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Article: High gas prices put a crimp on Utahns' summer
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- May 23, 2008
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Sara Cassio was planning to visit with family and friends in
Mesa, Ariz., over the Memorial Day weekend, but high gas prices will
keep her home in North Salt Lake.
"I was going to drive down there with my roommate," she said.
"I'm from Mesa."
When Cassio realized the cost of gas made driving too expensive,
she checked airfares but discovered that they, too, have increased
with rising fuel prices. "It was even worse than gas," she said.
On Thursday, the average price of a gallon of unleaded gas in
Utah was $3.74. Nationally, a gallon cost $3.83, a record high.
Oil prices also have broken records during the past week. On
Thursday, July Brent crude futures settled at $130.51 a barrel on
the ICE ...