I don't know what's happening in your area, but gas prices here in SoCal have headed for the roof again....and yet the price of a barrel of oil DROPS!! I was going to write about this last week, but got sidetracked. Even though the prices have started to come back down again, two weeks ago we had a real spike in prices. A gallon of Arco regular hit 4.499 a gallon, and for no apparent reason.
When I was in Vegas, I was surprised to see the price of gas at under 4.00$ a gallon. I guess the oil companies in SoCal feel that the prices are going to fall, so they might as well gouge us as much as possible before the bottom falls out and we go under $4 a gallon also.
Today I paid $4.299 a gallon even though I knew there were prices a lot lower, but I was running on fumes and had no choice but to get some gas. At least I didn't fill up! Sure enough, on my way home, I passed another Arco that was 10c a gallon cheaper. I guess they feel if they jack up the prices now, and lower them just before Memorial Day, we'll feel like we're getting a bargain.
I just feel that Congress will never help us with these high prices even though it's quite obvious that the oil companies fix prices and should be subject to anti trust laws. What was Congress thinking when they let all these oil companies merge...that we were going to get lower prices? Yeah right!
When I was in Vegas, I was surprised to see the price of gas at under 4.00$ a gallon. I guess the oil companies in SoCal feel that the prices are going to fall, so they might as well gouge us as much as possible before the bottom falls out and we go under $4 a gallon also.
Today I paid $4.299 a gallon even though I knew there were prices a lot lower, but I was running on fumes and had no choice but to get some gas. At least I didn't fill up! Sure enough, on my way home, I passed another Arco that was 10c a gallon cheaper. I guess they feel if they jack up the prices now, and lower them just before Memorial Day, we'll feel like we're getting a bargain.
I just feel that Congress will never help us with these high prices even though it's quite obvious that the oil companies fix prices and should be subject to anti trust laws. What was Congress thinking when they let all these oil companies merge...that we were going to get lower prices? Yeah right!
