{"id":1003,"date":"2011-08-08T14:39:19","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T18:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/?p=1003"},"modified":"2011-08-08T14:41:59","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T18:41:59","slug":"in-keeping-with-recent-trends-lower-gas-prices-as-economy-weakens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2011\/08\/08\/in-keeping-with-recent-trends-lower-gas-prices-as-economy-weakens\/","title":{"rendered":"In keeping with recent trends, lower gas prices as economy weakens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5595881567027133\";\r\n\/* Medium Rectangle *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"8584504377\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"269\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2011\/03\/06\/savannah-stopover-preview-7-sanders-bohlke\/window-17\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/window6-e1299440530555.jpg?fit=67%2C77\" data-orig-size=\"67,77\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D40&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1244646881&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;38&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"window\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/window6-e1299440530555.jpg?fit=67%2C77\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/window6-e1299440530555.jpg?fit=67%2C77\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/window6-e1299440530555.jpg?resize=67%2C77\" alt=\"\" title=\"window\" width=\"67\" height=\"77\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-269\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>I&#8217;m only simplifying a little when I say that when we have recently seen the economy weaken and recession fears increase, gas prices have slipped. That&#8217;s a good thing in a weakening economy, but gas prices are still well above year ago levels. <\/p>\n<p>Energy costs are currently a major drag on the Georgia economy: extreme rate increases by Georgia Power would have boosted residential rates about 10% even before the oppressively hot summer.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the latest numbers for Savannah, Atlanta, and the US generally:<\/p>\n<p><!-- Start GasBuddy Code --><\/p>\n<table wi<!-- Start GasBuddy Code -->\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" font-weight:bold; font-size:16px;><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" id=\"gasbuddy_8823\">\n<script language=\"JavaScript\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/df.gasbuddy.com\/feed.gdf?k=xekF5kxZ1IaA6jAFzh%2bEYwTy64qrFByAocevVfEG0k1Swjz88HB8z59yE%2f%2bLFV2h%2bmTc9eTfj1k%3d&#038;i=8823\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- GasBuddy links are required by the terms of service. Removal may result in termination of service. Please contact GasBuddy support if you wish to make changes. -->\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" style=\"font-weight:bold; font-size:11px;font-family:arial\"><b><a id=\"PCa_sitenm\" href=\"http:\/\/www.SavannahGasPrices.com\/retail_price_chart.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Savannah&nbsp;Historical Gas Price Charts<\/a>&nbsp;Provided by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.GasBuddy.com\" target=\"_blank\">GasBuddy.com<\/a><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- End GasBuddy Code --><\/p>\n<div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: none; margin:4px 0 4px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5595881567027133\";\r\n\/* Another large rectangle *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"0042810896\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m only simplifying a little when I say that when we have recently seen the economy weaken and recession fears increase, gas prices have slipped. That&#8217;s a good thing in a weakening economy, but gas prices are still well above&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2011\/08\/08\/in-keeping-with-recent-trends-lower-gas-prices-as-economy-weakens\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[41],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Screen-shot-2011-08-08-at-2.33.15-PM.png?fit=234%2C228","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1gN9R-gb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}