Yesterday morning, after completing two exercise loops on each of the three levels at the Bridgewater Commons Mall, I drove the car into Somerville for a few errands and to gas up. It’s startling to see how much the price of fuel can vary within the distance of just a few blocks.
Not so long ago, the Gulf station on the corner of Mountain Avenue and West End Ave. (across the street from the Skylands Community Bank) regularly posted some of the very lowest prices in the area. Yesterday, the price was $3.599. Only a few blocks away, at the corner of Cornell Blvd. and West End Ave. (across from Thul Auto Supply) Getty was pumping the same stuff for $3.439, or $.16 less per gallon. That’s worth driving a couple of blocks to save significantly on a fill-up.
Sunday, along Route 22 West, beyond the Somerville circle, gas prices hovered around the $3.479 mark. None of us knows how long gas prices will continue to spike, but it looks like the good old boys from Riyadh and Houston have us all over a barrel.
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