| Aug 1 | Barrel Crude $74.91 | Gal Reg Gas Wow, here we are a whole year after I started keping track of these prices, a few weeks before Katrina. |
| Aug 2 | Barrel Crude $75.81 | Gal Reg Gas still about 2.96-2.98, 3.06-3.08, 3.16-3.18. Israel/Lebanon thing heating up; tropical storm heating up in Gulf today; tremendous heat wave moving across US is straining power grids. I expect Crude to head way up in the next few days. |
| Aug 3 | Barrel Crude $75.46 | Gal Reg Gas Same Israel/Lebanon thing still on; Israel only needs a few more days to reach it's "goal".
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| Aug 4 | Barrel Crude $74.76 | Gal Reg Gas |
| Aug 7 | Barrel Crude $76.98 | Gal Reg Gas Gas has dropped 1-2 cents in my areas: 2.94, 3.04, 3.14. But BP had to shut down the oil pipeline from Prudhoe Bay (Alaska) today because of leak problems. This is bad news and things will start going up again. |
| Aug 9 | Barrel Crude $76.35 | Gall Reg Gas |
| Aug 10 | Barrel Crude $74.00 | Gal Reg Gas No changes in stations near me quoted on Aug 7 |
| Aug 14 | Barrel Crude $73.53 | Gal Reg Gas |
| Aug 15 | Barrel Crude $74.05 | Gal Reg Gas |
| Aug 18 | Barrel Crude $71.14 | Gal Reg Gas 2.84, 2.94, 3.04. Ceasefire this week in Israel/Hizollah/Lebanon thing |
| Aug 21 | Barrel Crude $72.45 | Gal Reg Gas: Israel sent a raid across the Lebanese border today |
| Aug 24 | Barrel Crude $72.36 | Gal Reg Gas: Gone down a few centsw the past week. 3rd named storm from tropical depression of hurricane season today; no 'canes yet. |
| Aug 25 | Barrel Crude $72.51 | Gal Reg Gas: 2.81,2.91,3.01 |
| Aug 28 | Barrel Crude $70.61 | Gal Reg Gas: 2.79,2.89,2.99 |
| Aug 30 | Barrel Crude $70.03 | Gal Reg Gas |
| Aug 31 | Barrel Crude $70.26 | Gal Reg Gas: 2.79, 2.89, 2.99 I've seen as low as 2.57 for regular, too. Katrina Anniversary was memorialized but pretty quiet. Pretty quiet hurricane season so far, too. Only 5 named storms in Atlantic so far and low key. |