Sky, your post was interesting and informative. Thank you for sharing what you learned from your Shell station guy. I buy from RaceTrak here and I've only seen one or two Mobil stations in this area.

I've also heard that market speculators are to blame for the price, although I readily admit I do not understand how that all works.

It's getting harder and harder to deal with these prices. And I wish that the TV folks who interview the man on the street would catch ME instead of the people who seem to be only slightly annoyed with the price of gas!