Rising gas prices continue to affect Kentucky

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – Gasoline nationwide is now averaging $5 a gallon, a report excessive for the nation.

With summer time journey underway, many are beginning to really feel the results on their wallets.

“I went all the way down to Birmingham, Alabama to be with my son’s household. And my grandson flew in from Richmond, Virginia to be with us,” stated driver Larry Kasey, “I choose driving, so the gasoline costs have an effect on how far I’m going and what I do in a single day.”

Gasoline costs aren’t simply placing a damper on summer time journey plans, but additionally affecting folks’s jobs.

“I’m a supply driver. So for me, it impacts me most likely greater than anyone else, as a result of I’m utilizing gasoline each hour of each day that I’m at work,” defined Connor Jolly, “It value me like, virtually double what it value me for a full tank today. That’s making me have a variety of struggles paying, you understand, even simply little issues off as a lot as I used to.”

Jolly says that, whereas he does get some compensation for his gasoline mileage, it’s turning into moot as costs improve.

“I get a good mileage in my automobile and I nonetheless solely make about like 50 cents to $1 per gallon for a gallon of gasoline,” Jolly stated, “$5 gallon, I’m making virtually no cash.”

AAA says the common gasoline worth in Kentucky is $4.79 a gallon.

Warren County is averaging $4.77 a gallon, Barren County is at $4.79, Logan County is at $4.64, and Allen County is averaging $4.72 a gallon for gasoline.

“It was at all times sort of tough, but it surely’s undoubtedly so much worse now,” Jolly stated, “I feel it must be checked out and must be handled by some means as a result of it’s turning into a significant issue.”

Kasey says Kroger and different locations that provide gasoline reductions have been useful throughout this time. He additionally says options can be found for the gasoline downside, however understanding which to make use of is the difficulty.

“I feel that options are throughout us. It’s only a matter of understanding which one to decide on,” Kasey stated, “I do know it takes some time for the USA to gear up. However we needs to be a little bit extra self-sufficient and never rely on different international locations.”

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