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Let's Not Kid Ourselves: Oil's Going Higher

Why prices will keep rising, and what that will mean

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 18, 2008 12:09 PM CDT

(Newser) – Yes, $4 a gallon seems steep, but the worst is surely yet to come, Robert J. Samuelson writes in the Washington Post. Gas is on pace to rise to $7 a gallon by 2012, with oil rising to $225 a barrel, according to one economist.... Read full story »

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