with more on this, we have the senior petroleum allen west. welcome to the show, it's great to have you here. can we keep these prices up? >> we are cops usually optimistic that we can say the peak of gasoline prices were this yr may have been set. we sought on february 27. at the same time, that is not something we can say with a great deal of conviction. simply because they are too many variables that lay ahead. especially with april and may coming right up on us. there is so much volatility that we see at that time of year. i cannot tell you definitively that we have seen the peak of gasoline prices and everything will be smooth sailing, but right now we can say that the national average is 17 cents below the peak that we saw in february. gerri: we had the national average at $3.64 per regular. four dollars and 1 cent for diesel. i am used to seeing gas prices climb at this type of year because of the reformulation goes on during the season. do you think we will get back to that by midsummer? >> i do not think we are going to see that. some