The high price of gasoline is pumping up the volume of the presidential campaign.

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Today we complain about the temporarily high price of gasoline, but at least we don't have the enervating shortages and gas lines of the 1970s.

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This is especially true for gasoline markets, where high price increases have a limited effect in reducing demand.

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The White House has argued that crude oil, despite its high price, is plentiful and that prices for gasoline and other petroleum products are high because refinery capacity is low.

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