Living with $4 a gallon gas. If you live in a city say in Europe you might think, "Well. Just get a bike or take a train or bus." However, if you live in the western United States it isn't always that easy. First of all, the US is very big and people unfortunately got into the habit of working in a city and living about an hour away by car in a nice suburb away from the smog. This is now creating chaos in a whole lot of middle class lives because driving back and forth that far is no longer affordable 5 days a week. If you also understand that gas was around $1.20 a gallon in 1992 then you can see the Western United States, especially California with high gas taxes now has regular from $4 to 4.35 a gallon and premium from $4.35 a gallon all the way up to $4.75 a gallon or more and I expect to hear or see premium being sold for $5 a gallon somewhere within my state within the next 30 days or so. This will make a 500 percent increase in the price of gas by late summer compared to 1992. This is definitely a monkey wrench into the gears of not only efficient America but the whole world. God help those worldwide without resources or friends with resources the next year or more.
Note:I just saw on CNN the first $5 a gallon gas prices in Gorda, California. 9:30am pdt 4-25-08
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