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Feb

2012

9:17am, EST

Prices at the pump soar ... and it's only February

Gas prices are back on the rise, and some analysts say it could get even worse before the summer driving season. NBC's John Yang reports.

We’re all used to gas prices going up in the springtime when the driving season is about to approach, but this year the increase is happening sooner, and it is going up more than before. Experts say a combination of things — tensions in the Middle East, big refineries on the east coast shutting down, big demand for gas in Asia — sent gas prices up 13 cents in the last month alone.

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