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DOE: Adjusted for inflation, the price of gasoline in 2019 was similar to the price in 1929

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The average annual price of gasoline has fluctuated greatly over the past several decades, but when adjusted for inflation (constant dollars), the price of gasoline in 2019 was only nine cents higher than in 1929, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). Note: Retail price includes Federal and State Taxes.

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Recent trends in gasoline prices

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This brief note analyzes the changes in the price of gasoline during the first 13 weeks of 2020 and compares them with the changes during the first 13 weeks of 2019. The raw data (the average retail price of regular gasoline) came from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The results are shown in the table below.

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EIA expects summer US real gasoline and diesel prices to be the highest since 2014

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The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that retail gasoline prices will average $3.84 per gallon this summer driving season—April through September—compared with last summer’s average price of $3.06/gal. US gasoline and diesel consumption continue to remain below their 2019 averages.

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EIA: US average gasoline prices before Memorial Day highest since 2014

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The average retail price for regular gasoline in the United States on 24 May, the Monday before the Memorial Day weekend, was $3.02 per gallon (gal), the highest gasoline price before Memorial Day since 2014, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA’s) weekly Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update.

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Recent changes in the price of gasoline and in the amount of driving

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One possible consequence of the recent jump in the price of gasoline in the United States might be a reduction in driving. For example, it is possible that the jump in the gas price pulled the amount of driving down, while the decline in the pandemic pushed it up. Price of gasoline. Amount of driving.

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EIA: Average US retail gasoline price exceeds $3.00 for the first time since late 2014

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Disruptions to Colonial Pipeline operations prompted an increase in the average US retail price for regular grade gasoline (retail gasoline price) to $3.03 per gallon (gal) on 17 May, the first time retail gasoline prices averaged more than $3.00/gal gal and $3.04/gal, gal and $3.04/gal, gal and $2.78/gal,

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U.S. Gas Prices Down As Gasoline Demand Down

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Energy Information Administration reports that gas prices in the U.S. Gas Prices Down As Gasoline Demand Down appeared first on CleanTechnica. are down 10% compared to the same time. continued] The post U.S.

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