Inspired by life's ebb and flow...

I am aggravated with it all. Everything. It disgusts me.

I understand that an hurricane ripped through the gulf and destroyed pipelines and drilling stations. I understand that most of the refineries in that region are shut down. However, I have some major problems with the price of gasoline sky-rocketing because of this. First of all, how many businesses or industries do you know of that accept no risk and no responsibility, therefore are guaranteed a constant profit margin, regardless of supply, demand, hell or in this case, high water? I can think of two off the top of my head but we aren't going to talk about the airlines today. If I own a store that sells gummy bears and sell 6 bags of gummy bears per day and have 60 on the shelf then I have enough for a ten day supply. If the factory that makes the gummy bears raises my cost then I then pass that on to the consumer, however, I don't raise the price on what I currently have, just the ones that I will have next week. So since we know that gas stations have enormous tanks under the ground, a price change in one day is a theoretical or a panic increase. Secondly, using the same model as before, am I to believe that there is only one source for the sugar and red dye #4 that are used to make my gummy bears? And even if that is the case, am I also to believe there is only one factory that can make these? All I've heard so far is that 33% of crude sold in the US comes from the Gulf of Mexico. That is no small amount but what about the other 67%? Source: Alaska and the Middle East. And anyone who believes there is a shortage on working refineries hasn't been to Pasadena/Deer Park or even to Calgary. The President has allowed tapping into the federal reserve on a temporary basis to keep the infrastructure stable. This should drive prices down but it seems as though a simple, effective move like this cannot counter the greed of the oil industry. Can you imagine making your living selling something that you can never take a loss on? Amazing.

Other than that, I have to say that I am even more bored with all this than I am aggrevated. Something exciting needs to happen near me or something needs to inspire me to do anything worthwhile because this just another day shit is driving me crazy.