Filled up at $3.95 on the Illinois side of the river. Ouch.
I realize our economy is not benefiting from this, but I consider the environmental and societal cost of oil production, transport and infrastructure, and emissions. Surely those have value.
But I guess that's why I visit this website--to reduce my footprint, reduce consumption, and save a few bucks.
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When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. John Muir
"Price is what the person pays. Cost is what society pays, here, now, elsewhere and into the future." Natural Capitalism
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