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Prices - USA - Gas prices soar
Hollister,CA,USA -Hollister Free Lance, by Luke Roney - Aug 17, 2005: -- Record gas prices at the pumps have Hollister motorists looking for ways to save money where they can - though driving less does not seem to be one of them... An informal Free Lance survey conducted yesterday found the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline at $2.71 - up 30 cents from late May. Statewide, gas prices increased 18 cents in the last month to $2.77 per gallon, a record, according to AAA... There’s a simple explanation for the increase in fuel prices: the price of crude oil has gone up. More difficult to explain is the reason why crude oil prices are rising, according to Sean Comey, spokesman for AAA of Northern California... “We’re asking for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to either declare a state of emergency or issue an executive order to lift the ban for the time being (on) importing oil from other states,” said Tony Luiz, owner of T&L Trucking near Watsonville... Sixteen months ago, T & L Trucking was charging customers such as farmers and construction companies $68 an hour but now charges $85, he said...
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