[Spiff]

I thought it might be up to $6 already. I'm no prognostic, but I think it likely to get worse before it gets better, if ever. I try to keep my tank full, seldom let it go below half.

It is up that far in some places. This is from Atlanta, GA.

[Tuxedo]

How can they possibly justify that price?????

[bjs1779]

Wowie!

[rwfromkansas]

wow. It is just 2.75 here, though it is a small town with little competition. I am betting back home an hour east of here, it is at 3 bucks a gallon.

[Aliska]

I saw that. WOW! Glad I don't live in Atlanta, but the way things have been before this, it wouldn't be the healthiest part of the country to live in. If things get too far out of conrol, there will be more problems and the govt will have to put a cap on it somehow. More govt intervention, I know, but we will see rioting and plundering if it gets much worse. They are already stealing it however they can all over the country, and Europeans have been paying much more than we have had to pay for a long time.

I don't care to speculate where it will go from here.

Odd that it was my bp station I called for the latest prices I posted.

[conservativebabe]

I just got home from being in my car and I heard a very interesting interview on KBJD 1650 AM in Denver. Sorry, I did not catch the name of the host nor the guest, but the guest is a professor at CU (not a conservative university, as you know). He has been studying hurricaines for over 50 years.

The host asked him to respond to those allegations from the likes of RFK Jr, Germany, etc. who blame Bush and the U.S. for failure to sign on to Kioto protocals.

He said, as we all know, that it is utterly ridiculous. Changes in global warming happen cyclically, severity of storms change cyclically due to oceanic rotation changes, and that anyone trying to put blame on people is just playing politics.

He agreed that the globe has warmed since the 70's but it will cool again also, just as it always has.

In actuality, he says, we have been lucky that we have not had a storm of this magnitude since Camille or Andrew. This storm was worse than those though, because in Camille and Andrew, the center was tightly wound but the outer swirls were not, making the area covered much smaller. In the case of Katrina, the center as well as the outer swirls were tight, covering much more area.

They have been predicting the vulnerability of NO for 50 years, and the simple fact, sadly, is that their luck ran out.

Sorry if you all find this boring, but I thought it was very interesting and enlightening.

This professor basically took all the wind out of the global warming argument. Even though the Earth has warmed, it would have absolutely NO effect on storms.