• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Gas prices edge up again

Gas prices edge up again

December 15, 2005 By admin

After weeks of falling gasoline prices, Iowans are paying more at the pump lately and Triple-A-Iowa expects prices to creep up still farther before Christmas. Motor club spokeswoman Dawn Duffy says 49 of the 50 states are seeing average prices above two-dollars a gallon now, with Utah being the only exception.

Duffy says several factors are coming into play with the rising costs. Duffy says gas prices are up because there’s a surge in oil prices back over 60-dollars a barrel, as well as futures prices for wholesale gasoline, along with refinery problems in Venezuela and a terminal fire in Great Britain — all are combining and pushing up gas prices. Duffy says Iowans are paying about four-cents a gallon less than the national average.

The Iowa average is 2-14 a gallon, exactly where it was a month ago. A year ago, the state average was a dollar-75. Duffy says many Iowans will be hitting the road for long hauls next week and most will encounter higher prices on gasoline — and numerous other travel expenses. She says 63-point-five million Americans will be traveling 50 miles or more away from home over Christmas. That’s up one-point-seven percent from last year.

Triple-A surveys project that gasoline prices, hotel rates and airfares are all up from 2004. Only car rental prices have declined from a year ago. Duffy estimates gasoline prices next week will rise from the current national average of 2-18 to as high as 2-25 a gallon. In Iowa, Waterloo has the cheapest gas at 2-02 a gallon while Davenport is the highest at 2-18.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Transportation

Featured Stories

Marquette casino moving to land, leaving only 2 casino boats in Iowa

Reynolds signs her ‘school choice’ bill into law

Governor Reynolds touts 2024 Iowa Caucuses in Inaugural Address

University of Iowa grad presiding over U.S. House Speaker vote

Iowan who was oldest person in the U.S. dies

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

Iowa State names new receivers coach

No. 2 Iowa visits No. 1 Penn State in wrestling dual Friday night

Iowa’s Clark brings increased exposure to women’s basketball

No. 18 Iowa State women visit TCU

Northern Iowa men host Valparaiso

More Sports

Archives

Copyright © 2023 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC