I've Got Gas

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It makes no sense. It's summertime. Gas prices increase because with school out, more people go on vacation. We're at war. Prices go up. Hurricane, up again. Howard Stern quitting radio, up again. It's gonna rain on thursday, up again. Bangladesh is having it's annual pancake cook-off, up again. The new X-Box system released, gas prices up again. What other excuses will they come up with???
Here is the biggest mystery. If you're a retailer and you buy an item to resale. You base your price off of what you paid for it, not for what you're gonna pay for it in the future. Gas stations raise prices in anticipation of a price increase towards them. Basically, they're stealing. If you buy a tanker load of gas, the price per gallon should stay the same until you buy your next tanker load of gas. The government should regulate. I know, I know, the government should do this and that but who can tell them anything? They're getting their cut of the gas increase.
When will electric cars become a reality to comsumers? When will hybrid cars be reasonably priced. When will solar powered cars become a reality to consumers? Speaking of hybrid cars, I priced a hybrid toyota about a month ago. The car got twice as much gas mileage as the 4 cylinder models but at more than double the cost. I guess that's the price of technology. Let me not fail to mention that the hybrid car was the ugliest vehicle on 4 wheels that I've ever seen.

Sky-high gas prices will fall noticeably in the coming weeks, settling in at around 2.60 dollars per gallon by the end of the year, a federal energy official told a congressional panel. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050907/ts_alt_afp/usweatherenergyoilpolitics_050907074523
Bullshit. It will fall to $2.60 a gallon?