E!! » per gallon http://www.elizabethcrum.com Elizabeth Crum on Nevada and the nation Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:35:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Wait Just a Cotton Pickin’ Minute http://www.elizabethcrum.com/2008/08/11/wait-just-a-cotton-pickin-minute/ http://www.elizabethcrum.com/2008/08/11/wait-just-a-cotton-pickin-minute/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:40:43 +0000 E!! http://elizabethcrum.blogivists.com/?p=78 When gas prices fell below $4.00 a gallon, did anyone else feel a fleeting moment of happiness, quickly followed by this thought:  ”Hey, how is it that I feel GOOD about paying $3.85 a gallon for gas?!” 

The fact is, we’ve been gouged into thinking that anything under $4.00 a gallon is good.  To bring yourself back to reality, see this graphic.  To do something about it, go here.

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The fact is, we’ve been gouged into thinking that anything under $4.00 a gallon is good.  To bring yourself back to reality, see this graphic.  To do something about it, go here.

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