Decatur, Ala. | Sunday, May 19, 2013
Gas prices ramp up earlier than expected
Some puzzled by spikes at pump
By Ronnie Thomas
The Decatur Daily

Only a few weeks ago, as Christmas approached, motorists were in a brighter mood. Gas prices at some stations had dipped to below $3 a gallon, and the ride to grandma’s house wasn’t so … More »
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Cost increases because we continue to purchase.

our demand for 2012 being at a 10-year low - and it continues to rise. They will make their billion dollar profits regardless.

I drive 160 mile commute round trip every day. It cost me 4 gallons of fuel (40mpg) even at $5.00 a gallon it's still cheap.

You can't take $20.00 worth of corn and feed that to a horse and get the same amount of miles out of it and have a heater radio, a/c comfortable seat and did I mention 70mph and oh yeah you don't have to smell that horse's a$$ either.

In the late seventies cars were equiped with 35 gallon tanks it cost $40.00 to fill up and you would expect to get 420 miles per fil up or 12mpg at a cost of .10 cents per mile. Today cars come with 12 gallon tanks it cost $40.00 to fil up and you would expect to get 480 miles per fil up or 40mpg at a cost of .08 cents per mile.

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