Pain at the pump

 

We’re going to end the broadcast tonight on the topic that started us off this evening. The one we’re hearing so much about across this country, gas prices. While it is true that with the price of a gallon up $.42 in just a month’s time, that does hit the daily drivers the hardest. But you don’t have to ~할 필요가 없는 have a car to feel this one. Companies are now reaching the point where they have no choice but to ~하지 않을 수 없다 raise prices. That story tonight from NBC’s Tom Costello.

 

From the smallest mom-and-pop shops 구멍가게, 소규모 자영업체, to the biggest Fortune 500 경제지 Fortune이 매년 게재하는 미국 및 해외 기업의 매상 규모 상위 500사 리스트companies, the jump at the pump 주요소<주유펌프>에서 is starting to put the squeeze on …에 압력을 가하다 profits. At Presidential Limos in Denver, they’re now adding a 3 to 4 dollar surcharge 할증금 on every trip. But even that’s not enough. “In ‘01, I spent $100,000 for gas. In ‘05, last year, we spent $183,000. This year will be over $200,000.”

 

Across town, EDS WASTE is adding an extra $2 per house. “We hate to have to do it, but it’s just something that we’ve had to pass on because we just can’t absorb <비용을> 부담하다 it all ourselves.”

 

From landscapers to sheet metal shops, small businesses are feeling the pinch 돈에 쪼들려 고통을 당하다. But the giants are also hurting. Fueling a single Northwest 747 for the daily run from Detroit to Tokyo, is the equivalent 동등, 상당하는 것 of filling up 2,000 SUVs. 2 years ago, it cost $48,000. Today, $103,000 one way 편도의.

 

At trucking giant YRC Worldwide, their 20,000 trucks consume a million gallons a day. YRC’s fuel charge? $150 per each $1,000 order. Which means consumers could soon spend more for everything from eggplant 가지 to those airline tickets. Americans now spend $5.30 out of every $100 on fuel or energy and that is only expected to increase.

 

It all spells <결과를> 가져오다, 초래하다 bad news for florist 꽃가게 주인 Don Waters. “Flowers are not a necessity 필수품 in life. So people will cut back on ~을 삭감하다 those first.” Who fears passing the buck to ~에게 책임을 전가하다 his customers could put him out of business 파산하여. Tom Costello, NBC News, Washington.

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