Looking for the cheapest gas in town? Try the Internet.
For those of you looking at going to buy a draft horse to pull your car around with,
Hay has doubled in price this year for the first cutting due to the high fuel cost.

You can't actually buy gas online, but Web resources can help you find the cheapest fill-up in town.
Rising prices have sparked a whole network of sites that post and continually update gas prices at stations
 across the country.

Among them, GasPriceWatch.com and Gaswatch.info help people track pump prices.
 But the most comprehensive of the bunch is GasBuddy.com, which includes a network of 174 local sites, complete with maps and message boards, that tally gas price by zip code.

 Use the Internet to take control.


They lowered the prices for the 2 weeks over the 4th so people
 would travel more just to let you feel good and independent ....now...
. 20 cent increase since last week I heard "the excuse" was a refinery is down.....



The prices below are for regular gasoline as of 7/11/2007 8:40:18 AM local time.
Show average prices by metro area
Area              Average Price  
New Jersey         2.780    
South Carolina    2.790    
Virginia               2.840    
Tennessee           2.850    
Delaware            2.853    
Alabama            2.856    
Louisiana           2.867    
Pennsylvania      2.880    
New Hampshire 2.880    
Mississippi         2.887    
Georgia             2.900    
North Carolina   2.906    
Massachusetts    2.919    
Maryland           2.927    
Arizona             2.927    
Florida              2.936    
Wyoming          2.953    
Vermont           2.957    
Arkansas          2.959    
Oregon             2.979    
Texas               2.994    
Kentucky         2.996    
Maine              2.999    
Rhode Island    3.003    
Alaska              3.009    
Nevada             3.010    
Montana            3.033    
Washington       3.035    
Missouri            3.039    
Idaho                3.040    
Utah                 3.075    
California          3.092    
West Virginia    3.093    
New York        3.113    
Ohio                 3.116    
Indiana              3.119    
Colorado            3.129    
Oklahoma          3.152    
Illinois               3.164    
Iowa                 3.174    
South Dakota    3.187    
North Dakota    3.193    
Minnesota         3.207    
Connecticut       3.214    
New Mexico    3.218    
Wisconsin         3.223    
Kansas              3.239    
Nebraska          3.273    
Hawaii               3.353    
Michigan            3.371    No wonder the state economy is suffering. Paying outrageous prices for gas.
 Why not have the highest gas prices it goes with our high unemployment rates!
We're #1 er 50 depends on how you look at it I guess.

Just so I don't feel bad, (I live in Michigan) in Germany gas cost's over $7 a gallon,



Warning....
"If you're smart, you'll put that debit card away..."
Your debit card might be a convenient way to pay for gas, but it's a no-win proposition.
When you swipe a debit card at the pump, the bank doesn't know how much money you'll be spending
 until you've finished pumping.
So to make sure you have the funds to cover the purchase, some stations ask banks to automatically
 set aside some of your money: That amount used to be $20, but with gas prices going up, stations
have started asking banks to hold $50, even $100.
That means even if you just topped off your tank for $10, you could be out $100 until the station sends
 over its bulk transactions, which can take up to three days.
 If your funds are running low, you might end up bouncing a check in the meantime —
even though you had the money in your account.

Unfortunately, paying inside with your debit card isn't much of a solution either.
 Many banks charge their customers between 50 cents and $1 for the privilege of using their debit card
in any PIN-based transaction.
The American Bankers Association estimates only 13% of consumers pay these fees,
 but critics say the practice is on the rise and consumers are often unaware of these charges.

keep your speed between 55 and 65 most of the way and it will save gas. On avg. 16% more Gasoline is needed to drive at 50 MPH than at 40 MPH, and 34% more gasoline to drive 60 MPH than at 40 MPH, and if you drive 70 MPH it will take 56% than 40 MPH.


NOW  WERE GOING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS.....
Six U.S. senators want the comptroller general of the General Accountability Office to conduct a study

AN ANALYSIS  ON THE HIGH COST: The market is now under federal investigation...
Many have questioned for years the way  prices are set, and now the federal government is doing the same.

Six U.S. senators want the comptroller general of the General Accountability Office (GAO)
 to conduct a study on the cheese market and its role in federal milk pricing.

The study pointed out what many market watchers have believed all along:
Such market is easily manipulated by powerful influences that can inflate
or depress prices simply by moving product onto or off the selling floor.

Block cheddar cheese—the benchmark for mozzarella and other cheeses—
reached $2.08 a pound Thursday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange,
 up 78 percent from $1.17 a pound a year ago.
 Industry observers attribute the price surge to strong demand and higher production prices—
from the cost of milk to the cost for dairy farmers to feed their herds
(What next?  The cows had to be shut down for cleaning or something?)

We’ve all heard experts say the cheese market roller coaster ride is hilly and harrowing
because of shifts in supply and demand.
 But as a study published in 1996 showed, throughout the 1980s and ‘90s,
 big cheese buyers and sellers have successfully steered the market in directions
that profited them alone.
(I wonder where they ever got that idea from?)

The six U.S. senators question its integrity of  the operation.
 Among the senators’ questions: How is the market structured and operated?
How does it facilitate price discovery, fairness, and integrity and deter manipulation and other abuses? …
 What are the risks of price manipulation?
Is there any evidence of buyers and sellers acting in the reverse of that expected in bona fide transactions?


Anyone else think the senators have bigger fish to fry both at home and abroad that truly need accountability?

It is not the consumers fault that the oil company have not made the necessary investments
 in refinery's  why should consumers be made to pay the price for their ill planing.
 I don't know of any other business that could say we screwed up so your going to pay more.