Fuel for fools

You know how some people drive a few miles out of their way to save two cents a gallon on gas? We look at gas prices that range from $2.20 to $2.80 give or take a dime or so and figure we're getting ripped off. Then we go into the mini-mart/gas station and complain over the $1.25 coffee what a ripoff the gas prices are. The funny thing is, it's the coffee you're getting ripped off on. You can make it in your own home for a few cents a cup, but you're too damn lazy. If that's not bad enough, you might stop buy later in the day and give a big company like Aquifina (owned by one of the cola giants) another buck to $1.75 for a bottle of WATER! Someone figured it out. At a price of more than $1 a bottle, you're paying about $10 a gallon for water. Gas looks mighty good in that context, doesn't it. Who would ever think anyone would pay that much for water? What's really weird is that the gas is inspected more thoroughly than the water.