Stopping drilling and stopping the sale of drilling leases does not help gas prices. One thing the BP rig spill proved is the Gulf can handle spills. There is a lot of oil there and Obama stopping drilling for the next seven years is green politics at it's worst.

who needs a bus ? who needs a train ? maybe when the economy sputters back and oil demand returns.... more people will want public transportation and less $5 gas.

What's driving the price increase? Politics, a burgeoning demand, scarcity, or greed? Let's face it, we all would be that greedy if we could afford to buy that oil stock. I suspect that Republicans and Democrats both like money. Let's hope they can start working with each other to save what little remains of the American DREAM.

donkey?

Scooter, you make me laugh :-) I love sarcasm in all its manifestations.

We could always go to Echo and get 9 months worth of gas for free! (sarcasm) You need it anyways, so what if it is a little more. If you have to drive, you need gas, period.

mice mistakes will happen when there are to many mouses postin thoughts in the same houses.

Sorry Andre my fault for making an assumption

andre, think you sniff gas before you read.

anonomouse: I think andre was addressing Mouse, not you. Check out Dec 10, 2010 at 10:05 p.m.

Andre thanks for the personal insult I wasn't talking about bush obama are any political crooks. I was agreeing with the unemployed driving all around while not looking for work. It's called planning your trips and not going out several times for one or two items when it can be done in fewer trips. I don't have the time or money to make wasted trips but I'm also not being paid to sit home and pretend job hunt. I feel bad for those who really can't get a job due to age or other reasons beyond their control. I'm tired of the ones that can work but won't if they spent as much time looking for work or volunteering to build a resume as they did excuses not too they'd all be ceos

Who cares.... its only a few pennies. 30 gallons is like $5 more... woo. Lose the smokes, the chew, the soda, the mocha, and all the other junk you buy that you dont need and you wont even notice.

Seebee I'm guessing your not a native of Janesville or you spent time out of Janesville because you have too much common sense for the average Janesville resident. I wish the gazette had a digg button

if you're driving 30 miles or more to work, that was your decision. We built our American lives and cities around cars, and as the economies pick up steam, oil goes up, and we can't afford to drive. This will be another hindrance to any uptick in our economy. Until we find the will to change our habits, energy usage, and energy sources, it will only get more painful.

melstew- would you like to walk 30 miles to work with me every day?

Great Idea Moe. Janesville could blow half a billion on a high speed rail! Brilliant. It takes soooo long to get to the mall from my house. A good 10 minute drive. If there were high speed rail with a stop in front of my house, I bet I could save 2 minutes time and a dollars worth of gas and the rail would be paid for by somebody else! Maybe those evil fat cat rich guys........

On the upside, all those people not working and not looking shouldn't be all that affected.

Obviously the high costs are driven by Obama's cozy ties to the oil industry.

if only someone wanted to build a high speed rail public transportation system to help people save money gas. Where would such an idea come from.

The article was missing a recommendation to save on gas, there is an outfit called MyGasDiscount.info, I joined them (it doesn't cost anything to join) and then when I fill up, I keep the receipt and mail it in to get a 50% rebate on the amount I spent for gas. However, there is an upper limit that you can do each month I think it is $200 or something like that -- but believe me an extra couple of hundred bucks a month gives my family our weekly trip to the movies again... or you can always buy more gas.. LOL

it doesnt matter what they raise it to,because they know we will pay it,maybe if it was boycotted,theyd keep the price down,but,its very hard to do that in this day and age because no one wants to walk especially in the winter,no one wants to ride the bus,our society has become very lazy and,has let their backbone slip,so therefor we will continue to pay the high prices.maybe if people would stand up an say "hey!!!! were not paying this anymore" and refuse to buy it,then maybe theyd lower it,i wish everyone a happy holiday.

Republican control sneaking back in.
Hold on for another hell of a ride.
Just seeing car manufacturers (Ford) make a turn for the good, but it won't take long for the mess from a few years back to repeat it's self.
The drill it, because we can make it a hot commodity crew will be playing the oil field game again.
Let's start listing the excuses..... Oil tanker run aground for 20c, or how about the weather in Texas for 10c. Maybe the pipe line leak, that good for 50c.
The camels and the bed partners playing the barrel game, always a favorite.
Then of course we can have more war to add to the $40 billion.
Deep pockets Cheney will be in hog heaven.

The original chart is here:
http://gasbuddy.com/gb_retail_price_char...
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The initial problem is that the chart is not actually monthly despite being "36 months" of prices -- they're on something like a 5-week gap cycle. The Gazette artists appears to have then rotated and in the process transposed the dates by year. But the chart line is accurate enough.
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The actual forecast for this winter and next year is inching past $3.00/gal, according to the DOE, but the rate of increase next year will be half that of this year, recovering from the steep fall at the outset of the recession.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/steo/pub/con...

How come nobody has blamed Bush yet?

I would guess that the dates then flow into the next year.. and they just don't have the divider lines for the years in the right places.

Can someone please explain the dates on the bottom of the line graph? I am totally confused.
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1/28/08 is first, then 11/1/2008 and ending with 1/2/2008? 2009 is just as confusing. 2010, too. Starts of with 12/20/2010 then the last two dates are 1/15/2010 and 12/6/2010.

Maybe we should all turn into walkers.

It may not hurt people with jobs, but those of us still on unemployment...that gas hike hurts like a painful bee sting!!

there are a few reasons gas is going higher & the weak dollar has a small part in it. 1)investors are allowed to speculate in the futures mkt. & there are more investors than oil to trade. the mkt is being manipulated. 2)the 3 oil co's that refine the oil are squeezing the mkt. by refining less "throughput"there is no such thing as foreign oil some is refined in louisiana put on tankers & sent to s america where it is sold for less than in u.s. to make a tight mkt. the tight mkt drives the price up the oil co's do not want a repeat of the late 90's 95 cents a gal. if u do not believe this get a xom annual & read the back pgs.