Gasoline prices are said to be jumping as much as 5 cents a day in California where prices for the lowest grade of gas is now at $4.15 in the bay area..Some say the President and his Energy Secretary are happy to see the jump in prices (
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*"Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe."
(U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu"