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The “new normal” in gasoline prices used to be cause for laughter around our house.<\/p>\n

I remember when Mom or Dad would pull up to the service station pump and tell the attendant — yes, they still have attendants in my home state of Oregon — to put a “dollar’s worth of regular” into the tank. That would be about four gallons. Off we went and tooled around for the rest of the day, maybe a bit into the next one.<\/p>\n

Those days are gone.<\/p>\n

Now comes news that gas prices are declining. They’re at the lowest level since 2010. They’re heading downward into the new year.<\/p>\n

Gas prices at lowest level since 2010<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n