AAFES gas prices in Europe surge more than 11 cents a gallon

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AAFES gas prices in Europe surge more than 11 cents a gallon
By Matt Millham, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Friday, May 16, 2008

AAFES gas prices across Europe will jump at least 11 cents a gallon Saturday on the heels of another record-setting week of skyrocketing U.S. fuel costs.

The highest prices show up again in the Netherlands, where the cheapest grade available runs $4.481 and diesel hurtles to $5.096 – an increase of 36.7 cents per gallon.

The average price of gas has jumped more than 46 cents in the past seven weeks, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Prices also set records for a seventh straight week in the U.S. and at the Army and Air Force Exchange Service pumps.

At $3.889 a gallon, regular gas in Germany remains the cheapest available to U.S. troops in Europe. Premium and diesel are both now above $4 a gallon, and midgrade is just a fraction below that mark.

Prices in the United Kingdom range from $3.935 a gallon for midgrade to $4.436 for diesel, according to an AAFES release.


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