Show Ti GASOLINE ASOLINE By Adam Walden Community Editor College students usually have just one thing on their minds money They want to know how to get more how to spend less and how to save it Despite signs and warnings that gasoline prices are increasing AAA reports Utah motorists continue to enjoy lower gas prices The Intermountain west gets its gasoline from domestic sources and this may be the reason reason reason rea rea- rea- rea son for lower prices during this unstable time said Fairclough AAA Utah spokes spokes- women Tt The u t J me m ongoing strike in m Venezuela takes two million barrels barrels barrels bar bar- a day out of the world mar mar- ket This strike and the threat of war with Iraq have sent crude oil prices over 33 a barrel for the first time in two years The national average price for a gallon of unleaded self- self serve regular gasoline is This is 9 cents higher than a month ago and 34 cents higher than last year The average price of gasoline gasoline gaso gaso- line in Utah is This is 3 cents lower than last months month's average of The prices in Utah's cities have also decreased or remained the same as last month Of the cities surveyed January average prices in Moab and Vernal remained the same as the December prices Motorists in Moab pay per gallon of regular unleaded self serve self serve gaso gaso- line Vernal's average price is St. St George experienced a cent 3 decrease for an average of Ogden's average price of S is one cent lower than last month Provo enjoyed the longest decrease for an an In avera 1 e u 5 g price of 5 cents lower than Decembers December's price Salt Lake motorists enjoy the lowest average average average aver aver- age price of 3 cents lower than last month The prices in surrounding states fluctuate between gains and decreases Nevada motorists are paying 2 cents more than last month for an average price of Idaho's has decreased 2 cents to Montana motorists also enjoyed a decrease TAKES TAB S A JUMP in prices for an average cost of Arizona's prices remained the same as last month at At a recent OPEC meeting in Vienna the ministers agreed to toan toan toan an increase in production of 15 million barrels a day It is hoped this decision will stabilize sup sup- plies and reduce the barrel costs Russia Mexico and Saudi Arabia have already agreed to production production production tion increase The Bush administration is slowly bringing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to full capaci capaci- ty The process has been ham ham- by the Venezuelan oil industry slow The reserve exists to help protect the United States against energy shortages during a national security crisis C |