Maybe it hasn't happened yet, but it has to happen sometime. Gas prices will stop falling.
The WilcoHess place up the street was selling regular for $1.509 Wednesday morning, and I didn't stop to fill up. When I did stop there Wednesday evening, the price had bounced back up to $1.599.
Meanwhile, after an uninterrupted breathtaking plunge for nearly three solid months, the Triangle average price has risen just a little. The lowest point was $1.616 on Tuesday, then it crept up to $1.628 Wednesday and $1.636 Thursday. [And Friday: $1.642.]
Bruce Siceloff reports on traffic and transportation. A News & Observer reporter and editor since 1976, he took over the 
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What's Going On?
Wed, 01/07/2009 - 07:52 — rlp2451Gas prices have risen .25 in the past week yet oil prices - while having gone up some - haven't risen THAT much. Did prices fall too far too fast and we are now getting to what the "normal" price is suppose to be? Or is it just another way for gasoline companies to make more profits?
What's Going on?
Wed, 01/07/2009 - 07:49 — rlp2451Gas prices have risen .25 in the past week yet oil prices - while having gone up some - haven't risen THAT much. Did prices fall too far too fast and we are now getting to what the "normal" price is suppose to be? Or is it just another way for gasoline companies to make more profits?