gasoline prices

I don't know why this is a shock, but gas prices spiking in Kalamazoo in the past week to well over $3 ($3.19 the first day of the spike) did just that to me.

Some other parts of Michigan are catching up with the big price hikes in retail gasoline that hit Battle Creek and Kalamazoo last week.

We woke up yesterday to another round of gasoline price increases around Battle Creek and Kalamazoo. Many stations bumped prices up to $2.55 a gallon for regular unleaded.

Overnight - one Kalamazoo station dropped to $1.99 for regular

With a new energy policy the last three years that promotes domestic production, even full out military action by Iran against US bases in Iraq had no impact. And the prices we’re being charged continue to fall.

I guess the answer is, enjoy it while you can.

With gas prices this low across Michigan, you now have no reason to not take advantage of the last long weekend of summer 2016.

A few years ago, I had pretty much resigned myself to ridiculous gasoline prices - especially in the summer months. So, for everyone like me, can you believe this?

Gas prices have pretty abruptly stopped going up and and are slowly drifting down. That trip to the cottage up North or to the beach at South Haven is a little more affordable than it has been for a long time. Now there's three days for "them" to jack it up, but maybe not this year.

The oil companies, refiners and oil producing countries have been ripping us off for years. Yes, I know oil is down for now, but get real. And guess who's taken a page from their playbook? The companies that making shaving razors.