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Drivers to pay 6% more for gas in summer

Abilene Reporter-News -- NEW YORK — U.S. drivers will pay an average of 24 cents more per gallon for gasoline during this summer's travel season, the government said Tuesday.

Gasoline will cost an average of $3.95 per gallon from April through September, an increase of 6.3 percent from the same period last year, the Energy Information Administration predicted. The peak should come in May, when gas averages $4.01 per gallon, the agency said.

Gasoline already has jumped by 20 percent this year to a national average of $3.922 per gallon, according to auto club AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Report. Prices, which are posted on station signs on street corners across America, have both a financial and psychological effect on drivers, experts say. Already, high prices have led to strong sales of gas-sipping vehicles like the T

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NDQ Champion Author Maryland Posts:1,981 Points:388,430 Joined:Apr 2012	Message Posted: Apr 22, 2012 10:15:50 AM Ignore NDQ Report Abuse Gas prices are trickling downwards. A huge sigh of relief.
sparky808 Champion Author Honolulu Posts:2,998 Points:597,735 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Apr 12, 2012 11:19:03 AM Ignore sparky808 Report Abuse Thank you for posting.
puinsai808 Champion Author Honolulu Posts:3,539 Points:726,330 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Apr 12, 2012 7:51:58 AM Ignore puinsai808 Report Abuse Ouch.
tomok Champion Author Portland Posts:32,987 Points:2,344,535 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Apr 12, 2012 1:07:38 AM Ignore tomok Report Abuse Drivers to pay 6% more for gas in summer? I hope not, gas prices are high enough now! It does NOT help when Big oil is selling fuel and natural gas on the world market for higher prices and there will be NO price reduction for the cost of fuel or natural gas IN the US. Barry will support natural gas and oil production for sale on the world market to pay for his ‘spending gone wild’ addiction (federal oil tax collection). The US ‘oil and natural gas resources’ belong to the citizens of this country and are to be used by those same citizens! Speculators, manipulators and the banks continue to unfairly and unjustly make the driving public pays higher prices at the pump for their benefit. Whatever the size or shape of the vehicle, Produce and ‘Drive’ vehicles with high MPG, are very reliable, have a ‘reasonable’ cost and a good ‘value’ for the money. Consider using other forms of less expensive transportation to lower your cost, if possible. The price of fuel at the pump is too high! 12/22/2012!
HailstormCA Champion Author San Diego Posts:7,850 Points:1,471,045 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 9:21:41 PM Ignore HailstormCA Report Abuse Oh, boy! This guy is just full of good news.
boldrph Champion Author Topeka Posts:18,371 Points:3,450,665 Joined:Oct 2002	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 8:02:04 PM Ignore boldrph Report Abuse TOP FIVE OIL & GAS COMPANY PROFITS IN 2011: EXXONMOBIL: $41.1 billion (up 35 percent from 2010) SHELL: $30.9 billion (up 54 percent from 2010) CHEVRON: $26.9 billion (up 41 percent from 2010) BP: $23.9 billion (up from $4.9 billion loss in 2010) CONOCOPHILLIPS: $12.4 billion (up 9 percent from 2010) TOTAL PROFITS: $135.2 billion
Tomeboy Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:3,764 Points:559,115 Joined:Apr 2009	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 6:08:07 PM Ignore Tomeboy Report Abuse Someone earlier said... "The cards are stacked against us." Well guess who's back in Minnesota with here ridiculous comments again? No... its not Lady Luck. It's that Joker... Michelle Bachmann!! United State Rep. Michele Bachmann has hit the campaign trail, campaigning for re-election to her 6th District Congressional seat. On Tuesday, she invited reporters to watch her pump gas at a suburban Twin Cities convenience store, and blamed President Obama for near-record high gas prices. Bachmann Grandstanding on Gas Prices... Again!! “Just as recently as 3 1/2 years ago, gas was $1.94 a gallon. Today, it is $3.94 a gallon,” said Bachmann, who suspended her presidential campaign in January. “We’ve seen a tremendous 110 percent increase in gas prices that has had a definite impact on people’s lifestyle.” Bachmann is "promising" $1.84 a gallon if the U.S. allows oil drilling in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge and loosens permitting laws for oil and natural gas drilling, including on federal lands. Or she could get it as low as it was in the last days of the George W. Bush administration and as low as when President Obama took office by simply sending us back to a world-wide depression. As usual... Bachmann is not dealing with a full deck! Presumably, no one would call President George W. Bush unfriendly to the oil industry. Yet the price of gasoline rose steadily during most of his administration. In February 2001, just after Mr. Bush took office, the average price of regular gasoline was $1.45 a gallon. By June 2008, that price had risen to $4.05. Still think presidents and oil-friendly policies can determine oil prices? It’s true that by the end of the Bush presidency, prices had fallen back to $1.69, as oil prices plummeted with the rest of the global economy. But I think we can all agree that a global financial crisis is too high a price to pay for cheap gasoline
spiderjay Champion Author Little Rock Posts:4,773 Points:1,282,235 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 5:08:00 PM Ignore spiderjay Report Abuse that 20% more than I want to play
slowtrain Champion Author Georgia Posts:3,662 Points:947,925 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 3:54:12 PM Ignore slowtrain Report Abuse No vacation this year. And the economy won't get any better.
Colts13 Champion Author Indiana Posts:1,571 Points:548,285 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 3:39:59 PM Ignore Colts13 Report Abuse No doubt they will bleed every freakin penny that they can get out of us!
bigoilscamsus Champion Author Lansing Posts:1,058 Points:48,265 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 3:30:23 PM Ignore bigoilscamsus Report Abuse Chris Kahn is nothing more than a mouth for Big Oil ! Just because he reports for AP doesn't make it so! He can spin a fib as well as DeHaan or Kozlos!! they all lie through their teeth and try to put the blame on everyone but the Big Oil Racketeers!! Congress needs to Nationalize the entire petroleum industry and call it eminent domain!! Do it in the interest of national security!!! Do it to stop the money drain out of our country!! Do it to Save the Republic! Just do it!!!
OOXXFF Champion Author Greensboro Posts:3,058 Points:1,078,430 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 3:15:20 PM Ignore OOXXFF Report Abuse Prices at the pump move in one direction, up, up, up.
jimbo1867 Champion Author Arizona Posts:5,372 Points:2,054,550 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 3:15:17 PM Ignore jimbo1867 Report Abuse oh joy
Alfied Champion Author Riverside Posts:7,935 Points:1,755,285 Joined:Jun 2001	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 3:14:37 PM Ignore Alfied Report Abuse Cheap at the price.
carlm5 Sophomore Author Washington Posts:230 Points:142,705 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 3:12:52 PM Ignore carlm5 Report Abuse Does this mean that prices will be going down? Hate these statistics that have nothing to do with Summer; implying these prices have something to do with Summer travel.
bigoilscamsus Champion Author Lansing Posts:1,058 Points:48,265 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 3:11:46 PM Ignore bigoilscamsus Report Abuse Protest high gas prices and the huge profits that Big Oil makes!! Picket the 15 highest priced gas stations in your area!! Join the protest at the WALK ON WASHINGTON and at all the other State Capitals on Friday June 1st 2012!! Bring your protest signs and let Big Oil know what you think of the obscene profits that Big Oil extorts from the American consumer!!
sailormon Champion Author Michigan Posts:3,595 Points:809,210 Joined:Jul 2007	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 3:09:14 PM Ignore sailormon Report Abuse Always costs us more in the summer!
TelsaOR Champion Author Oregon Posts:3,561 Points:732,890 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 3:04:31 PM Ignore TelsaOR Report Abuse We need to be developing AND USING abundant U.S. natural gas as an alternative non-oil based fuel system. Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) can easily replace diesel in heavy, cross country trucks, local busses and construction equipment. This would reduce the price of diesel and free it up for use in high efficiency cars and light trucks. This would reduce the price of gasoline and the need to import oil. The U.S. could become energy independent.
DrivingFool2 Champion Author Appleton Posts:8,582 Points:1,604,890 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 3:03:57 PM Ignore DrivingFool2 Report Abuse Just when everone was expecting $5 gas
abacus44 Champion Author Toms River Posts:3,475 Points:747,515 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 3:01:01 PM Ignore abacus44 Report Abuse BOHICA
us4usa Champion Author Missouri Posts:5,987 Points:1,112,310 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 3:00:23 PM Ignore us4usa Report Abuse Funny how all 5 brands gas stations in town drop their gas prices 4 cents last night, to $3.55 a gallon... Price fixing anyone???
Katiebug1991 Rookie Author North Carolina Posts:16 Points:3,760 Joined:Apr 2012	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 3:00:02 PM Ignore Katiebug1991 Report Abuse Going on strike!!! Nah but i really do wish it would lower a little.
The_DR Champion Author New Jersey Posts:2,780 Points:584,840 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 2:59:46 PM Ignore The_DR Report Abuse Something to look forward too.
RAC110 Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:5,949 Points:1,851,545 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 2:57:38 PM Ignore RAC110 Report Abuse it has not changed the driving habits around america very much I heard it said on a news station the other day as they still drive any where they want
bigLtowing Champion Author Columbus Posts:2,834 Points:591,590 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 2:57:06 PM Ignore bigLtowing Report Abuse just greed
kc58veteran Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:2,521 Points:585,630 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 2:56:45 PM Ignore kc58veteran Report Abuse VOTE TO CLEAN OUT WASHINGTON In 2012!
HedgeCat Rookie Author Virginia Beach Posts:30 Points:21,595 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 2:55:40 PM Ignore HedgeCat Report Abuse When we stop buying as much and change our habits, it will come back down
DRIVENBYE Rookie Author Indianapolis Posts:5 Points:1,218,750 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 2:53:52 PM Ignore DRIVENBYE Report Abuse It figures...price won't come down until Keystone Pipeline is approved or natural gas cars become more popular. (Honda makes a natural gas Civic in Greenwood IN which is being sold to some corporate customers).
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SUPERQUACK Champion Author Sacramento Posts:6,121 Points:1,910,855 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 2:52:48 PM Ignore SUPERQUACK Report Abuse DONT DOUBT IT...... WILL BE MORE THAN THAT !!!
rjoeh Champion Author Michigan Posts:7,076 Points:2,469,240 Joined:Jun 2004	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 2:52:40 PM Ignore rjoeh Report Abuse BULL>>> This is the same type of fear mongering by the media that needs to stop right now!
Lologogo Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:1,304 Points:354,440 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 2:52:05 PM Ignore Lologogo Report Abuse but the $.24 will be an increase on a lower price cuz we are going to stop all this speculation, right?
carloco75 Champion Author Richmond Posts:3,716 Points:600,365 Joined:Oct 2010	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 2:47:55 PM Ignore carloco75 Report Abuse Unless you have no contact with other humans...you should already know this "U~I...Useless Information"
run4gxc Champion Author Ohio Posts:2,721 Points:611,075 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 2:47:13 PM Ignore run4gxc Report Abuse totally not fair!
carloco75 Champion Author Richmond Posts:3,716 Points:600,365 Joined:Oct 2010	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 2:46:10 PM Ignore carloco75 Report Abuse ANYONE THAT BUYS FUEL PAYS 60% MORE THAN WHAT IT SHOULD COST PERIOD/EXCLAMATION POINT/AND OTHER SYMBLES...
cmsense Champion Author Columbus Posts:1,358 Points:165,345 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 2:44:16 PM Ignore cmsense Report Abuse You got it, ItisAJeepThing!!!
gamalerin Champion Author Tampa Posts:4,747 Points:992,535 Joined:Jul 2010	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 2:41:27 PM Ignore gamalerin Report Abuse Oil is down and the price of gas is up.
studebaker1940 Champion Author Tampa Posts:2,505 Points:685,580 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 2:38:35 PM Ignore studebaker1940 Report Abuse No blame Bush, no blame Reagan, no blame carter,no blame Clinton
Car54BC08 Champion Author British Columbia Posts:4,249 Points:1,509,365 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 2:38:26 PM Ignore Car54BC08 Report Abuse Oil is down and so should the price of gas.
goalie1950 Champion Author Phoenix Posts:6,405 Points:1,295,445 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 2:37:47 PM Ignore goalie1950 Report Abuse No surprise here. Let the pillaging by the oil companies and speculators continue.
ItisAJeepThing Champion Author Tucson Posts:19,747 Points:2,150,605 Joined:Oct 2006	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 2:35:24 PM Ignore ItisAJeepThing Report Abuse This price gauging is bad, but it was worse when George W. Bush was President. We need to be developing AND USING abundant U.S. natural gas as an alternative non-oil based fuel system. Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) can easily replace diesel in heavy, cross country trucks, local busses and construction equipment. This would reduce the price of diesel and free it up for use in high efficiency cars and light trucks. This would reduce the price of gasoline and the need to import oil. The U.S. could become energy independent.
bababooey2 Champion Author Hartford Posts:6,347 Points:1,301,865 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 2:35:01 PM Ignore bababooey2 Report Abuse Surprised?
humblepie Champion Author Toledo Posts:34,191 Points:2,371,370 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 2:34:11 PM Ignore humblepie Report Abuse obama's magic 8 ball speaks
hybridaholic Champion Author Appleton Posts:8,360 Points:1,555,590 Joined:Dec 2008	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 2:31:45 PM Ignore hybridaholic Report Abuse They got their rules from the airlines. Rip everyone for everything they've got.
mgune9 All-Star Author Dallas Posts:914 Points:200,395 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 2:29:11 PM Ignore mgune9 Report Abuse average gas usage will continue to decline - travel will be limited -- but the feds and local govt's really don't care - they like their share of the high taxes at the pumps - even the banks like the high fees because of "card swipes"!!!
Tomeboy Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:3,764 Points:559,115 Joined:Apr 2009	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 2:26:15 PM Ignore Tomeboy Report Abuse The face of "PIG OIL"... finally revealed!
dieselme2011 Champion Author Vancouver Posts:2,594 Points:602,840 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 2:25:37 PM Ignore dieselme2011 Report Abuse ok
taxiken Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:5,940 Points:1,545,775 Joined:Feb 2003	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 2:25:19 PM Ignore taxiken Report Abuse That's less than the $4.12 we saw when Bush was Pres.
milespergallon Champion Author Illinois Posts:9,744 Points:1,908,360 Joined:Feb 2007	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 2:24:29 PM Ignore milespergallon Report Abuse Just need one brave manufacturer to mass produce a Natural Gas Vehicle or a Hydrogen Alternative Fuel Cell Vehicle and all these predictions will be mute!!!!!!!!!! REALLY!
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