The price of an average gallon of regular gas surpassed the $3.90 mark Wednesday, moving to within a dime of the $4 threshold. [Comment: I'm glad Yahoo provided this arithmetic calculation; the math can get complicated as one approaches $5 gasoline.]Earlier: my thoughts on average price of gasoline across the nation, and the price that the average American is paying.
The average price rose 1.3 cents to $3.911 in the latest daily survey conducted for the motorist group AAA. The price has risen for 19 consecutive days. [And for Noah, it rained 40 days and 40 nights. Consecutively.]
The current price compares to just below $3.70 a month ago, and just below $3.59 a year ago. [For all the chatter, this is about a dime's difference and we survived last year just fine.]
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Perfect storm:- Chinese and Indian imports rising significantly year-over-year
- Keystone XL killed
- Iranian sanctions take 2.5 million bopd off the global market
- analysts unsure Saudi can make up the Iranian shortfall
- administration continues to slow-roll the domestic oil and gas industry
- two, maybe three, refineries close in northeast (US), near Philadelphia; accounts for 50% of regional gasoline
- winter-to-spring transition at refineries (different stories; some say it's already underway; others say bulk of changeover occurs in April)
- glut at Cushing won't be relieved for months, maybe one to two years
- Japan shuts down 53 of 54 nuclear reactors; the 53rd shut-down was for maintenance; Japan increased oil imports
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