Maybe this is a stupid question---don't bash me if it is....
I am NOT real "learned" on how it all works, but...Bush and Cheney BOTH have interest in oil...
I knew Bush did, but a friend told me yesterday that Cheney did too....could this be part of our gas hikes? Are they getting richer as we pay for the gas we HAVE to buy to get to work etc?
But, I did also hear on the news, that part of the recent hike in gas prices was due to the hurricanes-we couldn't get it shipped here or something like that b/c of all the bad weather.
I agree that the price is outrageous! I won't tell how much ours is, because it is less than ya'll because we are small and rural....
BUT-it is close to ya'll-and our cost of living all around is probably less....especially after hearing some of your vet costs!
Luckily, I can fill my "mommy-mobile" up and go for at least two weeks on it, depending on how many grocery trips etc. Emily's pre-school, Mitchell's school, and my school-are all less than a mile from my house. I go up to the church several times a week-that is about 5 miles away-the groceries in town are about 5 miles away-if I go to Walmart, it is about 12 miles away....I can really make a tank of gas last!
But, hubby on the other hand drives over 100 miles round trip a day-and often goes out of town 3 or more hours away 2-4 times a month. His gas KILLS us! He also drives an older SUV-which guzzles the gas, but it is paid off...and still runs...so we are sticking with it for now. In January, he is going to start driving the "mommy-mobile" to work, and I am going to drive the Explorer. It has 160,000+ miles on it, and we don't know how many more 100+ miles a day it can do.