Seriously...where IS the lube? Gas prices have risen, what, 30 cents in the last couple of weeks. What is wrong with our country? I remember going to the gas pump and paying 89 cents. At one point, when I lived in Hawaii, I was paying $1.30 and thought that was outrageous (when everyone else was only paying 99 cents). Where have those days gone? I would give anything to pay $1.30 for a gallon of gas. Crap, at this point, I would give anything to pay $2.00 for a gallon of gas.
Apparently some are saying at this rate, by next summer we will be paying $4.00 a gallon. At what point does someone do something? It makes me angry every time I go to the pump. I guess what makes me so angry is I can't do anything about it. I basically just have to bend over and take it in the ass...without any lube! How much is lube?
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The strange thing is, when oil first shot to $80, then $90 per barrel, the price of gas stayed pretty much the same. The price of gas has gradually risen. In the past, they would immediately reflect price changes in oil futures at the gas pump. They would lways say it was supply/demand driving the price of gas. They're full of it. Just look up how many billions of dollars profit the oil companies made last QUARTER, and the quarter before that, and so on. They make more profit in a quarter than other well-performing companies gross in a year.
The one example my economics professor used to give whenever he said "in the short term" or "in th elong term" was gas and cars. People must absorb the increased price of gas until they can afford a more fuel efficient car. I don't know very many people who are saving up for a more fuel efficient car. I don't see people petitioning for more public transportation (where I live). People must like to take it up the rear. I started carpooling with a neighbor. I fill up my tank twice a month.
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