We are betting the reasons gas prices are higher in Livingston County than in other communities are pretty much the same today as they were nearly 20 years ago.
So, with that in mind, we are sharing the special report on gas prices in Livingston County that ran on Feb. 1, 2004, in the Livingston County Press, back when The Livingston Post’s Maria Stuart and Buddy Moorehouse ran the local paper and gas was about $1.70 a gallon.
CLICK HERE to access the PDF of the special report.
The special report details the reasons we pay more here: location and supply and demand.
That said, that $1.70 a gallon back in 2004, adjusted for inflation, would be $2.70 today, and we are paying about $1 a gallon more than that.
You can probably blame that extra buck a gallon at the pump in part on oil supply cuts in Saudi Arabia and Russia; according to CNN, gas prices hit a 10-month high in September and are on pace to hit their largest quarterly increase since Russia first invaded Ukraine in the beginning of 2022.
