The life experiences of staff motivate much of what turns up in this column. That is the case today, as the void left by the end of Football Season has fully asserted itself and it is not unusual for your author to take to the streets.
That costs money, because to get gasoline you must have dead organisms (mostly plant life, but yes, dinosaurs too) get buried under layers of stone and dirt, have it heated and pressurized by the functions of the Earth, wait 10 million years, have a bunch of PLO looking dudes move in over it, have someone figure out that you can burn this stuff in a manner that heats homes and powers machinery, subjugate the PLO guys, extract, refine, ship and distribute it.
It takes a lot of time and money to do all of that, so don't be too unhappy if gas costs $2 and change a gallon. It beats walking to Boston. That said, a reasonable person doesn't want to pay more than necessary to drive the beater around.
We're here to help you with that. We check with the Massachusetts Gas Prices website, set the search engine there for "last 36 hours," and tell you the best and worst listed prices in town. After that, it's on you to decide if it is worth driving across the Bourne Bridge from where you live to save 25 cents a gallon.
A few notes on our methodology:
Gas prices can change at the drop of a hat. I pumped gas for a few years (I was never happier at a job, to be honest), and we usually changed over on Friday, before the weekend commute. There was a great deal of gouge-the-tourist behind this, but it is also when most people are getting their paychecks and filling their tanks.
We'd write this column on Friday night, but these gas price websites are user-driven, and it takes a while for the info to trickle in. Sunday is a good driving day (see intro), and with no tourists at this time of year, many/most stations don't lower the prices on Monday to favor the locals.
Note that, in this political climate, gas prices could suddenly spike. An oil company executive is our Secretary of State, and a simple "Those damned Iranians need to die 100,000 at a time. Pathetic!" social media message from the wrong orange-tinted president could double gas prices overnight.
Wareham is part of Cape Cod in this scenario, as is mainland Bourne.
If you see a lower/higher price in town that we didn't list, use our comments feature below to correct us. If there is more than one Shell in your town, it's on you to drive enough to find the cheap one.
National Average Gas Price: $2.228
Massachusetts Average Gas Price; $2.259
Price per barrel, crude oil: $53.57
GAS PRICES BY TOWN
Provincetown:
Wellfleet:
Truro:
No Prices reported
Orleans
Best: $2.37, Cumby's, Speedway
Worst: $2.39, Mobil
Eastham
Best: $2.35, Tedeschi
Chatham
$2.37, Shell
Brewster
Best: $2.32, Cumby's
Worst: $2.38, Mobil
Dennis
Best: $2.11, Mobil
Worst: $2.35, Sav-On
Yarmouth
Best: $2.16, Speedway
Worst: $2.39, Shell
Barnstable
Best: $2.19, Mobil
Worst: $2.29 Citgo
Hyannis
Best: $2.06, United
Worst: $2.19, Excel
Mashpee
Best: $2.26, Stop & Shop
Worst: $2.29, Shell(s)
Falmouth
Best: $2.23, Intergas, also same price at Johnny's Tune and Lube
Worst: $2.31, Mobil
Sandwich
Best: $2.24, Shell
Worst: $2.35, Speedway
Bourne:
Best: $2.09, at both Speedway and Super
Worst: $2.22, Bourne Rotary Cumby's
Wareham
Best: $2.23, Mobil
If you're going ashore soon, we'll have South Coast and South Shore articles up soon enough. We've got you covered, almost anywhere you go.
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