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Article: Rising gasoline prices may have silver lining.
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- The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH)
- Article date:
- April 23, 2006
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Byline: Denise Trowbridge and Paul Wilson
Apr. 23--High gasoline prices are awesome.
OK, you might not agree, but a surprising number of Columbus residents do. At least, they see another side to the story.
To them, higher prices could bring investment in fuel-efficient vehicles and alternative fuels, increased interest in public transit and carpooling, and a decreased dependence on oil from politically unstable regions.
But in these days of highoctane carping about gasoline prices, they aren't saying this too loudly. Unleaded gasoline cost an average of $2.85 a gallon in central Ohio late last week, moving closer to its all-time high ...