Gas used to cost a dollar a gallon, but that was a couple of two-term Presidents ago.
There's not much we here at CCM can do about that. Heck, there's not much that BArry and George Dubya could do about it, either. Both of the last two Presidents made their run at the $4 mark, and while Bush has the overall Highest Price Ever title, Barry has never had gas as low as Bush saw it (either before 9/11 or after the economy collapsed on him in 2008-2009). Elephant or Donkey, the Oil Man s gonna get ya eventually.
Of course, how badly the Oil an gets you is directly influenced by how hard you shop. If you cn save a dime a gallon and you fill the tank once a week, you save a buck or so (math skills, and brains in general, are not my forte). With 52 weeks a year, that's like $50 or something. Inflict that sort of savings on several areas of your life, and you can go to the Patrots game, trick out your car, hire a high-end prostitute... the world is your oyster, player.
What we can do towards that end is use a certain website to find the gas prices reported for your town in the last 36 hours. You can go to that site yourself (we recommend that you do), but we've done the legwork for you this fine Tuesday morning.
The national average for a gallon of regular Unleaded is $2.29, and the Massachusetts average is $2.18. A barrel of oil is going for $46.55, if you know any Saudis.
The cheapest gas in Massachusetts is $1.89 in Southbridge, the cheapest in EMass is $1.92 in Brockton, and the most expensive is $3.49, by a station owner who should be whipped in Newton's town square.
Wareham
Low = $2.13, Maxi Gas, Cranberry Highway
High = $2.19, Mobil, Cranberry Highway
Marion
$2.17, Cumberland Farms (sole listing for town)
Mattapoisett
$2.25, Mobil, County Rd
Rochester, Acushnet, Freetown, Berkley, Dighton
(no listings)
Fairhaven
Low = $2.03. Valero, Bridge St
High = $2.30, Manny's Service Station
Fall River
Low = $1.94, Sam's Club, Grinnell St
High = $2.49, Tony's Gas And Repair, Brightman St
New Bedford
Low = $2.05, Joe's Gas, Nash Rd
High = $2.39, 7-11, Rockdale Ave
Lakeville$2.09, Joe's Gas, Taunton Street (sole listing)
Dartmouth
Low = $1.99, BJ's, State Road
High, $2.39, Shell, State Road
Westport
Low = $1.99, Supreme Gas, State Rd
High = $2.39, Pine Hill Gas, Pine Hill Road
Somerset
Low = $2.13, Speedway, County St
High = $2.39, Shell, Wilbur Ave
Swansea
Low = $2.11, Sunoco, Wilbur Ave
High = $2.19, Columbus Energies, GAR Highway
