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This Week In Little Neck Gas Prices
As prices at the pumps across Little Neck and the rest of the U.S. continue to skyrocket, feds weigh options
Gas prices continued to march toward the benchmark of $4 for a gallon of regular Monday morning, with city drivers sustaining an average 13-cent increase from a week ago, according to the American Automobile Association.
One option currently being weighed, according to this New York Times article, is a release of part of the nation's strategic oil reserves to push up supplies that would, in turn, lower prices.
The Lido BP Station on Horace Harding still has the lowest priced gallon of regular at $3.69 a gallon. If you're looking to take advantage of BP's loyalty program, take a peek at last week's post.
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To put the steep increase in gas prices caused by a global economy that is heating up and a Middle East insurgency that won't quit, here's a top-to-bottom comparison of today's gas prices with that of a month ago.
For today:
Find out what's happening in Bayside-Douglastonfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
The week of Feb. 7:
Name Regular Premium BP $3.39 $3.59 Mobil $3.43 $3.73 Gulf $3.43 $3.65 Getty $3.39/cash; $3.49/credit $3.65/cash; $3.75/creditGet more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
