As oil prices rise, shrugs at the gas pump

The signs of unyielding US demand are everywhere. Analysts expect this summer’s driving season to be as strong as ever. Take Patrick Amesur, for example.

He’s visiting friends in Houston this week and decided to drive instead of fly the 1,200 miles from Miami.

As he pulls in to a west-side station to fill the tank on his Ford Explorer once again, he laments the price at the pump. “It would almost have been cheaper to fly,” he says.