The recent shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline didn’t impact supplies or prices at California gas stations. But Patrick de Haan, the Head of Petroleum Analysis with Gas Buddy dot-com, says prices are expected to continue rising, although not with the spikes we recently saw…

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Costs plumetted in the spring of last year, as the global crisis simultaneously brought a recession and led to a sharp reduction in commute as well as leisure driving. So, even with more four-dollar-a-gallon prices being seen, de Haan says he doesn’t expect that to discourage pent up travel urges..

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And even if you don’t like the high prices, it’s also pointed out by de Haan that they have traditionally been positive economic barometers.