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Drove past the usual stations in Carson City (Nevada) this afternoon, and they were pretty much the same price they were last week when I filled up - $3.60-something at the cheap/convenient station I usually go to. Will probably be another 2-3 weeks before I have to fill up the Insight's tank again, and put in a whole 9.5 gallons :-)
But you know, there's another question here. How many of those people could possibly have been unaware of the fact that Ike was coming; that it would almost certainly shut down some refinery operations; and that based on past experience, the price of gas would probably spike as a result? So why the heck didn't all these people fill their tanks a few days ago, when prices were at their lowest? Instead they wait until they jump, panic, then complain about price gouging, when (in my politically-incorrect opinion) they'd to better to be taking their brains back to the dealer for some badly-needed warranty work :-)
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