It's not just fuel prices that have gone up. Metal is sky-high right now. I was talking to a guy the other day that is scrapping out old wire for the copper. He got $2.25/lb at the local scrap buyer. When I was in college (10 yrs ago) I was selling copper for .65/lb and that was the highest it had been at the time. Fuel is high, but it's not the only culprit.