Oops! What happened to those high pump prices?

Gas Nags 

By TIMOTHY EGAN, NYT

Colorado Springs

Up and down the high plains side of the Rocky Mountains, a road warrior becomes a comparative shopper. Last week, regular gas was $3.24 a gallon at the Safeway in Laramie, Wyo., $3.43 a gallon at Costco in Colorado Springs. A new American car, with an average fuel economy of 24 miles to the gallon, could cruise the entire midsection of Colorado on a single tank and still have enough change from $50 to buy caffeinated swill the color of the Houston Ship Channel.

Wait a minute: wasn’t gas supposed to be $5 a gallon now, costing $75 for that same trip? Let’s return to the experts:

“Certainly, this summer, we’ll see the highest gas prices in years.” So said House Speaker John Boehner, in February.

“Right now we’re headed toward $5 a gallon and by the end of summer – maybe 6.” That was Bill O’Reilly, of Fox News, in the same month.

“They’re gonna go to $5, $6, $7.” And that was Donald Trump in April, showing why he’s no better at predicting fuel prices than he is at reading public documents from the state of Hawaii.

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