On May 15, 7:52 am, 4075 Dead <zepp22114...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080515/ts_nm/energy_gasoline_alaska_dc
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> >Alaska first state to hit $4 a gallon gasoline: AAA
> >By Bernard Woodall
> >2 hours, 16 minutes ago
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> Hell, it's $4.09 for regular here in Northern California.
>
according to the rightards, you are experiencing a mirage. thats
their new tactic, its not reality. you are only thinking you are
paying that much, the sign is a exaggeration. i kid you not. they are
trying that tactic.
>
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> >LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Alaska hit a milestone on Wednesday that could
> >be a sign of things to come around the United States this summer -- it
> >became the first state where the average price for regular gasoline
> >reached $4 per gallon.
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> >"It wasn't totally unexpected," said Geoff Sundstrom, spokesman for
> >the travel and auto group AAA which issues a daily gasoline price
> >re****t.
> >"Oil prices recently brushed against $127 per barrel so certainly, $4
> >gasoline could be in the cards for other states as well this summer,"
> >said Sundstrom.
> >At $4 per gallon, filling up a 15-gallon tank will cost $60.
> >Alaskans using self-service regular gasoline paid $4.006 per gallon,
> >said the AAA Wednesday re****t.
> >The U.S. average for regular gasoline hit a record $3.758 per gallon,
> >the same re****t showed.
> >A year ago, the U.S. average price was $3.3354 a gallon and in Alaska,
> >the average price was $2.946 a gallon.
> >Gasoline price analysts will have a better handle on how many states
> >are likely to reach $4 a gallon this summer once the Memorial Day
> >weekend p*****, said Sundstrom. That holiday weekend is May 23-26.
> >"Memorial Day weekend is a little to the gasoline industry what
> >Christmas is to retailers," said Sundstrom. "It's one of the highest
> >demand weekends for fuel and is a barometer for what can be expected
> >in summer driving season demand."
> >The AAA will issue its summer travel forecast on Thursday.
> >How much high prices cut into gasoline demand -- largely by cutting
> >discretionary driving -- will go a long way to determining its price
> >per gallon ceiling, Sundstrom said.
> >So far in 2008, U.S. gasoline demand has fallen 1 per cent from 2007,
> >MasterCard Advisors said in a re****t issued earlier this week.
> >Earlier this month, the Petroleum Marketers Association of America
> >said summer U.S. gasoline demand will decline this year for the first
> >time since 1991.
> >After Alaska, states with the highest average prices for regular
> >gasoline on Wednesday were:
> >-- Connecticut, $3.977
> >-- California, $3.947
> >-- New York and Illinois, $3.926
> >-- Hawaii, $3.894
> >-- Michigan, $3.891
> >-- West Virginia, $3.889
> >The U.S. Labor Department on Wednesday re****ted that nationwide,
> >energy prices are up 16 percent from a year ago.
> >Crude oil prices rose to a record $126.98 a barrel on Tuesday from $62
> >a year ago, but fell to about $124 a barrel (42 gallons) on Wednesday,
> >ending a streak of seven trading sessions achieving record highs.
> >(Editing by Christian Wiessner and Carol Bishopric)
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