Contest Directions: What impact will the record gas prices make on every day life? What changes will people have to make getting from point A to point B? What will auto manufacturers do in light of these huge increases? Be a visionary and show us what you think we will see! [ browse best gallery pictures ] [ browse this contest gallery in high resolution ] Tag funny pix gasprices Jackpot: 1st place: $5 Started: 3/4/2005 6:05:00 AM, Ended: 3/6/2005 6:05:00 AM
With gas prices on the rise, bus stops are springing up all over the U.S. from Wall Street to Walla Walla, Washington. To get customers and employees to and from their businesses,Walmart & McDonalds (among others)are starting their own shuttle services.
Looking into the electric car possibilties( But if you ask me, this gasoline shortage is a bunch of crock, all this oil tycoons are just trying to get richer, by taking advantage of the gasoline demand during this season of traveling, my opinion)
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Gas prices in the United States are expected to reach record highs during the spring or summer. This will occur when motorists will hit the roads for vacations. Costs for crude oil already have caused pump prices to jump. NYMEX gasoline futures prices are a benchmark for most of the wholesale gasoline that is traded in the United States. One OPEC official has stated that $80 per barrel crude oil was a possibility.
