Gas prices are about to go back up

The average price of gasoline in the United States went up to $1.99 yesterday, according to the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report. This follows prices that plummeted well below the $2 park between December and February.

“With the U.S. average price of gas closing in on the $2 level, a price not seen since late December, it reflects a real paradox,” said Gregg Laskoski, GasBuddy senior petroleum analyst, in a prepared statement, according to The Business Report. “We see simultaneously both a stark increase—25 cents per gallon in the past few weeks—and a reminder of how much we’re still saving.”