🚀 go-pugleaf

We still have the cheapest GAS is the world for a non-opec nation.  
The price drop was nice while it lasted,


Ken M. wrote:
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> Gas prices jump nearly 12 cents in two weeks
> 
> By The Associated Press
> WASHINGTON - The American Automobile Association says gasoline prices
> jumped by nearly 12 cents per gallon in the
> past two weeks, the steepest increase since 1990.
> 
> The national average price of self-serve regular unleaded gasoline
> increased 11.8 cents since March 16 to reach $1.088 per
> gallon, the AAA said Wednesday.
> 
> This marks the largest increase since August 1990, after Iraq invaded
> Kuwait, when gas prices increased 23.2 cents, the
> association said.
> 
> Prices for other types of gasoline had smaller increases: self-serve
> mid-grade unleaded gas is up 11.4 cents to $1.178, and
> self-serve premium is up 11.1 cents to $1.235.
> 
> Across the country, prices at the pump have soared, in part because
> world oil producers agreed to take an additional 2.1
> million barrels daily off the market, and because of anticipated
> increases in demand for spring and summer driving.
> 
> Analysts have also pointed to refinery production troubles in
> California, one of the largest U.S. driving markets. Gas is most
> expensive in the West, increasing nearly 14 cents in the past two weeks
> to bring self-serve regular unleaded gas to $1.243 a
> gallon.
> 
> Gas is least expensive in the Southeast at $1.003, an increase of 10.6
> cents.
> 
> A separate survey found that gasoline prices had increased about 8.5
> cents a gallon in the two weeks leading up to March 19.
> The Lundberg Survey of 10,000 gas stations nationwide found the weighted
> average, including all grades and taxes, had
> increased to $1.0869 cents per gallon in that time period.
> 
> Other regional prices for self-serve unleaded:
> 
> New England: up 7.2 cents to $1.054.
> 
> Mid-Atlantic: up 8.8 cents to $1.032.
> 
> Great Lakes: up 17 cents to $1.123.
> 
> Midwest: up 11.9 cents to $1.042.
> 
> Southwest: up 14.5 cents to $1.087.
> 
> The association's Fuel Gauge report is based on data from more than
> 37,000 transactions made on Tuesday.
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> 
> Huh, just in time for summer vacationers.
> 
> (ken)