No stop sign ahead for base gas prices

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At Osan Air Base in South Korea on Thursday, motorist Jeff Klose gases up at the AAFES auto service center. Klose, a resident of Seoul, is finance and training manager for Exchange New Car Sales. He favors a national policy that would move the United States away from dependency on foreign energy sources.


No stop sign ahead for base gas prices
By David Allen, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Saturday, May 31, 2008

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — For the first time ever, gas prices at on-base pumps will surpass $4 a gallon in South Korea and Guam on Saturday.

Japan and Okinawa bases aren’t far behind, with the price for a gallon of regular unleaded to jump by almost 15 cents to $3.85.

According to the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, the price for a gallon of unleaded gas in South Korea will be $4.002, an increase of 14.6 cents.

A gallon of unleaded premium will be $4.224, a hike of 14.2 cents. And diesel fuel in South Korea will increase a whopping 26.2 cents, to $4.788 per gallon.

Base stations on Guam will charge $4.039 for a gallon of unleaded, 14 cents more than the previous week.


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