Here’s another sign that gas prices are too high. Many old gas pumps can’t go higher than $3.99 a gallon. The same pumps can only go as high as $99.99 on the total sale. From the article:

To deal with the problem, some state regulators are allowing half-pricing _ displaying the price for a half-gallon of gas, then doubling the price shown on the meter.

In North Dakota, regulators recently told service stations their mechanical pumps could use half-pricing, provided they use signs to alert costumers and find a permanent solution by April 2009.“

Who would have thought of this back when gas was ten cents a gallon?

On a side note I work with one of those people who’s of the opinion that gas prices aren’t high enough, that the higher they go the less people will drive and save the environment, etc. It may make sense in theory but the fact is without reasonable public transportation we have to drive. It’s the middle class people that use their car for work that will suffer. I’m in sales and drive about 35,000 miles a year. Am I going to stop driving?