Scootch Over High Gas Prices!
Posted by Karen Thomas on Mon, Jan 23, 2012 @ 11:24 PM
For having a rather small connotation, a scootch can go a long way. While parking your truck a scootch closer the curb may only mean moving it a few inches, a scootch can be scaled. Take gas prices for example. Say diesel prices dropped a scootch or two at the pump. Filling up once every three weeks – maybe a scootch won't make a different. Filling up a fleet of fifty big rigs and saving a scootch every gallon of gas can equal big savings at the pump. Scaling is essential when using a scootch as a measurable metric...and a scootch will go far in the transportation industry!
The price of diesel is dropping...just a scootch.
This week the average price for a gallon of diesel dropped a penny (or less in some cases) across the country.
According to thetrucker.com, “the nationwide retail on-highway price for a gallon of diesel was $3.848, down six-tenths of one cent, according to the Jan. 23 report by the Energy Information Administration of the Department of Energy.
The Lower Atlantic and Midwest regions saw the biggest decreases, a full one cent, while New England and California each registered small increases, up one-tenth and five-tenths of a cent, respectively. New England had the highest regional price at $4.077, though the state premium in California brought the average cost of a gallon of diesel there to $4.121. The Midwest had the lowest average price, $3.736,” (http://www.thetrucker.com/News/Stories/2012/1/23/Dieselslipslessthanapennyto3848pergallon.aspx.)
Meanwhile – compared to a year ago, diesel prices nationally are actually up a scootch (or four) at 41.8 cents a gallon.