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Average regular gasoline rose 1.4 cents in Los Angeles County, leading current price is $ 4. 638 per gallon – highest amount since 15 October 2012 – according to the report given this Friday by the authorities .
The average price is now 4.8 cents more than a week ago, 19. 5 cents more than a month ago and $ 1. 48 more than a year ago, according to figures from the AAA and the Oil Price Information Service.
This is a change that Drivers like Cynthia Herrera, a resident of Hawthorne, a city south of Los Angeles, confirmed yesterday on her last visit to the gas station.
“If I have noticed that it costs more to fill the tank,” said the woman, who drives a truck six-cylinder eta.
“Now I end up putting as 20 more gasoline dollars here, the refineries got so much water in Northern California that they had to stop production for a while, ”he explained.
Spring indicated that this increase will not be permanent and it is expected that there will be a reduction in about two or three weeks. Mainly because now the winter gasoline blend that is less expensive to produce begins.
How to save gas?
Spring said there are several things a driver can do to reduce their gas usage. Among them, slowing down when driving and not braking sharply. He also recommended that errands be put together so as not to take several short laps in the car.
Currently it has been seen that it is more common to buy food in the ‘drive thru’ but Spring recommends that if there is a long line it is better to turn off the car and order inside the place since having the car started by 10 or 15 minutes spends a significant amount of gas.
Finally he indicated that it is important to have the car’s engine in good condition and make sure that the car’s tires are level, or very full or short of breath.