>>>I like trickle-down much better than Nobama's tinkle-on. We were better off under any of the presidents since Jimmy Carter left office than we have been under the Great Obfuscator. Gas was running around 1.80 a gallon when Bush left office....Oh well, as James Carville liked to say - It's the Economy Stupid! And it will be the same when Obama loses to whomever lines up against him.
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>>Just before the 2008 election, gas prices here were the highest I can remember them being. Yes, they dropped after that, but even this latest rise hasn't gone back to those prices.
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>>Tamar
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>We hit $4/gallon here this spring. 1st time ever here.

DOE data: http://www.eia.gov/oog/info/gdu/gaspump.html

Note the peak in summer '08, higher than the April '11 prices.

So while you may have lucked out a little in '08, looks like my memory of that peak being higher is accurate.


>Personally I'm all for tacking on another several $/gallon tax on gasoline (and non-commercial diesel - yep - show ID) that could go to alternative energy development (absolutely NONE to oil companies for any reason).
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>Since too many people in this country are still way too short sighted, a weaning from oil needs to be pushed rather than just stalled for another decade.

Here, I agree with you. We should have tacked on 50 cents to a dollar a gallon years ago to help wean people off of gasoline.

Tamar