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http://www.time.com/time/archive/pre...699412,00.html

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...678644,00.html

2 good articals that helps understand the price increase.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...607812,00.html

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...699412,00.html
and how we try to cope with prices at about 95p a gallon. ( current exchange rate $1.96 = I pound)