seaborne russian oil are significant. they underline the european chief said they will cut 90% of europe s russian oil imports by december. the discussion of some interim status for ukraine on the way to being a full member of the european union is important. i wish they would find some speedy transition plan but it is not there. so, they re trying to find ways to keep faith with ukraine and in a period where i think the pressure on ukraine is growing. i think your right to express some concern about europe. they ve got their own economic troubles and political splits. but this last weekend that they held together more strongly than i might have feared. i was going to say, pretty remarkable that they held together even pulled hungary along when they had to know this inflation number was coming out. they have the same problem on the other side with nato. but do you remain optimistic like so many observers that when it comes to nato, turkey, at the end, will back down and a
but some of it is just out of our control. some airlines are slashing schedules to avoid disripgss like these. but that could mean vacationers have fewer and pricier options. i m really worried that the problems we re seeing in the u.s. and abroad are going to cause some people who were thinking about flying for their summer vacations to say, you know, we ll not take a trip. the national average for a gallon of regular now a whopping $4.62. even higher in some places like california, $6.17. and overall, more than $1.57 higher than last year. fuel impacting summer rec regation of all kinds, whether on the the road or on the water. we re going to stay much closer to shore, as opposed to