FLASHBACK: Steven Chu In ‘08
UK: $7.87 Per Gallon
Italy: $7.54 Per Gallon
France: $7.50 Per Gallon
Germany: $7.41 Per Gallon
(“Weekly Retail Premium Motor Gasoline Prices Including Taxes,” U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2/7/11)
Then-Sen. Obama In ‘08: ‘Preferred A Gradual Adjustment’ To ‘Higher Prices’
CNBC'S JOHN HARWOOD: “So Could These High Prices Help Us?” SEN. BARACK OBAMA (D-IL): “I Think That I Would Have Preferred A Gradual Adjustment.” (CNBC's “Special Report,” 6/10/08)
“In A CNBC Interview Taped Monday In Raleigh, N.C., Obama Suggested That The Main Problem With High Gasoline Prices Is Their Rapid Rise, Not Their Total Of About $4 A Gallon. ‘I think that I would have preferred a gradual adjustment,’ Obama said.” (“One Down, More To Go For Republicans Aiding McCain,” The Associated Press, 6/12/08)
Do we as Americans really want to pay what Europe is paying for gas?
Weekly Retail Premium Gasoline Prices (Including Taxes)
Date Belgium France Germany Italy Netherlands UK US
10/11/2010 7.31 7.02 7.24 7.11 7.74 7.01 3.05
10/18/2010 7.44 7.17 7.30 7.20 7.89 7.10 3.07
10/25/2010 7.51 7.19 7.45 7.15 7.87 6.98 3.06
11/1/2010 NA NA NA NA NA NA 3.05
11/8/2010 7.37 7.14 7.39 7.19 7.84 7.25 3.10
11/15/2010 7.18 6.96 7.18 7.09 7.74 7.20 3.13
11/22/2010 7.15 7.02 7.16 7.10 7.73 7.18 3.12
11/29/2010 6.97 6.78 7.03 6.88 7.59 7.02 3.11
12/6/2010 7.22 7.03 7.29 7.12 7.84 7.17 3.21
12/13/2010 7.42 7.15 7.39 7.19 7.93 7.31 3.23
12/20/2010 7.26 7.02 7.30 7.04 7.77 7.18 3.23
12/27/2010 3.30
1/ 3/2011 7.49 7.24 7.42 7.26 7.98 7.33 3.31
1/10/2011 7.32 7.08 7.24 7.08 7.82 7.51 3.33
1/17/2011 7.64 7.37 7.49 7.37 8.09 7.69 3.35
1/24/2011 7.64 7.56 7.58 7.59 8.24 7.78 3.35
1/31/2011 7.62 7.54 7.48 7.60 8.15 7.74 3.35
2/ 7/2011 7.68 7.50 7.41 7.54 8.14 7.87 3.37
2/14/2011
2/21/2011
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