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