What's driving up gas prices? Several factors

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/what-s-driving-up-gas-prices-several-factors/article_0f9ad79c-b13b-11e4-9023-efbfb4760eb8.html

POSTED: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2015 9:39 AM
By Jay Withrow / World-Herald staff writer

Gasoline prices at the pump are up 12 cents nationally and 15 cents in Nebraska in the past week, and analysts say a number of factors are behind the uptick.

Nationally, a gallon of regular unleaded rose from $2.06 to $2.18. In Nebraska, a gallon went from $2 to $2.15, and in Iowa, it increased from $2 to $2.11.

Omaha’s prices also rose 15 cents over the past week. Tuesday, two Omaha filling stations were selling regular unleaded for as low as $2.02 a gallon and several others were selling it for $2.08.

Chief among those factors impacting prices, said Gregg Lakoski, a senior petroleum analyst at GasBuddy.com, is the rise in the price of a barrel of oil, which has gone from $50 a barrel a week ago to almost $53 a barrel Tuesday.

FULL story at link.

[hobbit709]

1. 3 weeks ago I got gas for $1.49. Cheapest in town today is $1.82

[bigwillq]

4. I paid $2.49/gal for REG in my part of CT today.

It'll be back over $3 before I know it.

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. Luckily we filled up last week too.

I can go a year now on a fill up.
Small town, no job, no traveling days are over.
Saves me a fortune, but it was nice to get cheap gas last week.

[libtodeath]

2. Greed n/t

[PasadenaTrudy]

3. $2.49 is cheapest by me

Seems like it just jumped 20 cents.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

5. And the boom economy in ND just went bust

like that was going to last

[Go Vols]

6. Keystone pipeline

can't make money @ 2 bucks a gallon.