By The News Service of Florida <\/p>\n
Gas prices in Florida continued to dip after the U.S. and Iran ambled toward a tentative ceasefire agreement, even as the U.S. attacked Iranian military sites over the weekend and Iran sent drone attacks on Kuwait.<\/p>\n
AAA put the average gallon of gas in Florida at $4.04 on Monday, down 31 cents from the prior Monday.<\/p>\n
Since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iranian targets on Feb. 28, and Iran responded by attacking tankers transporting oil through the Strait of Hormuz, sealing off a vital passageway for global oil supplies, the price of gas has jumped significantly.<\/p>\n
Florida\u2019s average was $2.90 a gallon and the national rate was $2.98 a gallon on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n
But in recent weeks the price has come down from previous highs.<\/p>\n
Averages on Monday ranged from $3.81 a gallon in Escambia County to $4.44 a gallon in Monroe County.<\/p>\n
The national average on Monday stood at $4.32 a gallon, 19 cents lower than a week earlier.<\/p>\n
Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, noted Sunday the national average is the lowest in more than a month, but added, \u201cif a deal with Iran is not solidified very soon to reopen the Strait, prices may once again spike.\u201d<\/p>\n
AAA also cautioned that a decrease to pre-war levels could take time.<\/p>\n
\u201cGas prices\u00a0remain\u00a0the highest\u00a0they\u2019ve\u00a0been in four years\u00a0and will\u00a0likely remain\u00a0elevated as the busy summer driving season gets underway,\u201d AAA stated in a release.<\/p>\n
Diesel in Florida was $5.12 a gallon on Monday, down 23 cents over the week.<\/p>\n
For electric vehicles, the cost per kilowatt-hour at Florida charging stations stood at 41 cents on Monday, where it has stood since April 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By The News Service of Florida Gas prices in Florida continued to dip after the U.S. and Iran…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-292119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292119","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=292119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}