Higher demand.  Higher crude prices.  The summer blend. 

There are all sorts of reasons that attempt to explain away the reason why we're seeing gas prices approaching $3 a gallon, and we're still six weeks from the start of the summer driving season.

It seems feasible, then, that we'll see prices in the mid-$3 area when we REALLY start driving later this year.  Though, some say, we're apt to peak now and it's all downhill for the rest of the year.

What do you think?  Are you prepared to go back to paying the "big bucks" for gasoline?