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Since the price of gas continues to skyrocket and not all of us are lucky enough to have public transportation options for our daily commutes, finding “affordable” gas is an invaluable money saving endeavor.

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Short of cruising around your town looking for the cheapest station, or siphoning gas from a neighbor, there are several websites that will search out the cheapest station in your area for you.

One such site is part of Mapquest – gasprices.mapquest.com – and not only provides search options for gasoline and diesel fuel, but alternative fuel options as such as Ethanol-85 and Biodiesel fuel too. Once you have searched your particular corner of the world for the cheapest gas, you can click on the link to the station and use mapquest to get directions right to the pumps. This is a pretty neat feature, since oftentimes the cheaper stations aren’t on right on Main St. and it would be a shame to get lost and burn gas looking for the place.

Another useful site to check is GasBuddy.com which, according to their website:

“can help you find cheap gas prices in your city. It is a network of more than 181+ gas price information websites that help you find low gasoline prices.”

This site is based on an extensive network of other gas pricing websites and relies on volunteer information from “Gas Price Spotters” who submit information to GasBuddy about low prices in their area. The site also has some other cool information, such as national gas price average, top 10 lowest average price lists by state and city as well as many others.

If you have a substantial commute to work like I do, or just want to save a few cents a gallon, do yourself a favor and check out one of these sites next time you need to fill up the tank.

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