Summer of 2005, crude oil cost just under $70 a barrel (which had increased by 40% form previous years already). The national average for regular unleaded was $2.619.
Today, crude oil costs over $102 a barrel an expected to go over $110 real soon. The national average for regular unleaded is $3.26 and expected to go over $4 in the near future -not looking good at all-!

According to the Camarillo, California-based survey, drivers in the San Francisco area paid the highest price in the country, an average $3.66 a gallon for gas, while drivers in Newark, New Jersey, paid the least, $3.03 a gallon.