"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Gas prices up to record high
Two cent rise in national average surpasses Katrina high, but end to climb
is seen
July 23 2006: 2:56 PM EDT

ATLANTA (CNN) -- Gas prices rose nearly two cents over the past two weeks,
to a record high of $3.02 per gallon of self-serve regular, a national
survey reported Sunday.
gasoline supply is not tight," she said.



I would keep smiling if I were you ...
In the UK the equivalent price for a US gallon is $7.1645

So you still get it cheap, too cheap really .......... I'm sure if US fuel
prices were brought up to European levels, then we would soon have the likes
of GM & Ford producing engines with 45+ mpg.

It is now quite common for Ski Boats in UK to be converted to LPG, this is
only 50% of the price of unleaded gasoline.
Just not so easy on a runabout ... and not possible for outboards.