A customer uses a credit card before they pump gas at a Mobil gas station on April 28, in Los Angeles, California.
Mandatory Credit:	Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images

A customer uses a credit card before they pump gas at a Mobil gas station on April 28, in Los Angeles, California.
Mandatory Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images

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