NYT: Energy Prices Hit Americans on All Fronts

It might still be 80 degrees outside but, four months before the first days of winter, many Americans are already facing the prospect of keeping warm while having to stay within their budget. Instead of the short spike in energy prices that most expected, it now appears that a variety of high energy bills – for heating oil, propane, natural gas and electricity, as well as gasoline – will be around for a long while. . . .

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