This image was taken on May 24 at a gas station in Ocotillo, which is at least 30 miles from any other civilization whatsoever. Hence the price gouging. The price was absurd -- roughly 50 cents more than any other gas station in San Diego. In fact, this is the highest gas price I've ever seen in my entire life, including the summer I spent in France in 1998, when/where (according to this document) gas was 3.70 Euros per gallon, or roughly $4.33 USD.
IS IT NOT RIDICULOUS that Americans are only now paying what Europeans paid for gasoline TEN YEARS AGO?!
On May 31, merely one week after witnessing the $4.50 per gallon atrocity, I drove past a gas station not two miles from my home selling the petroleum fuel for $4.25 per gallon. And today, that same gas station has reached the VERY PRICE of ten-years-ago-French-gas, $4.33 USD per gallon.
So...I'm selling my car. I'm not trading it in, I'm not buying a new one, I'm just getting rid of it.
In Southern California, this is absolutely unheard of, because we NEED our cars; so everyone's reactions have been absolutely hilarious. "What are you going to do?!" "How will you get around?!?" "How will you buy groceries???!" "What if it rains!!" To which I have responded, "Walk, or ride a bicycle." "Public transportation." "That's what bike baskets are for." "It turns out, I don't melt!"
4 comments:
Important points here. I blogged over from your knitting blog.
I moved to the US 3yrs ago and we have been paying these prices in Europe for years. It is interesting to see people's perspective change here now they too are paying more for gas. Just hope that we don't reach $10 like they have back home!
Wow...good for you! :)
Let me know if you need to borrow a car... seeing as I have two. :)
I would love to bus to work. I would have to drive to a bus stop, though, which seems stupid, doesn't it? I can see myself moving from the burbs to the city eventually. Look forward to getting rid of our second car.
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