I used to work for a flower shop. About two years ago, I remember my boss freaking out because gas prices were hovering around two dollars per gallon. I remember getting scolded for driving around too much looking for a street instead of simply studying the map before I left. “Gas prices are too high to drive around without knowing where you’re going!” he would say.
That was a great job. I haven’t worked there in almost two years. Since the last time I was there, gas prices have more than doubled. I can’t imagine how strict he is now.
But there is one thing I do know. In general, Americans are driving less than they were when gas prices weren’t so high. In fact, the Department of Transportation reported that Americans drover 11 billion fewer miles in March 2008 than they did in 2007. If you figure about 25 mpg, that comes about to nearly 450 million fewer gallons of gas!
You would think with those kinds of numbers, the demand and prices for fuel would certainly drop. Unfortunately, the opposite is happening.
On the bright side, your local GMC truck dealer has many trucks and large vehicles that meet the new federal regulations for fuel efficiency. That means even larger trucks are squeezing the most out of a gallon of gas that they can right now. Test drive one today and see how far truck makers have come in regards to fuel economy.
