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So I finally took the little notebook I keep in my car inside tonight to dump the data I’ve been scribbling down into excel. So far, two lessons learned:

1) I really suck at keeping consistent notes. Miss a tank here, leave off a date here and there, yada yada.

2) Gas is getting more expensive.

My gas purchase history. The first entry is in VA, the others in CA.

Of course, you already knew that. But I thought it was cool to see anyway. I can’t remember where I managed to get that sweet deal in March. Maybe I just wrote it down wrong.

Now on to the MPG examination….

This video is both funny and dead on (as long as you aren’t being too literal minded). A summer gas tax holiday is a really dumb idea, and it is just pandering to (large numbers of) stupid people. If you want to lower consumption, the last thing you should do is lower the cost to the consumer. About the only winners there are people selling the gas. I propose a summer gas tax hike! If more American voter’s could pull themselves away from American Idol Smarter than a 5th Grader Oprah whatever mind numbing thing they are watching on TV long enough to think straight and look a bit into the future that just might even be politically feasible.