well the u.s has announced some of its
most punishing sanctions yet on russia
banning all russian oil imports of
course the move will only mean even
higher gas prices for us here in the u.s
so this morning we're continuing our 360
in-depth coverage
now taking a look at how high gas prices
are expected to go how much more the
average family will pay per week
possible solutions to cut costs how to
get discounted gas and what impact this
will have on other things we buy
first want to take a look at colorado's
average gas price right now aaa says
we're at 391 a gallon that's up seven
cents from this time yesterday morning
it's up 50 cents from last week so we
know a lot of you are asking how high
will it go we spoke to an expert at
gasbuddy
i think it's going to get ugly quite a
bit i think denver is going to see the
four dollar sign come out here in the
next week or two price of diesel will
probably eclipse five dollars maybe 550
it's not impossible that the price of
diesel nationally could hit six dollars
a gallon
so that means most families will be
paying between 10 to 20 dollars more per
week governor polis is signing on to a
letter urging congress to suspend the
federal gas tax it's 18 cents a gallon
some lawmakers though are concerned
losing that money would take away
funding for infrastructure projects the
new infrastructure law relies on revenue
from the gas tax well it may be time to
think about sharing a ride with a
co-worker if you're already going the
same way anyway number seven's veronica
acosta joins us live in denver here and
veronica carpooling certainly a way to
cut costs
so it might not sound ideal but it is an
option check it out the cheapest gas at
this station this is on 10th and
broadway it is 3.99
almost four dollars for many of you at
home i know pulling out those wallets
and paying that price it's still
something you're going to do but if
you're starting to poke around and
trying to find other alternatives other
options we have one for you this morning
so it's the service it's called way2go
it's not very new actually it's been
around for about 30 years or so and it's
a part of the denver regional council of
governments now the reason this program
started so long ago was because
officials started seeing traffic
congestion rise more and more people
were having to move further away from
their offices and they were having to do
longer commutes so you're probably
asking yourself how exactly does this
work first off you're gonna have to go
to that way2go.com website you put your
location and your destination in and
then it lists off different people who
are on roughly the same commute as you
are you connect with those people and
then from there the easy part i think
splitting the gas bill
we don't have to get in our cars and be
single occupant vehicle drivers we can
absolutely you know partner up and and
sort of share that commute load with
others
and way to go also has an option called
school pool that's very neat as well you
can log on there you can find the school
that your children go to and then from
there you can partner up with different
people who might live in your
neighborhood and there you have an
easier option to get your kids to and
from school as well we're live in denver
this morning i'm veronica costa number
seven yeah some good
websites to check out thank you veronica
if you have to drive on your own you can
save through gas station discount
programs conoco is currently offering 10
cents off a gallon if you pay using
their app safeway and king supers offer
a three cent gas discount with loyalty
cards and you can get bigger discounts
as you spend more money on groceries
there shell offers at least three cents
off per gallon with its fuel rewards
program and maverick gas has a free club
that saves you two cents per gallon so
while we're feeling the pain at the pump
you might be wondering about buying an
electric vehicle so we did some research
for you motor trend says the only 2022
electric car under 30 000 is the nissan
leaf
the cheapest hybrid is the prius
starting at around twenty four thousand
dollars on the gas side there are
several subarus around that same price
kelly blue book says most electric
vehicles get three to four miles per
kilowatt depending on the weather and
other factors so we're planning on three
here if you drive the average one
thousand miles per month and excel
charges 12 cents in the winter per
kilowatt you'd pay about 40 dollars a
month in electricity to power your
vehicle that's about four cents a mile
charging stations cost two to four times
that though making your cost closer to
eight to sixteen cents per mile
how does that compare to gas well if
your car gets 20 miles to the gallon and
gas is four dollars a gallon that's
about 20 cents per mile
of course these costs don't include
things like insurance batteries
power company fees wear and tear
maintenance and building an electric
charging station in your garage
we've brought you a lot of information
about the rising gas prices lately and
how to save some money you can follow
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