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Crude Awakenings

Fuel feedback: The creeping costs of expensive oil

Last Updated: Thursday, July 3, 2008 | 7:05 PM ET

CBC News

Rising energy prices have drivers fuming as they empty their wallets to fill their tanks, but the increases also have trickle-down effects that reach far beyond the gas pumps. The tremors of the oil shock are being felt throughout the Canadian economy, affecting goods and services that people don't necessarily think of in association with oil prices – from home-based craft makers and commercial bakers, to furniture stores and florists. Click on the images to read what people across the country say about how expensive fuel is affecting their lives and livelihoods, and what they predict is in store if prices continue to climb.

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Q&As:

Adrienne Lloyd, bass and keyboard player with Toronto band Hunter Valentine
Neville MacKay, owner of My Mother's Bloomers in Halifax
Warren Palfrey, competitive sled dog racer in Yellowknife
Jeni Mah, owner of Kings and Queens bedding and furniture store in Toronto
Brian Wickens, event planner in Toronto
Erin Wilk, Anatomy of a Skirt in Kitchener, Ont.
Michael van Bakel, Gulf Island commuter from North Pender Island, B.C.
Nicole Denis of Northern Delivery & Courier Service Inc. in Brantford, Ont.
Blaine Diamond, potato and beef farmer in P.E.I.
Ahmad Kirmani, owner of Prime Tandoori House in northeast Calgary
Danny Farbman, What a Bagel bakery in Toronto
Geoff Straight, Last Frontier Heliskiing in B.C.
Steve Gardiner, co-proprietor of Gardiner's Transport in Goderich, Ont.
Inge Schamborzki, Executive Director Health and Home Care Society of B.C.
Ilan Handelsman, general manager of Bikes on the Drive in Vancouver
Simon Pidcock, owner of Ocean Ecoventures in Cowichan Bay, B.C.

More on fuel costs:

Calculator: How much is your car draining your wallet?
Map: Average pump prices across Canada
Feature: What drives what we pay at the pump
Reader feedback: How do you plan to fuel your future?
Map: Inflation across Canada

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