.64. With the arrival of Christmas and now New Year’s, that’s still the going rate in Alpine. However, the rest of the state has caught up and passed us. As of Tuesday, Dec. 30, the price of a gallon of regular hovered between $1.45 and $1.55 a gallon, according to Texas AAA. In Alpine, we found a low of $1.60 but most stations were holding at $1.64; a few even remained in the buck-seventies. The nationwide average retail price of self-serve regular gasoline has remained very stable — at or near $1.66 per gallon for the past nine days. AAA analysts said the prices may go a bit lower in January and February. Much depends on whether oil prices stay at or near the low $40 per barrel range, or firm up closer to $50 per barrel. A strengthening in oil prices would signal that gasoline prices have definitely neared the bottom for the foreseeable future. An oil price that stays near $40 per barrel or below means the price of gasoline could fall another 10 to 15 cents to about $1.55 per gallon in early 2009, AAA believes. If the national average retail price does drop by this amount, AAA does not believe prices will fall much further given current circumstances. Refineries have already reduced output — especially on the West Coast — and they will be looking to trim inventories even further during the cold weather months regardless of where the oil price goes. This is because most of the other fixed costs in producing, distributing and selling gasoline do not go away as the price of oil falls. This fact, and the need to maintain profitable gasoline sales at the corner gas station, should keep winter prices well above the $1-per-gallon price that some reporters keep asking about. Texas average gasoline prices Regular Diesel Current Avg. 1.482 2.312 Month ago 1.716 2.668 (1) July 17, 2008 3.985 4.775 Year ago 2.908 3.326 State by state averages State Reg Mid Prem Diesel Missouri $1.419 $1.477 $1.563 $2.188 Wyoming $1.453 $1.515 $1.614 $2.295 Utah $1.463 $1.543 $1.610 $2.299 South Carolina $1.479 $1.572 $1.648 $2.332 Texas $1.482 $1.568 $1.624 $2.312 Arkansas $1.482 $1.563 $1.662 $2.348 Montana $1.483 $1.546 $1.620 $2.288 Tennessee $1.487 $1.574 $1.649 $2.377 Mississippi $1.494 $1.575 $1.646 $2.234 New Jersey $1.496 $1.604 $1.665 $2.454 Oklahoma $1.504 $1.556 $1.642 $2.210 Alabama $1.524 $1.629 $1.677 $2.384 Idaho $1.527 $1.612 $1.656 $2.403 Virginia $1.531 $1.607 $1.668 $2.430 Kansas $1.531 $1.572 $1.633 $2.304 Georgia $1.535 $1.650 $1.724 $2.396 Louisiana $1.537 $1.638 $1.715 $2.371 Indiana $1.543 $1.660 $1.707 $2.477 Kentucky $1.548 $1.660 $1.736 $2.351 Colorado $1.549 $1.657 $1.731 $2.411 Delaware $1.557 $1.654 $1.727 $2.452 Ohio $1.570 $1.674 $1.741 $2.500 Michigan $1.587 $1.681 $1.749 $2.475 North Carolina $1.588 $1.685 $1.759 $2.456 Arizona $1.591 $1.659 $1.755 $2.227 Minnesota $1.598 $1.662 $1.705 $2.429 Maryland $1.598 $1.700 $1.743 $2.449 New Mexico $1.618 $1.723 $1.798 $2.308 New Hampshire $1.622 $1.757 $1.820 $2.474 Iowa $1.628 $1.714 $1.796 $2.357 Massachusetts $1.639 $1.762 $1.830 $2.606 South Dakota $1.644 $1.750 $1.822 $2.443 Florida $1.658 $1.796 $1.829 $2.475 Nebraska $1.673 $1.710 $1.758 $2.410 Rhode Island $1.675 $1.782 $1.841 $2.634 Illinois $1.688 $1.816 $1.873 $2.552 Vermont $1.688 $1.816 $1.895 $2.697 North Dakota $1.691 $1.750 $1.812 $2.756 Pennsylvania $1.697 $1.789 $1.868 $2.615 Wisconsin $1.705 $1.771 $1.852 $2.487 Maine $1.723 $1.859 $1.911 $2.672 West Virginia $1.724 $1.802 $1.893 $2.600 Oregon $1.738 $1.834 $1.861 $2.459 Connecticut $1.752 $1.901 $1.951 $2.800 Dist. of Columbia $1.771 $1.886 $1.942 $2.766 Washington $1.798 $1.862 $1.955 $2.513 Nevada $1.785 $1.881 $1.950 $2.323 California $1.832 $1.950 $1.982 $2.425 New York $1.852 $1.981 $2.023 $2.884 Hawaii $2.332 $2.466 $2.512 $3.972 Alaska $2.518 $2.665 $2.817 $3.553 Texas Metro Areas Reg Diesel Fort Worth 1.447 2.343 Corpus Christi 1.450 2.476 Houston 1.452 2.312 San Antonio 1.462 2.344 Amarillo 1.470 2.266 Dallas 1.476 2.351 Austin 1.480 2.288 Galveston 1.486 2.356 Texarkana 1.489 2.252 Big Bend People: Young chefs return to WT roots What happens if two young West Texans head off to the Culinary School in Austin? Postmaster vows to replace collection boxes In case you haven’t noticed already, Alpine no longer has any of those big blue U.S. Postal Service drop-off boxes. Lowest gas in Texas no longer in Alpine Avalanche staff Despite setbacks, Lajitas is thriving An all-new Ambush Golf Course at Lajitas Resort, mostly washed out by severe flooding this past fall, is expected to be ready for play by the fall of 2009, resort officials recently announced. |
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