Auto Club: Gasoline Prices Spike On Continued Fears of War.News/Business/Travel Editors LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 7, 2003 War fears continue to cause uncertainty in world and local gasoline gasoline or petrol, light, volatile mixture of hydrocarbons for use in the internal-combustion engine and as an organic solvent, obtained primarily by fractional distillation and "cracking" of petroleum, but also obtained from natural gas, by markets, sending prices higher last week throughout the Southwest for the sixth consecutive week, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Weekend Gas Watch compiled by the Automobile Club of Southern California The Automobile Club of Southern California was founded December 13, 1900 in Los Angeles as one of the nation's first motor clubs dedicated to improving roads, proposing traffic laws and improvement of overall driving conditions. . The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline at popular destinations for motoring trips. Currently, the average price of self-serve regular unleaded gasoline in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area is $1.695 per gallon, which is 3.1 cents higher than last week's price, 12 cents higher than last month and 42 cents higher than last year. In San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. the price is $1.738, which is 2.4 cents higher than last week's level, 10 cents higher than last month and 40 cents higher than last year. Motorists in the central coast have an average price of $1.742, which is 2.7 cents higher than last week's price, 9 cents higher than last month and 37 cents higher than last year. "Gasoline markets have reflected war fears among traders and that continues to send prices higher," said Carol Thorp, Auto Club spokesperson. "Gasoline refinery activity is down because of tight supplies of crude oil worldwide. An outbreak of hostilities with the resultant This article is about the resultant of polynomials. For the result of adding two or more vectors, see Parallelogram rule. For the technique in organ building, see Resultant (organ). In mathematics, the resultant of two monic polynomials loss of Iraqi oil on world markets could cause further gasoline price spikes spikes see peplomer. ."
Average prices as of 12:01 a.m., Feb. 7:
Area Regular Change from Record Price
last week
Los Angeles-Long Beach $1.695 +3.1 cents $2.036 (5/25/01)
San Diego $1.738 +2.4 cents $2.025 (5/29/01)
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-
Lompoc $1.742 +2.7 cents $2.069 (5/16/01)
Las Vegas $1.590 +6.9 cents $1.885 (3/27/00)
Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz. $1.425 +4.8 cents $1.720 (5/30/01)
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