Gas Prices Increase

The juice keeps going up.

The national average price for gasoline rose nearly 10 cents over the last three weeks, according to a survey released Sunday.

The average price of regular gasoline on Friday was $3.07 a gallon, mid-grade was $3.19, and premium was $3.30, oil industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said.

Of cities surveyed, the nation's lowest price was in Cheyenne, Wyo., where a gallon of regular cost $2.77, on average. The highest was in San Francisco at $3.39, according to the Lundberg Survey of 7,000 stations nationwide.

Economy Ties War as Top Voter Concern

This from the AP:

The faltering economy has caught the Iraq war as people's top worry, a national poll suggests, with the rapid turnabout already showing up on the presidential campaign trail and in maneuvering between President Bush and Congress.

Twenty percent named the economy as the foremost problem in an Associated Press-Ipsos poll released Friday, virtually tying the 21 percent who cited the war. In October, the last time the survey posed the open-ended question about the country's top issue, the war came out on top by a 2-1 majority.

About equal proportions of Republicans, Democrats and independents in the new poll said the economy was their major worry, suggesting the issue looms as a potent one in both parties' presidential contests. It was also cited evenly across all levels of income, underscoring the variety of economic problems the country faces.

Amid increasing trade, job, housing, stock market and gasoline price woes, candidates from each party have started talking about how they would bolster the economy. The issue looms as the dominant one in the next presidential contest: Tuesday's Republican primary in Michigan, which had a 7.4 percent unemployment rate in November that is the nation's worst.

Your Real Inflation Rate

A look at some of the projected price increases for the year.

The Incredible Cost of Driving Today

You know, I'm old enough to remember when gas was under a buck a gallon. Then I watched as prices climbed over a dollar, a buck fifty and now over $3.00. Wow! Considering that almost everyone is dependent on a vehicle for transportation, the effects of these prices are considerable for most people. I have always believed that as technology stands today, we BY NOW would not be so dependent on the gas powered car for transport but would rely more on alternative sources of energy to power our vehicles. Any thoughts on this?