Friday, October 31, 2014
Gas under 3$ Nationwide
For the first time in four years, gas is now under 3$ dollars nationwide. This is so surprising to the nation that citizens are posting photos of gas prices and even doing things differently with how they fill up their car. According to Foxnews, the national average of gas has fallen 33 cents in the month of October, landing at about $3.00 per gallon in the States. When the national average of gas raised above $3.00 in the end of 2010, people thought they would never see $2.99 again. Global demand for oil and gasoline was rising as people in developing countries bought cars by the millions and turmoil was brewing in the oil-rich Middle East. Now that demand is not rising as fast, drillers have learned to tap new sources of oil, particularly in the United States. Seasonal swings and other factors will most likely send gas prices back up in the future but the U.S. is on track of keeping it that way and we are hoping to have even cheaper gas prices in 2015. In June of 2014, oil fell from a whopping $108 dollars a barrel to about $81 dollars per barrel because there's a lot of supply and weak demand in the U.S. According to an article that I read, last year around this time gas was around $3.51, at $2.99 this year it will save you approximately $50 per year. The drop in gas prices will also affect U.S. economy by saving $187 million per day and it will boost the profits of any employees out on delivery or sales calls. So let hope gas prices keep lowering by the day and it will make our lives easier by the day.
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Maybe I just don’t watch the news enough, but I had no idea that the average gasoline price for the nation hadn't been below $3.00 per gallon in four years. What struck me about your article is that I had noticed a similar feeling of astonishment in my recent trips to the pump, which is awesome. The explanation of why the gas prices had risen and fallen is great and easy to understand for someone who is not very well read up on the subject. The only part of the article that I questioned, for lack of a better word, was that the reduced price of gasoline would save the average person only $50 per year. When I thought about my personal usage I thought it would amount to more than that, but in the future, a cited source would quickly clear up the air. All in all it’s a good commentary, and I’m happy to hear that prices are only going to continue dropping in the coming year!
The only other critique I have is a grammatical error, the dollar sign is on the wrong side of the 3 in the title and first sentence!
Your introduction grabbed my attention and kept me reading the rest of the post. Your conclusion sort of left me with regrets on why I read the post; not because it was poorly written (it was not) but because you didn't have a stopping point. You left the reader with no after thought because you just provided the information but didn't give it your thought so that the readers could agree or disagree. Engage your readers instead of just providing the information. You could have concluded with a question or a normative statement to get your viewers goin'.
Another thing you could've worked on to make your post better was to provide evidence for your claims. You mentioned that the U.S. could save $187 million a day but no evidence or mathematical calculations leading to that claim. You also mentioned that you read an article but never provided the link to that article you claimed to have read. So work on citing your sources if you bring up any kind of facts.
Overall, this was an okay post and was worth reading 3/4 of it because the end could've been better. Keep blogging!
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