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Signs Of Things To Come

Higher gas prices are posted at a Chevron gas station in San Francisco today. Gasoline prices have shot up an average of 35 cents per gallon since an uprising in Libya began in mid-February. AAA is reporting that gas prices experienced last week experiencing the second highest jump in a week since 1990 here. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Question: Do you believe that the unrest in Mideast is causing gas prices to go up as much as they are? Or are oil companies taking advantage of the unrest to drive up prices?



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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