Check Gas Prices

The newest feature that I have added to my blog is a link at the bottom of this page where you can plug in your zip code and check gas prices in your area. I have found that there is nothing that people like to talk about more than the price of gasoline. It changes every day. People like to get the lowest price and are proud to tell you where the lowest prices can be found. My 95 year grandmother even knows what the current price of gas is, and she hasn't driven a car in close to 15 years! Now gas is the ultimate in variable expenses for families and often the hardest to budget. If you have a long commute to work each day, gas can be a huge burden on your weekly budget. But if you don't work, then you can decide how much you want or need to drive to keep costs down when prices jump. A year ago, the national average for a gallon of gasoline was over $3. Today, it is a little over $2.50/gallon. As recent as the summer of 2007 gas spiked to over $4 per gallon and had people all over the country reevaluating their driving pattens, work schedules, and choice of automobiles. Hybrid car sales took over and people started looking for vehicles with better mpg ratings in earnest. People have looked at the profits of giant oil companies like ExxonMobil with disdain for years. How could they be so greedy and charge such high prices to us plain folk just trying to get by, people would say. Conspiracy theories abound for those who think that oil companies are in collusion when it comes to pricing gas at the pumps. But since the stock market crash of 2008, everyone is looking for a way to save a dime here and there, so punch in your zip code and find out quick where the best place is to fill up. You can thank me later!