Gas Prices Up for First Time in 7 Weeks

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By Tom Doggett

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail gasoline prices increased for the first time in seven weeks, as the recent sharp rise in crude oil costs was passed on to consumers, the government said on Monday.

The national price for regular unleaded gasoline jumped 2.2 cents a gallon over the last week to $1.917, the first rise since May 24, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's weekly survey of service stations.

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The U.S. Gulf Coast had the cheapest fuel by region, with the price up 2.1 cents at $1.805 per gallon. Houston had the lowest pump price at $1.748 a gallon, up 0.9 cent.

Link: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=578&e=8&u=/nm/20040712/bs_nm/energy_gasoline_price_dc

[jackstraw45]

1. Did they ever really go DOWN?

Still 2.30 here in So. Cal......

[phantom power]

2. they've gone down some here in phoenix

Regular unleaded dropped a bit below the $2 mark, although not by much.

[Journeyman]

4. I paid $2.19 today in South California. . .

but it was at a carwash so they "got me going." Other than that, it's $2.25 or better around here.

[Literate Tar Heel]

3. interesting

considering one of the silly cable networks the other night was touting how gas prices "continue to fall", saying that they had fallen a whole penny over the previous two weeks to $1.92, and "experts say they will continue to fall or stabilize" ... hmm, so we invaded an oil-rich country, 1000 "coalition" forces are dead, thousands of innocent Iraqis have been slaughtered, and our gas prices may "stabilize" at about 75% higher than they were under Clinton? well done, Bush administration