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Massachusetts gas prices spike in response to Katrina.

Publication: Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News
Publication Date: 01-SEP-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Byline: David Schoetz

Sep. 1--MASHPEE -- Shortly after 5 last evening, a steady crawl of cars and trucks waited four or five deep to fill up at the Mobil Station near the Mashpee Rotary.

Compared with Johnny's Tune and Lube a half mile down Route 28 -- which finished business yesterday charging an eye-popping $3.50 for a single gallon of regular unleaded gasoline -- the $2.79 Mobil sticker price was a bargain.

But it was too good to be true. An attendant in an orange reflective vest started replacing price signs and customers winced as rates spiked before their eyes to $2.91 a gallon, with premium easily topping $3.

"I almost drove off the road," said Mark Stevens of Mashpee, who had filled up on Monday at Johnny's for $2.67 a gallon. "I know things are all screwed up, but this is ridiculous."

The first three weeks of August challenged gas consumers across the country.

The national average was up more than 80 cents from a year ago and Massachusetts was...

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