Gas Prices (sp)Ike

OK, it's not like we didn't expect it to happen - and darned if the gas stations didn't sink to our expectations. Yes, I know it all goes back to those greedy idiots on Wall Street getting rich by driving oil prices up - but I can only grumble to the poor slobs sticking it to me out here. The annoying thing is, that once the hurricane leaves and everyone sees that oil and gas production is just fine, prices won't drop back down like they should. I read about it in the paper - oil is continuing the down hill price slide - yet gas is up. In some ways it doesn't really matter too much, because we - as a nation - are using less gas. On a personal level, my truck stays parked most of the time (12.7 MPG is not something you drive very often - the 2 year old truck only has 5100 miles on it). I drive my PT Cruiser only when I have to go somewhere when the weather is questionable (or I'm carrying something that doesn't fit in the saddlebags of the Harley). Most of our family's driving gets done in the wife's new Camry hybrid. She says she fills the tank once every other week now, instead of every week. If and when I go back to working full time, the truck is going to get traded in on another hybrid (35 MPG beats the stuffing out of 12.7).

Only I'll get blue instead of red...