In a few more months, politicians and the public almost certainly will ask why more natural gas is not being produced in response to continued high prices Independent producers are working already to develop solutions instead of excuses. Energy became a 2004 election issue when the average U.S. retail price for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline broke the USD2 barrier late this spring. The political and public outcry softened somewhat in mid-June as gasoline prices began to come back down.
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