Georgia and Fayette's gas prices keep soaring through the roof

Georgia

and Fayette's gas prices keep soaring through the roof

Georgia and

Fayette's gas prices keep soaring through the roof.

According

to AAA Auto Club South's March report, prices have jumped

another 15 cents a gallon since last month.

Self-serve

unleaded is now averaging $1.38 a gallon.

"Increases

in the cost of crude oil directly affect all petroleum

fuel prices. The major reason the nation as a whole is

paying more for fuel today is because world crude oil

prices rose from about $11 per barrel early in 1999 to

more than $30 per barrel in early 2000," said Yoli

Buss, director of traffic safety for AAA South.

"This

was the direct result of an agreement between OPEC and a

few other major oil producers to restrict crude oil

production," she added.

Since last

March, consumers are paying an average of 55 cents more

for a gallon of unleaded gas. last march, the average

price was 83 cents a gallon.