Gas Prices

[Rocky]

Yeah , gas is killing me and my family as well. With a 20 minute drive into work monday through friday, I have pretty much no money to myself... My mom is getting rid of her Durango for a brand new Accord to drive around, while my Alero is doing ok, but it holds next to nothing in the storage tank compartment, so I always have to fill up. It's about 3.78/gallon where I live, but the most rediculous part about it is that the gas companies are STILL MAKING RECORD PROFITS OFF OF GAS!! They believe that the economy is in an "upswing" so they feel the need to charge as much money as they please to 'cushion' themselves when the economy "cools off." Like really? Where do they get their facts from? It's sad that our president will do nothing about it since that is how his family became wealthy, so good luck on using some executive action. Also, quite a few house and senate representatives have gotten some nice funds to get elected for their positions, so no luck there at all. There is little to nothing to do to fight against it, since we all need gas sooner or later.

[Crazy Chocobo]

Yeah, it's starting to get to all of us now I think. It is for us, we can't afford to drive down to Ipswich twice a week now. We used to go twice a week sometimes, once for grocery shopping and once for just window shopping or a few odds and ends. I don't think we will be doing that as much now unless someone has to see a doctor or something of course. It sucks, it really does and it's ridiculous. My father said it might even come to grocery shopping once a fortnight, I have no idea how we could do that. We might have to start shopping locally, fortunately there's a grocery store about fifteen minutes away in another country town we visit occasionally. How are people meant to drive around anymore? Nobody can afford it! People have to drive to work every day, they are going to suffer from it. My brother's work is an hour away so that doesn't help either.

Damn these petrol prices.