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Laissez-Faire My Gas Guzzler, Already
By Simon Romero
New York Times, September 7, 2004

I don't like gas being this expensive," said Paul Kaesberg, an oncologist at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison who routinely pays $1.90 a gallon. "My driving is integral to my job, it's integral to my pleasure in life. I won't cut back on that. I might cut back on other things."

Dr. Kaesberg, whose 2004 Acura sport utility vehicle gets 18 miles to the gallon, is typical of consumers who started the summer with the shock of $2 a gallon gas, but resolutely kept driving. Even though oil prices have increased 30 percent in the last year, the nation's gusto for gasoline has not been shaken.