Michigan motorists may have seen the end of two dollar a gallon gasoline.
GasBuddy.com predicts Michigan’s statewide average for a gallon of regular gasoline will rise to over $2.30.
There are several factors pushing gas prices over and above two dollars a gallon.
Strikes at more than a half dozen refineriesare slowing production. World crude oil prices, that bottomed out in the low 40 dollars a barrel range, are now trading over 50 dollars a barrel.
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Credit Gasbuddy.com
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And this is the time of year gasoline prices begin their long slow climb to the summer driving season.