Honolulu Gas at $3 a Gallon, First Time Since 2009

Prices are nearly $1 lower than a year ago. How long will the trend last?

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Pacific Business News has this item on plummeting gas prices in the islands. Excerpt:

The average price of regular gas in Honolulu hit an even $3 a gallon this week, the lowest it has been since June 2009, according to AAA Hawaii’s Weekend Gas Watch.

That was down 13 cents a gallon from just a week ago, 39 cents lower than a month ago, and 90 cents below a year ago, AAA Hawaii said.

That means that motorists are saving almost a buck a gallon heading into the new year, the result of a worldwide decline in the price of oil. …

Honolulu gas price sign

A sign of the times.

Chad Blair/Civil Beat

I don’t know how long this will last, but it’s glorious. I filled up my tank over the weekend and actually got change back from the service attendant.

That means I had more money left to spend on all the other things that cost so damn much here. Read Civil Beat’s Living Hawaii series to learn why, and what to do about it.

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