Filling up my tank is one of those banal routines that sort of fade into my memory. I know I do it about once a week. There’s no escaping it, so I hit the closest gas station and pump 10 or so gallons worth of regular unleaded into my car. I don’t think twice about it. It’s not like I have a choice.
Today, it finally hit me: $2.99 a gallon?!!?
I’ve been hearing some folks spreading horrible rumors of paying $4 at the pump, but I figured they were talking about somewhere in California. WTF is going on here?!! I really thought you had to be out west to go find the cheap gas station and drop three bills for a gallon of gas.
Who is responsible for this?
Our oil stockpiles are up. The price of crude remains well below last year’s high of $78 (at $66) and the most *I* ever paid for gas last year was a couple of cents short of $3. Didn’t these fuckers make record profits in 2006?
WTF? Hook a brother up.
Shouldn’t the price gasoline, being a necessary commodity, be subject to more stringent regulations? Regulations that cut down on rampant profiteering?
I understand that a lot some of this money goes to R&D, but I also understand these motherfuckers get PAID. Maybe they could pump some of that surplus $$$ toward improving the country’s transportation infrastructure and public transportation systems. Lord knows a city like Miami needs something like this. Badly. You can’t get anywhere without a load of gas.
I wish I had the choice to jump on a subway to get to work. To get anywhere. The Metro doesn’t take me anywhere I need to be M-F/9-5ish. I’m not even going to mention the bus system here.
All I know is that I am relegated to driving. The stop & go. And now, the $2.99+ per gallon at the pump.
Posted by R. 
