Minnie's Mate
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 15, 2000
If you will be traveling through Georgia during the summer months, don't expect $1.38/gallon. We, too, have a "summer mix" of gasoline and the price always goes up during the summer months and usually drops after the summer is over.
I really don't want to make this a political debate, but mention was made that the price of gas has gone up since we got a new president. The price of gas had begun to escalate before the election. I recall our former president was considering temporarily discontinuing the federal gasoline tax (only about $.05/gallon) to reduce the cost of gas. He also, if you recall, released a large quantity of the Nation's fuel reserves to lower the cost by increasing the supply. This temporary infusion has been used up and the supply vs. demand has caused an increased in the rate of cost escalation.
Whether the shortage is real or fabricated is anyone's guess. My wife drives an Expedition and I drive an F-150 pick-up and neither of us is happy about the price of gasoline these days, but fuel economy was not our primary criteria for selecting the vehicles we drive. Again, I'm not trying to start a debate over SUV's vs. economy cars so please don't flame me on this one. Debates belong on the Debate Board .
I really don't want to make this a political debate, but mention was made that the price of gas has gone up since we got a new president. The price of gas had begun to escalate before the election. I recall our former president was considering temporarily discontinuing the federal gasoline tax (only about $.05/gallon) to reduce the cost of gas. He also, if you recall, released a large quantity of the Nation's fuel reserves to lower the cost by increasing the supply. This temporary infusion has been used up and the supply vs. demand has caused an increased in the rate of cost escalation.
Whether the shortage is real or fabricated is anyone's guess. My wife drives an Expedition and I drive an F-150 pick-up and neither of us is happy about the price of gasoline these days, but fuel economy was not our primary criteria for selecting the vehicles we drive. Again, I'm not trying to start a debate over SUV's vs. economy cars so please don't flame me on this one. Debates belong on the Debate Board .