My gas tank holds 20 gallons. With fuel prices approaching $3.50, I’m paying at least $50 every time I fill up.
Why?
Aren’t oil companies making enough money?
Oil prices per barrel went down, yet gas prices jumped tremendously.
Last summer when gas prices jumped so drastically, a congressional investigation into price gouging took place. This summer, prices are higher than they have ever been, yet no investigation has taken place.
Maybe our nation’s lawmakers are a bit too focused on Iraq, which is probably going to end up being worse than Vietnam.
Todd R. Vogts, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of media at Sterling College in Kansas. Previously, he taught yearbook, newspaper, newsmagazine, and online journalism in various Kansas high schools, and he ran a weekly newspaper in rural Kansas. He continues to freelance as a professional journalist from time to time. Also, Vogts is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), the Journalism Education Association (JEA), and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), among others. He earned his Master Journalism Educator (MJE) certification from JEA in 2022. When he’s not teaching or writing, he runs his mobile disk jockey service and takes part in other entrepreneurial ventures. He can be reached at twitter.com/toddvogts or via his website at www.toddvogts.com.
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A 20 gallon tank?! That’s your problem right there! You probably drive a SUV that gets 10 or 12 miles to the gallon, right? As the old comic strip character POGO (ask your father!) would say, “We have met the enemy, and he is us!”
A 20 gallon tank?! That’s your problem right there! You probably drive a SUV that gets 10 or 12 miles to the gallon, right? As the old comic strip character POGO (ask your father!) would say, “We have met the enemy, and he is us!”