The lowest gas prices in years are seen Wednesday on a fuel sign in Lawrence, Kan. A day later, OPEC decided to maintain current production levels, virtually ensuring continued low prices at the pump. Orlin Wagner/AP hide caption
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Pumpjacks at the Inglewood oil fields in California in March. Some of the most controversial methods of oil extraction, like fracking, oil sands production and Arctic drilling, are also expensive. That's made them less profitable as the price of oil continues to fall. Richard Vogel/AP hide caption
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Gas prices below $3 per gallon add up to big savings for consumers. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
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Macy Gould shared this photo from Lexington, Ky., where the gas prices are under $3. Macy Gould/Instagram hide caption
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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange last week in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
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A graphic produced by Gasbuddy.com shows regional variation of gas prices. GasBuddy.com via USEIA hide caption
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Gasoline prices at a station in Encinitas, Calif., earlier this week. Mike Blake/Reuters /Landov hide caption
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The cost of a gallon of gas kept rising last year, but not at the torrid pace of 2010 and 2011. That helped keep inflation in check. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
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Motorcyclists Hanna Gilan, right, and her son Chaim Gilan fill up their Vespa scooters with less than two gallons at a gas station in the Echo Park district of Los Angeles on Oct. 4, 2012. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
Record High Prices At The Gas Pump Likely To Linger In California
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President Bush and then-Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry shake hands at the end of a presidential debate in 2004 in St. Louis. Researchers want to better understand why partisans' views of the facts change in light of their political loyalties. Charlie Reidel/AP hide caption
Partisan Psychology: Why Do People Choose Political Loyalties Over Facts?
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The prices at a gas station in Los Angeles earlier this month. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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President Obama announces support for building an oil pipeline from Oklahoma to Texas, Thursday in Cushing, Okla. Tom Pennington/Getty Images hide caption
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A driver pumps gas into his Toyota Prius hybrid at a gas station in Sunnyvale, Calif., in 2007. Paul Sakuma/AP hide caption
Are High Gas Prices A Plot To Cut Consumption? GOP Says Yes
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How big a role do U.S. presidents really play in controlling gas prices? Prices were well over $4 a gallon in La Jolla, Calif. on March 8. Mike Blake/Reuters /Landov hide caption