Oregon Gas Prices Hit Record Highs

(SALEM) - Oregon’s statewide average for a gallon of regular unleaded set a new record high today at $3.12.

According to AAA, the Salem-area average price has been setting record highs daily since April 19th. Today the average price is at a record high $3.11.

Eugene/Springfield set a record high today at $3.17, the old record was $3.16 set on May 27th, 2006.

Portland/Vancouver also hit a record high today at $3.11. The old record was $3.09 set on May 30th, 2006.

In Medford/Ashland, records are also being broken almost everyday since April 20th. Today’s record average price is $3.19.

In San Francisco, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is at $3.47 per gallon.

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Albert Marnell April 24, 2007 5:48 pm (Pacific time)

Gas is not a bargain Rosenberg. You do not have to hike the price to promote a cheaper source. Alternative energy is now going on 40 years at least. Whenever an alternative is proposed, big oil buys out the patent. Watch "Who Killed The Electric Car". This fossil fuel nonsense is an old story. The sun is our best source. Touch the roof of your car even on a winter day. Shale is very expensive to extract besides, big oil controls the government not the other way around. The only solution is to execute people like Lee Raymond and all the rest of them that have us hooked on this archaic source of energy. I also have seen many Americans that do not need a V-6 go to a 4 but not nearly as many as you would expect given the current artificial shortage created by the oil companies themselves with the paid off blessings of the government whom you expect to solve your auto gas costs. I know the economic concept that you are talking about but know that with the right technology, gas would be as cheap as generic water on sale or as cheap as the water from your faucet.

K Rove April 24, 2007 3:10 pm (Pacific time)

I do have oil stock, but gas is still a bargain, plus maybe as prices continue to rise people will use less, then with any luck we'll have the government subsidize "good" research into converting oil shale rock into gas (we have the worlds largest supply of shale). Suffice, we could become totally independent from the need to import.

K Y April 23, 2007 4:41 pm (Pacific time)

K R Lube it! Watch the economy really collapse especially for those in already struggling rural areas. Only someone with stock in the oil sector would make such a comment. I'll walk before I pay that or get a motorcycle.

DV April 23, 2007 3:45 pm (Pacific time)

I'm betting in a few years we'll fondly remember the days of three dollar a gallon gas.

K Rove April 23, 2007 2:44 pm (Pacific time)

Still a bargain. Heck, if at $10.00 a gallon it would still be a fair market value.

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