When I was dating my wife in 1969 the "Gas Wars" were going on in Ft. Wayne.I can remember when gasoline went to $1.00 a gallon if memory serves right when Nixon was in office. ( Please feel free to correct me if I am wrong) everyone freaked out then. If my memory is correct the Alaska pipe line was built right after that or at least during the big gas increase. What happened???
To answer your question yes I am sick of it and I am sick of our Govt allowing it to happen.
Gas was $.19 per gallon.
I was working at GE making $4.00 per hour.
In 1969 1 hr's pay would buy 21 gal of gas.
At $12.00 per hr wages today that same hour buys less than four gallons of gas.
Our per dollar buying power is crap today!!!