The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline jumped 6 cents over the past two weeks, to $3.02 per gallon.
Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey says Sunday that the increase comes as the costs of crude oil and ethanol also rose.
Source: WENN.com / WENN
Ethanol must be blended by refiners into gasoline, per federal rules.
The price at the pump is $1.05 higher than it was a year ago. The highest average price in the nation right now is $4.16 a gallon in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The lowest average is $2.55 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
I do my best to keep my tank on full so I don’t have to come out of pocket TOO much!
Hopefully prices will come back down because Sheesh!
