[poobear]

"average family with two cars putting on a total of 30k per year, and each car averaging 20 mpg, an increase from $2.50 to $3.00 results in an extra $750 dollars in yearly gas costs."

Just an ignorant observation here, but it seems as long as the economy seems to absorb this 60 to 66 dollar a barrel, I don't see it EVER coming down to 35 or 40. Why would it? (Just an education from a small college in marketing/advertising and Bus/admin.)

[oceanview]

its because of credit cards. most people absorb these higher gas costs, because they buy gas on credit, and it just gets rolled into their debt load.

want to see some conservation - ban credit card purchases for fuel - cash or debit only.