Gas prices are once again climbing, this time jumping over ten cents in one week in Central Pennsylvania.
This latest hike is coming off of news that last year Americans spent a record amount of money on gasoline.
At the pump, people are definitely noticing.
You've got to fill up, even when it's painful. For one person we talked to, that pain was $90 in gas.
In the last week, gasbuddy.com says in the Harrisburg area, prices have jumped 11.4 cents per gallon, with an average price of $3.63.
Mark Early is watching the jump before his eyes.
“I was over in York this morning and they were $3.45 over there and seeing $3.65 a mile a way from here, jumping up and down like crazy,” Early explained.
He's not alone.
“Its jumped rapidly and because I'm a subcontracted courier it does effect me in the wallet very quickly,” Anderson commented.
“I drive a caddy, so its expensive to fill it up,” Chelsea Feuerstacke told us. “So when I see prices go up everyday it's getting crazier and crazier, waiting to hit four dollars very, very soon.”
Experts have predicted that $4 dollar mark could be here by April.
So what's a driver to do? Switch it up!
“I'm looking into different options because gas is just too expensive these days,” one person told us.
“I got rid of my four wheel drive I've had all my life, now I'm driving a Prius,” another stated.
“I'm driving a lighter vehicle that is better on gas because of that, I make things as efficient as possible at this point,” another person filling up said.
For others, they just have to pump the gas and bear the pain.
“I use my truck every day, it's a problem but you have to stay loose,” commented Armand Paquin.
“I just figure if I want to drive I got to pay, otherwise I got to walk in the cold, which is no fun,” Robert DiGuardi added.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration says in 2012, households spent an average of $2,912, or just under four percent of their household income.
This latest hike is coming off of news that last year Americans spent a record amount of money on gasoline.
At the pump, people are definitely noticing.
You've got to fill up, even when it's painful. For one person we talked to, that pain was $90 in gas.
In the last week, gasbuddy.com says in the Harrisburg area, prices have jumped 11.4 cents per gallon, with an average price of $3.63.
Mark Early is watching the jump before his eyes.
“I was over in York this morning and they were $3.45 over there and seeing $3.65 a mile a way from here, jumping up and down like crazy,” Early explained.
He's not alone.
“Its jumped rapidly and because I'm a subcontracted courier it does effect me in the wallet very quickly,” Anderson commented.
“I drive a caddy, so its expensive to fill it up,” Chelsea Feuerstacke told us. “So when I see prices go up everyday it's getting crazier and crazier, waiting to hit four dollars very, very soon.”
Experts have predicted that $4 dollar mark could be here by April.
So what's a driver to do? Switch it up!
“I'm looking into different options because gas is just too expensive these days,” one person told us.
“I got rid of my four wheel drive I've had all my life, now I'm driving a Prius,” another stated.
“I'm driving a lighter vehicle that is better on gas because of that, I make things as efficient as possible at this point,” another person filling up said.
For others, they just have to pump the gas and bear the pain.
“I use my truck every day, it's a problem but you have to stay loose,” commented Armand Paquin.
“I just figure if I want to drive I got to pay, otherwise I got to walk in the cold, which is no fun,” Robert DiGuardi added.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration says in 2012, households spent an average of $2,912, or just under four percent of their household income.