At the pump: $1.66 a gallon

From a July high of $4.11, today the average price of regular gasoline at U.S. filling stations is $1.66 a gallon.  Goodbye, energy conservation.  Adios, alternatives and hybrids.  See you after the recession.

The chart shows nominal (i.e., unadjusted for inflation) weekly average U.S. retail gasoline prices since 1993 — now at their lowest level since February 2004.

Weekly U.S. Retail Gasoline PricesSource:  Energy Information Administration