Gas Prices, What can WE do?

Just a rambling thought that has been rolling around in the rocky space between my ears for a while now.

Gas prices keep going up and up. They get to a certian point and hold for a while, then they start creeping up slowly. But look out when they hit those "magic" numbers. Have you noticed that they take a while to get to $X.499 and then jump to the $X.659 range real quickly? Then it is a slow climb to $X.999, but watch out from there, it will be at $X.249 in no time!

So, can we do anything? I know what will not work...not buying gas on a certian day will not work, not buying from one specific station will not work and just doing what we are doing now will not work...What will work is this, and the only way it will work is if LOTS of people do it.

HOW TO LOWER GAS PRICES:

Don't get caught up in the Internet hype that tells you not to buy gas on a certain day, the oil companies will just get your money the day after, it just delays it by a few hours, doesn't really cost them anything.
Don't get caught up in the Internet hype that tells you to boycott a certain station or company, they are too big for that to have a lasting effect.
DO drive to the gas station that is two or 3 cents cheaper, EVERY time. It may be only a couple of cents per gallon but it is cheaper. If everybody is going to Station A to buy their gas then Station B is not getting any business. If you were not getting any business what would you do? Personally, I would lower my prices to be less than the place that is getting all of the business. Then when Station B is charging less than Station A everybody needs to go there. We are the consumer, we have the power to control the prices, they can only charge what we are willing to pay. Simple law of supply and demand...if our demand is higher from the less expensive sources the more expensive sources will have a higher supply and lower their prices to try to compete...
So the next time you need to stop for gas, go the extra block or across the street to the place that is 2 cents cheaper, you may only save 20 cents on the fill up, but it all adds up in the long run.

Until then...