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Monday May 7 9:39 AM ET

Retail Gasoline Prices Hit All-Time High, AAA Says

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. retail gasoline prices hit an all-time high Monday due to low spare supplies ahead of peak summer driving season, the American Automobile Association (AAA) said.

The average retail price for regular gasoline jumped to $1.68 a gallon, 3 cents a gallon higher than the record reached last summer, according to AAA's survey of more than 60,000 service stations.

The highest prices were in California and the Midwest, where strict environmental regulations and refinery problems have cut into supply, the survey showed.

The AAA, a motorist association with more than 42 million members, said the record prices show a need for a better national energy policy and the suspension of some cleaner-burning fuel regulations in the case of fuel shortages this summer.

-- (in@energy.news), May 07, 2001

Answers

2.25 here for premium (mobil)

2.15 for regular

-- (cin@cin.cin), May 07, 2001.

$144.00 for regular here, as for premium, I don't know, never touch the stuff.

-- Cherri (jessam5@home.com), May 08, 2001.

$1.49 here and luvin it!

-- luvin' it (can't@get.enough), May 08, 2001.

This is Clinton's fault, of course. Fortunately, Bush will fix this problem for us by telling us he's not going to fix the problem or do anything at all about it. Last year he blamed Clinton for the problem. Maybe he should try that again this year.

-- (ClintonBad@Bush.Good), May 08, 2001.