Crude oil prices are more than twice what they were this time last year, rising steadily throughout 1999. View the chart:

http://www.futuresource.com/cgi-bin/chart?CONT=CL1-&NB=N

Heating oil prices are also rising sharply:

http://www.futuresource.com/cgi-bin/chart?CONT=HO1-&NB=N

If you look at where it starts to spike, it seems as though it were around the first few business days of 2000.

Continental Airlines, United Airlines, and American airlines announced this week they are adding a fuel surcharge of $20. per round trip ticket.

-- Antoine (metis@2000now.org), January 19, 2000

Answers

Antoine,

Have you heard of any other sources for oil price information ? When do you think we would feel the crunch from this price increase ?

-- Nicole Meador (nmeador@earthlink.net), January 20, 2000.