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Gotta love the gas price!

October 4th, 2011 at 12:52 pm

Well, I guess you do anyway. I paid $3.229 this morning. It's heading in the right direction, as it usually does this time of year.

I remember when gas first hit the $2.00 mark. My wife, and not-quite 1 year old infant and I were heading to my cousin's high school graduation party. If my daughter was not quite one, then that was June 2003. $2.00 seemed like the most extremely exorbitant price imaginable. Now that would seem like peanuts.

Around the time my wife and I graduated college, and were just starting out (1997 or 1998 timeframe) gas was around $1.20. I knew that was extremely cheap and wouldn't last, because I also remember when I was a young kid in the '70s that gas was around $1.15. But I never imagined that gas would triple or more over the course of the next dozen years.

It just seems like gas is volatile with wide and dramatic swings. I know that there are a lot of geo-political factors in effect (Arab Spring, demand from China and India, and world-wide markets all playing a part), but it sure would be nice if we could reach some sort of stable price point.

Posted in Budgeting | 3 Comments »

3 Responses to “Gotta love the gas price!”

  1. jewels3 Says:
    October 4th, 2011 at 01:14 pm 1317734052
    1317734052

    In 1998 we lived in Chicago but would travel to Wisconsin for the weekends. Wisconsin gas was 99 cents a gallon, and gas in Chicago was $1.22/gallon, and we felt ripped off by having to pay so much more. LOL! Would love to pay 1.22 now! We are at 3.21 here in central Florida

  2. CB in the City Says:
    October 4th, 2011 at 01:45 pm 1317735946
    1317735946

    i remember when they had to change all the gas pumps so they could charge $1.00! I also remember when you could get gas for .25 a gallon -- but only during a gas war.

  3. Jerry Says:
    October 16th, 2011 at 05:36 pm 1318786611
    1318786611

    It's even more expensive here in Europe, of course, and it leads people to all sorts of different things... public transportation, propane/methane vehicles (which costs about half the price of gasoline), etc. We sold our cars when we moved here, and while we do miss the convenience of travel-at-will, we don't miss the costs of insurance, fuel, maintenance, etc.
    Jerry

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