Gas Prices Rising

[gaylasue]

Gas prices are creeping up on us here in northeastern KY.  Jumped to $2.89.  Newsman said to expect higher prices throughout the summer.  Several factors involved for the increase.

[countrygirl12]

They always get higher in the summer.

[ghunter]

Yes, they do.  Here in Atlanta gas prices have just to 2.69 and in some places higher

[bremer51]

Gas ranges from $2.69 to $2.79 in my area.  I hope it levels out here pretty soon.

[ancmetro]

    Lower prices at the pump during wintertime are the norm because people need to stay warm.
    Summertime is tourist season. States and oil companies try to make it profitable for them...so
    gas prices go up.

[countrygirl12]

    Lower prices at the pump during wintertime are the norm because people need to stay warm.
    Summertime is tourist season. States and oil companies try to make it profitable for them...so
    gas prices go up.

What does staying warm have to do with anything?  Gas prices are higher in the summer because demand is higher. People travel and are going on vacation.

[cadence4u]

Here in California, it is $4.18 per gallon. California always have high prices in the nation!

[NRAJOE]

$2.65 in Ohio

[vickysue]

It always goes up in the summer and also  holidays  at all times when people will be  traveling.  Anytime they can make more profit they are going to do it.  Hubby used to work at a  service station and every day  the  boss would go around town checking  the other stations for the prices then run back and change the price on the  board outside to just a penny under.  Hubby used to get  ticked about it. But  he was working there as they would let him off at any given time  to help with my son who  was under going treatment for cancer. He and I would drive he 450 mile trip one way and stay with him for a few days then we  would drive home and then I would  go with my daughter-in-law and he would baby sit the grandson.  It was  rough on all.  Alas 6 months into it and we lost him.  Thank God his  boss was so understanding.

[darkxtsuna]

Sorta wish it stayed in the winter prices when its low sadly summer always go overboard on prices.

[cathy37]

Gas prices are up everywhere.  I just saw the post about California being over $4 a gallon.  I can't imagine prices that high.  We complain about $2.70's.  It could be worse.

[Tresbn00]

Two dollars and sixty nine cents in Colorado. Highest it has been in years. I get a ten cent per gallon discount for points earned shopping at Kroger grocery market which helps out quite a bit. I feel bad for all the people that drive for a living: Uber/Lyft drivers and paper delivery people come to mind. I get to work from home two days a week which takes a bite out of my costly gas consumption. I drive about twenty three miles, round trip, a day in a gas guzzler (twelve to fifteen miles to the gallon). Higher gas costs affect just about everything that needs to be delivered: groceries, raw materials, online shopping to name a few. Airlines are affected as well. Gas heating for houses is yet another cost that goes up. I am glad that I am in an area blessed with moderate temperatures.

[timvolley]

we are over 3.00 in illinois

[tnshpalmer85]

The gas prices had started to rise where I live, but they when down a little a few weeks ago. The cheapest has been 2.68. I heard the prices may go up again.

[BATISTAGIRL663]

I heard it might go up to over 4 dollars— I really hope it doesn’t but ...