March 6, 2022 Rapid rising price of gas is an outrage

A Valero gas station attendant changes the price at the pumps as I was filling my tank. Unreal. Gary Walts photo copyright 2022

 

The price of gasoline has reached  new high here in the North Country region of New York State. Just a week ago it was about $3.59 / gallon. Yesterday the cheapest I could find was $3.85 a gallon.  That was at the Valero station located at corner of Arsenal & Court Sts., Watertown. Other stations in the area were $4.19 to $4.29 a gallon. My tank was on empty so I figured I better fill up.

As I was filling up, the person working at Valero came out and started changing the price on the pumps. Went from $3.85 to $4.05 a gallon. Wow. And it's the same gas in their tank. It's not like a new shipment came in at a higher price. The only time I saw gas hit $4.00 a gallon was at the end of GW Bush's presidency. It was at a convenient store in Beaver Falls, NY. That price didn't last very long. It seems to me that our country was energy independent just a year or so ago. What the Hell as happened?

I understand Putin's invasion of Ukraine has created a world wide upheaval, but gasoline, natural gas and home heating oil have been steadily rising sine President Biden's inauguration.

This is the most I ave ever paid for a gallon of gas.  Unreal. Gary Walts photo copyright 2022