AAA Texas: Fireworks, Gas Prices Skyrocket.IRVING, Texas Irving (pronounced 'er-ving') is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 191,615; the 2006 estimate was 201,927 according to the North Central Texas Council of Governments, and 196,084 according to -- Heading into the holiday weekend, Texas gas prices are again at near-record levels after four straight weeks of increases, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. Texas Weekend Gas Watch. The Texas average price for regular self-serve increased three cents to $2.132 a gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. . If price increases continue at the current pace, the all-time all-time adj. Exceeding all others up to the present time: an all-time speed skating record. all-time Adjective Informal record high of $2.175 a gallon, reached April 11, could be surpassed in the next week. Motorists in Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, in Christianity Corpus Christi [Lat.,=body of Christ], feast of the Western Church, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday (or on the following Sunday). are paying the least at $2.081 a gallon -- nearly a four-cent increase over last week. Dallas has the highest average at $2.152 a gallon -- 2.6 cents higher than last week. "The price of crude oil has backed off the record $60-a-barrel levels of last week, but it's still hovering hov·er intr.v. hov·ered, hov·er·ing, hov·ers 1. To remain floating, suspended, or fluttering in the air: gulls hovering over the waves. 2. at around $57-a-barrel," said Carol Thorp, spokesperson for AAA Texas. "Until crude prices drop for a sustained period, we're likely to see continued increases at the pump." The national average for regular self-serve gasoline gasoline or petrol, light, volatile mixture of hydrocarbons for use in the internal-combustion engine and as an organic solvent, obtained primarily by fractional distillation and "cracking" of petroleum, but also obtained from natural gas, by is $2.221 a gallon -- up four cents for the second week in a row. AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline at popular destinations for automobile trips.
Average Daily Prices as of 12:01 A.M., July 1, 2005:
Last
Week's Weekly 2004
Area Current Average Change New Record Price Average
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National $2.221 $2.180 +4.1 cents $2.276 (04/11/05) $1.930
State $2.132 $2.101 +3.2 cents $2.175 (04/11/05) $1.822
Austin-San
Marcos $2.108 $2.081 +2.7 cents $2.159 (04/11/05) $1.811
Beaumont $2.103 $2.067 +3.6 cents $2.140 (04/09/05) $1.823
Corpus Christi $2.081 $2.046 +3.5 cents $2.173 (04/09/05) $1.728
Dallas $2.152 $2.126 +2.6 cents $2.180 (04/09/05) $1.857
Ft. Worth $2.144 $2.111 +3.3 cents $2.176 (04/11/05) $1.846
Galveston-Texas
City $2.116 $2.071 +4.5 cents $2.159 (04/11/05) $1.811
Houston $2.111 $2.072 +3.9 cents $2.154 (04/09/05) $1.808
San Antonio $2.094 $2.055 +3.9 cents $2.151 (04/11/05) $1.780
AAA Texas, an affiliate of AAA National, has been serving Texans since 1902. Today, more than a million AAA Texas members benefit from the organization's roadside assistance service, travel agency, financial products, insurance products and services, automotive pricing, buying and financing, trip planning services, and traffic safety programs. Information about these products and services is available on AAA Texas' web site at www.aaa-texas.com. |
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