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Old Sep 12, 2008 | 5:53 pm
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Originally Posted by VA1379
It will get a lot worse. The wholesale price of gas in the Gulf Coast has increased in the past few days by about $1 as seen in this article. The increased prices have not yet reached the retail level, but they will if the refineries are shut down for an extended time.
The prices have increased here in South Florida...some of the more crooked station owners raised pump prices by as much as 30c/g on fuel already in their tanks. Others raised prices by 10-15c/g - also on fuel already in their tanks.

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