Posted on 09/13/2008 7:38:56 PM PDT by mombyprofession
DETROIT (AP) - The state auto club said that the statewide average for a gallon of self-serve regular fuel was up about 5 cents to $3.94 early Saturday from Friday morning. That's up about 20 cents from Monday.
AAA spokeswoman Nancy Cain said there were some reports of prices above $4 a gallon.
On Friday, Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Attorney General Mike Cox promised to monitor and swiftly deal with any gas gouging in the state. Hurricane Ike threatens some of the Gulf Coast's oil refineries.
Closing oil refineries because of the hurricane could lead to an eventual bump in gas prices at some point.
AAA surveys 2,800 Michigan gas stations daily.
and...he hit them hard.
in nyc it was $4.19 last week. it will go higher i assume. thank god for subway trains and motorcycles!
Friday morning, I tanked up across the street at 3.59. About five hours later, at the same station, it was 4.59. Really wish we had one of those 4 cent increases.
We are at $4.19 a gallon here in rural Eastern California. Lowest it has been all summer. Went up to nearly $5.00 a gallon just a month ago.
Didn’t Dow have refineries in Michigan?
It was silly to put all the refineries in the Gulf. As I recall, this was done for wage considerations. If the executives couldn’t see the down side, they do now.
I could be wrong, but this seems to be hitting the SE harder than other areas.
I’m sure it is. We are a very rural and isolated area, so we have Alaska type prices here.
$3.39 here in Maple Shade NJ (right across from Phila)
Any price that I don't like.
I can only dream of prices like that!
$3.88 and $3.99 at a couple of places in northern Wisconsin where it will dip into the upper 40s during this Global Warming night. Thanks Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and the rest of the Democratic Congress!
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