$3.97.9
That’s what gasoline cost yesterday (Tuesday, April 26, 2011) at Wilson Farms on 5&20 in West Bloomfield.
“Probably the last time I buy gasoline at less than $4 per gallon,” I thought.
Seems a month ago it was about $3.21.9, and I was telling our investment-advisor “I go by the price of gasoline, not the Dow-Jones.”
The price of gas seems to indicate the viability of the economy.
If we’re bouncing back, the gas-price inches up.
Now things seem to be out of control.
The Dow-Jones goes down, yet the price of gas jumps, often by leaps and bounds.
“Turmoil in the oil patch,” we’re told.
Well yes, but we’re also told there’s no oil crisis; that speculators are running up the price of oil.
Even the REPUBLICANS seem to be reversing course.
House-Speaker John Boehner, a staunch defender of the oil industry, is saying maybe it’s time to stop subsidizing the oil industry, end the depletion allowance.
I don’t drive a gas-hog, and don’t drive much. I’m not in my car every minute, driving when I can walk.
But we’re out in the boondocks. Everything is a 15-25 minute car-trip; into Rochester is 45 minutes.
Our moving out here presumed auto-travel. Public transit in the boondocks is essentially nonexistent.
The oil industry has us hooked.
As do speculators inflating the oil-price.
Boehner is also saying Obama can’t be re-elected if the price of gas keeps climbing.
“That depends on who he’s running against,” I shout.
And the REPUBLICANS have yet to present a viable alternative.
Donald Trump is a joke.
As if taking over the oil-patch is a solution to our problems.
Trump should stick to glitzy overpriced hotels and gambling.
• “5&20” is the main east-west road (a two-lane highway) through our area; State Route 5 and U.S. Route 20, both on the same road. 5&20 is just south of where we live. It used to be the main road across Western New York before the Thruway. (We live in the small rural town of West Bloomfield in Western NY, southeast of Rochester.)
“Probably the last time I buy gasoline at less than $4 per gallon,” I thought.
Seems a month ago it was about $3.21.9, and I was telling our investment-advisor “I go by the price of gasoline, not the Dow-Jones.”
The price of gas seems to indicate the viability of the economy.
If we’re bouncing back, the gas-price inches up.
Now things seem to be out of control.
The Dow-Jones goes down, yet the price of gas jumps, often by leaps and bounds.
“Turmoil in the oil patch,” we’re told.
Well yes, but we’re also told there’s no oil crisis; that speculators are running up the price of oil.
Even the REPUBLICANS seem to be reversing course.
House-Speaker John Boehner, a staunch defender of the oil industry, is saying maybe it’s time to stop subsidizing the oil industry, end the depletion allowance.
I don’t drive a gas-hog, and don’t drive much. I’m not in my car every minute, driving when I can walk.
But we’re out in the boondocks. Everything is a 15-25 minute car-trip; into Rochester is 45 minutes.
Our moving out here presumed auto-travel. Public transit in the boondocks is essentially nonexistent.
The oil industry has us hooked.
As do speculators inflating the oil-price.
Boehner is also saying Obama can’t be re-elected if the price of gas keeps climbing.
“That depends on who he’s running against,” I shout.
And the REPUBLICANS have yet to present a viable alternative.
Donald Trump is a joke.
As if taking over the oil-patch is a solution to our problems.
Trump should stick to glitzy overpriced hotels and gambling.
• “5&20” is the main east-west road (a two-lane highway) through our area; State Route 5 and U.S. Route 20, both on the same road. 5&20 is just south of where we live. It used to be the main road across Western New York before the Thruway. (We live in the small rural town of West Bloomfield in Western NY, southeast of Rochester.)
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