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Gas Prices Plummet In Cantonment, Molino
April 9, 2012
Drivers that decided to fill up in Cantonment or Molino over the weekend enjoyed a bit of a break.
When a new Raceway station opened at Highway 29 and Muscogee Road in Cantonment with a below average price per gallon of $3.59, several other stations also dropped their prices to the same level. According to AAA, the average price per gallon in Escambia County on Sunday was $3.86.
Pictured top: Gas was $3.50 per gallon at several stations in Cantonment and Molino over the weekend. Submitted photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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15 Responses to “Gas Prices Plummet In Cantonment, Molino”
JuJu, No one that works there speaks English? I find that hard to believe.
The reason the gas prices dropped is that oil prices are now 101.47 a barrel, down from 107.67 a barrel. that is partly due to the fact that we aren’t shipping our gas to China, since the demand there has dropped.
Enjoy it while you can..
The new Raceway station is selling gas way below wholesale, selling it at a loss. Its just a promotion to get your business in a new store. Just like a grand opening on anyone else in retail.
In a week or so, they will adjust the fuel cost back to a profitable margin. The Gas War will be over and prices will return to normal.
JuJu I dont care what language they speak if it saves me money at the pump! I dont care if they talk to me at all……
@juju….I wouldn’t go to Gee Willies…they are still at $3.89 a gallon…smart thinking for the tom thumb at hwy 29/hwy 97 to drop their …I love going there now they have remodeled and added pumps!!!
Supply and demand, speculators have something to do with high prices, but the real reason is that oil is a commodity, much like food. With the Fed printing money like they are, inflation numbers are a lot higher than being reported, and this is weaking the dollar. Its costing us 2 dollars to buy one dollar. Vote the bum out in 2012
the money we owe to foren country can be payed down if the gov start useing their money and take a pay cut
My only issue is that the new Raceway is foreign owned and run..so no local English speaking people really work there….so I guess I will go to Thom Thumb or Gee Willies….
Yes the Speculators are affecting the price of oil futures…but everyone should remember that oil is speculated on the law of supply and demand. There is more of a demand for oil now that China and India are becoming more industrialized. Everyone wants a car and can afford them.
Since we do not have a government with any type of energy policy, or not able to make a decision until after the election (both sides); nothing is going be done about it. The US now owes more to foreign countries in the form or debt than we produce. Something has got to happen to all of those individuals who are doing nothing, but expect to have a check each month.
Hopefully after November, we can get the professor out of the White House, and get someone that at least did some type of work when they were elected, other than trying to get re-elected, and more experience than just a “community organizer”. We cannot afford 4 more years of the same.
Keep in mind its the “Speculators” on Wall Street that drive the prices up, and here you all wonder what “Occupy” was protesting them…. Now you know.
I agree with Jane. The U.S. should do the same and use our own oil to make gasoline. Maybe then gasoline will go under $3.00 a gallon.
Why couldnt they open before i left for work!
With gas at $101.87 a barrel at the close on Friday, and China not importing as much gas from us prices should be going down! They should have gone down at $102+ a barrel. However if they put a gas tax on gas it will never go down. What they don’t get is that everytime gas goes up, prices on eveything else goes up and most people can’t afford the new gas efficient or electric cars.
There should be a nationwide gas war. This would be of great help to the American consumer.
Gas prices should have dropped…the price for a barrel of oil dropped from 107 down to 102. That should have brought the prices down by about 30cents a gallon. Partly due to less demand from China.