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Gas prices hit highest average ever in 2012
The nationwide average price for a gallon of regular gas hit $3.60 in 2012, according to AAA. That’s up 9 cents from the previous record high of $3.51 a gallon set in 2011.
AAA blamed hurricanes, refinery outages and tensions in the Middle East for the high prices.
The third most expensive year on record was 2008, when prices averaged $3.25 a gallon.
2008 was also the year gasoline hit its highest one-day price ever — $4.11 per gallon in July. At the time, a red-hot global economy and fears over dwindling supplies were some of the factors that sent both gas and oil prices to their highest level ever.
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Yeh it had nothing to do with a US government that hates fossil fuels…nothing.
CW on January 1, 2013 at 5:04 PM
51% like paying out the arse for gas. The increase has cost my family an extra 3200 a year. Thanks 51%.
jawkneemusic on January 1, 2013 at 5:07 PM
Too bad it wasn’t an election year…
Seven Percent Solution on January 1, 2013 at 5:09 PM
This is somebody else’s problem. It has nothing to do with the sharp decline in the power of the US dollar abroad.
Look at the exchange rates in the finance section of your paper. They’ve been pretty steady right? So surely the dollar is still worth what it was 4 years ago?
Hope.
CorporatePiggy on January 1, 2013 at 5:11 PM
It’s all Bush’s fault!
/cause Obama said so.
backwoods conservative on January 1, 2013 at 5:12 PM
“We gotta keep obama in president … you know … he gave us a phone … he gonna do more!”
Pork-Chop on January 1, 2013 at 5:30 PM
Heh… there are people blaming the Oil companies and republicans in the comments section there… I bet you everyday normal Americans still think that way too.
watertown on January 1, 2013 at 5:40 PM