1.   Also, the benefits of higher gas prices in the U.S. were offset by lower oil prices.

2.   Analysts attributed the higher priced gas to lower inventories and continued high demand during the summer vacation months.

3.   And everyone may be faced with new measures to discourage driving, such as higher gas taxes.

4.   And some experts think the controversy could mean restrictions on drilling, supplies and perhaps higher gas prices.

5.   As for Ralph Nader, given a choice between him and higher gas prices, my preference would be higher gas prices.

6.   At a General Motors plant Friday he blamed the Clinton-Gore administration for a failed energy policy that had led to higher gas prices.

7.   A percentage goal would hurt Toyota and Honda, because they already have fleets with higher average gas mileage.

8.   Bush accused his Democratic counterpart of supporting higher gas prices in the past as a way to curb oil usage.

9.   Bush, meanwhile, is getting an assist from a group called Americans for Job Security, which blames Gore for higher gas prices.

10.   But higher gas prices actually hurt car owners more than SUV owners, who tend to have higher higher incomes.