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[wshaffer]

Two weeks ago, when I filled up my car, gas was about $4.00/gallon.
One week ago, when I filled up my car, gas was about $4.25/gallon.
This morning, when I filled up my car, gas was $4.46/gallon.

I wonder if we'll top $5/gallon this summer.

I can afford to be amused by this sort of thing (and indeed, there's a part of me that hopes that higher gas prices will spur investment in energy conservation and public transit), but people with longer commutes and/or lower incomes must be feeling some hurt.

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[brooksmoses]

I remember reading an article recently about how the sales of stylish-but-not-aerodynamic trucks are way down, and sales of fuel-efficient designs are up (and companies are putting lots more design effort into that than they had). It mentioned that a refuel for a typical class-8 truck costs over a thousand dollars now.