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Gas prices soaring, but they'll keep on boating
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Aug 17, 2005 07:47pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Houston Chronicle |
| News Date | Sunday, August 14, 2005 03:40:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | At the Three Amigos marina near Seabrook, the bigger the boat, the smaller the bite from the gasoline price of $3.07 per gallon.
"If you can't afford the gas, you can't afford the boat,'' said Tommy Moore, of Houston, who used about 1,400 gallons of gas to bring his Hatteras down from Virginia. "The gas is the least expensive part.''
"I guess we're helping the Texas economy,'' Moore said. "Now, let's go burn some gas,'' he told his boating companions.
"I love these prices. The higher, the better,'' said Frank Gafke, of Galveston, a senior service leader for Halliburton on the Texas Gulf Coast.
Gafke said Halliburton's profits - and his savings account - had increased markedly since fuel prices began rising. He predicted that prices soon will reach $3 per gallon for automobile drivers, as well as for recreational boaters. |
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