So with gas prices going up about a buck since last year, that means about $1.5 billion more in taxes. Having said that, that same money would have likely gone into other taxable goods and services.

I'd love to fly, especially with the gas prices right now.

We think gas prices had something to do with it.

It's like having your own car, without the gas prices.

It's going to cost the average household $600 more a year just to put gas in their car. Ticket prices for things at Wal-Mart and Target. Ticket prices for airplanes. Ticket prices for just about everything are going to go up.

The project will increase China's pipeline gas transmission capacity from 12 billion cubic meters a year to 17 billion cubic meters. It will help meet China's huge demand for natural gas.