It appears that panic has stricken in to all those happy people who like to complain about the cost of gasoline. A barrel of oil has hit the mark of $50. Never mind the fact that we could of drilled for oil in ANWR, but gas isn't that expensive.
If you go to a store and get a small bottle of water like Aquafina, you'll probably pay 1.25 or so for a Litre!! That would make water 3.75 a gallon, slightly more than a gallon of milk which is about $3.00 a gallon.
The beer I had the other night at the local pub was 2.00 for a 12 ounce serving. That would have made beer about $20 for a gallon. And there were times I've seen the same people who bitch about $2 gas drinking 10 or more of these beers. And that is at the local bar. Never mind when you go to the city or a ballgame.
Now beer and milk come from a local source. The local dairy, or the brewery that is probably close by. Water is everwhere. If you put a bucket outside during Ivan you'll had a gallon in no time.
Now gas comes from oil that is drilled far away. It is put on tankers shipped overseas where it is refined, process, and taxed heavily. One gallon will make the average motor vehicle in America move it's 2 ton frame with you in it 55 Miles Per Hour for about 25 miles.
So people who claim that vacations will be cut short or that junior will have to due without his red rider BB gun because of the cost of gasoline to drive their car or oil for their homes should cut down on milk, bottled water, soda, and beer. Those are all more expensive than oil.
