AM 1450 KMMS - Bozeman's News Talk Leader » gas prices http://kmmsam.com Sat, 25 May 2013 20:49:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Billings Loses Title of City With the Cheapest Gas in America as Montana Prices Rise http://kmmsam.com/billings-loses-title-of-city-with-the-cheapest-gas-in-america-as-montana-prices-rise/ http://kmmsam.com/billings-loses-title-of-city-with-the-cheapest-gas-in-america-as-montana-prices-rise/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 02:17:23 +0000 Jon King http://newstalkkgvo.com/?p=151358 Pumps in Billings no longer have the nations' cheapest gas as prices in Montana rise for yet another week.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/billings-loses-title-of-city-with-the-cheapest-gas-in-america-as-montana-prices-rise/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of deege@fermentarium.com/Flickr Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Oil But Were Afraid To Ask. http://kmmsam.com/everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-oil-but-were-afraid-to-ask/ http://kmmsam.com/everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-oil-but-were-afraid-to-ask/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:00:58 +0000 Tom Egelhoff http://kmmsam.com/?p=127399 Keystone XL pipe line, who sets the price at the pump, are we shipping oil to China for Canada, these and many more questions answered in this pre-recorded interview with oil expert Bob Van derValk of Terry, Montana.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-oil-but-were-afraid-to-ask/feed/ 0 Bob van der Valk is an Independent Consultant in the petroleum industry. He has over 50 years of experience in the wholesale and retail gasoline and lubricants industry. (Photo by Bob Van Der Valk) Montana Gas Prices Still Rising, End of Climb in Sight http://kmmsam.com/montana-gas-prices-still-rising-end-of-climb-in-sight/ http://kmmsam.com/montana-gas-prices-still-rising-end-of-climb-in-sight/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:20:05 +0000 Jon King http://newstalkkgvo.com/?p=140664 At $3.34 per gallon, Montana's average gas prices are up again this week. They have been climbing for over three weeks now, but hope for motorists could be on the horizon.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/montana-gas-prices-still-rising-end-of-climb-in-sight/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of Evan Hamilton/Flickr Ten Year Forecast? Thanks for Nuthin' http://kmmsam.com/ten-year-forecast-thanks-for-nuthin/ http://kmmsam.com/ten-year-forecast-thanks-for-nuthin/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:00:51 +0000 Tom Egelhoff http://kmmsam.com/?p=118740 What were the ten year economic projections made back in 1995? Did they take into account that three planes were going to kill over 3,000 citizens in 2001?

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/ten-year-forecast-thanks-for-nuthin/feed/ 0 WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 15: Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) delivers opening remarks during a hearing on Capitol Hill November 15, 2011 in Washington, DC. Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf presented the committee with the CBO's fiscal and legislative policy options for increasing economic growth and employment in 2012 and 2013, including increased aid to the unemployed, tax credits to lower and middle income households and reducing employees' payroll taxes. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Gas Prices – What Goes Down Will Go Back Up Again [AUDIO] http://kmmsam.com/gas-prices-what-goes-down-will-go-back-up-again-audio/ http://kmmsam.com/gas-prices-what-goes-down-will-go-back-up-again-audio/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2012 01:04:14 +0000 Peter Christian http://newstalkkgvo.com/?p=122200 Montana's low gas prices won't last long.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/gas-prices-what-goes-down-will-go-back-up-again-audio/feed/ 0 photo courtesy of comstock/thinkstock.com Montana Gas Prices Continue To Fall [AUDIO] http://kmmsam.com/montana-gas-prices-continue-to-fall-audio/ http://kmmsam.com/montana-gas-prices-continue-to-fall-audio/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:35:50 +0000 Peter Christian http://newstalkkgvo.com/?p=120868 Now that the end of the year is approaching, gas prices in Montana continue to fall.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/montana-gas-prices-continue-to-fall-audio/feed/ 0 photo courtesy of khawkins04/flickr.com What's Up With Gas Prices? http://kmmsam.com/whats-up-with-gas-prices/ http://kmmsam.com/whats-up-with-gas-prices/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:00:19 +0000 Tom Egelhoff http://kmmsam.com/?p=90065 Between 2000 and 2007 the average price of gasoline was $1.91 and we were screaming about it. How we would love to go back to those days now.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/whats-up-with-gas-prices/feed/ 0 A gas station attendent changes gas prices on October 10, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. According to reports, gasoline prices dropped by an average of half a cent per gallon overnight, to a level of $4.666 in California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) Are Gas Prices On Their Way Back Down? — Dollars and Sense http://kmmsam.com/are-gas-prices-on-their-way-back-down-dollars-and-sense/ http://kmmsam.com/are-gas-prices-on-their-way-back-down-dollars-and-sense/#comments Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:13:59 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=130938 Gas prices have taken a wild ride this year — first we were told to expect record-breaking fuel costs, and then analysts backed down from that prediction.

Since then, prices have see-sawed back and forth, and now experts expect them to drop again.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/are-gas-prices-on-their-way-back-down-dollars-and-sense/feed/ 0 Joe Raedle, Getty Images Gas Prices Drop as Consumer Demand Falls http://kmmsam.com/gas-prices-drop-consumer-demand-falls/ http://kmmsam.com/gas-prices-drop-consumer-demand-falls/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:03:29 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=50149 Thanks to a steep drop in crude-oil prices, gas costs have fallen below $3 a gallon in parts of Michigan, Missouri and Texas, and are expected to decline in many other states as well.

Call it an unexpected bright spot in the global economic crisis. Now that drivers have cut back on trips, shippers are moving fewer goods, and vacationers are staying closer to home, the demand for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel has fallen accordingly. And as we all learned in Economics 101, less demand equates to lower prices.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/gas-prices-drop-consumer-demand-falls/feed/ 0 csessums, Flickr Gas Prices Rise, Is It Time To Ride The Streamline? http://kmmsam.com/gas-prices-rise-is-it-time-to-ride-the-streamline/ http://kmmsam.com/gas-prices-rise-is-it-time-to-ride-the-streamline/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:58:55 +0000 1450 KMMS AM http://kmmsam.com/?p=4758 I've sure noticed the gas prices rising faster than the Spring temperatures and it's causing me to think of other forms of transportation. In the last 30 days, the price of gas in Montana has jumped 29.9 cents! Riding the streamline for free isn't looking like a bad alternative anymore, even if it means getting everywhere an hour early.

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