OK, after today I might have to stop defending gas stations...local station up 20 cents since yesterday morning to $3.19/gal.. Remind me again why gas already in the underground tank at the gas station should go up 20 cents. (The station in question did not get a delivery in this time period).
Because the station owner has to buy his next delivery at a higher price. He either charges more, or he closes his station and you trundle down the road another mile in search of another station.
-ccm