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KREM2: Demand Pushes Gas Cost Up

The author of the Lundberg Survey says prices at the pump have been creeping back up after bottoming out about seven weeks ago. He says the increase is due, in part, to demand. People are starting to buy more gas due to the low prices, and it is causing demand to rise. ... Despite the rise, drivers are still paying less than a year ago. The nation wide average was $2.84 in 2008. Right now unleaded is about $1.92/KREM2. More here.

Question: What price is a reasonable one to pay for gas?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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