ALBANY, N.Y. -- If you see $2.05 on the gas pump, look again before you celebrate -- the total price is likely double that figure.
State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker says the price of fuel, now over $4 a gallon, has risen higher than pumps can calculate in some cases. Stations with non-digital fuel pumps can apply for half-pricing since older equipment can't compute prices higher than $3.999.
Signs advertising gas prices must still advertise the full price per gallon, but the price on the pump would be half that price. A sign on the pump would explain that the actual sale price is double the total amount displayed.
The half-pricing would be temporary, until the station received new computers.
The problem results from a national shortage of replacement computers.