more gas

Well, maybe somebody reads this blog, or a lot of people are on the same wavelength as me because all of a sudden, after my last post about gas prices, I saw a couple of articles in the both the local paper and the USA Today that addressed my questions.

To sum up, the (supposed) reason why gas prices go out BEFORE the shortage hits the market is, get this, because gas companies/stations are preparing to pay for the coming wholesale prices so they are charging more now to pad themselves later! This is incredible. If any other business tried that, they would be out of business incredibly fast. Why don't they send us bills for gas we bought two years ago at much cheaper prices and tell us we owe them because now the costs are higher? Absurb, yes, but just following their own logic to it's rational conclusion.

Go on, pull the other one.