A $100 Tank of Gas

Gas is rapidly approaching the point where it will cost me $100 to fill my tank. The cheapest gas I could find today was $3.49, and that's down from $3.65 that it was earlier this week. Once gas hits $3.71/gallon, it will cost me just over $100 to fill my tank. Yes, I have a 27 gallon tank, but let's not forget that in May of 1998, only 8 years ago, I filled my tank for less than $20--$19.14 to be exact, back when gas was $0.709/gallon in Missouri.

The saddest thing about this is that the gas prices, while high here, are the most similar to prices of items back home. People complain about gas here--when they should be complaining about rent, taxes, food, services and commercial goods--most of which are anywhere between 2-10 times more than back home.