Gas in CT averages $4.12 per gallon

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) -- If you've been to the gas pump lately you've probably noticed that gas prices are still stubbornly high.

It comes even though the price of oil is at its lowest level in two months.

No doubt, just the sight of our current gas prices is painful. Yet as our wallets suffer, humor can provide a bit of levity in the face of despair.

"Yeah the gas prices are hurting me, I don't know I'm thinking like Fred Flintstone start pedaling my feet bro," said Steven Thomas.

It might just come to that if we don't see some relief soon. Since June, gasoline prices have steadily increased; the average price in Connecticut is at $4.12 per gallon.

"It's crazy! The amount that we're paying right now," said said Jeff Birely.

And driving behaviors, spending behaviors, are changing.

"My nosebleed levels are around $4.00," Birely said. "Now we're above $4.00 range, unfortunately, you gotta get to work, gotta take your kids back and forth to school."

One reason for the attack on your wallet? Summer and winter gasoline.

"There's two basic blends. There's a summer blend and a winter blend. Because we're moving from the summer blend to a winter blend it's another incentive to keep your inventory low because you don't want to get stuck with a bunch of gas in your tanks that you can't use in a few weeks," said Christian Herb, Independent CT Petroleum Association.

Throw in taxes and speculation, and you have a recipe for liquid gold. Relief?

"To know what's going to happen in the future is very difficult," Herb said.

In the meantime, get your "Flintstone" feet ready, and buy a feather-light car.

"I'm not sure who you turn to," Birely said.

So where is life easier at the pump? That would be South Carolina at $3.47 per gallon. And yet, we may be envied by the people of California, currently paying an average of $4.65.

Of course, we have the fourth highest prices in the country, behind California, Hawaii, and Alaska.