{"id":2230845,"date":"2024-04-26T11:39:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T15:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fuel-rising-for-north-carolinians-though-still-under-national-average\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T11:40:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T15:40:58","slug":"fuel-rising-for-north-carolinians-though-still-under-national-average","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fuel-rising-for-north-carolinians-though-still-under-national-average\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuel prices are increasing for North Carolinians, but remain below the national average"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffuel-rising-for-north-carolinians-though-still-under-national-average%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2230845&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>I&#8217;m ready to assist with \u200dyour requests. \u200bHow can\u2062 I help you today? 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Please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-can-help-by-contacting-your-congressmen-and-women-lists-provided-just-copy-to-an-email-draft-message-and-stand-up-against-the-democrat-communist-takeover\/\" title=\"YOU CAN HELP BY CONTACTING YOUR CONGRESSMEN AND WOMEN \u2013 LISTS PROVIDED: Just Copy to an Email, Draft Message and Stand Up Against the Democrat Communist Takeover\">feel free<\/a> to share how I can\u200b assist you today.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 North Carolinians are paying more at the fuel pump than a month ago, though still a quarter less than the national average.<\/p>\n<p>Friday morning\u2019s statewide average, according to the American Automobile Association, is $3.38 per gallon for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-now-highest-since-2014-amid-supply-concerns\/\" title=\"Gas Prices Now Highest Since 2014 Amid Supply Concerns\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-gas-prices-hit-7-year-high-amid-bidens-energy-crackdown\/\" title=\"U.S. gas prices hit 7-year high amid Biden\u2019s energy crackdown\">regular unleaded<\/a> gasoline<\/a>. A month ago it was $3.29. The national average is $3.66, up from $3.53 a month ago.<\/p>\n<p>Two months ago, regular unleaded in North Carolina was about $3.10 per gallon.<\/p>\n<p>Diesel fuel is an average of $3.94 per gallon. That\u2019s down from $3.98 a month ago and near last year\u2019s $4.00 on the same date. The national average is $4.01.<\/p>\n<p>Eighteen <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/state-gas-price-averages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>states have lower average prices<\/strong><\/a> for unleaded; 23 are lower for diesel.<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina this year taxes gasoline at 40.5 cents per gallon, up 2 cents from last year and the <a href=\"https:\/\/worldpopulationreview.com\/state-rankings\/gas-taxes-by-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>seventh-highest in the country<\/strong><\/a>. States higher are Pennsylvania (61 cents); California (54); Washington (49); and Illinois, Maryland and New Jersey (all 42). Diesel tax in North Carolina (40 cents per gallon) is 10th behind only Pennsylvania (78); Indiana (55); Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey and Washington (49 each); Ohio (47); Maryland (43); and California (41).<\/p>\n<p>Among <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/?state=NC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>14 major metro areas<\/strong><\/a>, unleaded gas is the least expensive in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton ($3.28) and most expensive in Durham-Chapel Hill ($3.49). Diesel is most consumer-friendly ($3.88) in Fayetteville.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Carolinians are seeing higher fuel prices, now at $3.38 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline, up from $3.29 a month ago. Despite the increase, it&#8217;s still a quarter less than the national average of $3.66, reports the American Automobile Association<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2230846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24039760164300-1024x682.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2230845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24039760164300-1024x682.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2230845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2230845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2230845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2230846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2230845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2230845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2230845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}