[Bernard]

It went over $4.00 per gallon earlier this week in the Chicago suburbs. And $4.39 this morning at the station in the city I drove past.

And, no, this is NOT the time to use the strategic reserve. This is the time to drill locally in the US and increase the world supply of an interchangeable commodity; open new refineries not just in Hurricane Alley but other parts of the country; and let the market pick the winners in the alternative fuels development.

[Mr. Lucky]

E-85 was $1.03 under 87 octane this morning in Bargersville, Indiana. I feel so guilty using it knowing that it deprives some poor 3rd world resident of his daily need for corn starch.