Every five miles over 60 mph is like adding a dime to the cost of a gallon of gas.

It's a gas hog. I get about eight miles to the gallon.

When gas is $3 a gallon the retailer is responsible for about 4 percent of the cost, but they are getting 100 percent of the abuse.

Positively, ... Is my budget in jeopardy? Yes. I predicted a $1.80 cost per gallon without predicting gas going up more than 20 cents because of a hurricane.

The main problem is I don't think it does anything to produce a gallon of gas,

which is more demanding than the (current) 27.5 miles per gallon for passenger cars.