I hate writing about the price of gas, I really do. However, as I write this, The American Gulf Coast is preparing for Hurricane Ike. I feel for the people that live there and the issues they have are far more serious than me paying more at the pump.
However, I have a problem with "Big Oil Companies" that use the hype of hurricanes to make even a bigger profit than they already make. I live in Canada and I was just informed that gas has jumped today by 13 cents per liter to make it in the $1.40 a liter ballpark. That is over 5 dollars a gallon. This is despite the price of a barrel of crude oil dropping to close to $100 over the past few months.
Here is what really gets me: The oil companies were quoted in the media the past few weeks as to why the price of gas at the pumps in Canada has stayed high over the past month? Their response… It takes a while for the price of a barrel of crude to filter down to the pumps. Now we have a hurricane and the price jumps 13 cents a liter overnight!!! Is it just me… or does the statement… “It takes a while for the price of a barrel of crude to filter down to the pumps” seem like a lie?
We need to stop listening to lies from the big oil companies and some politicians regarding gas prices. We need also to push more for the manufacture of hybrid vehicles and other alternative energy sources so we can get off the big oil companies’ merry–go-round!