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Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update Table
U.S. Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Prices, 01/05/09
Regular Gasoline Prices Graph. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices Graph.
Gasoline  (Cents per Gallon) Diesel Fuel  (Cents per Gallon)
01/05/09 Change from 01/05/09 Change from
  Price Week Ago Year Ago   Price Week Ago Year Ago
U.S. 168.4 values are up7.1 values are down-142.5 U.S. 229.1 values are down-3.6 values are down-108.5
East Coast 164.2 values are up1.2 values are down-148.2 East Coast 238.0 values are down-4.3 values are down-105.6
  New England 166.9 values are up1.9 values are down-146.4   New England 259.6 values are down-4.2 values are down-104.8
  Central Atlantic 166.7 values are down-0.7 values are down-148.4   Central Atlantic 249.6 values are down-4.0 values are down-105.8
  Lower Atlantic 161.6 values are up2.5 values are down-148.5   Lower Atlantic 231.0 values are down-4.5 values are down-105.6
Midwest 173.3 values are up16.6 values are down-136.8 Midwest 227.2 values are down-4.2 values are down-107.3
Gulf Coast 154.7 values are up4.9 values are down-143.0 Gulf Coast 222.8 values are down-3.6 values are down-109.0
Rocky Mountain 149.5 values are down-1.1 values are down-145.5 Rocky Mountain 221.5 values are down-3.5 values are down-106.1
West Coast 184.6 values are up5.6 values are down-140.1 West Coast 227.5 values are up0.2 values are down-119.9
  California 187.4 values are up6.4 values are down-145.4   California 223.9 values are down-0.2 values are down-128.7
Regional Regular Gasoline Prices Graph. Regional Diesel Fuel Prices Graph.
What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Regular Gasoline (November 2008) Retail Price: $2.15/gallon Taxes - Fees collected on a gallon of fuel that are 
paid to the federal, state, or local government. Distribution and Marketing - Products are shipped by 
pipeline, stored at terminals, and trucks deliver gasoline and diesel fuel to retail stations. Refiners - process crude oil to make gasoline, diesel fuel, 
and other products for sale to retailers and resellers. Crude oil - Domestic and foreign crude oil producers 
sell crude oil to refiners for processing.
What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Diesel (November 2008) Retail Price: $2.88/gallon Taxes - Fees collected on a gallon of fuel that are paid to the federal, state, or local government. Distribution and Marketing - Products are shipped by pipeline, stored at terminals, and 
trucks deliver gasoline and diesel fuel to retail stations. Refiners - process crude oil to make gasoline, diesel fuel, and other products for sale to retailers and resellers. Crude oil - Domestic and foreign crude oil producers sell crude oil to refiners for processing.
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