We're paying on average $1.85. Ouch! I've been sending out letters of protest, not that I think it will do any good *sigh*. The people we are complaining to can afford those gas guzzlers. At least I've taken my frustrations out on the keyboard today ;) Chat with you later, Alan -- Chandler, Arizona Sunset Zone: 13 http://www.GardenersCorner.com ----- Alan Zelhart gizmoaz@cox.net Gardens Co-listowner http://www.gardenerscorner.com/notes.html ----- 5 days a week my body is a temple. The other two, it's an amusement park. -----Original Message----- From: George Shirley [mailto:gshirl@bellsouth.net] Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 12:12 PM To: gardeners@globalgarden.com Subject: Re: [gardeners] West Oz Weather $1.52 here at non-brand stations, up to $1.85 at national brand stations. I'm glad my little Hyundai gets 32 miles per gallon. Just went down and paid off the loan on it this morning, it looks even better now. <VBG> George Jann wrote: > > We are still at 1.51 and going up. > > Janni > > At 09:31 AM 3/13/03 -0800, you wrote: > > >Hello, again, Marc, > > > >Luckily, we in Los Angeles, are not in the same boat with most of > >California so far as electicity is concerned: LA has its own municipal > >power plant. > > > >What I was referring to is the upward spiraling of oil and natural gas > >costs involved in the production of electricity. Gasoline at my local > >station, for regular unleaded, is now $2.07 per gallon. At that rate, it > >costs me $30.00 to fill up my Honda Accord every week! > > > >Ron