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Aug. 30, 2005
Are high gas prices keeping you at home this summer?
Oil prices peaked recently at more than $70 per barrel in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, which damaged many oil facilities in the Gulf Coast region. Yet even before the hurricane drove prices higher, crude oil was selling at prices around $60 per barrel, with gasoline going for roughly $3 a gallon at stations across the country. With record oil prices worrying some world markets, how are you coping with the increased price at the pump? Are you canceling any planned trips or altering your daily commute?
 Send us your thoughts  No. Gas is subject to inflation just like everything else. I have been hearing for years to expect the price of gasoline to hit $5/gallon. I don't drive a gas-guzzling car; I drive an economy and have for years. I'm tired of the price of gas being news everytime it changes. If we as a society are getting upset every time we visit the pump, maybe we should drive cars that require a less frequent visit to the pump. Tracy Lindsay Redwood City, Calif.
Good morning, I'm writing from Rome, in Italy. It's incredile how your question of the week is the same of the Italian television. I think that a lot of people this summer calculated the increase of the gas price before deciding their holidays. After a year of work it is a shame.
Why, according to an article from Seattle, is gas only $0.05 a gallon in Iraq? Also I believe there is plenty of oil in Alaska and South America. Isn't it time we stop blaming the prices on events and admit that it is pure economics? If people are willing to pay $5 a gallon sooner or later they will have to.
Not yet, its almost as if the gas price is $3. Probably when that psychological barrier is crossed I might think twice before going out, but then I could also do ride-shares in big vans with friends to reduce overall cost.
Absolutely! Concern with drive-offs is making us pay before pumping. All of us therefore being treated like possible criminals, but the true criminals are the oil companies who are making record profits on the backs of the working class! When do they eat a little of the hard times and share the burden?
They blame retail spending for being down for fall lines due to the heat....well, no the price of gas is affecting consumer spending across the board. Our economy is going to suffer immensely if we don't get these prices down. We're are spending $150 per week just to go back and forth to work! Eventually of our two-income household, only one of us will be working just to afford the other to drive to work. We cannot afford extras, new clothes, vacations, even dining out. Why are we paying these gas prices? Why can't we get this under control?
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