it bothers me a bit, but more towards the people who cant afford it.
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is that this really effects the lower-middle class of society more than anything. these are the people who work two jobs to support their family and cant afford a car that is new than 1992, which in return get shitty gas mileage. For them, the additional $10 in gas per week may be 20% of their food budget. but since gas is a necessity to most, they have no choice but to pay.
however, in the case of probably most of us here, even if gas went up $1 per gallon today, it wouldnt put a huge drain on our pocket (im assuming that if your sitting on the internet, you have extra money to spare or you would be working another job).
my car costs $70 to fill up (17 gallon @ $4.25 for 91) and i probably piss away a tank a week. if gas went to $5.25, that would mean its an additional $884 a year in fuel, which i will just pass that right along as a tax right off (hopefully) and go about my day