Sometimes I think “supply and demand” is another phrase for “legalized price gouging” when it comes to fuel prices. The possibility that fuel may not be pumped out of Houston has people across the country scrambling to fill tanks, resulting in prices jumping 30 cents or more for hte gas that’s already there, not the gas that hasn’t been refined and distributed yet. We’d scream and holler if Home Depot suddenly decided those plywood sheets should now cost $20 more.

Course I’m a consumer, not an economist. WHat do I know?

Lucky me, I filled my tank yesterday morning, because it was on E, and needed fuel. Ike didn’t enter my mind. Lucky me again, I won’t have to fill my tank for two weeks because I have a 13-mile highway commute between work and home. If I could convince the PTB’s of the joys of telecommuting, I’ be thrilled.