Gasoline Prices
Gasoline prices are down and spring is around the corner. We RVers always wince when we fill those big tanks with gas! Good news this year compared to the last several years on the price for most of...
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Lest we never forget! Sep 11, 2001. I needed fuel in the morning on my way to work, I decided to wait till on my way home instead. Coming come, I couldn't find a gas station anywhere that did not have a line (at the very least), 1/4 mile long.
I past station after station, and each one, the prices were getting higher and higher. In the normal 30 minutes it took me to drive home, it took an hour and a half because of all the traffic mess caused by people lining up at the pumps.
I finally made it to about 1/2 mile from home, and on the corner was the gas station I'd frequented many times. There was a very short line compared to all the others I passed. Got in line, as as I was waiting, even at this station, the prices were raising every 5 minutes. (I'm not kidding).
I ended up filling up at $4.25 a gallon for low-grade regular! Absolutely unthinkable, but it happened.
I also remember there was a federal investigation shortly after this about "price gouging". Within a year, that same gas station was closed completely.
Every since that day, I have been thankful for anything less than $4.25 and hope it never goes that direction again!
I past station after station, and each one, the prices were getting higher and higher. In the normal 30 minutes it took me to drive home, it took an hour and a half because of all the traffic mess caused by people lining up at the pumps.
I finally made it to about 1/2 mile from home, and on the corner was the gas station I'd frequented many times. There was a very short line compared to all the others I passed. Got in line, as as I was waiting, even at this station, the prices were raising every 5 minutes. (I'm not kidding).
I ended up filling up at $4.25 a gallon for low-grade regular! Absolutely unthinkable, but it happened.
I also remember there was a federal investigation shortly after this about "price gouging". Within a year, that same gas station was closed completely.
Every since that day, I have been thankful for anything less than $4.25 and hope it never goes that direction again!
