{"id":38795,"date":"2022-06-06T12:40:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T12:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/gas-prices-reach-5-high-in-michigan-up-44-cents-in-a-week\/"},"modified":"2022-06-06T12:40:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T12:40:08","slug":"gas-prices-reach-5-high-in-michigan-up-44-cents-in-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/gas-prices-reach-5-high-in-michigan-up-44-cents-in-a-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas prices reach $ 5 high in Michigan, up 44 cents in a week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Gas prices hit another record high in Michigan at the start of the week as the statewide average crossed $ 5 a gallon, according to AAA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A gallon of unleaded gas on Sunday was 44 cents more expensive in the state than it was last week, data from AAA shows, marking another record high in Michigan within the last 30 days.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Monday&#8217;s average of $ 5.06 was 74 cents higher than this time last week, and $ 2.04 higher than the same time in May, according to the association, which bases its numbers on a survey of 4,200 stations in Michigan and up to 130,000 across the country. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The national average on Monday was slightly lower than Michigan&#8217;s at $ 4.87 per gallon. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The spikes can be attributed to increased demand for gas and reduced stock in the country, AAA said in a press release early Monday morning, coupled with volatile crude oil prices. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_hf\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-type=\"method\" data-gl-method=\"loadHb64\" aria-label=\"Embedded content: https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/8920755\/\" data-t-cel=\"Flourish-hb64\" style=\"height:542px\" data-gl-hb64=\"PGlmcmFtZSBzcmM9Imh0dHBzOi8vZmxvLnVyaS5zaC92aXN1YWxpc2F0aW9uLzg5MjA3NTUvZW1iZWQiIGZyYW1lYm9yZGVyPSIwIiBzY3JvbGxpbmc9Im5vIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjU3NSIgd2lkdGg9IjcwMCIgc3R5bGU9IndpZHRoOjEwMCU7Ij48L2lmcmFtZT4=\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;According to new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), total domestic gasoline stocks decreased by 700,000 (barrels) to 219 million bbl last week. Meanwhile, gasoline demand grew from 8.8 million (barrels per day) to 8.98 million b \/ d as drivers fueled up for Memorial Day weekend travel, &#8220;the release said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Pump prices varied slightly across the state.  Regions that had the most expensive per gallon costs included Metro Detroit, at $ 5.14, Ann Arbor at $ 5.08 and Flint at $ 5.02.  Regions with the lowest prices included Traverse City at $ 4.97 and Marquette and Grand Rapids at just under $ 5. <\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The auto association recommends the following ways to save on gas: <\/p>\n<ul class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul\">\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Combine errands to limit driving time.<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Shop around for the best gas prices in your community.<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Consider paying cash.  Some retailers charge extra per gallon for customers who pay with a credit card.<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Remove excess weight in your vehicle.<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Drive conservatively.  Aggressive acceleration and speeding reduces fuel economy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>halbarghouthi@drestenews.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>@HaniBarghouthi<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gas prices hit another record high in Michigan at the start of the week as the statewide average crossed $ 5 a gallon, according to AAA. A gallon of unleaded gas on Sunday was 44 cents more expensive in the state than it was last week, data from AAA shows, marking another record high in &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/gas-prices-reach-5-high-in-michigan-up-44-cents-in-a-week\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gas prices reach $ 5 high in Michigan, up 44 cents in a week<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/06\/03\/PDTN\/fd5446fe-fffd-479f-bc32-39e5d45d7ad2-gas_prices_060322.jpg?width=660&height=495&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38795"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38795\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}