Or you are filling your gas tank...
Buying a TV or computer as well, for that matter.
Have you seen the price of TVs & Computers recently? TVs have been dropping non stop for the last 2 years straight. Computer prices continue to drop AND get way faster. You can buy 2 GB of GREAT DDR2 RAM for $70 now. Last year at this time, it would have been $250. You can buy laptops now for $500 and a desktop for $300 (or $350 with a monitor) that's actually pretty decent. The same computers 2 years ago would have been over $2,000.
Well maybe drilling in AK and FL will finally happen.