Our dear old "buddies" at Big Oil raised prices to $4 a gallon, well, $3.99.9 actually. But, some of us are fully aware that $3.99.9 is really $4!!! To think that putting 10 gallons in your tank now costs $40, excuse me, $39.99.
Something we're quite proud of around here is that CHICAGO has the MOST expensive gas in the US with a $4.07 average with all those taxes. One Chicago BP station has it at $4.50. Unfortunately, those high prices also extend out in the burbs. It is very high in Cook County (in which Chicago is located).
Yesterday, two gas stations in Fox Lake, Illinois, were at $4, one was at $3.94, and one at the cheap price of $3.92 and were there ever lines at the pumps. Spring Grove's one station was also $4.
Across the US, the average is $3.79 a gallon, up 17 cents in the last two weeks. Gas in Fox Lake at the beginning of May was $3.70. That's a 30 cent INCREASE!! And in 21 DAYS!!! Come on BIG OIL and MINIONs. Give us a BREAK!!!
Last year, gas in Fox Lake was a riduculously high $3.12 (although that rip-off is looking better and better) and had risen to $3.57 by May 23rd before dropping off--gradually of course. Maybe, with their $4 GOAL attained now, they will start finding reasons to let the price drop, much the same way they find dubious reasons to raise it.
I know these figures because I have been keeping track of gas prices the last five years when it became apparent Big Oil was going to go for the gold. So, I know.
Something's Rotten in the US and it Has Nothing to Do with B.O. Body Odor.
--One Mad Horny Toad!!!
Being an account of some things I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and reflections on my past, especially music.
Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
No comments:
Post a Comment