Oil prices are going down. The spot market price for gasoline is down. Your gas prices are going up.
Here's why:
Demand for gasoline in California has tanked every year for the last six years, yet prices continue to rise, even as oil prices drop. In 2008, for example, oil was selling for $147 a barrel, and California gasoline reached a record high of $4.62 a gallon. And last October, when gas prices in California surged to an average of $4.72 a gallon - the new record high - the same oil was selling for $89 a barrel.
