Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Gas prices

Gas prices baffle me. They really do! For instance...
how can a service station sell gasoline for one price and less than a hundred yards away someone else sell it for 20 cents more per gallon? Why would anyone pull into the more expensive station? But, obviously, they do.
Or how is it that bottled water sells more per gallon than a gallon of gas? In fact, it's not even close. My grandfather would flip over in his grave to know that people have to pay for water.
Or how is it that we have the scientific know how to send a satellite to Mars, let it remain operational in space for years and then bring it home, all on a tank of gas, while my Tahoe won't make it from here to Charleston and back.
These are just a few of the things that inquiring minds want to know.