| I am glad I live only about 8 blocks from | | | | what! |
| work! I remember the first time it cost me | | | | |
| $30 to fill up my car, and then $40 for a | | | | California is home to the nation's highest |
| tank full, and then more recently $50. My son | | | | gas price, $3.87 for regular unleaded; diesel |
| who lives on the West coast, has now | | | | is pushing $4.43 a gallon, according to Troy |
| experienced the $75 a tank fill up. And | | | | Green, with AAA. San Francisco is the most |
| that's the GOOD NEWS! The bad news is that | | | | expensive city at $3.97 a gallon. However, a |
| before we crash the world's economy with $125 | | | | drive around the city shows many stations |
| a barrel oil, we'll probably see it cost $100 | | | | have jumped over $4. |
| to fill up your car. In fact the $100 fill up | | | | |
| is here now. | | | | The national average for regular unleaded is |
| | | | $3.53 and rising daily. Last year at this |
| But if you're driving a big rig you know it | | | | time, it was $2.86 per gallon. According to |
| takes hundreds of dollars to fill up. And if | | | | AAA, 24 states and the District of Columbia |
| you're driving a passenger van pulling a | | | | are averaging at or above $3.50 a gallon for |
| trailer the $100 fill up has already come. | | | | regular unleaded. The state with the lowest |
| Here's a specific example. | | | | gas is New Jersey, at $3.34 per gallon. |
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| Noel Bosse and Ken Davis watch as the numbers | | | | This years oil spike is going to kill the |
| keep spinning at the gas pump -- 70 bucks, 80 | | | | goose laying those golden eggs! |
| bucks. Gulp, guzzle, then it stops: $101 for | | | | |
| about 25 gallons. The $100 fill-up has | | | | This year's record high gas prices -- coupled |
| arrived in the United States. Bosse and Davis | | | | with a slow economy and the mortgage crisis |
| are returning from Las Vegas, Nevada, heading | | | | -- have had a cascading effect. A person |
| back to their home near Seattle, Washington. | | | | making $9 an hour needs to work nearly seven |
| They're pulling a trailer full of Arabian | | | | hours just to pay for 15 gallons at $4 a |
| horses in their passenger van. The 1,200-mile | | | | gallon, according to CNN.com's gas |
| trek is costing nearly $1 a mile. Bosse says | | | | calculator. In other words, you're working |
| they're averaging 200 miles every fill-up, or | | | | one day a week just to pay for gas! |
| 10 miles to the gallon. | | | | |
| | | | How long do you think the economy can handle |
| And just think, we get to add FOOD RATIONING | | | | that? Not long! |
| to our life now as well. Is life good or | | | | |