curmugeon | finding gas...and our future

Locally all the gas stations are above $4.00 and rising. Costco was at $3.95.9 but even that is expected to rise soon. ARCO = $4.01.9; Shell = $4.05.9 for examples. In town (Anza) we have Mobil at $4.15.9 and at the Circle K Market it is $4.11.9 . I was thinking of a truck, but now I'm thinking it would cost more to move stuff than buy it new again. So, when I market this place it will include a lot of tools and extras. If I do buy a truck, it will be a basic Ford Ranger, that gets about 26 mpg. I may look for an older Nissan, as my 1989 Nissan used to get 30 mpg highway with the air conditioning turned off. As for a car... I would not buy anything that gets less than 40 mpg highway. Such is life in the age of peak oil.