Remember two months ago at the end of April, when every media outlet was reporting on the high price of gasoline at $3.00/gallon and every politician had a plan to do something about it?
Newsflash: A gallon of gasoline in Milwaukee Wisconsin now costs $3.15/gallon which is even more than it did two months ago or after Hurricane Katrina, and I have a few questions about it.
Where’s the media frenzy now? Where are the press conferences from our leaders in the government? And most importantly, why are we still paying over $3.00 for a gallon of gasoline?
I live in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Milwaukee, WI with my wife Jen, our daughter Emerson, and son Carter.
The media frenzy was overblown in the first place. We have been paying less for gasoline than a lot of places in the world for years. Having higher gas prices is a good way to get people to consider alternatives to driving or to encourage people to get cars with better gas mileage.
Bruno, I know we’ve been paying a lot less for gasoline than other places in the world, but that still doesn’t explain why gasoline today is nearly an entire dollar more than it was this time a year ago. While higher gas prices may be a nice way for people to reconsider their existing driving habits or fuel milage, not everyone is fortunate enough to make the choice between owning a car that gets great gas mileage and one that doesn’t.