Politics & Government
With Gas Prices "Crashing" Where's Nazareth's Cheapest Gas?
U.S. gas prices have dropped 46 cents a gallon over the past two months.
Gas prices in the United States have dropped by 10 cents in the last three weeks, according to the Lundberg Survey of fuel prices, which was released Sunday.
The Associated Press reports that the average cost for a gallon of regular gasoline was $3.38.
In the Nazareth area, the cheapest places to fill up your tank Tuesday evening were Fuel Cell in Belfast and the 7-Eleven and Top Star on East Lawn Road (Route 191) in Upper Nazareth Township. All stood at about $3.50 a gallon.
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Prices were considerably lower in New Jersey, with gas stations there charging $3.23 a gallon, according to figures from MapQuest.
Trilby Lunberg, publisher of the Lunberg Survey, told CNN the drop in prices was due to problems at refineries being resolved, as well as a seasonal drop in demand for gasoline.
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The CNN report notes that the cost of gas is still -- on average -- 8 cents higher than this time last year.
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