Calling BS on excuses for getting hosed at the pump
MUST BE SPRING — gas prices are about to go up again.
There are all kinds of excuses whenever it happens — refineries shutting down for maintenance, fluctuations in supply and demand, more cars on the road. One year, it was blamed on the Ukraine.
An expert predicts a litre of regular will soon cost around $1.60 down at the Coast. With the difference in taxes, that would mean something like $1.30 in the Interior, and that’s nowhere near a record — we’ve edged into the 1.40s at times.