The Detroit News Richmond Sunoco owner Nick Karmo changes the price of gas at his station on Gratiot at 31 Mile. Karmo says the price of gas changes once or twice a week on average. For now, the price of self-serve regular unleaded gas has fallen across Metro Detroit over the past five weeks. Alice Davis of Detroit has been especially enjoying the lower prices because she drives a Jeep Grand Cherokee. But they always go up.
People are a lot more calm now that prices are going down, but it's never enough.
People are chattering about taking longer or more frequent trips this summer, he said. Any time it's more, they get upset. Between January and June, the price of gas has gone up eight out of the last nine years, according to AAA Michigan. But the prices didn't rise nearly as high outside the Midwest. The culprit was a reformulated fuel that was required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with additives designed to reduce pollution.