Uncertainty over combat operations in the . The price of regular unleaded gas has gone up after the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran.
AAA's Morgan Dean says the average price of a gallon in Ohio went up a penny Monday, and then another 23 cents by Tuesday.
鈥淭ypically the longer something like this goes on the bigger of an issue it can be, or the more extended of an issue it can be,鈥� he says. 鈥淏ut it鈥檚 , how long it will be, because there are so many different factors.鈥�
Dean says the United States doesn鈥檛 buy oil from Iran, but the market is still reacting.
鈥淏ecause it is such a big oil-producing country it is causing ripple effects across the world,鈥� he says. 鈥淐hina and India are the top purchasers of oil from Iran, but typically when there starts to be some sort of an issue with Iran, then China and India start to look at other oil producers which tends to drive prices up, which is a bit of what we鈥檙e seeing now.鈥�
Dean says prices could stay up on other factors too: Demand for gasoline is expected to climb during spring break and warmer weather. He says U.S. oil refineries will soon start switching over to summer blends from the winter formulas. That process requires refineries to briefly stop production.
鈥淚t鈥檚 always a good thing for folks to think about saving fuel and maximizing those miles per gallon, getting back into that mode,鈥� he says. 鈥淐ombine all your trips. Instead of running out to the grocery store and then coming back home, running out to the gym later, and running out to pick up the kids. See if you can combine that all in one trip. That鈥檒l save you gas along the way.鈥�
Tuesday in Cincinnati, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded: $2.97, up 37 cents.
- Cleveland: $3.05 ,up 16 cents overnight
- Columbus: $3.08, up 24 cents overnight
- Toledo: $3.04, up 32 cents overnight
- Dayton had the lowest average price in Ohio: $2.91.
Dean says Kentucky prices climbed 9 cents overnight. Now, on average it's $2.72 a gallon. Indiana's price jumped 20 cents, to $3.00 on average. The national average went from $2.99 Monday to $3.10 Tuesday.
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