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Gas prices sky high! However, gas stations not to blameOver the past four years, gas prices have continually risen and fallen until the current state. This is due to many things. Natural disasters, war, and OPEC are prime examples. Because of these examples, Georgia recently lost its title of having the lowest gas prices in the Southeast United States for a short time.The part of me that works at the Kmart gas station wants to give a sound off and salute to the men and women of the gas pumps. Not because of the high prices that have overcome this land of ours, but because they put up with customers that accuse their station of price gouging. It’s not the stations themselves that are raising the costs. It’s the companies that are supplying the oil to make the gas that are to blame. A common thing I hear is, “I remember when gas was this price!” I guess times have changed but I don’t think we will ever see prices that low again.I hear constant chanting of “When are you going to put the blue light on?” Naturally the quarter you save on gas for that tank will be used on lunch or something like that. It isn’t much but it helps, right? Of course it does. I remember my father going to Belgium on a business trip and coming home to say that the gas there was more than $5.35 a liter. I could never fathom paying that much for half a big bottle of Coke.So are we still happy we pay for gas by the gallon? I still hear complaints everyday at the KMart Express. All things aside, the only way I see to get away from these high gas prices is to get on to the major car companies. Demand that they hurry and refine the technologies of bio-diesel. Demand that they refine hydrogen powered cars. Demand that they find ways of lowering the costs of hybrid cars. Also, get your buddies to ride with you and give you gas money. It’s not much, but it’s a start.
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