$3 a gallon gas?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed May 2 06:36:40 PDT 2001


Bob Morris wrote:


>The companies that make gas station price signs are reporting sales of signs
>for $2 a gallon gas AND $3 a gallon gas..
>
>---
>"It's sad to say, but true," said Stanis. Chevron's request is the "first
>we've seen" of calls for a "three-point," or a number three followed by a
>decimal point, which would form the front portion of the nation's
>highest-ever gasoline prices.
>
>Wagner Zip-Change Inc. and several other companies around the country report
>brisk interest in signage to display $2-a-gallon fuel
>
>"Today's pumps can handle a price of $9.99 a gallon before becoming
>obsolete, said spokesman Van Negris. 'If gasoline goes to $10 a gallon,
>there will be a revolution,' he joked, and he wasn't referring to potential
>upheaval in the gas pump industry"

Onward to $5 a gallon!

Doug



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