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Gas Tops $4 per Gallon After Stable Week

Prices had stabilized—until last week

By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 8, 2008 7:15 PM CDT

(Newser) – Americans are paying more than $4 a gallon for gas for the first time, Reuters reports. The national average reached $4.005 per gallon today, up from $3.67 last month and $3.10 last year. Prices had stabilized last week, until crude oil futures jumped to record levels. In a recent survey, 74% of Americans vowed to change their driving habits in response to $4-a-gallon gas.

If gasoline prices hit $5 a gallon, 85% of Americans say they would cut out nonessential driving, consolidate errands, or carpool. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

A motorist fills up her car at a station, Thursday, May, 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

A motorist fuels up at a gas station in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Tuesday, May 27, 2008. With gas retailing at $4.436, Californians pay the highest rates in the country. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

High gas prices posted at Shell, left, and Valero, right, gas station in San Bruno, Calif., Tuesday, June 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

High gas prices posted at a Chevron gas station in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, June 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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