gas prices on Maui

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How can you complain? Here on Maui, the gas prices are always high. We pay $1.67 for reg. unleaded,$1.81 for med. grade, and $1.91 per gallon for high octane. By the way, these prices relect a 2 cent a gallon increase from last week. I sure hope they don't go up much more. I'm sure we will be the first state to top the $2.00 dollar a gallon mark. I'm glad we live on an island where you can hop on the old bicycle to get to work.

-- Kate Trusty (ktrusty@aloha.net), January 26, 2000

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FWIW, gas on Kaua'i at the discount stations is running a mere $1.649. When I was over to Molokai, it was running around $1.90. Gas is staying stable...but I think that this may have something to do with the (price fixing) suit the state has against suppliers...

-- Mad Monk (madmonk@hawaiian.net), January 26, 2000.

Here in Hilo, Big Island it was still $1.57 11 days ago, like it has been for months before that. On the other side of the island, add 10% it seems - not sure why.

-- Y2KGarderner (govegan@aloha.net), January 26, 2000.

Yes, I understand. But the Islands are small, and if you go very far in one direction you end up back where you started, and this justifies the higher prices.

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-- Squirrel Hunter (Nuts@upina.palmtree), January 26, 2000.


Aloha,

Kate, I've been filling up at the Shell just below Pukalani Superette on Old Haleakala Hwy and prices range $1.699 to $1.899, but they have been stable at those prices for awhile. I had the same thought about that as Mad Monk, however, re: the lawsuit. I heard some interesting news on HPR this morning while driving to work about a fuel surcharge by Matson. Seems they added a 1.25% surcharge late in the 4th quarter to pass along fuel increases and effective today, they doubled it to 2.5%. I guess we won't be surprised to see more creeping prices for "everything". Y2KGardener, it sure doesn't make sense 10% more Kona side with more competition, but nothing makes "sense" with some of our prices here. Guess it must have more to do with taking advantage of the tourist trade...not good for the residents, though.

-- Susan Mainaga (mainaga@maui.net), January 26, 2000.


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