Signs of Our Times

5 thoughts on “Signs of Our Times”

1. Can somebody please tell me where in the U.S. Constitution it stipulates we have the right to cheap gasoline? Go check out prices in other countries if you think we are paying to much.

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2. If the price of gasoline is driven by supply and demand, one way we can help reduce the high price of gasoline is to consume less.

   – consolidate errands

   – turn off the engine when you are parked for longer than one minute

   – walk, bike, train

   – other suggestions?

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3. Higher prices at the pump may be here to stay. Certainly they’ve been lower in the US than in most developed countries. Consuming less fuel is a good idea no matter what the price of gas is, oil is not a renewable resource. Conservation should always be a consideration.

   My issue is unscrupulous price gouging. Last night while watching local news I was heartened to see some station owners locking their pumps, refusing to sell gas at the unjustifiably high prices that the oil companies are trying to ram down our throats. These owners are rebelling by simply refusing to sell gas and these people will lose thousands of dollars in business each day as a result of their actions. This rebellion may create temporary lines at the pump at those other gas stations which have no scruples. But I stress the word temporary. I filled up on Wednesday at $3.24/gal at my usual station near home. Five minutes later, driving to the market I went past a station, only two blocks away, selling the same quality gas for $3.09. Guess what? I will NEVER return to the station that charged me 5% more. I urge station owners to do what they can to resist gouging and car owners to permanently boycott those stations that are charging unnecessarily high prices.

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4. JB,
   I am curious if you ever noticed before a price differential between those 2 stations?  As a recent post to this sight showed, and from my own experience, a 5% variation in gas prices in “normal” times between stations in an area is pretty normal. 

   John

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5. John,
   Typically the percent spread between the two has been significantly narrower. The station with the much higher price on Wednesday usually has the lowest prices in Westport.
   There may be business-related circumstances that causes this station to have such high prices right now. But I don’t know what those reasons are.

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