Tuesday, August 12, 2008

I never thought I would be happy to see...

Currently, gas can be purchased here in Manchester for $3.42 per gallon. If I had been told a couple of years ago that I would some day be happy to pay that for gas, I would have thought you were bananas. However, that is the current state of the gasoline marketplace.

I wish I could be optimistic and believe that prices will continue to fall. However, I don't think that will happen. We'll be fortunate if gas prices ever fall below $3 a gallon again.

4 comments:

Mister Jimmy said...

It's nowhere near that in Nashville. And it'll have to come down a lot more for me to think seriously about hitting the road much except for necessities, not like I used to anyway. But I think if people continue to moderate their consumption - like we have - then the demand we'll continue to drop, and prices as well. Now if we could just get certain bew-ro-crats off'n their duffs and get real with off-shore drilling- like the rest of the world! - it'll be much mo' bettuh.

Chris Martin said...

I've also noticed that Nashville's prices have been slow to drop. Usually, prices in Manchester and Nashville are fairly competitive, but right now there seems to be a 20 to 25-cent difference. The lowest I've seen in Nashville is over by the airport where the prices have been around $3.59 a gallon.

Joltin' Django said...

My nextdoor neighbor was in Chattanooga today on b'iness. He said be bought gas down there for $3.29 a gallon.

Chris Martin said...

Sounds like the folks in Chattanoogie have it pretty good right now.