Emory students say they have barely noticed the change.
According to Greg Patton, manager of the QuikTrip gas station on Briarcliff Road, gasoline sales at the station dipped 10 percent during the College's spring break, but since have returned to the usual 183,000 gallons per week. The apathy of some Emory students towards the rising gas prices, may reflect a city-wide trend in Atlanta, where prices, according to Patton, are still among the lowest in the country. The shortage isn't affecting me at all. According to one Emory student, OPEC's widely criticized revenue-maximizing strategy that is causing the increase in gas prices should be appreciated, not despised. Wesley Kerns said.