The spike in 08 that was fueled (ha, ha) by the speculators which magically coincided with the beginning of the economic crash. The graph between then and now looks just like the graph before the 08 spike/crash.<br><br>I'm convinced that the 08 spike was also a test to see what people would actually put up with for fuel prices. When it hit $4.25/g MARTA got crowded! My luck I was driving 35 miles to work each way at the time. I20 was WAY too scary for a scooter that got 65MPG. <br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Geoffrey Myers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@serioustechnology.com">lists@serioustechnology.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Folks, go here and select 6 year and the timeframe between the 2008/2009<br>
low and now is what has caught my attention.<br>
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<a href="http://gasbuddy.com/gb_retail_price_chart.aspx" target="_blank">http://gasbuddy.com/gb_retail_price_chart.aspx</a><br>
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Until later, Geoffrey<br>
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