On my way home from work, there were huge lines at a few stations. The one in my small town where I work...It was still 2.49/gal. But there had to have been abou 150 cars lined up there and all thru the plaza parking lot. Then someone drove up thru the other entrance and cut someone off to get in line. The light then tirned green, so I don't know what happened then. Then the next light, about 3 miles up the road, gas was 3.19/gal. And that was the cheap gas.
This is soo insane.
Here is a little interesting thought.... Someone on one of the local news station had this to say in a nutshell... That for every 3 dollars per 1 gallon of gas, we pay 1/2 of that in just tax. So really, we are paying $1.50 for gas and $1.50 in tax. (don't know if that is true or what...) The Pres wants to let out the supply he has, which is only 4 or 5 dAys worth, and is a very short term quick fix. So the reporter wanted to know then, why don't they just give us a tax break on gas, while we are in this crisis? And that would help millions more people for a longer amount of time.
Now, I am not saying that this is what should be done, but I do think it is very interseting and anything and every idea should be considered. $3.00 for 1 gallon of gas is insane and I hope they do come up with a long term solution. Gas was going way up even before "Katrina", so this was a major issue before the storm. And higher gas prices for me means, not shopping a whole lot, no traveling, budgeting more on groceries and cutting way back on fun things. Such as no going out to dinner, no movies, no baseball games, etc...which means we will not be helping the economy. People will make some major cutbacks on things.
Something needs to be done.
Sorry for rambling on!!!!