Did gas just jump 50 cents overnight?

[Skink]

I went to get some 2.75 cent gas this morning and it was 3.26. So i went a mile further to a Citgo and it was still 2.75.

HMMMM:wtf:

[Greyhound]

1. A culture of accountability and the "ownership society". n/t

[B Calm]

2. The republican congress looked into price gouging and

didn't find anything.

[LSK]

3. no, it jumped $2.00 overnight

If you count 5 years overnight.

Lets do a little math here.

Say the average driver drives 100 miles per week. Thats 400 miles per month. Lets just say 500 miles to include a vacation or something out of the ordinary. So 500 miles per month = 6000 miles per year.

Now lets assume that the driver gets 20mpg. Thats 300 gallons.

With gas at $1.00 (Clinton years) thats $300/yr on gas.

With gas at $3.00 (today) thats $900/yr on gas.

So it can be said that is an extra $600 per year per car that every American must now pay.

[burythehatchet]

4. most people I know drive about 12,000 miles / year