Indeed…
Good for Me….
Good for Everyone else including Joe Biden….
( Exception for West Coast )
Probably not so good for Electric Vehicle sales….
Cheaper gasoline prices may help folks recover from any spending binges over the holidays.
“There’s a window of opportunity over the next six weeks” for the national average to dip below three bucks a gallon, which last occurred in May of 2021, GasBuddy.com analyst Patrick De Haan said Tuesday, noting that a nickel drop is all that’s needed.
In fact, that dip has already happened across much of the country, with the exception of states including Hawaii, California, Washington, where average pump prices are topping four bucks a gallon, according to a tally updated daily by AAA.
Gas prices have spent the last 10 days bouncing around within a two-cent range, currently averaging at $3.10 a gallon nationwide. But the median average is $2.79, as the national number is heavily influenced by higher prices on the West Coast, according to Triple-A spokesperson Andrew Gross.
“At about 80,000 of the 120,000 gas stations around the country, give or take, gas is selling right now below $3 a gallon,” Gross told CBS MoneyWatch….