A friend of mine just posted this on Facebook... The Tundra Drums - McGrath fuel distributor: $9.20 a gallon gas blamed on low river, higher shipping costs Lots of other news sources have picked up on this like so it seems authentic: Gas Prices Jump To More Than $9 In McGrath Alaska - cbs3.com Business & Technology | Gas at $9.20 a gallon fuels anger in McGrath, Alaska | Seattle Times Newspaper Seems ironic given how much oil Alaska produces.
Sounds like simple supply and demand. If they want it and the only way is expensive flying then that's what they're going to have to pay. I did notice that they already pay $6 a gallon which is double the US average, but still cheaper than we pay
This puts it in perspective! A price we Americans consider unendurable is cheap compared to what they pay in the U.K.!
...most places, actually. The price here right now works out to about $4.50 a gallon. And Canada has some of the world's largest oil deposits. We just shake our heads at all the US stories about the pending economic disaster of $5 gas.
