See, if the cost of oil rises, it immediately effects the price of gas in the holding tanks at your local filling station, gasoline which was purchased a the lower price that the current one. However, if the price of oil drops, those same prices are much slower to fall for some inexplicable reason. Hmmm…

Jun. 8, 2008

Gasoline rose to a milestone mark Sunday as the national average compiled by motorist group AAA reached $4 a gallon for the first time.

The national average for regular unleaded rose 1.7 cents to $4.005, according the daily measure on the group’s Web site. That surpassed the previous record of $3.989 set Thursday.

The milestone was expected after a surge in crude oil prices added more than $16 to a barrel of oil over the last 2 trading days. Crude settled at a record $138.54 a barrel Friday, up by $10.75, after setting an all-time intraday high of $139.12.

The $10.75 gain was the biggest one-day advance in dollar value ever, nearly doubling the previous mark of $5.49 set Thursday. Weakness in the dollar, geopolitical concerns and an analyst’s prediction of $150-a-barrel oil by July 4 helped spur Friday’s advance.

In a statement Friday, AAA urged gasoline station owners not to overreact to the single-day oil spike.

“Consumers should not be overcharged for gasoline simply because the oil markets reacted so strongly to today’s news,” AAA said.

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