Sonora, CA — The nationwide average price to fill up at the pump increased by 79 cents over just the past two weeks.
The Lundberg Survey reports that the highest average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is in San Francisco, at $5.79. The nationwide average is $4.43. It exceeds by 32-cents the previous record-breaking high of $4.11 set in 2008.
The myMotherLode.com gas price section shows regular unleaded selling locally between $5.29 to $5.99 in Tuolumne and Calaveras counties.
The lowest average in the country is $3.80 in Tulsa Oklahoma.
Lundberg reports that prices are likely to remain high over the short term as crude oil prices soar amid global supply concerns following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Written by BJ Hansen.
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