Gas at the pump hits $4.00 a gallon.

I became used to coordinating my trips, and stopped running all over town. Now gas is down to $1.39 a gallon, but I guess I got used to conserving energy, because I don't go, go, go, anymore like I did before gas reached $ 4 a gallon.

Now it's $2....who cares :)

The average price of gas is back under $3.00, so I am definitely a happy commuter. I don't see the oil companies truly struggling with gas about a dollar lower than it was earlier in the year. I think this reaffirms the greed of the oil companies when it comes to profits over smart business. Isn't that same type of greed by the banking industry what caused are economy to get into trouble?

. . .a story if you haven't been reading the papers or traveled anywhere.  The days of cheap gas are over- it's a different economy.

People saw it coming and failed to prevent it; nor has a significant reaction occurred.

Looking back, this now appears to be a golden era of plentitude and low prices

The big story here is not just the price of gas going up; rather it is the looming specter of inflation. The price of food, petroleum and other basic necessities are on the rise. I firmly believe that this is just the beginning of large events that will eventually shake the very core of our economic system. Simply put, the path which this country has been on for the past 40 years, possibly longer has been unsustainable. America has had a great tradition of free markets and property rights which has allowed us to lead the way towards prosperity. But at some point, we lost our way; instead of embracing the principles which made America great: liberty, self-reliance, hard work and frugality, we have embraced, essentially, empire building, financed through inflation and debt. This is certainly nothing new; from the Romans to the British, nations have used such a financial strategy to hold power. Not only do we face $4 gas, we also have to deal with skyrocketing education and med... Read more

Speaking for myself only this is a huge,huge deal. I'm being serious that I had a nightmare last night that I filled my little toyota up and  it cost 105 bucks.I stopped driving a while back,I can bike to school and even to the grocery store if I go everyday if I lived further out I would not have this option.

Im afraid this is going to get no better....we aren't quite there here in TN but I know other parts of the country are over $4.00 a gallon.  Even now my 15 gallon Subaru takes $50 to fill up when its on a quarter tank.  And with the high cost of fuel everything else is going up significantly.  We have been notified that our prescription diet dog and cat foods are going up 13% July 1st.  I bought $45 worth of groceries the other day and that won't last a week like it used to.  Gas going up effects EVERY thing we do.  I thought things were bad in the 70's but they can't compare to now.

A lot of people can hardly afford to put in a gallon of gas at a time, which doesn't leave you very much to commute back and forth to work. All I can say is, I hope a person lives close to their job.

Democrats pretend they’re all upset about rising gas prices. They’re ecstatic. Everyone’s moving to small cars public transpiration and car pooling.  The result is lower co2 emissions and less demand on foreign sources of energy.

It's time to buy stock in, or at least property, in cities.  The price of gas is making the availability of public transportation a pretty big deal.

When oil hit $100 a barrel, I noted gas was going to $5.00 a gallon. Well oil hit $130 a barrel lately, and gas is now over $4.00 a gallon. Congress refuses to loosen up drilling and now wants to take away the drilling incentives. Congress also wants to tax the oil companies thus assuring a price increase. Any bettors?

Ridiculous and out of control. The technology is out there for alternative fuels or better performance engines; but because of reasons I will not take the time to mention we suffer at the pumps.

Painful as it may be in the short term, the rise in gas prices is long overdue.  Cities will make a strong comeback; people will trade in their gas-guzzlers for fuel-efficient cars; pollution will decline; rail and public transit will get serious investment for the first time since the 20s; and serious money will start to go to alternative energy research.  Stop whinning and get used to it; in a few years, $4.00/gallon gas will look cheap.

We're still in good shape here. It's over $9.00 a galon in Europe.