I know Duluth has high gas prices, but...
I spotted this while driving down London Road on Friday afternoon.
Right after taking the photo, I started going to the station to let them know about their wacky sign when, as I watched, the price changed to 2.74.9. So, apparently it was just human error. Though I do have to wonder about the couple of drivers (cars at far left) who decided to pull into the station to fill up when the sign was incorrect.
I saw that gas in Two Harbors was 2.69 a gallon on Friday. Gas in Duluth was anywhere from 2.74 to 2.79. I've never been able to figure that out.
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I work in Two Harbors so I've learned to buy gas there. It's usually 5 to 10 cents cheaper, but that wasn't always the case. Back 5 years ago when I started working in Two Harbors gas was less expensive in Duluth. It's flipflopped over the last few years. Search me as to why.
Posted by: ironic1 | October 18, 2008 07:44 AM
Oh, you didn't notice the dollar drop by 60%?
Posted by: jerome | October 18, 2008 02:12 PM
Wait - the prices are really under $3 a gallon?
maybe it's the price of oil?...
or, maybe jut like in 2006, the price dropped under $3 RIGHT BEFORE the elections after being super high all year... then it went back up.
Posted by: jerome | October 18, 2008 02:16 PM
Eh- that's nothing. People were paying much more at the Milkhouse on Piedmont
http://tinyurl.com/5r9dp6
Posted by: Jeff | October 18, 2008 08:37 PM
the husband told me in july that the per gallon price of oil would be less then $3 on election day. i said no way. he was right, per usual.
Posted by: dawn | October 19, 2008 08:44 AM
Dawn, I said the same thing this past summer and no one believed me. Back when I moved from Madison, WI to the Twin Ports in 1990, I asked a bunch of people why gas prices were so much higher. Everyone told me it was because the trucks had to drive further. Uh.... yeah. Then I asked them about the Murphy Oil refinery in Superior's east end. Never got an answer to that one. Now that I live in the middle of nowhere (2 hrs southwest of Duluth), gas has been consistently cheaper than anywhere else I've seen in Minnesota ($2.52 at the moment, and falling).
Posted by: Gwanto | October 19, 2008 10:09 AM
Um, let's not get our conspiracy theory panties all in a bundle.
Global economic panics tend to drive down the global demand for things like oil, which is needed for things like the production of goods, etc.
The US is actually at a 5-year low with regards to demand for oil. Considering that the US consumes approximately a quarter of the world's oil, that's a pretty significant drop in demand.
Accordingly, OPEC now seems ready to lower production by a couple million barrels a day or so.
Posted by: Mark | October 19, 2008 11:46 AM
nom nom oil nom nom nom
Posted by: mevdev | October 24, 2008 05:34 PM