PHOENIX (AP) — After 17 weeks of falling prices, Arizona motorists are paying more at the pump for the second consecutive week.
Officials with AAA Arizona said Thursday that the average statewide price for unleaded regular gasoline is $3.414 a gallon. That’s up by nearly 10 cents from last week.
This week’s national average is $3.71 per gallon, an increase of almost a nickel from last week.
Tucson has the lowest average gasoline price in Arizona at $3.29 a gallon while Flagstaff has the highest at $3.58.
South Carolina has the lowest average gas prices in the continental U.S. at $3.411 a gallon with California having the highest at $4.11 a gallon.
Engaged Voter posted at 4:37 pm on Thu, Aug 16, 2012.
Are the authorities going to get involved (price gouging is a crime), or are they going to ignore it again?
According to the NASDAQ, crude oil is still under $96 a barrel.
Meanwhile, in North Dakota, oil production has increased sixfold since 1996, making them second only to Texas...and the shale deposits are estimated to contain more oil than the entire Persian Gulf area.
So what's the reason (excuse) for the rise in prices?
chuckles3 posted at 5:15 pm on Thu, Aug 16, 2012.
EV, are you really this ignorant?
The price of crude has risen about $20/barrel since mid-June. Gas Prices are catching up.
Might have something to do with the Iran-Israel War we are headed for thanks to our brilliant foreign policy.
And the offshore drilling ban. And the pipeline we can't build from Canada.
But it is probably just Bush's fault.
soricobob posted at 5:05 am on Fri, Aug 17, 2012.
I don't care whose fault it is, all I know is I paid $3.09 a couple of weeks ago, and $3.31 yesterday! Then I came home and heard Romney say if he were elected President we would no longer buy oil from the Arabs. Maybe he read that on some tablets?