{"id":233784,"date":"2026-04-16T04:50:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T04:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/233784\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T04:50:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T04:50:23","slug":"local-mechanic-shares-step-to-help-drivers-cut-down-on-gas-consumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/233784\/","title":{"rendered":"Local mechanic shares step to help drivers cut down on gas consumption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 We have all been feeling it: Gas Prices have gone up sharply in recent weeks. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Right now, according to AAA, the average price for a gallon of regular gas in Florida is $4.10. For perspective, a month ago, it was $3.72, that\u2019s nearly a 50-cent jump per gallon. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In Georgia, the average price has increased 19 cents in the past month. It now sits at $3.69 per gallon. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Gas is much cheaper in the Peach State because the governor suspended the gas tax to try to offset the skyrocketing prices caused by the war in Iran which has led the country to virtually shut down the Strait of Hormuz, where 20 percent of the world\u2019s oil tankers travels through it. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">News4JAX wants to help you get the most out of the gas in your tank. Mechanic Aaron Nelson from Aaron\u2019s Car Care joins us now to walk us through some simple steps we can all take to cut down on how much gas we consume in our cars to help save us some money.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Watch the full interview above.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 We have all been feeling it: Gas Prices have gone up sharply in recent weeks.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[18287,4805,11248,21539,116,118,117,22238],"class_list":{"0":"post-233784","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-aaa-gas-prices","9":"tag-gas","10":"tag-gas-prices","11":"tag-iran","12":"tag-jacksonville","13":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","14":"tag-jacksonville-news","15":"tag-saving-money"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}