Gas prices continue to rise in Western Pennsylvania this week at an average of $4.654 a gallon according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. In Erie gas on average is $4.627 a gallon.
Nationwide prices were trickling down for almost two weeks before shooting back up again with a 34-cent hike in one week. The national average is now $1.29 higher than at this time last year. Oil prices have surged to above $100 per barrel, at this time there is no indication of when the Strait of Hormuz will reopen.
Gas prices are the highest they’ve been in four years since late in July 2022…