Gas Prices Reach 10 Dollars a Galleon!

!Not really! Here's what I've found out:

Availblity is what got the people in the West Coast Haze (and others, maybe . . . ?) Without the possibility of getting gas (who's going to drive a truck into the death zone??) the prices are going to rise considerably.

In the city of Lakey, gas prices are $10 in the morning after the Haze set and $20 by the time Orion starts her trek home.

Why the riots? Are people not willing to pay more when the supply is rapidly draining? There are 33,180 people in Lakey--and the local gas station has about 6,000 gallons of gas. There aren't too many gas stations, probably about seven or eight. But let's pretend there's ten (to be safe). There are then 60,000 gallons of gas. That's about 2 gallons per person. With everybody evacuating, they're going to want more than 2 for every person in the car. Not with their SUV's.

Why should people expect that gas prices would stay the same? Because it's the same gas as it was before the Haze. It costs the same.

There were riots in 14 major cities on the West Coast. This was published in the last edition of Lakey Times. Not all the cities were names, but they included Seattle, Portland and Los Angles.

Stay tuned! More about the Haze tomorrow! (Or tonight, if I get out of school early enough.)