I'm not all that pleased with the fluctuating price of gas.  I'm actually not happy that it's so low right now, simply because it means it'll eventually rise again.  It's currently at the price it was about 4 or 5 years ago, before anybody cared about the price of gas.  And while I think the all-time high of somewhere around $4.50 a gallon was ridiculous, I also think this new low of around $1.50 is equally ridiculous.  Why can't they just pick a price and stick with it?  Oh right, because the production of crude oil is controlled by the OPEC cartel, an evil organization of some of the world's most corrupt nations, existing solely to control the volume and thus the price of oil.  Right.  I forgot about that.  Well, that's fine.  I'll just choose an alternative fuel -- oh right, there aren't any.  At least none that I can use. 

Gas is probably the only thing that can triple in price for a few months, then magically decrease in value so that it costs less than it did before the increase.  People say the price of milk has gone up.  But has it tripled in price in 4 months?  I don't think so.  It's followed a steady increase, which is really what all things should do, aside from technology (computers always come down in price as components become cheaper to make and/or obsolete).  Everything should increase in price over time, as salaries and inflation and operating expenses all increase as well.  That's what doesn't make sense about the cost of gas.  It stayed the same for like 20 years.  I say this a lot, but I remember (eight years ago) when the price of a gallon of gas was less than one dollar.  If gas simply increased in price gradually, it wouldn't make much of a dent in people's wallets.  And instead of shooting up 300% overnight, the gradual increase would take care of huge fluctuations by spreading them out over time.  I wouldn't mind paying $2 per gallon right now.  Then maybe $2.05 the next year.  I just don't enjoy having to reorganize my entire life simply because some group of fanatics feels like stirring things up. #business