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Our local news stations all have people searching for the cheapest gas and then they broadcast the lowest gas prices. They just announced that yesterday, one of the places they announced sold out of gas and had huge lines! The "cheapest" place they found was $1.959 (why don't they just make it $1.96 and drop the 9/1000 of a cent? never got that!). The gas station where I usually go is at $2.08, but I'm going to one of those cheap ones today.
Gov. Granholm (Mich) is a real stickler on these things.. she had the Attorney General press charges against gas stations that engaged in price gouging during the black out and was Attorney General during 9/11 and pressed charges for gouging then. She is openly questioning the need for the rapid increases when our national store is higher than it's ever been and the oil companies are reporting record profits.
Just wait, won't be long before this affects everything, because the cost of shipping affects all deliveries and will lead to inflation in every area.
While there is no good mass transit in Detroit, I have considered talking to a few coworkers who live near me about carpooling. It's hard when you all work different hours though. I drive 25 miles each way and have a Cavlalier (30 mpg).
Dee
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