Harry Krause wrote:
Gas prices up to record high

Locally-
It's actually down about 40-50 cents a gallon from just a few weeks
ago. I paid as much as $3.90 a gallon (for high test) at roadside gas
stations in June. That giant price was up in Bellingham, which is only
a few miles from a couple of huge oil refineries so obviously it
included the high cost of transporting the product. :-)

I can now buy gas anywhere now for $3.15- $3.30. That now seems like a
relative bargain, (which is the goal of all the psychological games
they're playing, IMO, with gas pricing). I'm sure the general idea is
to condition us that "high prices" don't really begin until we're at
$4/gallon.

So according to some, the supply of gasoline must have loosened up
considerably in the last few weeks. Makes sense, with another major war
flaring up and the summer driving season at its zenith? Not to me. But
I'm just an old skeptic on this issue.

I thought the pre-election ease up of gasoline prices wouldn't begin
until after Labor Day, but maybe BIG OIL thinks their preferred
political candidates are in serious enough trouble that a little good
news, (like gas "back down" to $3) is in order.

I just wish they'd find some time instead of early summer to screw with
our heads over gas prices each year. (Puts a lot of people off of
buying and enjoying boats).