New record: 1,000 days of gas above $3 per gallon

HOUSTON – Tuesday marks 1,000 consecutive days and a new record that the average price of gas will cost more than $3 per gallon.

According to AAA, this streak started on December 23, 2010.

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The motor club estimates that unless there is another recession, high gas prices may be here to stay.

The $3 threshold started after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf of Mexico and destroyed oil rigs in 2005.


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