three days, paying about 15 to 20 cents more per gallon than expected. expects say that s primarily because of the violence in iraq which increased global petroleum costs. people in the city say it s something you can t avoid. asr]i 1-deát as supply and demand. you have to drive to get from point a to point b, and you can t do anything about it. the national average price of gas is 3.68 per gallon. last year it was 3.48. the year before, people were7/zñ shelling out 3.34. aa is predicting things won t get better soon, saying prices could keep going up if there are in developments in iraq or a major hurricane, with a hot summer, drivers are going to hold off on hitting the open highway. have to budget, everything is so expense, gas prices going up, so it s a strain on everybody. at what price too you see at