Finally, being at the bottom is paying off
This just in: According to AAA Carolina, South Carolina has the lowest average gas prices in the nation. That'll make day-tripping a little easier, for at least a little while.Sometimes South Carolina appears at the bottom of the totem pole when it comes to statistics, or maybe it's the top of the inverted totem pole, depending on which end is the worst news.
But in this pole, being at the bottom is a good thing! The state reportedly has the cheapest gasoline in the nation. AAA Carolinas reported just this morning that the average price per gallon of self-serve, regular unleaded in South Carolina is $2.33, three cents below Tennessee and four cents below Utah, Mississippi, New Jersey, Georgia and Alabama, the other states with the lowest prices.
Poor Hawaii has the most expensive gas in the nation, averaging $2.83 per gallon.
But even Hawaii's $2.83 is less expensive than what gasoline was selling for in Marion County in May 2008. Then, it was selling around $3.99, just shy of the $4-plus high of the summer. Thankfully, at least for now, South Carolina has the fifth lowest state gasoline tax in the nation at 16.8 cents per gallon.
North Carolina motorists are paying 30.2 cents per gallon in taxes, the 14th highest gasoline tax in the country, the AAA report said. New Jersey, Wyoming, Georgia and Alaska are the only states with a lower gas tax than South Carolina.
The press release went on to say: Every state's gasoline price includes a federal gas tax of 18.4 cents per gallon, used for transportation infrastructure development and improvement. Even as low as the gasoline prices are, the price per gallon has risen over the past month an average of 45 cents. In the state, the report said, it's Myrtle Beach that offers the most expensive gasoline, at $2.37, and Greenville sports the least expensive gasoline at $2.31.
But that's today's news. Who knows where the prices will travel over the course of the summer.
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