We’ll pay a little more for gas this Christmas, but it still looks like a bargain compared with two years ago.
The national average price for unleaded regular according to the AAA is now $2.24 a gallon, up three cents in the last week.
Rochester’s region-wide average is $2.37, up one cent; Buffalo is $2.38, up three cents; and Syracuse is up three cents at $2.34.
Prices began rising as OPEC reached deals to cut worldwide oil production, even though they haven’t taken effect yet.