As a consumer, that is true. I would also like milk at 89 cents a gallon. But the free market controls the price. As long as consumers continue to spend on fuel at the rate we do, the prices will not change. The price of anything is set at the maximum you will pay as a consumer.Tanya said:It's probably true that we are in line with inflation, but it's still BS. inflation should be gradual, not an overnight assraping. In 2000 I remember $1.08 for regular... in 2001 we drove from FL to Mass, it was still $0.89 for gas in So. Georgia. It's only been the last few years, especially after the hurricanes, that the prices have skyrocketed.
I'm not bored enough to see how fast previous gas prices jumped in the 80s, lol sorry.
So a massive drop in price is fine, but a massive spike in prices isnt?
And gas prices dropped drastically in the 80's. They didn't jump. In 80 it was as high as 1.25 locally. By 1987 it was as low as 65 cents locally.