High oil prices cause potholes

Posted By Alex Ely Friday, June 6, 2008 - 11:33 AM Share

Fed up with skyrocketing gas prices? Does it seem like driving is becoming more of a hassle with each passing day? It gets worse.

Check out this story from USA Today, which links rising oil prices with rising pain in nationwide road and highway repair budgets:

The mix used to resurface roads consists of gravel and sand held together with a binder called liquid asphalt, which is made from crude oil. As oil prices rise, so does the cost of asphalt, says Don Wessel of Poten & Partners, a consulting firm that publishes Asphalt Weekly Monitor. "Prices are the highest I've seen in many, many, many years," he says. "The concern is that they will go up considerably."

What's next? I don't even want to know.

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