This'n'That; March Twentieth #2; More Effects?!?

The Ancillary Effects
    The current national average gas price (03/20-AM) is $3.846; diesel-$4.142.  Of course, these averages are important.... but not nearly as important as the pump prices where you are!!  If you check the 'aaa' URL below, be prepared for a surprise with the "E85 MPG/BTU adjusted price!!"
The EPA, the tree-huggin' environmentalists would like grain-based fuels to be mandated for use.  As you can see--at these prices--said mandate would bankrupt the average consumer.
    The national pamphleteers will never report it; the 'Palace' mouthpieces will never admit it, but the gargantuan rise in fuel prices can be directly attributed to the failed national energy policy--IF there even is one--of the "Clown Prince ZERO-bama, the Narcissist" regime!!  The "Palace"  mouthpieces say that approval of the "Keystone XL Pipeline" project won't get us out of this "Clown Prince"-made economic hole.  True, as far as it goes.  In every case, NOW is when we prepare for the FUTURE.  The "Keystone" project--when the NEXT ruler anoints it--will be on line eventually to start the fall in fuel prices; to start the rise to +/- 200,000 additional, permanent--well paying--jobs!!  The "Palace" mouthpieces say we can't 'drill our way out' of this kerfuffle.  If we can't then why drill at all?!?
    We can carp about the "Clown Prince" and his failed presidency--til-the-cows-come-home--to no avail!  He is what he is; socio-fascists--apparently--can not be reformed!  What we must be more concerned about is the ancillary net effects of his failed policies.  While we're getting raped at the pump, has anyone thought about what happens practically everywhere else in the economy?!?  I have.
    In practically every sector of the economy, the products travel from point-to-point by truck.  Eventually, as inventory is sold and replenished, the affects of higher fuel prices will be felt at the retail level:
The Wegman's; the Topps; the Giant; the Winn-Dixie; the HEB supermarkets will be forced to raise prices on foodstuffs to reflect the higher fuel expense.
The local Walmart, Target, Macy's, et al, will do the same; 
The local Lowes', Home Depot, Menard's, et al, will do the same;
The local Pep Boys, Advance Auto Parts, O'Reilly's, et al, will do the same; on and on to every segment; to every level of the wholesale and retail economies!
    The affects are felt not only at the pump and the local retail establishments but the various branches of house-building.... hell, every segment you can think of!!  Not only do we have to worry about current and future retail prices, now the "i-word"--inflation--will be an ever greater factor in price increases as well!!
'Splain to me again why YOU elected this Arschloch!?!
Til Nex'Time....
http://fuelgaugereport.aaa.com/?redirectto=http://fuelgaugereport.opisnet.com/index.asp
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/aaa-report-gas-prices-10th-122100932.html