Gas Prices This Summer
posted by Ben Engebreth on 03.28.2005
There's an interesting article on MSNBC in which they quote a AAA spokesman predicting $2.35 for the average price of regular unleaded by Memorial Day. The article also points to an EIA survey that shows average prices have topped $2.15 a gallon now, so I guess a 20 cent rise doesn't seem that far fetched as we enter the summer "driving season." The EIA doesn't actually have the data on their website yet, but I imagine MSNBC is going on the new weekly survey data that will probably be released tomorrow.
Encouragingly, the same MSNBC article has a link to a reader survey which asks whether or not higher gas prices are causing people to change their driving habits. As of now, more than 2/3 of the respondents have answered yes. Unfortunately these online surveys have plenty of sources of error and there have only been 450 odd respondents thus far. Still, it's encouraging news that people are looking for ways to reduce their driving -- hopefully without too much inconvenience.