Still $1.75 a gallon for regular around Pgh. Irritates me to no end. I need to fill my gas guzzling F150!
I should have been more clear....I love my gas guzzling F150. It's the prices that irk me.
If you can afford an F150, do you really care if you spend another $1.75 up or down on a fill up? Sheesh. I never understood why people get all a-twitter re gas prices.
Environmentalists have dictated the price of energy for awhile -- certain grades of gasoline have to be supplied in certain markets -- California and Arizona.
The other factor is state/local taxes -- the NorthEast and MidAtlantic states have had too many liberal politicians for too long.
I don't think Exxon/Mobil or Chevron/Texaco have had their stocks go through the roof -- not like some other industries -- when prices soar.
Natural Gas is in good shape -- we have ample storage for the winter months, and the price is an incentive to keep US production high. Also, North Slope Alaska is looking to starting sending Natural Gas down the pipeline eventually.
The other thing that should help in a year or two is ANWR in Alaska.
But there are moratoriums on drilling for oil in California and Florida -- so consumers have no right to complain when US Companies cannot produce oil here in the US because of Environmental Wackos.