GaZ Prices

Who ever thought one would appreciate gas prices at $3.09/gallon? But, believe it or not, the prices seem to have dropped quite a bit over the past weeks. Even the Shell station by SR-520, normally the most expensive around Seattle (it is the last one before the bridge) displayed a price today of $3.18. Last I saw there was over $3.50!

Not that it really matters (do not burn that much fuel in a summer), but the lower prices maybe just put the boat in the water...

Still, we are far from the prices I saw in Texas in 1996. Lowest one outside Hamilton was $0.69/gallon and regularly it was below a buck inside Dallas. No wonder everyone back then drove around in gigantic (spewing) pickup trucks.

Higher gas prices at least have gotten us to think before we take out the car, but we're still far away from the prices in most of Western Europe. For the nation, as well as for the environment, higher prices would be good, but it sort of sucks to have to shell out over $75 to fill the LandCruiser...