Rising Gas Prices!

It is a little suspicious to me to see how after couple days after the Hurricane Katrina, our gas prices went up. I was wondering if the gasoline companies are using the Hurricane as an excuse to raise the prices or there is really a “gas” shortage. Whatever the case might be, I am hoping that the President will do something about the situation or we will continue to suffer.

I am a commute student but the gas prices do not hurt me as much because I only commute to school twice a week and I work only 15 minutes from home. Nonetheless, many other people are hurt deeply by the change in prices. For examples, some people are forced to change jobs because they cannot afford to travel far for work. Also, they have to make careful plans to carpool with others and cutting down driving to save gas. This is going to be a bigger problem if the gas prices keep going up and our wages keep remaining the same.

Some argued that we are living in a supply and demand market, the more we demand the higher the market will set its price. So, if we want the prices to drop, then we should drive less. However, some of us have no other choices since the areas where we live do not offer other options for transportation. We do not have subways, trains, or buses to help us get to places. We all know that the gas prices are outrageous but we still have to fill it up every week to go to necessary places.

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