As I was driving home today from Colorado, I passed a gas station in Childress, TX that was selling gas for $1.94/gallon. I tried to remember the last time I had seen gas under 2 bucks. One of the missionaries in Zambia was talking about gas being over 7/gallon over there, and I was reminded about how we're all in the same boat, and what's an inconvience here has completely shut down things like transportation or generators over there. And then I was struck about a comment I'd made (and have heard others make, too) about how it might be good to have gas prices stay high for a while to pressure the economy into building more fuel-efficient cars, etc. I was chagrined at my lack of perspective on the problem. For better or worse, what we do here has far-reaching impacts overseas as well, even in things that we might not think about.
So I'm not hoping for high gas prices for a while. And if you want some cheap gas, go to Childress.
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