Satan's Luau

Providing some context, I know that people left and right could really care less about three bucks nowadays. In fact, that seems to be the business model of successful juicing and coffee franchises, isn't it? Or maybe it's $5 that people are indifferent about, anyway ...

However, $3 could be the price of un per gallon right now at the pump if there were a cap. So, most could be saving, yes, at least $3.00 per fill up., and some with larger tanks a bit more. But, because our lawmakers thought we would bust them at the polls this year, no price control ... we will pay the same higher price or more for the rest of our lives. Personally I cannot recall a time when dealers decided to drop prices, can you?

I could really care less about the intricacies of the gas industry and its marketing here -- or listen to some free market BS from people who do not understand why A. Smith wrote what he did. What I do have to say is, why is it that something like the gas cap, which had low prices and high prices, seem almost like a comment on our life?

First and foremost, I think we must have some really f/d up concept of how much gas should cost -- basically I think most subconsciously believe gas should be very affordable. And of course, if one compares it to say, boxes of cereal, the cost of a smoothie or mocha -- all very expensive, especially cereal here ...hooboy. A gallon of gas is one of the most affordable things, considering how much a driver uses

The other thing is this, I think the cap disgruntled people really missed the boat, even though their behavior suggested they understood. If the price is high, don't buy as much, use your car wisely, or wait out the next drop. Because there were some who thought it was too high for too long -- umm, which is less, $3.25 or $3.00?

I suppose I'm some esoteric moron who makes up bad parables, but in many ways the cap was like life -- ups and down, and one adjusts. When things are good, hey no problem; when things are bad, you adjust -- what was so hard about that?

So some believed that if we didn't have the cap, prices would drop like they did on the continent for a while. Well, gas cap removed -- is that crickets I hear chirping, or the coqui? Did the prices go down, post GC, when prices in the upper 49 went down for a bit??? ... do I need to say the answer?

All that monku: "I don't like the gas cap, I don't think it works" -- gas would have been $3.00 this week, and at some future point could have been $3.40, but for me, I didn't see changing prices from week to week as that much of a problem. Why? Because I don't think most people pay that much attention to $5-10 bucks a week. And sure if you make it over a year, people go .. OH, wow that was $500 bucks, well people don't pay attention that hard on a daily or weekly basis to notice it

But boy, did they pretend like they did ... and now the price will only change in the bad direction. And don't you think if the gas dealers cared about the trends in pricing, that they would have lowered prices this week rather than still charge you the same ... still waiting for that post cap drop in prices

Who knew that a lack of perspective could cost money?