Sunday Drive Gas Prices For South Shore, Plymouth County

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 to Whitman 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.

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.

Mobil has the worst price in 10 of 20 towns that had both a high and low price reported. They also had the worst price on the South Shore, a Gimme The Loot price of $2.69 at the Norwell Mobil.

National Average Gas Price: $2.228

Massachusetts Average Gas Price; $2.259

Price per barrel, crude oil: $53.57

Best Price in this article: $2.05, Prime Energy and Diamond Fuel in Whitman

Worst Price: $2.69, Mobil in Norwell.

GAS PRICES BY TOWN

Plymouth
Best: $2.11, BJs
Worst: $2.49, Gulf

Carver
Best: $2.13, at both Eagle Gas and Geko
Worst: $2.15, Mobil

Middleboro
Best: $2.06, Petro Max
Worst: $2.23, Mobil

Lakeville
Best: $2.13, Shell
Worst: $2.15, Mobil

Bridgewater (East, West and Everything Else)
Best: $2.10, Tri Town
Worst: $2.46, Mobil

Halifax
Best: $2.16 Cumby's
Worst: $2.27, Mobil

Plympton
Best: $2.15, Plympton Gas and Convenience

Kingston
Best: $2.15, Super Petroleum
Worst: $2.25, Gulf

Duxbury
Best: $2.29, Bennet's
Worst: $2.35, Gulf

Marshfield
Best: $2.14, Public Petroleum
Worst: $2.27, Shell

Scituate
No Prices Reported

Pembroke
Best: $2.18, Cumby's
Worst: $2.39, Mobil(s)

Hanson
Best: $2.13, at both Cumby's and Speedway
Worst: $2.35. Main Street Auto

Brockton
Best: $2.06, Montello's Express gas
Worst: $2.29, Sunny's Auto Care

Whitman
Best: $2.05, at both Prime Energy and Diamond Fuel
Worst: $2.09, at both Whitman Gas and Stop & Shop

Abington
Best: $2.07 Route 18 Superstore
Worst: $2.19, Abington Gas and Auto Repair

Rockland
Best: $2.15, at both Mutual and Steve's Auto Service
Worst: $2.25, BP

Hanover
Best: $2.13, Super Petroleum
Worst: $2.29, Sunoco

Norwell
Best: $2.47, 7-11
Worst: $2.69, Mobil

Cohasset
Best: $2.29, Stop & Shop
Worst: $2.31, Mobil

Hingham
Best: $2.17, Mobil
Worst: $2.39, Gulf

Hull
No prices reported

Weymouth
Best: $2.17, at both the Towne Pump (hey nowwwww) and Super Petroleum
Worst: $2.49, Mobil

Quincy
Best: $2.15, Super Petroleum
Worst: $2.47, Mobil

Be sure to check our Cape Cod and South Coast versions of this very same article.

Sunday Drive Gas Prices for Bristol County

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 to Seekonk 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.

We go to "prices reported in last 48 hours" if we need data, we'll try to remember to tell you when we do.

If you see a lower/higher price in town that we didn't list, use our comments feature below to correct us. That's why we list towns when we have no prices for them, in hopes that you- yes, YOU- intervene.

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

Wareham
$2.23, Mobil

Marion
No Prices reported

Rochester
No prices reported

Mattaspoisett
$2.29, Mobil

Acushnet
No prices reported

Fairhaven
Best:  $2.17, Valero
Worst: $2.26. 7-11

New Bedford
Best: $2.09, Stop & Save
Worst: $2.39, One Stop Gas

Dartmouth
Best: $2.09, BJ's
Worst: $2.39, Shell

Westport
Best: $2.14, Supreme Gas
Worst: $2.23, Mobil

Freetown
No Prices Reported

Fall River
Best: $2.07, Supreme Gas
Worst: $2.47, JC Gas

Somerset
Best: $2.19, Stop & Shop
Worst: $2.24, Wilbur Gas

Swansea
Best: $2.17, Mobil
Worst: $2.19, Sunoco

Seekonk:
Best: $2.03, Stop & Shop, BJ's, Crossroads Convenience (top 20 range for prices in Massachusetts)
Worst: $2.29, Shell

Rehoboth
Best: $2.09, Exxon
Worst: $2.13, Cumby's

Dighton
No prices listed

Berkley
No prices listed

Attleboro
 Best: $2.09, NJM
Worst: $2.15, Cumby's

Taunton
Best: $2.09, Geko (but while you pump the gas, a tiny lizard nags you about your car insurance)
Worst: $2.39, Mobil

Norton
Best: $2.13, Speedway
Worst: $2.20. Mas Gas

We'll have pages for Cape Cod and the South Shore up soon enough, perhaps even by the time you read this...

Sunday Drive Gas Prices, Cape Cod

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.

South Coast Gas Prices, 7/21/16

Life doesn't play fair, and the Man is always trying to get one over on you. There's not much that you can do about it, as the Man is the Man for a reason, and that reason is not gender-exclusive. Sometimes, the best thing that can be done is to lessen the intensity of the beating.

As a man who has both studied military history and who has gone toe-to-toe with a few run-stoppers in my lifetime, I can tell you that many battles are won and lost by Logistics. That's one of those Army words that can mean whatever they need it to, and it has wide-ranging civilian implications. The short definition is getting to the right place at the right time with (or, in today's case, for) the proper supplies.

Logistics broke several of history's fiercest warlords, men such as Napoleon, Hitler, the Crusaders.... America would be British today were it not for the inherent Logistical Flaws involved with running America from England. Russia would be Nazi or French. Japan would be Mongol. All of Korea would be North Korea, even South Korea.

That's what we're here today to help you with. No matter how hard I work today, you're going to pay about double what you were paying for gas at the turn of the century. Sorry about that. However, if you can shave a few shekels off the Damages, it adds up over a year.

We're going town-by-town, giving you the lowest and highest gas prices you can find there. It's pushing noon on Thursday, July 21st. The prices are whatever has been reported since Monday.

We publish this on Thursday so that you can stumble across this article and fill your tank before they jack the price up to eff over the tourists on Friday.

You don't want to get treated like a tourist in your own home town, babe... that gets old fast. The best way to avoid that is to know your town. C’est ma raison d’etre......

NATIONAL AVERAGE: $2.182/gallon of regular unleaded

MASSACHUSETTS AVERAGE: $2.211

BEST PRICE, MASSACHUSETTS: $1.88/gallon, at both Diamond Fuel and Whitman Gas, South Ave, Whitman

WORST PRICE, MASSACHUSETTS: $3.57, Shell, Sparks Avenue, Nantucket

WORST PRICE, USA: $5.88, some station in Orlando, FL

BEST PRICE, USA: average of $1.82 in South Carolina

CURRENT PRICE OF CRUDE, PER BARREL: $45.36

HEADING TO CAPE COD? Check this.

TOWN BY TOWN:

NO PRICES REPORTED: Rochester, Acushnet, Freetown, Dighton, Berkley

WAREHAM

Best: $2.19, Maxi Gas, Cranberry Highway and Speedway, Main Street

Worst: $2.25, Mobil, Cranberry Highway

MARION

Best: $2.19, Cumberland Farms, Wareham Rd

Worst: none reported

MATTAPOISETT

Best: $2.29, Gulf, Fairhaven Road and Mobil, County Road

Worst: none

FAIRHAVEN

Best: $2.06, Valero, Bridge St

Worst: $2.29, Manny's Service Station, Adams St

NEW BEDFORD

Best: $2.04, Joe's Gas, Nash Road

Worst: $2.39, One Stop Gas, Kempton Street

DARTMOUTH

Best: $2.04, Cumberland Farms, State Road

Worst: $2.39, Shell, State Road

WESTPORT

Best: $2.08, Cumby's, State Road

Worst: $2.34, Pine Hill, Pine Hill Road

FALL RIVER

Best: $2.12, Cumberland Farms, Airport Road

Worst: $2.39, Shell, Plymouth Ave

SOMERSET

Best: $2.08, Cumby's Grand Army Highway

Worst: $2.39, Shell, Wilbur Road

SWANSEA
Best : $2.09, Sunoco, Wilbur Ave
Worst: $2.26, Columbus Express, GAR Highway

SEEKONK
Best : $1.97, BJ's, Highland Ave
Worst: $2.21, Valero, Newman Ave

REHOBOTH

Best : $1.99 Exxon, Anawan St.

Worst: $2.00, Cumby's, Anawan St.

TAUNTON

Best : $2.03, Sunny's on Lawton Ave, GeKo's on Somerset Ave, Super Petroleum on Dean St.

Worst: $2.39, Mobil, County St.

Cheapest And Most Expensive Gas Prices: South Shore Edition

"Now I got a reasonable economyyyyy...."

Gas prices are one thing we can all agree on. Even guys who own gas stations want the lower, as lower prices at the pump would men that the station was getting it cheaper, too.

Our last two Presidents have had gas prices rise and fall on them. George Bush set the all-time record high price in the summer of 2008, but Barack Obama has made a run at the Bush Line more than once.

To be fair to the GOP, Barry never got gas as low as Bush had it, either before 9/11 or after the economy collapsed in 2008.

That's all neither here nor there when your needle is on E and your wallet isn't doing much better. That's where we come in.

Were going to use the Massachusetts Gas Prices website to tell you the highest and lowest gas prices in your town for the last 36 hours. You could do this yourself on that site, but we have all the good stuff here already, and you'd be wasting valuable Surfing energy that could otherwise be used for cat memes or German pornnography. You're welcome.

Prices change, and the price that the spotter reported on Saturday may not be the price you pay tomorrow morning. Sorry about that, hoss.

We'll do this article repeatedly, so it may be to your advantage to check in... and especially note f the same dudes are turning up in the High or Low section consistently. I wrote this column on Cape Cod for several years, and several towns were getting straight milked by the same few stations... still are.

Here we go, prices from late Monday afternoon:

Plymouth
Low = $2.09, BJ's, Shops at the 5
High = $2.49, Gulf, Court Street

Kingston
Low = $2.11 (Gulf, Speedway, Cumberland Farms)
High = $2.15, Mobil, Main Street

Duxbury
Low = $2.29, Bennett's, Tremont Street
High = $2.39, Gulf, Hall's Corner

Marshfield
Low = $2.05, Public Petroleum, Ocean St
High = $2.17, Shell, Ocean St

Scituate
$2.39, Shell (no other prices listed for Scituate)

Cohasset
$2.19, Stop & Shop (sole listing for town)

Hingham
Low = $2.15, Express Petroleum, Derby St
High = $2.29, BP, Pond St

Hull
$2.17, Kenberma Food Mart, Nantasket Ave (sole listing)

Weymouth
Low = $2.04, Prime Energy, Bridge St

High = $2.29, Mobil and Sunoco, Middle St

Quincy
Low = $1.99, US Gas, Adams St
High = $2.49, Shell, Squantum St

Boston
Low = $2.09, Petro Plus, Cummins Hwy
High = $2.99, Shell, Mass Ave

Pembroke
Low = $2.11, Gulf, Church St
High = $2.25, Mobil, Church St

Carver
Low = $2.09, Mobil, Tremont St
High = $2.12, Tom's Auto Service, Main Street

Plympton
(none reported)

Middleboro
Low = $2.05, Irving, Harding St
High = $2.19, Shell, Bedford St

Halifax
Low = $2.09, Cumberland Farms, Monponsett St

High = $2.17, Mobil, Plymouth St

Hanson
Low = $2.05, Speedway, Main St
High = $2.19,Main Street Auto Repair

Bridgewater
Low = $2.05, Prime Energy, Broad Street
High = $2.39, Mobil, 24 SB

East Bridgewater
Low = $2.01, Tri Town, Franklin St
High = $2.19, County Gas, Washington St

West Bridgewater
Low = $2.05, Motion Gas, Main Street
High = $2.37, Mobil AMVETS Memorial Hwy

Whitman
Low = $1.99, Diamond Fuel, South Ave
High = $2.03, Cumberland Farms, Temple St

Brockton
Low = $1.92, Prestiige, North Pearl St
High = $2.19, Mobil, Belmont St

Abington
Low = $1.99, Sunoco, North Ave
High = $2.14, Suoco, Center St

Rockland
Low = $2.03, Go Go Gas, 820 Market St
High = $2.09, Steve's Auto Service, Liberty St

Hanover
Low = $2.03, Super Petroleum, Center St
High = $2.19 (2 Shell's, a Sunoco and a Mobil, near the Hanover Mall)

Norwell
Low = $2.39, Suoco, Accord Pond Dr
High = $2.69, Mobil, Washington St