Gas is ridiculously HIGH

The US has gas in reserve, so I do not know why Obama doesn't use it. Clinton did, and it actually helped us. There is enough gas in reserve to keep us going for many years. I can't believe how fast it has risen. 5 days ago, it was $3.2something, and just yesterday it was $3.37! The only way to protest is stop buying the gas, but who can do that? Maybe if we strike a day a month, where that one day we do not buy gas or use their C-stores for coffees and whatever, then maybe they might get the message. Just one day a month may put a hurt on the gas company. Another way to strike back is carpool whenever possible. The less vehicles there are on the road, the less gas the greedy oil companies sell. Walk and/or ride a bike whenever you can. Not only will it save on gas, but it is great exercise.

In SO Calif it is now $3.89 for regular and $4.03 for diesel. and going up. WHy? Cause they can. This country's backbone is gas. Totally dependent on gas. Why? Truckers can't get the product throughout the nation without gas. If truckers can't afford gas, they can't truck. If they can't truck, the people do without. If the people do without, the country falls apart. This is why we should have been doing everything we can to produce gas in this country instead of being dependent on foreign oil. I"m all for "go green" and clean energy and all, but none of that supports the country. 18 Wheelers can't get far on electricity. They raise the prices cause they can. Did anyone really expect BP to just "eat" their losses after the oil spill last year? THey were all nice and kind and helpful and all...but when all is said and done...did anyone really expect them not to raise prices to us to help themselves recoop their losses? They did it so quietly and "behind our backs" that most didn't even notice. The holidays were a huge deterant for raising prices as everyone was focused on the holidays. Now that that is all over, people are seeing the pump prices more clearly now but now....as usual, prices go up this time of year cause of the holiday traveling come Spring/Easter break week. Then again come May...Memorial Day weekend being the first 3 day weekend for most and they are ready for a 3 day holiday...gas always goes up in the summer, then only comes down a little come Labor Day. BP lost their huge summer time revenues last year.. so they want to recoop that now too! Gas is predicted to be at $5 a gallon for regular by summer. 2 years ago, it was at $4.49 (cheapest I could find in my area) a gallon all through the summer. What did people do? Stopped traveling. Some had to quit their jobs cause they were at a low rate and couldn't afford the gas to get to work. Smaller cars sales went up and bigger car sales went down. Same will go on this time. We suffer and pay the price for the government not letting us be self sufficient and a main artery of this country be dependent on other nations. Why? They don't care. They don't have to pay the price to fill their gas tanks....WE DO! That is where our tax dollars go! If those making these decisions had to fill their own tanks....we'd not be in this situation right now. But since the gas bill doesn't come out of their paychecks... they don't bother doing anything about it. Since we pay for the gas that gets them to work...they won't bother changing anything. They know "we, the people" will take the fall and do without and all will be fine up there on the big hill. That's all they care about

here where i live in kentucky they say that gas will be over 5 dollars a gallon for gas by summer its at 3.30 cents a gallon now I mean come on how can people pay that much for gas and still survive especially when they have to go to the store and to the dr.

I got an e-mail the other day that made a lot of sense to me. these are the companie that made huge profits. I actually stopped gassing up at these stations unless I am desprate and then only until I can get to another station. If everyone would join in then it seems to make sense that it would have to have an effect on the prices which are ridiculous!http://bl102w.blu102.mail.live.com/default.aspx?wa=wsignin1.0

I am hurting in the wallet because of this non sense and I am sure all of us are the oil companies just don't care a bit!! It is hard for me to keep filling up the stupid car every other day just to get to work!! $10.00. here hardly gets me over a half a tank and within 2 days I need more I think the oil people or whoever is in control over this non sense of high gas prices have lost their minds!!! What is wrong with them? Don't they know it is hard for us even to eat anymore? They have gone coo coo!!! There is nothing we can do and I am sure the idiots will raise the price again by Summertime!!

In Italy gas (benzine) is 1.52 €/litre or 5,75 €/gallon or 7,92 US$/gallon, and life goes pretty much as usual... i think you will manage to do it with a price that is less than a third of what we pay here!

I heard that higher gas prices shows the economy is getting better....Whatever. I don't know how people are going to make it if gas keeps going up. People aren't going to want to go on vacation or be able to for that matter. I thought I might want to this year until the rise started. I think its because the spring is coming and they know people want to get out...they see a chance for some money..like the oil companies aren't rolling in it already.

Yes, gas prices are RIDICULOUS!! They have gone up 30 cents here just over the last 2 weeks. That is INSANE. We are seeing gas prices at $3.60 and $3.65 at this point. Just a few wees ago I was buying gas at $3.30. It's absolutely insane. I understand they're trying to get people to use less gas but what they don't understand is that people can't just stop living their lives either. Some people have to travel quite a ways to their job or other things such as picking up their kiddos, running errands, etc. I am afraid to see what gas is up to by the end of summer. I might be doing a whole heck of a lot of walking if it keeps going up. We just don't have the money in our budget to have these gas prices doubling! It's insane!

Yes, it is also like that in my country too- although if you compare the prices, yours is really higher. Before our gas here is only 25-30 pesos, but because they always increase almost every week or month, it became 50-55 pesos. Yes, it's not really our fault but the oil companies let the consumers pay the taxes and their losses.

It seem that it going to just keep going up here in ky we are almost $4.00 here I herd in one state were it was almost $5.00 what do you thank people is going to do most people have to go to work and back I thank it is bad news for all.

tell me about the gas prices. we use 87 and even do 10 cents off at krogers and still do not get any to go any where. here it is already up to 3.30 and suppose to get up to 5 dollars by the end of august. so nobody can do anything because of the gas prices.

Over here in New York City, gas is about $3.85 for premium gas and I thought that was crazy. And then I read that in Europe and Asia, the amount you have to pay per gallon is mind blowing. I remember 10 years ago, the highest I paid for gas is $1.50 but these times are changing. Soon we will be paying as much as other people in other countries. We must move to other resources before this gets out of hand.