As many Bloomintonian’s know, gasoline or diesel in this town is crazy.¬ Prices can and often change, sometimes dramatically, numerous times a day!¬ I think those days are coming to an end.
There have been many articles in the local newspaper (The Herald-Times)¬regarding this issue.¬ They even have a “price watch” on their website.¬ In the end, every article I’ve read regarding this issue states the main reason prices are so high in this area¬is mainly “greed.”
By simply travelling 20 miles, the price is sometimes up to 20 cents less a gallon.¬ Depending on travelling habits this could save a fortune.
A couple of months ago, Bloomington got a Wal-Mart supercenter.¬ I have issues with Wal-Mart, but that’s a whole other story.¬ A part of this supercenter is a gas station, called “Murphy USA.”¬ The gas station’s construction was delayed and did not open until last week.¬ In that week, the price of regular unleaded gasonline has dropped $0.12 a gallon on the whole west side of town!¬ On one day alone, they dropped their prices 3 times, with the other stations following their lead.
I am unsure if wholesale prices have dropped, or if it is exactly due to the opening of this new gas outlet.¬ I do have an optimistic outlook on this though, and hope to see the price keep dropping.
This gas station is on our way home, and it’s now very interesting to see if the price of gas has changed, and how much the change was.
So much for that though…there went the gas prices again…at least they aren’t too bad, could be worse. Miss you, dear!
Just wanted to let you know rox.com had some problems over the weekend but I think they are corrected now. Except for b.rox.com which will be offline for a while!