It may not have put the gasp back in gas prices, but a recent increase at the pump elicited some resigned sighs from local drivers.Parks, who has arthritis and cant pump her own fuel, was paying more for gas than most folks Wednesday.
AAA-Texas daily metro averages listed Fort Worth/Arlington prices at $1.563 for a gallon of regular, up nearly a nickel from $1.515 on Tuesday.Meadlin whose station is a west-side institution where some older customers are willing to pay the premium for full service was at the upper end of local prices with $1.90 per gallon for self-service 87 octane.
The lowest price listed on fortworthgasprices.com for the previous 48 hours was $1.36.The Associated Press reported that the national average rose about 4 cents overnight to $1.727 a gallon, according to AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and Wright Express.Experts attributed the increase to the turmoil in Gaza and Russian threats to cut off natural gas supplies to European customers, which...
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