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Florida Gas Prices Spike
March 18, 2019
Florida gas prices increased an average of 15 cents per gallon last week. This was the second-largest weekly increase among any other state in the country, behind Kentucky at 16 cents.
Florida drivers are paying an average price of $2.62 per gallon for regular unleaded. The state average is the highest so far this year, and 10 cents per gallon more than this time last year. So far this year, the state average has increased 46 cents per gallon.
The average price per gallon in Escambia County was $2.48, up 8 cents from last week and 30 from one month ago.
“Drivers saw a jump at the pump last week, due to rising demand, reduced refinery output, and lower gasoline supplies,” said Mark Jenkins, spokesman, AAA – The Auto Club Group. “Although it appears the state average is leveling out for now, the springtime surge may not be over quite yet. The highest prices of the year can arrive anytime between now and Memorial Day weekend.”
NorthEscambia.com file photo.
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5 Responses to “Florida Gas Prices Spike”
stop exporting our oil
So typical of big oil. My question that nobody can answer is why when the news says gas is going up we pay immediately for the fuel already in the stations tanks, yet when the price goes down we have to wait for it to down over a prolonged period. Makes no sense at all. Just one big scam big oil runs over the public.
The price of gasoline is the result of exporting our fuel to other countries by the oil industey. It seems we are going to support the oil barrons and we are going to increaas the bottom line what ever it takes. The price of fuel is not going to go down any time in the future.
It must be vacation travel time.
the public gets ripped off constantly. in alabama the governor and her minions just stuck it to the public raising the gas prices 10 cents a gallon.