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Well, if you're willing to drive 100+ miles a day to go to work, then it must be worth going to. But again, you guys had good jobs, at good pay, and life was great while the boom was on. And a lot of us were paying those gas prices without even having jobs to go to. Did you ever write in here "Man, I feel bad about having this job knowing that the only reason I have it is because everyone is paying for this high-cost oil?" Of course not. You went to work, you got paid, and you were happy, and you would still be happy if prices were over $100 a barrel.
The guys I do feel sorry for are the Canadians. They not only pump 100% of their national oil needs on their own soil, but also export enough to us to be one of our largest suppliers, and yet the price they pay at the pump is the same as ours to within +/- a dime or so because every drop of that oil is sold on the global markets. That would be like me paying the same price for oranges grown down the street as for oranges shipped over from California.
Gas is $8 a gallon where I live. That would make your eyes water when you fill up your monster truck. I hardly think that the gas prices in the US are anything to get upset about. Also Gdrill makes a good point, when oil is strong, the economy is strong.
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