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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Since all the economists that I read say that the
president does not have much to say about the price of crude oil or gas I'd like
you to explain why this is the presidents (whoever that might be) problem. Did
you also blaime Clinton when the price of things changed...or did you blame
NAFTA? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>PK</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=Tbertruss@aol.com
href="mailto:Tbertruss@aol.com">Tbertruss@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 11, 2004 10:45
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Gas UP .08 A
Gallon</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR>All:<BR><BR>This is not the October
surprise I expected from the Bush administration...<BR><BR>Prices Accelerate
By Nearly Eight Cents a Gallon<BR>By TIM MOLLOY, AP<BR><BR>LOS ANGELES (Oct.
11) - Gasoline prices have climbed nearly 8 cents a gallon in the past two
weeks because of record-high crude oil prices, and they are likely to continue
rising, an industry analyst said Sunday.<BR><BR>>From Sept. 24 through
Friday, the combined national average for all grades of gas rose from $1.94 to
$2.02 a gallon, said Trilby Lundberg, who publishes the semimonthly Lundberg
Survey of 7,000 gas stations across the country.<BR><BR>Self-serve regular,
the biggest seller, averaged $1.99 a gallon Friday, midgrade was $2.09 and
premium was $2.18, Lundberg said.<BR><BR>Prices are likely to continue
climbing in the short term along with rising crude oil prices, which hit
$53.31 per barrel on Friday. But prices may come down after hurricane-damaged
petroleum facilities in the Gulf of Mexico are repaired, Lundberg
said.<BR><BR>''That is, unless we have a new event such as an especially cold
winter, in the U.S., or internationally, snapping up home heating supplies and
prices, which would add to the value of crude oil,'' Lundberg said.<BR><BR>The
most expensive gasoline was sold in San Diego, where self-serve regular was
$2.35 a gallon. The cheapest was in Houston, where self-serve regular was
$1.84.<BR><BR>Prices have risen 13.07 cents since Sept. 10, when the combined
national average for all grades was $1.89 a gallon.<BR><BR>Before then, pump
prices had been sliding since May 21, when they reached a peak of $2.10 a
gallon.<BR><BR>AP-NY-10-10-04
1638EDT<BR><BR>-------------------------------------------<BR>V2020 Post by
Ted Moffett</FONT>
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