It's aggravating and it's costly. I don't like having that money plucked from my pocket. I dream of those days when gasoline was 89 cents a gallon. There are a couple of things we can and should do. But I don't want to hold out false hope, either.
Gasoline is a commodity whose price fluctuates with supply and demand.
If celery and steak dinners suddenly come into vogue and world supplies decline, I assure you that those prices will increase, as well. Yes, it is always tempting to tamper. No, I won't. Also, winter temperatures, world-wide demand and refinery shutdowns affect prices. Part of the recent rise has been orchestrated by OPEC, which found willing partners in cutting production in Russia, Mexico, Norway and Oman, four non-OPEC members.