May
24
2008
The Good Ol' Days
0The Good Ol' Days
According to GasBuddy the lowest gas price near me right now is $3.74 / gallon.
Gas in October of 2006 was about $2.10 / gallon.
So, for 20 gallons $78 v. $42 only about a 45% increase in 18 or so months. $36 per fill up difference, let's say 1x a week / 4x a month = $144 a month. When you bought your car.. would you have bought it if the monthly payment was $144 more a month?
Depressing..
For an extra kick in the nutz.. I found a posting I made on Feb 29, 2000 complaining about gas at $1.69. one sixty nine?! As compared to today.. that's a 230% difference in 8 years. Do you make 230% more now than you did in 2000? I sure don't.
Exxon Mobil earned more than $1287 of profit for every second of 2007. Current Stock price is $90.70. I'm all for capitalism and all.. but an $11.7 billion profit is obscene.
Ok.. that's enough rambling. It's not going to change anything..
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